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Image config when usuing img url

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:18:46 -0400

I have an old blogger that I host at my own domain. It works with the new blogger settings, I suppose it made it over. The deal is, I couldn't get images to upload via blogger so I decided to upload them via ftp and just create custom img src tags. It works, but....

I can't get the image to remain within the post area set by blogger. It escapes it and messes up the formatting.
Here's an example:
http://phoenixrisingtattoo.hartjoy.com/thornesworld.html

private blogger

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:01:05 -0400

I've created a private blog on blogger for a team effort that ought to be kept away from prying eyes.

anyway it seems as though marsedit is having trouble getting ahold of the RPC URL.

thoughts?

Reopening draft post creates new window

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:45:53 -0400

I'm editing a draft and then switch the focus back to the main window. To resume editing the draft by double-clicking its title in the main window, I would expect that the double-click would simply activate the window/bring it to the front. And this is what happens if the draft has unsaved changes, but if the draft has been edited and saved, then MarsEdit opens a second window. If you edit and save and reopen you will get a third window and so on. I don't know whether that's really a bug, but I would prefer that reopening a draft would just activate the draft window and not spawn new ones if that makes sense. It's especially confusing because the multiple windows are independent of each other and don't show the same text. I am using 1.2.

Close tags

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:17:52 -0400

I know this is a bit advanced [for a light blog client] but I cant be the only one who feels kinda dumb when after careful review still manages to post a messed up tag.

specifically i really hate it when I use the wrong closing tag. is there any way ME can let us know if we havent closed our tags before post?

edited for makingsenseness

Posting Error

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:50:38 -0400

I've just installed WordPress 2.1.2. When I make a post from MarsEdit, I get the following error message:

Post to Weblog Error
Can't do post for StephenHargrove because the server reported an error. The server did not respond.

However, the post gets made. When I check the blog, it's there. Following is the RPC Console. Any assistance would be appreciated.

RPC message sent: 2007-03-13 15:30:58 -0500
URL: http://stephenhargrove.com/xmlrpc.php
Method name: metaWeblog.newPost
RPC reply received: 2007-03-13 15:31:01 -0500
URL: http://stephenhargrove.com/xmlrpc.php
Method name: metaWeblog.newPost
Status code: -1
Succeeded: NO

--Download Error--
Request text:


    metaWeblog.newPost
    
        
            1
            
        
            stephen
            
        
            [password]
            
        
            
            
            
            flNotOnHomePage
            0
            
            
            description
            This is a test post.
            
            
            title
            Test Post The Last
            
            
            
            
        
            1
            
        
    

Response text:

Getting categories to show from blogspot

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:23:26 -0400

I have two blogs and both of them on blogger. Also, both of them use around 20 categories (or labels as blogger calls them). However, I can only see the list of categories on MarsEdit from one of them. What could be wrong and what do you think I can do to get the categories from the other one?

Thank you.

Zoom preview

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:04:37 -0400

It would be great if I could zoom the preview of my posts in MarsEdit.

A couple of questions....

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:38:23 -0400

I'm using the demo and almost ready to buy.

I'm not seeing the last post I made when I refresh - I see the 25 previous posts from my blog(http://marksweeney.blogspot.com/), but not the most recent one. Is this a limitation of the demo version?

I prefer hosting the images on my server, at http://www.mark-sweeney.com

But currently I have to copy and paste code from previous posts, and edit the code so it shows the new pics. Will there be a feature to enable urls for images from the web, instead of hand-coding urls like I am now?

Thanks!

Number of new posts to download

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:21:22 -0400

Hi there- Marsedit only seems to download 25 postings from blogger, no matter how high I set the number in the box 'Number of posts to download'. Is there some setting that needs to be changed in blogger, or is this an issue with MarsEdit?

Thanks for your help- raj

Feature Request: "Scheduled" Posts to MoveableType

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:19:22 -0400

It'd be really nice to be able to send posts up to MoveableType that would appear at a later date rather than immediately. The MT web interface lets you do this, but I'd vasty prefer to be able to use MarsEdit instead for consistency's sake. Any chance of getting this sort of thing?

More generic ATOM support

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:49:59 -0400

Hi!

As I've seen there is ATOM support in the application, if you choose the "Vox" engine.

Currently I'm evaluating this for my blog engine, and I have a couple of suggestions which would be nice to have in MarsEdit.

1.

It seems that the automatic API discovery uses the "engineName" element from the RSD file. So, if my engine is not supported by MarsEdit, it will recognize it as "Other Blogger-compatible" and will try to use XmlRPC even if I return only one ATOM endpoint

So, it would be nice to see that MarsEdit uses the api elements and chooses one which fits.

2.

Authentication.

ATOM does not have any authentication method defined, it depends on implementation. Some of the vendors started to use the X-WSSE header based authentication, which is supported by MarsEdit.

The issues is that this method _requires_ the server to have _plain_text_ passwords for the users, so it's a potential security problem. Besides this, other vendors trust more the Digest or NTLM authentication methods, since these are older and more proven.

It would be nice, if MarsEdit would recognize the WWW-Authenticate header returned by the server, and would be able to use at least the Digest authentication. NTLM is harder, and is usually used on intranets, so I think it's not so important.

And there is another ATOM auth. proposal, however I'm not usre if anyone is using it in production. http://bitworking.org/news/New_AtomAPI_Implementation_Release2

Lists in Markdown on Typepad

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:09:47 -0400

Hi

First off. Love MarsEdit. One feature I would absolutely love in the next version is the ability to add categories to a Typepad blog.

But to the real issue. Typepad has Markdown support. MarsEdit allows Markdown syntax to be used when composing posts. Something that I have found is that ordered lists (ie. 1., 2., etc) when Marked Down in MarsEdit appears as plain text when posted. For example:

1. Blah
2. Blah
3. Blah

is turned into

1. Blah 2. Blah 3. Blah

From memory, I also had similar issues with unordered lists (ie. bulleted lists).

Other Markdown elements work (eg. URLs, emphasis, italics, etc)

MarsEdit doesn't post to Blogger

Tue, 01 May 2007 09:25:53 -0400

i'm having a funny problem- I create posts in MarsEdit and publish them, no error messages. The only problem is that the posts don't show up on my blogger site. I created a new weblog, and when MarsEdit downloaded the existing posts, all of the more recent posts were downloaded, despite never showing on the blog itself. There must be a simple explanation for this, but I can't figure it out. Any help much appreciated!

XML error when refreshing

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:15:43 -0400

I get the following error in my RPC console when I try to refresh. I am on Dreamhost, but I am not using WordPress.

Any ideas?

RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:47 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: metaWeblog.getRecentPosts
RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:48 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: metaWeblog.getRecentPosts
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    metaWeblog.getRecentPosts
    
        
            1
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
            10
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:48 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getCategoryList
RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:48 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:48 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:48 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:48 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:48 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.supportedTextFilters
RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:49 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.supportedTextFilters
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.supportedTextFilters
    
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:49 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.getPostCategories
    
        
            455
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:49 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:49 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.getPostCategories
    
        
            454
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:49 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:50 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.getPostCategories
    
        
            457
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:50 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:50 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getCategoryList
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.getCategoryList
    
        
            1
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:50 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.getPostCategories
    
        
            451
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:50 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:50 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.getPostCategories
    
        
            456
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:50 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:50 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.getPostCategories
    
        
            450
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC message sent: 2007-06-11 22:12:50 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:50 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.getPostCategories
    
        
            452
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:51 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.getPostCategories
    
        
            449
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:51 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.getPostCategories
    
        
            447
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
            
        
    



RPC reply received: 2007-06-11 22:12:52 -0700
URL: http://thedalzells.org/?ACT=23&id=1
Method name: mt.getPostCategories
Status code: 200
Succeeded: NO
--Fault Error--
Fault code: 105
Fault string: XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Request text:


    mt.getPostCategories
    
        
            448
            
        
            erin
            
        
            [password]
            
        
    

Response text:



    
        
            
                faultCode
                105
            
            
                faultString
                XML error: Invalid document end at line 1

response code 404, what to do?

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:31:20 -0400

Can’t do get recent posts for Refuge Pointe because the server reported an error. The server returned an unexpected response code: 404..

I get that error everytime I try to post, I am using wordpress hosted at macdock.com. Macdock claims that the error is not not them and is either wordpress or marsedit. I can post to the site from the web interface so I think it must be marsedit. How do do I fix it so I can post?

MarsEdit 1.2 issues

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:55:40 -0400

After installing the MarsEdit 1.2 update it asked me if I wanted to update the Keychain.

When I clicked Change All it began hitting the hard disk so hard it basically stalled the computer.

I had to Force Quit MarsEdit and other programs and restart.

Now I find that programs are asking for their login password, as if the Keychain file has been damaged in some way.

Also for some reason, Entourage refuses to complete its startup. I get the menu but the Inbox never appears.

Ouch!

Douglas

Is there an easy way to change a blog's password?

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:42:33 -0400

I'm hoping someone can correct me on this but I sometimes change my blog author password for security purposes. Is there an easy way to access and change this. Currently, I delete the blog and re-add it. I think the natural place to find it would be in the blog's preferences. I would appreciate it if this could be made more accessible or obvious.

Printing Support

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:05:48 -0400

This might sound strange, but I would like printing support on MarsEdit. I find that proofreading hard copies of things I write improves my prose. I don't usually do that on a blog, but sometimes I need to. The extra step of moving the text to a different editor seems unnecessary. Ideally, the printing support would include the preview window.

Explanation: Something good happens when I have my words printed on paper. For whatever reason, I can be more objective and pick up on more issues. I think it has something to do with expectations: we forgive a lot on screen, because this is something like a spoken culture. Print matter demands higher standards.

Thank you for considering this request.

LifeType

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:08:53 -0400

I've been recruited as a blogger on a system that uses LifeType (lifetype.net), but I can't seem to get MarsEdit to work with it. My guess is that MarsEdit simply doesn't support LifeType. Does anybody have any experience with this or any suggestions?

--Craig

Spellcheck in different language

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:10:09 -0400

Hi

Im not using Marsedit to write in English. Therefore, is it possible to install a different language in Marsedit? For instance with Cocoaspell?

Hope you can help.

Best, Kim

Pixelpost support

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:36:53 -0400

Hi

Anyone knows how to use pixelpost with MarsEdit?

TIA

Posting through an authenticating proxy server

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:06:48 -0400

Hi,

should MarsEdit allow you to post through an authenticating proxy server? The last version I tried --before the grand acquisition!-- just spat back an error showing that it hadn't used the system's proxy settings. Unfortunately, having tried that version some time back, there's no way of me checking save buying a license and (much as I like red-sweater) I'm not yet prepared to do that! That is, the newer version just complains about an expired trial period.

Cheers,
Paul

MarsEdit 1.2 Hang When Refreshing Blog

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:11:54 -0400

A couple users have noticed problems with MarsEdit 1.2 after agreeing to update the Keychain for MarsEdit and then attempting to refresh their blogs or post a new post:

http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=250

It's been discovered that at least in one case, deleting the Keychain Access item(s) for MarsEdit (you'll have to enter your passwords again, so reveal them and write them down if necessary) works around the problem.

I'm going to be looking into the root cause of this problem, and if it is indeed something that MarsEdit is doing, fix it ASAP. But as a workaround try deleting the keychain passwords:

1. Open Keychain Access (/Applications/Utiltiies/Keychain Access)
2. Find MarsEdit password items (type MarsEdit into the search filter field).
3. Select MarsEdit items and delete them after writing down the associated password, if necessary.

I apologize for the inconvenience and hope to get to the *real* bottom of this soon.

Daniel

Images & Files On Blogger

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:14:39 -0400

The reaction to Blogger support in MarsEdit 1.1.5 has been great! Thanks everybody for trying it out so quickly and returning with your feedback.

The most common reaction so far has been that it works great but you can't upload images. I researched this and discovered that, unfortunately, Google does not currently support this for "external editors." I found this post on the Google Developer's group from Pete Hopkins of the Blogger developer team:

http://groups.google.com/group/bloggerDev/msg/d36fc1fc994d0de6?dmode=source

In it he replies to the question with the statement:

"Not now. This is a very requested feature, and may appear at some point."

So the best advice I have for MarsEdit users who want to see this support for Blogger, is to get in touch with Google and "vote with your email."

UPDATE: This feedback form was suggested by a Google employee as a good choice:

http://help.blogger.com/?page=troubleshooter.cs&problem=&contact_type=wishlist&Submit=Submit

I think the thing to ask for is "Image uploading support for clients using the Blogger Atom Publishing Protocol."

Daniel

Images and files upload not working for me

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:43:15 -0400

Though, mercifully, the Blogger login does. Goodbye, Ecto!

Also, really like the add-paragraphs script. Should incorporate it into the app.

Okay, that's actually three points. I'll stop...

403 error

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:37:47 -0400

I'm trying to get started, and when I try to post a message to my blog (WordPress), or refresh, I get a 403 error. The RPC log says: You don't have permission to access /blog/xmlrpc.php
on this server.

I double checked the passwords and the permissions, and it all seems to be correct. Any ideas?

XML-RPC Parsing error....

Wed, 30 May 2007 05:50:36 -0400

When I tried to post to my wordpress 2.1.3 site this a.m, I received this error from Marsedit, XML-RPC Parsing error etc.
I think my Web Host may have upgraded the PHP Version to 5.2.2, and then I added the fix to the XMLRPX file and was able to post normally from within wordpress with and without the added fix, So, I don't know what this error is. Everything worked fine yesterday.....

;; Ray

Where do I change my login info?

Tue, 29 May 2007 09:52:51 -0400

I cant find where I change my login info for my blog in Marsedit.

Textpattern bug: Post editing results in 404

Sun, 20 May 2007 16:33:39 -0400

Hi,

I recently had some problems with posts I made from MarsEdit to my Textpattern blog. Today I realized it seemed to occur only when I edited a post. This would then result in a 404/Not found on my blog, even though the entry would still be in the DB and the textpattern article list. Saving the same article once more in the blogs backend resolves the error.
I'm not sure if it's a problem with the rudimentary RPC-support from textpattern or something else, but it would be great if you could look into it.

p.s.
Congratulations!

----------------------
Textpattern · 4.0.4
Mars Edit 1.1.8 (334)

RPC Console (don't know if of any help)

RPC message sent: 2007-05-20 22:15:13 +0200
URL: http://blog....
Method name: metaWeblog.editPost
RPC reply received: 2007-05-20 22:15:14 +0200
URL: http://blog....
Method name: metaWeblog.editPost
Status code: 200
Succeeded: YES
Request text:

metaWeblog.editPost

[postID]

[username]

[password]

flNotOnHomePage
0

categories

[category]

description
[Some Text and links from the article here]

link
[article url]

title
[article title]

1

Response text:

1

Where does MarsEDIT put the pictures?

Sun, 27 May 2007 13:08:35 -0400

I have a number of blogs accessed from MarsEDIT.

One is a Blogger blog. This blog is an FTP blog.

To set the blog up I had to tell MarsEDIT the remote address of the blog (http://www.domain.com) rather than a blogspot address.

I added an image to a post and left the path: field blank.

MarsEDIT then posted the image file to a completely different server to the blog entry (really, http://domain2.com is not even on the same host as domain.com).

Clearly MarsEDIT is using a default, but where is that default set?

Is it for example, the last entry for which a path: was provided?

Does anyone have any thoughts?

Tkx/Jules