Comments on: How I Write My Blog Posts and Why

By: Cassie

Cassie — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:22:22 +0000

Yep, I wasn’t joking when I said I was going to marry Notepad++

I’m still geeking out over the feature that lets you Find/Replace in all open documents. What a gigantic time saver!

I’m smacking myself for not using this program sooner. I downloaded it a long time ago, thought it sucked, and promptly uninstalled it. Then a few weeks ago I figured I’d give it another shot since I was tired of having a bunch of different Notepad windows open for different stylesheets and index files, etc. Now I’m in love!

By: Cindy Bidar

Cindy Bidar — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:18:44 +0000

Hey, thanks for pointing out the word count feature in Notepad++. I looked (nearly) everywhere and couldn’t find it! I might never go back to Notepad now!
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By: Cassie

Cassie — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:57:42 +0000

Hi Cindy!

I agree, Notepad is lacking in a word count feature. BUT, if you download Notepad++ (which I am going to marry), you can write your blog posts in that instead because it does have a word count feature. Just select all the text (CTRL+A), then go to TextFX in the menu, then select TextFX Tools, then Word Count.

Very very cool program. I code websites in it but it’s also lightweight enough to write blog posts in. Just like Notepad but with some very cool extra features.

By: Cindy Bidar

Cindy Bidar — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:27:38 +0000

I really thought I was the only one who wrote in plain old reliable notepad. Word is just to big and bulky for blogging. One thing Notepad is lacking though is a word count feature.
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By: Cassie

Cassie — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:31:41 +0000

I LOVE Notepad++. I use that to design websites. I also use it to clean up code for my clients. I just copy and paste each Wordpress post/page into it, then find and replace all the embedded code. Their Find/Replace feature lets you replace for every open document which kicks a lot of butt and saves a ton of time.

By: Wardell

Wardell — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:50:52 +0000

Writing in notepad is a good idea, if you want to save copies to you hard drive, if you want text editors with a few extra features notepad2 and notepad++ are worth checking out. For back up purposes its good to just save a copy of your database, there are wordpress plugins to help with this if you don’t know how.
I’ve personally gotten into the habit of starting drafts directly within wordpress, I find it very convenient and I also like the auto save feature in wordpress
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By: Cassie

Cassie — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:39:34 +0000

Good for you Anna! Always double check!

And smart thinking about copying to Notepad before copying to Wordpress. I used to do that as well but now I just write directly in Notepad and hand code where I want lists, bold/italics and subheaders.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:58:50 +0000

I’m a Word processor user. I don’t know maybe because I’m just used to it. I used to write my article in word then paste it in notepad and past to wordpress from notepad until I upgraded my wordpress and now I paste with the “paste from word” button.
You are right about not trusting the word processor even with the ” paste from word” button. It was yesterday that I had open tags again and I used the button to paste. I always double check.
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