BloGTK, a weblog client for Linux
I have been meaning to setup a weblog client for a while now. I have tested a couple of weblogs clients and have settled on BloGTK.
It has a simple user interface but comprehensive features, although I did need to define a few Custom Tags before the editor supported all the formatting options I wanted.
Setting up BloGTK is very simple for Ubuntu and Debain users.
aptitude install blogtk
Once installed, the following settings will connect to a Wordpress blog.e
- Server URL: http://blog.example.org/xmlrpc.php
- Account: Your Username
- Password: Your Password
- Blogging System: Moveable Type
Now I can blog directly from my desktop, I am hoping it will encourage me to post more often 
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Posted on January 11, 2008 at 1:44 pm by Martin · Permalink
In: Content Management · Tagged with: blog, client, Gnome, Wordpress, xmlrpc
In: Content Management · Tagged with: blog, client, Gnome, Wordpress, xmlrpc
on January 17, 2008 at 4:38 pm
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Hey thanks, I kept trying to get BloGTK to work but I didn’t realize that it needed to be pointed to the xmlrpc file, unlike the Gnome Blog Entry Poster. I still can’t seem to get BloGTK to work for me though, for various reasons, like using categories.
on January 17, 2008 at 6:26 pm
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With the settings I have shown above, when I select File -> Connect the Wordpress categories are populated in the drop down.
on March 19, 2008 at 7:37 pm
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[...] sichtbar zumachen. Wie aber schon im vorigen Artikel erwähnt, hilft es, im Internet zu suchen. In diesem Blog hab ich den entscheidenden Hinweis gefunden. Ausschlaggebend ist das Blogging System muss Moveable [...]
on February 10, 2009 at 8:25 pm
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Can someone give me advice on setting up BloGTK?
My blog is a Wordpress blog hosted by http://www.siteground.com. I can edit my blog online by going to mydomainname/wp-admin and entering my login and password. I can edit my account at siteground by going to their site with a different login and password.
Where is xmlrpc.php?
Which login/password do I use?
Thanx in advance.
on March 8, 2009 at 3:39 am
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I am having the same problems. Blog entry poster is ok, but it doesn’t really save or have a decent spell-check. In fact it doesn’t do anything other than post to my wordpress blog. Which is a heck of a lot more than a few other blogging clients that I tried. Yikes!
Gosh I wish something like Zoundry Raven was available for Linux. (Are you reading this, you scoundrels?)
I did find a useful posting at: http://freemor.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/using-blogtk-with-wordpresscom/
Goodness, why didn’t I think to click the “moveable type blog” to set this up for my wordpress blog? How aggravating!
I am just trying to use it now. I now see my categories in the drop-down. So far this is a great big headache.