Matrix Writer

In Matrix Writer Create a post is very straightforward. After you connect Matrix Writer to one of your blog accounts, your blog accounts will list in My Blogs pane, the blog account marked with a heart icon is you default blog account, by default Matrix Writer will use this account publish your post. To change your default account, click the "show more" button to display the menu for selected blog account, click "Set as default" to make this blog account as your default account. There are two ways to create a new post. Click the "Write a new post" button in Quick Start pane, this will use default account to create a new post. Click "Show more" button" of a blog account, in the dropdown menu, click "New Post", this will use this selected account to create a new post.  You post will be list in Posts pane, in this you can see the post title and modified date of your post, by click the Edit button right, you can edit selected post. Cl...

Matrix Writer support WordPress and Google Blogger's RESTful API, that is the best way that these two blog services recommended. Before RESTful API, there are many blog service use XML-RPC as the primary way to allow third party tools publish posts to blog on behalf of user. Matrix Writer supports this XML-RPC as well.  Below is an example of using XML-RPC connect to your WordPress blog. It's same for other blog services which support XML-RPC. There are plugins for WordPress to disable XML-RPC, by default XML-RPC is enabled for WordPress user, please make sure your XML-RPC options is enabled before your start below steps.  1. Click "Connect to a blog account" from Quick Start panel to start connecting Matrix Writer to your blog account. You will see below dialog. 2. Select "Other services" then click Next button. 3. Input your blog address first, normally this is the home page of your blog, then input your user name and password to allow Matrix Writer conne...

I am glad and suprised that Matrix Writer was reviewd by Softpedia, the original article is not too long, basically Matrix Writer got positive comments, that make me happy and encourage me to do more to make Matrix Writer better.  The only downside is the editor think Matrix Writer only support WordPress and Google Blogger, this is not exactly true, Matrix Writer supports WordPress and Google Blogger by its RESTful API, this is the most efficient and secure way for these two blog service. Matrix Writer also support blog service which use MetaWeblog ,  it is a long time we API protocol, there are many blog service support it.  Thanks the comment and feedback. Below is the comments from softpedia. Publish content to your WordPress and Google Blogger accounts with the help of this versatile and user-friendly piece of software Matrix Writer is a cross-platform blog editor that allows you to view, edit, update, and thoroughly manage your blog posts, publish them to multiple b...

Matrix Writer provides a rich text editor to help you edit your post content, help you to create a beautiful post with good format, you can format post content through the main application menu or the toolbar.  Here are the functions in Matrix Writer version 1.0 Name Note Undo Undo operations Redo Redo operations Cut Cut current selection to system clipboard Copy Copy current selection to system clipboard Paste Paste content from system clipboard Paste as plain text Paste content from system clipboard as plain text Font size Change font size of selection Font Change font of selection Bold Toggle bold of selection Italic Toggle italic of selection Underline Toggle underline of selection Text foreground color Set foreground color of selection Text background color Set background color of selection Strike through Toggle strike through of selection Superscript Toggle superscript of selection Subscript Toggle subscript of selection Block quote Toggle quote style of selection Align left ...

It was not that easy as I imaged to publish Matrix Writer to Mac App Store. This is my first time to submit an app to Mac App Store, need to get familar with apple's GUI design guidelines, appreparently it is different with windows application GUI design guideline. App also requires sign the app and with correct property configuration. Submit, verify, rejected, modify, back and forth many times, it was really frustrated time. I have to say Apple app store response quickly and very careful review my app - Matrix Writer, they do find out some issues, they are nice explain app store rules to me. Evently, I published Matrix Writer to the store. This is a free version in app store with some advanced features limitation, it can be found from this address  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/matrix-writer/id1213692588?ls=1&mt=12 .  Happy Blogging!

 After quite a few weeks hard work on making Matrix Writer compilance Microsoft Windows Store, Matrix Writer has been published to Windows store successfully, use this address  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/matrix-writer/9wzdncrdqfnh  to install Matrix Writer in Windows 10. Of course, I need thank for the helps from Microsoft employees, they helped reviewed Matrix Writer and give me many help to publish to windows store.  Happy Blogging!