It has taken me a couple of weeks to get to this point of attempting to add content to my WordPress Blog with my IMac. I have been searching for blog editing software comparable to Windows Live Writer and for the same price. I am here to tell you – it’s not possible. Most of the blog editing software for the Mac that has any functionality at all comes with a price, Windows Live Writer is FREE. It’s hard to pay a price for something that is probably not as good as what you are used to and that you got for free.
This particular software is called Blogo. It has a bizarre looking rabbit as its icon and so far the interface of the software is a bit low budget. I am in a 21 day free trial period and the purchase price is $25 if I decide to purchase it.
At this point I have been struggling with how to format the article. I can’t find anything to do with font size, color or style. The process of putting a picture into the post was not difficult but there were not a lot of editing options. Blogo does not give you the type of flexibility Live Writer did with the drop shadow type options and the ability to name the picture for SEO purposes, its pretty cut and dry. Find a picture, resize it and that is about it. I did send this post accidentally the first time and the small picture I had attached to it seemed to post fine. When I tried another picture that was a little bigger the upload did not go through. That is why there is not a picture on this post.
My assessment at this point is it should not be this hard to edit the type and create a post that has some flare and the ability to utilize good SEO strategies. There is no H1, H2 type of Heading options. There is not even the ability to change the font size to allow for paragraph titles to draw attention through your content. I think it is time to move on to the next option. Maybe I will look into setting up a section of my IMac to run Windows software. The problem with that is I need to spend another $185 dollars on Windows 7. UUUggggghhhhh. This is frustrating.
Amendment: Another element that is unacceptable with Blogo is the inability to specify what category you want to assign your post. Also you do not have the option to create pages, only posts. Blogo is Nogo for me.
I have been struggling with the same problem since buying my MacBook Pro. I used LiveWriter religiously and I can not find anything that is comparable for a Mac and I am shocked. I simply want to be able to edit my blog, make easy font formatting and quickly crop and edit photos in the editor! It seems that there are no Mac applications that will allow me to do this.
You wrote this post in 2010 and I am wondering what you have found as a solution. I have read of some people running Windows on their Mac so they can use Live Writer and I just can’t imagine I will need to go that far.