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Font format options not working

adamgbruce — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:10:23 -0400

Hi there.. I am having a problem with my MarsEdit 3.3.. on Mac OSX 10.6.7..

When I am composing a new post, if I try to format text using the Fonts toolbar, most of the functions within it do not actually take effect. Specifically I am trying to use the strikethrough feature, but I noted that even the basic bold, italics, and underline to not work. These basic features DO work when I use the shortcut keys (⌘B etc).

I have rebooted several times, and updated to the latest available version of MarsEdit.

I have used these features in the past, and I don't recall any changes I have made between the last time I used them, and now.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Adam

Can I preview Math Formulas in MarsEdit?

jbruce — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:51:08 -0400

I installed a MathJax-LaTeX plugin in my Wordpress installation, which works great.
I'm wondering if if I can also get a preview of that in MarsEdit itself?

I suppose it would have to have a similar plug-in or somehow make a call to the MathJax CDN?

Feature Request - change authors

paulkbiba — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:55:26 -0400

Just to re-iterate a request I made a long time ago. It would be great to be able to change the author of a post through MarsEdit. About 40% of the posts I do on TeleRead come from other authors who send their stuff to me for reposting. It's a real pain to have to post in MarsEdit as a draft and then go into WordPress and change the author and publish it. It adds a lot of extra work for me.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you get the time to add this feature.

Custom Post Types

wcmessenger — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:35:34 -0400

Using WordPress 3.1.1 and the WooThemes Listings theme, is it possible to add Custom Post Types within MarsEdit? I know how to add Custom Fields, but this is a Custom Post Type (not a Post and not a Page).

Many thanks!

MarsEdit - Alt Tags

duboseven — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:07:46 -0400

There has to be a way to set ALT tags on links and images that have links without going to the HTML code. Can you PLEASE add that to the link editor / creator.

M.E. changes formatting when switching from html to wysiwyg views

Rod — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:24:02 -0400

I almost always write in html mode, but occasionally switch to wysiwyg to figure out a problem. I've noticed that when I do that and then switch back to html view, that M.E. has mangled the formatting of my html. It's all still correct, but I try to code html in a readable format, but the switch turns it into one long text stream that's a royal pain to read and edit. I suspect that means that it's converted to a more efficient form for submission to the blog, but could it be left alone in the html edit window? (If M.E. had auto formatting for editing html, that would be different, but it doesn't.)

Single spacing?

jyllianm — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:36:51 -0400

I know it is probably basic, but I'm new enough (back) in maclandia and marsedit that other than trying to edit in html I'm not sure how to get single spacing. I can work from either pages or word, but still end up with double spacing or 1.5. I guess it is the paste and match? What could I try?
Thanks for the help!

What is a "API endpoint has not being set" error in Marsedit

iscandc — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:13:50 -0400

What is a "API endpoint has not being set" error in Marsedit

3.5.63b Breaks Bookmarklet

JustinLuey — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:48:27 -0400

When you use the bookmarklet with 3.5.63b, the title is not filled in. Worked fine with the previous beta.

I've had no problem posting or retrieving from Tumblr with either beta version.

ME3 won't download any pages and a number of posts.

techguybrad — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:32:24 -0400

Just trying out the newest MarsEdit. I'm new to MarsEdit as well.

I got it fired up and syncing with the blog. But only posts that belong to my frontpage category show in ME. So for me that amounts to 5 posts. This is a small site so there isn't a lot of posts just yet. As soon as I remove it from the frontpage category and sync that post will disappear from ME3.

Also, none of my pages show in ME3. I can create new ones in ME3 but in two syncs it disappears from ME3. In the Web UI it is there but its missing from ME3?

What am I missing? Is it a plugin conflict or something?

I'm running:
WordPress 3.4.2
MarsEdit 3.5.6
Mountain Lion 10.8.2

Tumblr support restored in MarsEdit 3.5.6

Daniel Jalkut — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:42:34 -0400

Hi folks! Just want to announce the official release of 3.5.6 is out, and it addresses all the "can't log in" type issues you may have been seeing in Tumblr over the past couple months.

http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/2825/marsedit-3-5-6-tumblr-is-back

Note that you can download and use this newer version even if you purchased via Apple's Mac App Store. Let me know if you run into any trouble using the updated version.

Daniel

Display wordpress categories as proper hierarchy

fncll — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:00:13 -0400

Is there some way to get MarsEdit to display the categories list using the hierarchy I've defined in WordPress? I have quite a few categories in a hierarchical layout and it is very difficult to find and assign the right child and parent...

Cannot log in to Tumblr

Rob Fahrni — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:16:43 -0400

I've had a Tumblr weblog for quite a while now and all of a sudden MarsEdit cannot log in to the account. I deleted the weblog from MarsEdit and tried to add it back. MarsEdit can discover the weblog address, but I get the Login dialog over and over and over.

I even went to Tumblr to see if I was using the wrong email address and password. I was using the proper address and password.

I have a feeling this is something on Tumblr's end. I'm headed there next.

Any recommendations?

When Will Notification Center Support Be Added?

sgmiller — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:37:19 -0400

I think that says it all.

I can refresh and download, but I can't post stories...

digitald3 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:31:34 -0400

Hi Daniel,

I can refresh my blog, but I can't post articles due to a 404 not found error.... I have another site that works great using the this theme and plug in set... but this one doesn't want to work... I'm really not sure what or where to look for help

thanks..

Doug
Here's my network log: Network message sent: 2012-09-19 03:20:25 +0000
URL: http://douglassandquist.com/xmlrpc.php
Method name: metaWeblog.newPost
Network reply received: 2012-09-19 03:20:26 +0000
URL: http://douglassandquist.com/xmlrpc.php
Method name: metaWeblog.newPost
Status code: 404
Succeeded: NO
--Download Error--
Request text:

metaWeblog.newPost

1

xxxxxxx

[password]

mt_tags

mt_allow_comments
1

title
Test post

mt_text_more

mt_allow_pings
0

description

Just testing Mars Edit!

mt_keywords

mt_convert_breaks
0

mt_excerpt

0

Response text:

Whoops! Page Not Found | Douglas Sandquist DDS

Change default drag image into MarsEdit behavior?

ifanchu — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:41:50 -0400

Hi, I have a question about the default behavior of dragging image into MarsEdit. When I drag an image from my desktop to MarsEdit, it opens up a dialog in which I can decide the dimensions, alignment and etc and then it adds a tag. This is totally fine, but I want to know if I can change this, maybe just upload to wordpress server and add the image URL. The reason I am asking is that I am using a shortcode for all my images, so right now after I dragged an image into ME, I need to manually delete all the tag and add my own shortcode. Just want to know if this is possible.

Thanks,

Images and a private blog on Wordpress.com

vadimv — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:47:00 -0500

I'm testing MarsEdit (3.4.1 trial from the website) with a private (password-protected for reading) blog on Wordpress.com. MarsEdit does not show images in blog posts - both pre-existing posts and those created with it - showing a broken link/missing image placeholder with a question mark instead. At the same time it correctly uploads images when creating new posts - the images can be seen on the website, but not in ME itself. The images posted to a public (world-readable) Wordpress.com blog are seen just fine. Probably, ME does not provide website registration info when trying to retrieve the images for a private blog? (It must have this info, since it is able to download and upload posts.)

Regards,
Vadim

Flickr Image

dixonge — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:48:36 -0400

This is a show-stopper for me. One of the primary reasons we are using MarsEdit is to help my wife compose blog posts. Having the ability to access Flickr and insert images was a key reason to purchase the software. Unfortunately, it works only occasionally. Here is an example from a blog post draft my wife recently composed and sent to WordPress (still in draft status).

9 out of 15 photos inserted show up as "this image or video is currently unavailable." All were inserted using the same size.

Using one picture as an example, I right-click and open the link in another tab - it takes me here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48315294@N00/7895540498

As you can see, that photo is there. But when I go into WordPress and look at the image Source URL it is this:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7895540498_1d78a33911_n.jpg

As you can see, this redirects to the "photo unavailable" image.

If I go into Flickr and pick the 320x240 image (the size we originally chose) the link is here:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7895540498_0662235c52_n.jpg

Why this discrepancy? What is causing this, and is there anything I can do (in either MarsEdit or Flickr) to avoid this?

Pending images don't upload after draft was scheduled in WP

chrismarquardt — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:38:07 -0400

Is there a way to force MarsEdit to publish images that are pending?

I have prepared a bunch of posts for my WordPress site using the following workflow:

1. prepare post in MarsEdit, add images as pending (upload later)
2. post to server as Draft
3. on WP schedule post for future release

This results in the images missing from the post on WordPress, e.g. they still show img src="marsedit://pending/D27F...

I have scheduled a bunch of posts this way before I noticed that the images didn't get sent to the server.

If I refresh the posts in MarsEdit, they now show "Published" under the Server Options, but the pics are still pending.

Any help is appreciated!

Chris

Bouncing Text Bug?

gfiumara — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:31:11 -0400

I'm having a really hard time getting a series of steps to reproduce this bug, but I think it has something to do with the window size. Every few keystrokes in the rich text view moves the text a little bit. I can solve it pretty reliably by resizing the window. Eventually, it comes back though. Here's an example:

Can't Get Into Text Block

amyrand — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:13:36 -0400

My cursor will no longer move to the text entry block. Can't move it there for edit either. Working fine until yesterday. Help, please.

Blockquote p-tag bug?

cmd — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 01:40:34 -0400

Hi Red Sweater,

Been trying out MarsEdit and so far it's pretty awesome - I'm very impressed. However, I'm having one small but nagging problem and that is that when I apply blockquote to a single paragraph of text, either in Rich Text of HTML text, it removes that single paragraph's p tags and I have to go back in and re-add them. However if you select more than paragraph of text and then apply blockquote, it keeps the p tags just fine.

Now when I build a macro that opens with blockquote p and closes with /p blockquote, that encodes a single blockquoted paragraph perfectly. But if I use that macro on multiple paragraphs, then it adds extra p tags and then I have to go in and remove them...

Obviously I'd love to just have command for blockquote that behaves the same for any number of paragraphs, I'm a blogger and we blockquote like crazy.

Is this a bug or I am doing something wrong?

Thanks!

Chas

Tab does not create indentations

Scionwest — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:52:47 -0400

Greetings,

I've run into a issue tonight that has really created a lot of frustrations for me. While working on a new post, I would try to press TAB to create a indentation. However, when I press the TAB key, it skips out of the text editor and moves over to the Add Category field. If I Shift-TAB it skips to the Post Title field. It seems that tabs for indentation do not always work when I want them to. If I close the editor and re-open it, indentation tabs work again, but then go away and tab begins shifting the focus around again.

Is there something I can change to disable tabbed focus changing?

Thanks.
Johnathon

Can't refresh in Wordpress 3.4.1

comicsbeat — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:20:31 -0400

My blog was just upgraded to Wordpress 3.4.1 from an older 2.7 version. Now when I try to refresh posts I get this message:

Can’t get recent posts for Comics Beat because the server reported an error: unexpected response code 500.

Any idea what is causing this? I suspect it's a plugin but I have a lot to upgrade.

Thanks!

MarsEdit to Zenfolio.com blog?

silverlaker — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:55:00 -0400

If any of you use the Zenfolio photo hosting website, and you use the Zenfolio built-in blog - do you have any suggestions how to use MarsEdit to post to Zenfolio? Zenfolio's tech support says theirs is not a Wordpress blog but that doesn't help me figure out what to do - or if it will even work.

Thanks

Bohdan

Media Manager: default image size, behavior when folder is expanded

Scarabus — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:12:36 -0500

First, I save images in the size I want, width being the dimension that determines the rest. The Media Manager often changes that width, forcing me to reenter it manually.

Second, when I click an expansion triangle to open a folder, I want the cursor to remain on the triangle or on the folder name. Instead it jumps a long way off.

One would expect such behaviors to be options of choice — in the program, the finder, or the system preferences. Anyone know how to exercise that choice and change the defaults?

(Apologies if my questions have already been answered elsewhere. I did search, really, but failed to find anything.)

Edit publishes to WordPress 3.4.1 in html

nethe3rd — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:49:21 -0400

I'm brand new to this, and am currently just trying MarsEdit.
I must be doing something major wrong, because when I edit my post then Send to Blog, the post is published in html format, with no image.
I'm editing in Rich Text editing mode (set as Default in Preferences).
Am I missing something (other than a brain!)?

Change starting Post status to draft rather than published

Flaneur — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:40:57 -0400

Hi,
How can I change the Post status to automatically be draft unless I change it to published rather than the other way round? I have looked in the preferences and not fond an option. I would prefer it this way round so that there has to be a definite decision to publish. Thanks

AppleScript cannot save new posts/documents

nik — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:04:31 -0400

When I create a post via AppleScript, I cannot save it and close it. Close works fine, but then it prompts to save. If I send a "save" handler, it doesn't save and the script hangs until it times out. I'm trying to make a large series of posts at once to migrate a blog from one platform to another, so having close and save work properly is key.

Here is an example script. It does the same thing for any save command or "close with saving".


tell application "MarsEdit"
	set myBlog to blog "Foo"
	make new document
	tell document 1
		set title to "Bar"
		set body to "Baz"
		set current blog to myBlog
		save
		close
	end tell
end tell

img links - media markup template

jem — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:36:50 -0400

I need to ask about how ME uses the templates for image links. I wanted a custom flickr link, that is I wanted to style the content a bit using CSS so I made a template that looks like this (with added spaces so it displays here)

< div class="flickrimage">< img src="#fileurl#" height="#imgheight#" width="#imgwidth#" alt="#displayname#">< p> #displayname#< /p>

What I get is

< div class="flickrimage">< a href="xxxxxx" title="yyyyyy">< img alt="zzzzzz" width="500" src="aaaaaa" height="334" / >< /a>< p> gggggg< /p>< /div>

The interesting part for me is the "/ >" ending of img tag. Why is that inserted? As far as I understand, http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#h-13.2, there shouldn't be a '/' before the closing '>' here.