2/9/2024 0 Comments Instal MarsEdit 5![]() I frequently need to refer to older articles, and commonly include old images. So, with it set at 700, although I now have more than 1800 articles available here, MarsEdit only gives me access to the 700 most recent, which takes me back to mid-December 2015. That refresh count not only determines how many articles are refreshed when I click on the Refresh tool, but the total number of articles which MarsEdit keeps in its local store. If that sounds alarming, until yesterday, it was set at 1900. MarsEdit helpfully suggests that I should have my refresh count set between 10 and 30. And it is that which has been quietly wreaking havoc here. However, that not only refreshes the article that I have just been editing in WordPress, but the whole blog in its entirety, up to the number of articles specified in MarsEdit’s settings for the blog. This is accomplished by clicking on the Refresh tool in MarsEdit. To fix that, I have to edit the HTML source for each inserted image, which requires backloading each otherwise finished article into MarsEdit. That used to be all that I needed to do, but for the last year or so WordPress has refused to embed images in a way that allows readers to see them at full scale. I insert images and other media online, in my browser (Safari), and set other options up, including scheduled publication. ![]() Once it is ready to upload, I click on the tool to send the article to WordPress. I write each article in marked-up text, which being simple HTML gives me complete control without my having to make any particular effort. ![]() I don’t use its media management features, as I am too pernickety over images, which I prepare offline and upload direct into WordPress’s Media Library. Its main window shows my articles in chronological order, or sorted by title, etc., and provides me with a helpful preview including embedded images and other media. I chose Red Sweater’s MarsEdit, and have in the main been delighted with it. At the outset, I wanted to use software which was friendly, let me focus on getting the content right, and helped me keep track of all my articles offline. So it is with writing and running this blog. Do you ever get the feeling that others know something that you don’t? When you’re relatively new to an activity, it’s tempting to believe that the old hands have found a much easier way of doing it, and just aren’t letting on.
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