WordPress WordPress

Just some of the users of WordPress which can use Blogsy (eBay, Ford, Sony, Wired, CNN, the New York Times, the Wall St. Journal, Harvard Law, Blog.com, Edublogs, realestatetomato)

  • WordPress.com as-well as self-hosted WordPress accounts
  • MU/MS support
  • Password protected XML-RPC support
  • Renamed XML-RPC support
  • Publish posts
  • Publish pages
  • Publish drafts
  • Publish pending-review drafts
  • Schedule posts
  • Set past dates for posts
  • Set categories
  • Create categories
  • Set tags
  • Create tags
  • Set slug
  • Edit slug
  • Save as drafts
  • Set and edit "Sticky" posts
  • Set and edit "Featured Image" (You need to change files on your server)
  • Set and edit "Post Format"
  • Set and edit "Custom Fields"
  • Set to allow comment or not.
  • Set post to private or public
  • Edit previously published (online) posts
  • Edit previously published (online) pages
  • Delete previously published (online) posts
  • Delete previously published (online) pages
  • Upload images to blog media library.
  • Multiple blog support

In order to use Blogsy with a self-hosted WordPress blog you need to have XML-RPC enabled.
To enable XML-RPC:

  1. Sign into your WordPress admin panel.
  2. Click on 'Settings'
  3. Click on 'Writing'
  4. Scroll down to 'Remote Publishing'
  5. Check XML-RPC if it's not checked already
  6. Save your settings

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Blogger Blogger

  • Publish posts
  • Publish pages
  • Publish drafts
  • Schedule posts
  • Set past dates for posts
  • Set labels
  • Create labels
  • Edit previously published (online) posts
  • Edit previously published (online) pages
  • Delete previously published (online) posts
  • Delete previously published (online) pages
  • Multiple blog support

Blogger is owned by Google which also owns Picasa. So, Google chooses to use Picasa for the blog's media library. Set up that Picasa account in Blogsy to have access to your blog's media library.

To set up your blog in Blogsy the time & date and timezone on your iPad must be set to the time and timezone you are in at the time you set it up.

Posterous Posterous

  • Publish posts
  • Publish pages
  • Set past dates for posts
  • Set tags
  • Create tags
  • Turn Autopost on and off
  • Set post to private or public
  • Edit previously published (online) posts
  • Edit previously published (online) pages
  • Delete previously published (online) posts
  • Delete previously published (online) pages
  • Upload images with the post
  • Multiple blog support

TypePad TypePad

  • Publish posts
  • Publish pages
  • Publish drafts
  • Set past dates for posts
  • Create Keywords
  • Set categories
  • Set comments to Hidden, Open or Closed
  • Edit previously published (online) posts
  • Edit previously published (online) pages
  • Delete previously published (online) posts
  • Delete previously published (online) pages
  • Upload images to blog media library.
  • Multiple blog support

Movable Type Movable Type

  • Publish posts
  • Publish pages
  • Publish drafts
  • Schedule posts
  • Set past dates for posts
  • Create tags
  • Set to allow comment or not.
  • Set post to private or public
  • Edit previously published (online) posts
  • Edit previously published (online) pages
  • Delete previously published (online) posts
  • Delete previously published (online) pages
  • Upload images to blog media library.

To use Blogsy you need to set your Web Services Password on you site.

  1. Go to the profile page and set your Web Services Password.

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To make it possible to publish as a draft you have to open the mt-config.cgi file in the MovableType folder on your server and add the line "NoPublishMeansDraft 1".

  1. Use an FTP program (FileZilla and Cyberduck are free) and find the mt-config.cgi file in the Movable Type folder on your server and download it to your computer.

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  2. Open the mt-config.cgi file and add "NoPublishMeansDraft 1" at the end. (or any place in the code)

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  3. Save the file then upload it to your server replacing the original mt-config.cgi file.

Joomla Joomla

Blogsy only support Joomla v. 1.5

  • Publish posts
  • Set past dates for posts
  • Set categories
  • Edit previously published (online) posts
  • Delete previously published (online) posts
  • Upload images to blog media library.
  • Multiple blog support

To use Blogsy with Joomla 1.5 you need to do the following.

  1. Download the MetaWeblog plugin. You can get it here (http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/metaweblogapi/frs/)

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  2. Go to your Joomla Admin Panel -> Extensions -> install/uninstall and then install the MetaWeblog Plugin.

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  3. After the installation finishes go to the Plugin Manager and Enable "XML-RPC - metaWeblog API"

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  4. Go to your Joomla Admin Panel -> Site -> Global Configuration -> System tab and Set "Enable Web Services" as YES

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Drupal Drupal

  • Publish posts
  • Publish pages
  • Edit previously published (online) posts (not version 7.x)
  • Edit previously published (online) pages (not version 7.x)
  • Delete previously published (online) posts
  • Delete previously published (online) pages
  • Upload images to blog media library.
  • Multiple blog support

To use Blogsy you need to (1) activate the API module on your site (2) enable full HTML.

7.x users have to manually install the Blog API module. You can get it here (http://www.xmldocs.info/Code/blogapi.tar)
Version 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x users can skip to step (3).

  1. Go to Modules and click "Install new module"

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  2. Choose the Blog API module file you downloaded and click on "Install".

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  3. Go to Administer -> Site building -> Modules and Enable Blog API

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  4. Go to Administer -> Site configuration -> Input formats and enable Full HTML

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  5. Go to Administer -> Site configuration -> Blog API And make sure Story is enabled for external blogging clients.

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IBM Connections IBM Connections

  • Publish posts
  • Publish pages
  • Schedule posts
  • Create tags
  • Edit previously published (online) posts
  • Delete previously published (online) posts
  • Upload images to blog media library.
  • Multiple blog support

To use Blogsy with IBM Connections you need to check the option 'Enable Blogger and MetaWeblog APIs for you Blog?'

  1. Go to Settings -> General and check the option 'Enable Blogger and MetaWeblog APIs for your Blog?'

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Tumblr Tumblr

  • Publish text posts
  • Publish photo posts
  • Publish quote posts
  • Publish link posts
  • Publish chat posts
  • Publish audio posts
  • Publish video posts
  • Schedule / Queue posts
  • Save as draft
  • Set tags
  • Set slug
  • Edit slug
  • Set autotweet to posts
  • Publish posts with markdown
  • Edit all kinds of previously published (online) posts
  • Delete all kinds of previously published (online) posts
  • Multiple blog support