http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussions/feed.rss Tue, 21 May 13 13:19:04 -0400 All Discussions - Red Sweater Forums en-CA http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2507/blogger-date-header-in-preview-template Sun, 19 May 2013 08:19:57 -0400 iamurray 2507@/forums/discussions I'm using blogger as my blog and i have a date header, can anyone tell me how i get this into my preview template as a placeholder to show the correct date?]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2487/can-the-applescript-extension-be-hidden Fri, 03 May 2013 13:31:38 -0400 seand 2487@/forums/discussions
They seem to run the same as a compiled script, but the extension clutters up the menu.

Regards,
Sean]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2503/cant-post-for-name-because-the-server-reported-an-error-unknown-fault- Fri, 17 May 2013 12:31:12 -0400 becky 2503@/forums/discussions http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2192/is-there-a-schedule-to-post-in-mars-edit Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:38:18 -0400 corgi2 2192@/forums/discussions http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2502/erroneous-links Thu, 16 May 2013 21:24:13 -0400 sc285 2502@/forums/discussions I get "fail" to download on both. Has anyone got new links, or did these go to "pay subscriber" status?
Thanks in advance

Rob from Kansas]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2498/getting-a-cant-get-recent-posts-for-name-because-the-server-reported-an-error- Thu, 09 May 2013 22:36:55 -0400 AmyRidenour 2498@/forums/discussions
***NEVER MIND*** I see you answered this problem already at http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/2876/squarespace-5-workaround

I tried your solution and it worked great right away. Thanks!]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/1589/image-resize-blogger Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:00:03 -0400 1589@/forums/discussions I am new to MarsEdit, switching to think because I am tired of the limitations by blogging using email-to-blog.

Usually I will blog photos at 600 x 450 pixels. On my main blog page, it will show a smaller thumbnail size. Clicking on it will load the larger 600pixels image.

I just published a test post using MarsEdit. The image will appear as it is in my blog in its full size but cropped due to the layout width.

Is there anything I can set / do such that posting via MarsEdit will create a thumbnail version of the images in main post?

Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks.]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2495/questions-from-a-newbie Tue, 07 May 2013 12:32:00 -0400 CPlus 2495@/forums/discussions
- Is there a way to do a startpost/endpost? EG, I often have numerous notes about a post that I keep in the beginning of my document and then put graveyard text that I may still use at the end. This is particularly critical for posts that get routine updates over time.

- Similarly, is there a way to do inline notes that aren't published?

- Is there a way to sort Local Drafts by last modified date instead of created date?

- Post management. If I open a published post, make some mods, then save it unpublished, it saves to Local Drafts. So far, so good. If I forget that I've made these mods and again open the published post, there does not appear to be anything that warns me and asks if I want to open the published post or the more recently modified version in Local Drafts. ??

- I have occasionally ended up with multiple versions of the same post in Local Drafts and in one case they have the exact same timestamp.

- Is there a way to create multiple draft folders (eg, one for each blog)? Or, can I have multiple instances of MarsEdit, one for each blog?

Sorry if these are basic and have been covered elsewhere. My feeble searches and antiquated tech ability haven't provided answers to these.
]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2/welcome-clarion-users Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:07:02 -0500 2@/forums/discussions
Daniel Jalkut
Red Sweater Software]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2496/getting-the-most-out-of-marsedit Tue, 07 May 2013 21:55:33 -0400 djbressler 2496@/forums/discussions
Today, I basically write my post in MarsEdit, but do all formatting and everything in WordPress. I'd like to get to the point where I can do most of the work in MarsEdit - including preview with my own theme. But, I have no idea how to get there.

I'd also like advanced tips that help me understand features I might not be aware of. For example, I saw how Michael Hyatt uses MarsEdit, and wasn't aware I could add the post excerpt in a field at the top of the post. Things like that...

If it's a commercial ebook, I'd be happy to pay for it.

Best,

david]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2486/server-returning-error-messages-but-post-has-been-edited Fri, 03 May 2013 13:10:19 -0400 andym 2486@/forums/discussions
I'm having problems posting to my blog. MarsEdit returns the message that it couldn't post because the server returned an error message: unknown error. But the revisions are in fact being posted (ditto new posts). I never had this problem with my MAMP installation - so i believe this must be something to do with how the server is set up. Has anyone else had this problem or have any idea what might be causing it?

My hosting provider hasn't been any help.

Thanks]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2494/is-there-any-way-to-display-the-url-of-a-post Mon, 06 May 2013 10:23:07 -0400 andym 2494@/forums/discussions
Is there any way to display the url of a post - eg if I want to copy the link to the clipboard and then link another post to it? Unfortunately I can't recreate the link just from the slug.

Thanks again

A]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2368/how-to-stop-extra-window Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:10:03 -0500 dutchpdx 2368@/forums/discussions
I have a basic flextime document setup as I would like, yet every time I start the app a second blank flextime document displays. How do I stop this second blank document from appearing?

Thanks.]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2484/can-i-use-the-browser-bookmarklet-with-custom-fields Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:31:40 -0400 jeffbenjam 2484@/forums/discussions
I have a custom field setup that needs to contain URLs for linked list posts. Is there a way that I can use the bookmarklet to populate this particular field with the URL of a site I'm visiting? The bookmarklet is already capable of populating the title field with the title of the site being visited, I just need it to populate my custom field.

Thanks for your help.]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2299/hypertext-links Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:22:42 -0400 rmblade 2299@/forums/discussions
Robert]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2451/open-thread-what-are-your-favorite-applescript-scripts-for-marsedit Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:23:14 -0400 evanwolf 2451@/forums/discussions http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2420/using-markdown-with-marsedit Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:24:20 -0500 HarveyL 2420@/forums/discussions
However, I see that the Markdown code is sent to Blogger without translating it into html. I've checked all the menus and settings but can't find an option that says something like, "Convert Markdown to html before sending to blog". Is there such a setting?

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that MarsEdit purposefully sends the Markdown code and assumes that the blog will also understand Markdown. That way the local version and the blog version would be in sync. However, in the case of Blogger, there doesn't appear to be a way for it to handle Markdown. Perhaps other blogs do this, but Blogger doesn't.

Unless MarsEdit gives me an option to convert Markdown code to html before sending it to Blogger, I can't take advantage of the simplicity and transparency of Markdown: I am better off writing in html in the first place. Or perhaps I need another program that exports html from a Markdown source and then paste that html into MarsEdit. That would be a pain since every time I wanted to make a change I'd have to go back to the original code, change the Markdown, export the html, and then paste it into MarsEdit, which then uploads it to Blogger. In that case I'd be better off not using MarsEdit and just paste the html code from the Markdown software directly into Blogger.

Have I missed something?]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2455/wordpress-blog-posts-converting-to-html-how-do-i-stop-this Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:04:41 -0400 glen01 2455@/forums/discussions
For example, I wrote this:

"This is a test.

This is a test link.

This is an image.

[IMAGE]"

Which posted as this

"pThis is a test. /p
pThis is a a href=mailto:myemail@me.comtest link/a./p
pThis is an image. /p
pimg style=float: left; title=fb.jpg src=http://www.website.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/fb2.jpg alt=Fb width=194 height=195 border=0 //p"

What am I doing wrong?
]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2453/creatingediting-non-wordpress-or-other-blogging-platform-html-pages Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:28:35 -0400 bkpr007 2453@/forums/discussions
I'm creating a sub-directory in my website root which is outside of my WordPress install. Am I able to use MarsEdit as a regular HTML editor with the ability to upload files to specific folders? I have so many macro/shortcuts set up in ME which I evidently have a hard time living without :( I normally use Coda to edit basic HTML, but I don't want to recreate all my ME hooks.]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/1624/wordpress-3-0-featured-image Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:45:15 -0400 1624@/forums/discussions
Love using MarsEdit, makes blog posting so much less hassle - apart from not supporting Wordpress' "Featured Image".

Is access to this available via the WP API, and will MarsEdit support it? If not, I'd be interested in any suggestions on workarounds - eg what a WP plugin would have to do, if something could be scripted in Applescript, etc.

I'm quite happy to develop scripts to do this myself, but don't have much knowledge of WP internals, so need pointers ;-)

Many thanks
Jon]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2452/is-it-possible-to-display-only-libraryscripts- Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:07:17 -0400 dedalus 2452@/forums/discussions May be it's a stupid question and I missed some thing, but as I wrote in the title: in Fast Script menu is it possible to display only the AS in "my script folder" without all the AS in /Library/Scripts?

Thanks in advance]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2377/image-sizes-image-resizing-in-marsedit-for-wordpress Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:20:34 -0500 holgerheinze 2377@/forums/discussions I've searched the forums up and down for this and haven't found it.

#### Question background / synopsis:
I am running a number of wordpress blogs - most are photographic and have 2-20 photographs per post.
When uploading images with Marsedit, the images are not resized to the sizes needed. Though I can set the image resizing to *one* size needed for the blog, many themes need different sizes. See below.
Also, when I resize an image upon upload to a size that doesn't break the design, the blog visitor has no chance to click-to-enlarge the photo.

#### Wordpress internal workings I'm trying to replicate:
Wordpress has a standard set of image sizes (thumbnail, medium, large, original) - their dimensions are set in the wordpress installation's settings. They usually correspond with what the theme needs. (More on that below)

When you upload an image through the wordpress online admin form (yourpage.com/wp-admin), all images are automatically resized into those sizes. Say for example I am uploading a photo that is 1482px x 1002 px.
This photo is then available within wordpress in the following sizes:

Thumbnail (150 × 150)
Medium (300 × 202)
Large (500 × 337)
Original (1482 × 1002)

All these will link to an attachment page or a full-size photo file (jpg in this case) when clicked.

Let's say my theme will use 500px wide images or it breaks.
When I upload the 1482 px wide image through the wordpress admin media manager, I can add a 500px wide image to the post. The image is clickable and visitors can see the image in 1482 wide if they wish to do so.

#### What Marsedit does
When I add an image to MarsEdit, I can pick it's size. I can chose to leave the image at 1482x1002 or I can downsize it to one of the other dimensions listed above. Or any other combination that has the same aspect ratio.
In order not to break my aforementioned design, I have to resize it to 500x337. This works for the design - but the visitor now has no way to click-to-enlarge the file and see the photography in a size that makes him smile ;-)

#### bottom line and appeal
I'm a traveling photographer. Internet connections are usually shit where I am so working online (i.e. using the wordpress interface) is no option. It would be a dream come true if I could prepare my blog posts in Marsedit while I am offline and then just upload them when I have a connection, open them in the wordpress interface to add things Marsedit can't do (i.e. featured image) and be done with it.

My questions are:

- Is there a more intelligent way for me to upload images than the one I described above?
- Maybe I am missing something here? An easy fix to make the image uploaded clickable?
]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2436/clipboard-doesnt-seem-to-work-under-osx-10-8 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:32:12 -0400 JohnnyVagabond 2436@/forums/discussions
this is what I'm using so far:



]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2450/downloads-the-draft-posts-from-your-blog Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:02:32 -0400 florent 2450@/forums/discussions
I use MarsEdit specially for updating my blog.

And sometimes I want to focus only on my draft post.
And if I post a lot of posts between each draft, is complicated.
`So my question is:
is it possible to choose to downloads the 30 most draft posts from your blog instead of the 30 most recent posts?

ps: while I was writing my question, I thought a trick. I'm going to change the date of my draft ;-)
But my question is still valid !!
Because it could be great!!

cheers
]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2449/font-boldcolor-hotkey Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:59:00 -0400 BrentMaier 2449@/forums/discussions
I'm familiar with the color switch palette hotkey but I'm hoping to eliminate a CMD-B for Bold & mouse click to set font color every time I want to write a follow-up comment on the blog.

What is the best way to accomplish this task in MarsEdit? ]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2437/how-to-upload-an-image Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:04:43 -0400 unshod 2437@/forums/discussions http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2446/drop-cursor-obscures-insertion-point Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:41:09 -0400 paulhagstrom 2446@/forums/discussions
It is only occurring to me now as I type this that I can probably work around this myself by just using a bigger font size in posts (I'm using Menlo 9, my laptop has a small screen), and probably the insertion point and drag graphics are handled more by Mac OS X than by MarsEdit -- but on the off chance that there's an easy way to make the insertion point for a drag more visible even at small font sizes, I for one would much appreciate it!

I guess this is supposed to be a question. So: is this easy to change?]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2447/wordpress-tags Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:46:55 -0400 anthonyvigneron 2447@/forums/discussions How can I save a list of tags for my WP blog (similarly to the WP categories saved on the Options side bar)?
By default the View menu displays the Tags field under Title field but no tags to select from.

Thank you,]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2444/foldingtext-as-external-editor Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:44:47 -0400 smnevans 2444@/forums/discussions FoldingText is able to accept text from MarsEdit but when I close the window it does not send the text back.

The console shows this error:
13/04/13 10:31:26.544 AM sandboxd[3036]: ([2985]) FoldingText(2985) deny appleevent-send com.red-sweater.marsedit]]> http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/2445/small-bug-wordpress-set-post-for-future-date-but-post-is-being-published-immediately Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:56:51 -0400 damien 2445@/forums/discussions
I've been using Marsedit for years ... recently I reformatted my Mac and now find that all my WordPress posts are being published immediately. Even after I set the date for 'tomorrow' for example.

I'm guessing I've made a schoolboy error ...
I set the date, and
set the post status to published and then
click send to blog

It seems if you change the post status - AFTER you set the date, then this wipes the publish date value.

Because if I do things in this order, the future date is kept

set the post status to published,
set the date, and then
click send to blog

Hope that helps?

Thanks

Damien]]>