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ecto is a feature-rich desktop blogging client for Mac OS X, supporting a wide range of weblog systems, such as Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, TypePad, WordPress, and more. ecto is the successor of the wildly popular Kung-Log. With ecto you can write and manage entries for your weblog(s). The advantage over using your weblog's control panel is that you can compose entries offline and use the extra features ecto offers, such as spellcheck, creating links, attachments, amazon support, Flickr integration via 1001 and much more. ecto is designed to make blogging much more easier and yet give the users as much power as possible to manage their weblogs.
Features:
- support for multiple weblogs and servers (with easy-to-use Account Manager)
- full local control of recently posted entries and drafts (with search function)
- intuitive interface for creating and editing weblog entries
- a Rich Text and an HTML editor with spellcheck and search/replace
- syntax-coloring in the HTML editor
- quick access menu with HTML tag templates and keyboard shortcuts (fully customizable)
- support of all available remote control options of MovableType API (posting entries with continuation, summary, keywords, multiple categories, trackback, text-formatting, comment options)
- advanced create-a-link dialog
- easily change the posting date of entries
- full-featured HTML-rendered preview of entries using Safari's WebKit
- powerful file and media upload, incl. iPhoto import, via attachments
- convert, scale images and create thumbnails
- create poster movies or create thumbnails from movie frames
- save settings on a per-blog basis
- send notifications by email (with Address Book support)
- insert details of the currently playing iTunes song in your entry
- embedded debug console to troubleshoot server connections
- extensive help documentation accessible from within ecto
- hate the metal and icons? Set the window texture via the Preferences window and change icons with the supplied switcher!
- works with NetNewsWire, PulpFiction, and Shrook
- localized in Chinese, Dutch, French, German, and Japanese
- support for del.icio.us, the social bookmarks manager
- Services menu items to blog selected text (with extra features for Safari)
- Flickr integration via 1001 app
- Amazon Tool
- and much much more!
release notes not available currently
Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Servers that run any weblog system supporting the MovableType, metaWeblog, and Blogger XML-RPC API, as well as the Atom API (Blogger).
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| ecto User Reviews (55 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Apr 11 2008 |
VINOD I have no issues with Wordpress Blogs with the 3.0b44. Bought it. Very feature rich and stable.
(Version 3.0b36) | |
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| Dec 25 2007 |
GLOBETROTTERDK I get the same message when trying to use ecto on WordPress. I guess we will have to wait until ecto3 is out. It is in beta at this time.
(Version 2.4.2) | |
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 | Jun 23 2007 |
POLITICAL_HACK I'm trying to log into my blogger account and I always get this message when I start up: A list of blogs could not be retrieved! Please verify the account you created. I've tried using the alternative access point provided in the ecto forums, and resetting my password, but no luck!
(Version 2.4.2) | |
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 | May 7 2007 |
GRYPHONENT Used to be the best... but has become totally unstable and unusable under WordPress. Posts disappear, and accounts show only a fraction of a blog's entries online. I've been waiting for an update to address these serious issues... but unfortunately ecto 3 is nowhere in sight.
(Version 2.4.2) | |
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 | Oct 3 2006 |
ADRIAAN TIJSSELING A temporary intel build of 2.4.1 is available on http://ecto.kung-foo.tv/archives/001733.php while ecto3 is under development.
(Version 2.4.1) | |
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| Aug 2 2006 |
MILE It's probably the best blogging app for the Mac and I use it a lot...but I alwas find the GUI a bit odd and outdated... How come endo looks so cool and ecto so "OS 9ish"...?! A sleeker and sometimes more intuitive interface would be really great...
(Version 2.4.1) | |
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| May 22 2006 |
SABOR Just tried "MarsEdit" because it is a Unibin and let me tell you that it is nowhere close to ecto. It has no iPhoto integration, drag and drop of images did not work for me. After mere 5 minutes I went back to ecto. Please, please, please....released the UniBin version of Ecto, I love the app but if before my trial period ends there is no Unibin, my money will go to Mars ;)
(Version 2.4.1) | |
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| Jun 10 2006 |
SABOR I lied...I bought it...
(Version 2.4.1) | |
| May 10 2006 |
TREYDAWG This software makes blogging extremely simple and it works with a number of platforms. On top of it being great software, the support behind the product is top-notch and very personal. At $17.95 this software is a steal and well worth it. They are currently in the works of a Universal Binary edition but the current version works quite well under Rosetta.
(Version 2.4.1) | |
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| Mar 16 2006 |
~HELL The best blog client for advanced users there is for the Mac. Period.
(Version 2.4.1) | |
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| Sep 7 2005 |
CAF Nice interface, nice features but all in all, i really prefer Mars Edit (from ranchero). It's faster for everything, the interface do what it says it will do. ;) It just works, and really faster for me. I use it with a blog using dotclear (www.dotclear.net) and it's a perfect match.
(Version 2.3.9) | |
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