Scrivener is, will always be, my go-to program for writing, on Mac, Win, iOS, however, for one particular task it is a little more work to achieve the desired result (unless I’m missing something).
The task I refer to is posting direct to a Wordpress blog site.
I recently saw an article on posting direct to a WordPress site using Ulysses. A quick look at a blog post on the Ulysses site and it was a ‘wow it would be great if Scrivener did this’ moment. Once the site details are set in Ulysses it’s a couple of clicks to export, either as direct post or draft.
I realise Scrivener and Ulysses are different approaches to writing, and it’s impossible to stuff everything including the kitchen sink into a program, but if it were a possibility, I for one would love it.
Wordpress (at least the site I use) has a “paste from Word” command. I’ve found the easiest approach is to Compile to Word, and then paste from there. For a blog post, you can usually ignore most of the Compile settings by using the Original preset.
I second that. I would also LOVE to have that feature on Scrivener on windows. Even Hemingway Editor can publish to wordpress now. The Ulysses workflow just seems so easy and smooth…
If one ran a custom command line on compile (folder action for example?), then one could just compile to a particular folder and the script would trigger. Pandoc explicitly supports the markdown variant wordpress uses apparently, so the full workflow should be possible for a motivated geek…
Good suggestions, however, if you check out the Ulysses blog on posting it is a quick setup for even multiple blogs, then an equally quick post to your selected site, direct from the editor.
I’ve tried it to confirm the process, and it exceedingly effective.
I do realise that making any program ‘all things to all men’ can be an exercise is turning good software into bloatware.
Since their last Windows update, Ulysses for Windows also includes the Wordpress feature and it works well.
I switched to Ulysses for blogging and continue to use Scrivener for other purposes.
Point of information:
Be careful with whom you’re doing business. The Windows version is not associated with the developers of Ulysses in any way; I asked Ulysses in a recent email. It appears that it’s thievery.
