What is ScribeFire?
June 28, 2008 by BloggerNewbie
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What is ScribeFire? It is a must have for any blogger! My opinion from my initial review of ScribeFire – so far – I like it. ScribeFire is a wonderful add on to Firefox. It enables you to “scribe” your post directly into your blog – just like you are typing into a word processor. It puts a lot of the html code in for you.
There are two different views to type into Scribefire.
- You can type in the post area and it will look just like you are typing in any word processor. ScribeFire is putting the html code in by the way you are typing, ex: paragraphs, aligning, font, etc. Basically a WYSIWYG format.
- The next format is similar. You still type your post in the post area but you see the html codes as you are using them. It is a good way to learn html. It is still automatic, but as you are making a paragraph or a numbered list you see the html code instead of finished product!
It’s all a matter of preference in how you want to view your post. There is a third tab that shows you the finished product before you actually publish to your blog.
You can insert photos or links with a click! So much easier!
Another cool feature..with a web page open (ScribeFire sits on top of any other page) you can right click and click the ScribeFire option then blog this page and you will automatically insert a link and tag line to that site in your post! How cool is that? So if you are referring to someone’s page or article, it will automatically link to that page for you! Not only cool, but saves soooo much time!
ScribeFire is a stand alone product, you have to have the web open but not your blog. After you install the add on in FireFox an icon will appear on the bottom menu as well as in your right click menu. Your post does not attach to your blog until you publish. I was writing a “note”, decided I had better to go work and I would finish the post on my break. Wrong. It wasn’t on ScribeFire on another computer..You can edit something already published to your blog, whether you wrote it in ScribeFire or not, but for drafts, no. They need to be completed on the computer you started with. Switching computers is probably not a common problem, but thought I would give everyone a heads up. It surprised me.
All in all and what I have learned so far, I really like it. I will definitely recommend this software to all BloggerNewbies! What software has made your blogging life easier? Share some of your secrets.
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Blogger Newbie, thanks for this post. I was looking at other options and they all required that I pay. I like this one as it sounds cool and free. Thanks!
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