For those folks using Movable Type to blog, including SLS staff and those at our member libraries, Steven points us to Zempt, a graphical interface that works on disparate platforms to post to MT blogs. Some features:
- “Intuitive, easy-to-use interface
- Post entries to your Movable Type blog
- Full support for Movable Type entry fields including:
- Title
- Body
- Extended Entry
- Excpert
- Keywords
- Multiple categories
- Comment Status
- TrackBack status
- Send TrackBack pings
- Edit entry date and time
- Easy text and paragraph markup. Add bold, links, blockquotes, and paragraph alignment quickly and easily.
- Preview your posts
- Save posts as draft
- Manage multiple blogs on multiple sites”
“Adds a spell checker” should be added to that list, and that list bit about managing multiple blogs on multiple sites could be especially handy. Remember, though, that this is a separate download that installs to your local hard drive, so you won't be able to access it from multiple places. I also wish it created a WYSIWYG environment, but hey it's free (although if you use it you should consider donating money to the project). Still, it could make life much easier. [The Shifted Librarian]