I am using the FCKeditor plugin for S9Y to write my posts and save my drafts online. That works fine. It would be faster, however, if I could collect ideas and write my drafts in an offline editor.
How do you write your blog posts? Can you recommend a great WYSIWYG editor?
I have tried Qumana, but it uses up quite a lot of memory. It offers the option to publish posts as well, but I don't need that.
I have tried a few other free WYSIWYG editors, but they formated quotes with
I rarely use a WYSIG editor but when I do, I use Microsoft Frontpage. Compose in the WYSIG mode and then to go HTML and cut and paste the code into Serendipity. (or any blog system)
Generally, for 99% everything, I use NoteTab you can get it free or a Pro version. One great thing about NoteTab is the tag insertion pane.
Sadly s9y has had some problems with posting via external applications in the past. Maybe this has been solved now in the latest release. I am using the july/june 2006 release of s9y 1.0 and I use the performancing extension to firefox with success. You can download it from http://performancing.com/firefox . It is fully WYSIWYG You can also save your posts offline or publish straight away.
Another option is wbloggar. Its a complete WYSIWYG application but I have had limited success with it and s9y in the past. You can get it at http://wbloggar.com/.
Both are free. Regarding formatting of quotes, wysiwyg editors are notorious for generating unclean code . You will need to edit the code manually if you want perfect code.
. You will need to edit the code manually if you want perfect code.