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USING AN OFFLINE BLOG EDITOR

            Offline blog editors are used to create, edit, and format blog content in an offline mode. This is generally helpful when
            you want to design your blog while keeping yourself offline. You don't have to wait for an online editor to load and
            then worry about an internet connection going offline due to network issues and fearing the cancellation of all your
            work and efforts.
            After you have designed offline blog with all your heart and efforts you can publish your post directly on your blog
            using an internet connection.

            Some of the commonly used offline blog editors are:
            •  Blog desk (Windows),
            •  Windows Live Writer (Windows),
            •  Qumana (Windows and Mac)
            •  Ecto (Mac),
            •  BlogJet (Windows)
            •  MarsEdit (Mac)
            •  Microsoft Word (Windows and Mac)
            Download any Blog editor of your choice and start designing your blog. In this unit you will learn to use an offline blog
            editor BlogDesk. BlogDesk is a free desktop based blog application that allows you to create and edit blog posts. It is
            a simple and easy to use application that also gives access to the blog posts in the offline mode without using a web
            browser. You can download it from the website: www.blogdesk.org/en/ Once installed, you can use the program to
            manage blogs.

            To start working on BlogDesk, follow the given steps:

            BlogDesk
            BlogDesk is an offline blog editor which can be freely downloaded from www.blogdesk.org.

            To launch BlogDesk:
            Step 1:  Click on the BlogDesk app on the Start screen. The BlogDesk window appears.
            Step 2:  Click on the Manage Blogs option from the File menu.



























            Step 3:  Manage Blogs dialog box appears. Click on New button. Blog Wizard appears.
            Step 4:  Click on Next button.




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