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<!ENTITY kapplication "<application>Blogilo</application>">
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<bookinfo>
<title>The &kapplication; Handbook</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
&Mehrdad.Momeny;&Mehrdad.Momeny.mail;
</author>
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</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>
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<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="mainwindow.png" format="PNG"/>
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<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>
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&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>
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