<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!-- Define an entity for your application if it is not part of KDE CVS --> <!ENTITY kapplication "<application>Blogilo</application>"> <!ENTITY kappname "&kapplication;"> <!ENTITY package "playground/pim"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title>The &kapplication; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author> &Mehrdad.Momeny;&Mehrdad.Momeny.mail; </author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <copyright> <year>2009</year> <holder>&Mehrdad.Momeny;</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date>2009-09-21</date> <releaseinfo>1.0</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para> &kapplication; is a blogging client for &kde;. </para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>blog</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> <para>&kapplication; is a blogging client.</para> <para>A blog client (also called blog software or blogware) is a software designed to simplify the creation and maintenance of weblogs. As other specialized content management systems do, weblog applications support the authoring, editing, and publishing of blog posts and comments, with special functions for image management, web syndication, and moderation of posts and comments.</para> </chapter> <chapter id="using-kapp"> <title>Using &kapplication;</title> <sect1 id="getting-started"> <title>Getting started</title> <para>In &kapplication; main window, you can create new posts, modify previous ones, remove them from the server as well as upload media files to the server. You can also save posts locally for later use.</para> <note><para>All of these will be available after you configure at least one blog in &kapplication;.</para></note> <para>Without any configured blog you can write and save some posts locally for later use.</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Here's a screenshot of &kapplication;</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="mainwindow.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Main Window</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> </sect1> <sect1 id="configuring-a-blog"> <title>Configuring a blog</title> <para>Blog management is available in the <guilabel>Configure &kapplication;</guilabel> dialog, and is accessible via <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &kapplication;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu. Also there is a shortcut for it in the main window in <menuchoice> <guimenu>Blog</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Blog...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu.</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Add a new blog - <guilabel>Basic</guilabel> tab</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="add-blog-1.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Add a new blog - <guilabel>Basic</guilabel> tab</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para> To add a blog, you simply have to insert your blog address, username and password in the corresponding fields and then click the <guibutton>Auto Configure</guibutton> button for the most famous blogging servers such as Wordpress. It will guess your blog, and api, and then will fetch your BlogId.</para> <para>And if it fails, you can manually select your blog's API type in the <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tab and click <guibutton>Fetch ID</guibutton> to fetch id, or enter your Blog id, if you know it. And if you are using a “right to left” language, select <guilabel>Right To Left</guilabel> in next combo box.</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Add a new blog - <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tab</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="add-blog-2.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Add a new blog - <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tab</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para> You can check what &kapplication; supports for your blog now, in the <guilabel>Supported Features</guilabel> tab.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="creating-new-post"> <title>Creating a new Post</title> <para>To create a new post, in main window, you can click on <guibutton>New Post</guibutton> toolbar button or under <guimenu>Post</guimenu> menu, or simply press <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo> (its shortcut).</para> <para>A new/empty post is created, and you can write, and configure it, and then submit it to your blog.</para> <para>The &kapplication; main window is divided into two sections, Composer and Toolbox.</para> <sect2><title>Composer</title> <para>In the Composer section, you have a text field with the label <guilabel>Title</guilabel>, where you can write the title of the post. Below it, you have 3 tabs to edit your post in several ways. The first is a Visual Editor: it is a WYSWIG editor and you only need to use the icons to format your text. Next tab is a &HTML; editor, where you have a text editor to edit &HTML; code of your post, with a syntax highlighted editor. And on last tab, you can view your post with your blog style, before submitting it to the server.</para> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Toolbox</title> <para>The Toolbox has four sections:</para> <orderedlist> <listitem> <para>Blog Posts</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Blog Posts</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="toolbox-1.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Blog Posts</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para>In this section, you can fetch the latest posts from the server.</para> <para>Double click on a post entry to load it into the composer and modify it or remove a post from the server.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Post Categories</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Post Categories</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="toolbox-2.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Post Categories</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para>In this section you can select categories and tags for your post. Tags must be comma separated.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Post Options</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Post Options</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="toolbox-3.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Post Options</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para>Here you can select some options for the currently active post in the composer such as <guilabel>Feedback</guilabel> options (for example if visitors can leave a comment for this post or not), select a publish date, or a title to use for permalink of the post (for Wordpress blogs only).</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Local Entries</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Local Entries</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="toolbox-4.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Local Entries</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para>And in the <guilabel>Local Entries</guilabel> section, you can double click on an entry to load it into composer, or remove it from disk.</para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="uploading"> <title>Uploading a Media file to the server</title> <para>To upload a file to the server, use <menuchoice><guimenu>Blog</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Upload Media...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> then you are asked to select a file from your disk. Then the media upload dialog will be ready to upload it:</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Upload Media</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="media-upload.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Upload Media</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para> If your blog API supports media uploading, you have 2 options here, and if not, there is just one and it's &FTP; server.</para> <para>You can preview your desired file here (if it has any way to preview), and select its name on the server. And then click <guibutton>Upload</guibutton>.</para> <para>If you want to upload to a &FTP; server, the absolute path of the folder is required. And you have to enter a &URL; to use for guessing the link of the file on the server.</para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="menu-reference"> <title>Menu Reference</title> <sect1 id="file-menu"> <title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut> <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Quit</action> &kapplication;</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="blog-menu"> <title>The <guimenu>Blog</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <guimenu>Blog</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Add Blog...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para>A quick way to add a new blog.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <guimenu>Blog</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Upload Media...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para>Open Media uploader, to upload files such as images to blog or &FTP; server.</para> <note><para>Only MetaWeblog and MovableType and Wordpress APIs support media uploading function.</para></note> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="post-menu"> <title>The <guimenu>Post</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut> <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut> <guimenu>Post</guimenu> <guimenuitem>New Post</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para>Create a new and empty post.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut> <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut> <guimenu>Post</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Save Locally</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para>Save current post locally.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <guimenu>Post</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Submit...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para>Open the Submit post dialog, to submit the current active post to the current blog.</para> <para>In submit post, you can select if this post should submit as a draft or not. And additionally as an edit of current, or as a new post.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="settings-menu"> <title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Clear Cached Images</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para>Clear current image cache.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut> <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>T</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Toolbox</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> the toolbox on/off.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Show Statusbar</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> the statusbar.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action><action>Configure</action> the keyboard shortcuts used by &kapplication;. </action> </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Configure</action> the items you want to put in the toolbar. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure &kapplication;...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem><para><action>Display</action> the &kapplication; settings dialog. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1> <title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title> &help.menu.documentation; </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title>Credits and License</title> <para>&kapplication;</para> <para> Program copyright 2008-2009 &Mehrdad.Momeny;&Mehrdad.Momeny.mail; and &Golnaz.Nilieh;&Golnaz.Nilieh.mail; </para> <para> Documentation Copyright © 2009 &Mehrdad.Momeny;&Mehrdad.Momeny.mail; </para> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> &underFDL; <!-- FDL: do not remove --> &underGPL; <!-- GPL License --> </chapter> <appendix id="installation"> <title>Installation</title> <sect1 id="getting-blogilo"> <title>How to obtain &kapplication;</title> &install.intro.documentation; </sect1> <sect1 id="compilation"> <title>Compilation and Installation</title> &install.compile.documentation; </sect1> </appendix> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: xml sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: vim:tabstop=2:shiftwidth=2:expandtab kate: space-indent on; indent-width 2; tab-width 2; indent-mode none; -->