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possible to update multiple blogs through a common interface.
Before you can start writing blog posts with Raven you need to set it up for use with your blog.
Tools
download all of the image and post data from the blog.
The account manager lets you browse all tags, images, links and posts that make up your blog.
able to enter the title of the post and also enter in any tags that you want to use.
t is converted automatically to XHTML format
As with the text, all media and tags will be converted into a format compatible with the blog platform you use.
Preview tab actually lets you take a look at how the post will look when it is posted to the blog.
To enable this functionality, however, you must designate a template.
blog wizard.
Blog Template Manager.
enter the URL of the blog you want to make a template for
Media Storage
Raven supports the ability to drag-and-drop files into your posts, including not only images but also non-image files, such as PDF files.
hese files can then be accessed through links in your blog post.
Most blogs have some form of media storage by default, but you may want to use an alternative in some cases.
set up your media storage
Add Storage button
select the type of storage
Raven supports custom FTP storage, Flickr, Image Shack, LiveJournal Scrapbook, Picasa Web Album and Ripway FTP.
open source,
The Media Storage Wizard is a feature that Raven has but Windows Live Writer does not and, as said, is particularly useful when you want to share files both on your blog and through a sharing or social media website.
Blogger has introduced a collection of easy-to-customize templates (more info).
can include third party tracker scripts— or any type of script
Import from Blogger, Yahoo! 360, Type·Pad, MovabIe·Type, Posterous, Vox.com, Live·JournaI or another WordPress blog.
Image storage
1 Gigabyte. There is no interface to browse through the images unless you sign up for Picasa Web Albums.
3 Gigabytes.
can also upload .ppt, .doc, .odt and .pdf files
Galleries
icasa Web Albums.
Simply add the tag [gallery] to any post or page (more info).
Create posts or 'pages'. Static pages are listed in separate menus.
Blogger allows up to 10 static pages to be created
Static pages
Categories
'Labels'.
'Categories'.
Expandable post summaries (more info).
Optional excerpts
Submit your posts by email. Images can be attached
Submit your posts by email.
Free domain name mapping
can restrict access to invited Google account holders.
can restrict access to 35 invited Wordpress account holders
lternatively, individual posts can be password protected or Private.
Visual confirmation and moderation options, but no editing of comments.
Moderation, comment editing and Akismet spam protection.
Wordpress.com added follow-ups by email and comment threading options. Wordpress has more comment options than Blogger, but there have been problems with Akismet spam protection.
BlogSpot Widgets
add up to 10 stand-alone pages.
Software applications that do cool things.
Show off what you read with a blogroll of your favourite blogs.
Blog List
Slideshow
Video Bar
clips from YouTube and Google Video for your readers to watch without leaving the page.
Link List
Survey your visitors by adding a poll to your blog.
Wordpress.com Widgets
Category cloud
Recent Comments | Recent Posts
Tag Cloud
Top Clicks | Top Posts | Top Rated
Although the Wordpress.com collection of 90+ themes sounds like a lot, options for customization are limited unless you pay for an upgrade that allows stylesheet editing
If Wordpress.com allowed stylesheet editing without having to pay, and visitor stats comparable to the tracker scripts you can obtain for free, my choice would have been Wordpress.com for sure
One other comparison is the difference of how each handle leaving comments.
Wordpress allows a handy comment box with the post
annoying feature of Blogger is that it opens another window that does not match the theme of your blog.
If you create a new blogspot blog the initial selection of templates is incomplete.
To see the complete list you need to go to the template section of the dashboard and click on "Pick New Template".
Blogger uses the term "stretch" for variable width templates.