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What are WB Editor tools?

In WB Editor 3, there are a set of tools that can be used to accomplished more complicated tasks other than basic editing tasks. E.g.

  • Find and replace test
  • Edit HTML source
  • Spell check
  • Insert image or file
  • Insert playing music information

WB Editor Tools

Each tool can be have a shortcut key assigned and can be set to run automatically before or after posting.

Tools Options

 

WB Editor 3 has an extensible structure to link external program modules, called plug-in to get more tools. Therefore it can have more and more function expanded without changing the stable core. The plug-ins bring fun and power to the blogging life style.

More plug-ins are coming to bring in more tools,

  • Insert Tags
  • Insert weather information
  • Insert YouTube Videos
  • Facebook Plugin
  • ……

 

 

WB Editor 3 is coming

May 18 - Alpha

May 28 - Beta (Download)

Features included:

  • Tabbed Browser
  • TRUE WYSIWYG Editing
  • Cross posting
  • Local Draft
  • Edit HTML Source
  • Find and Replace
  • Insert Now Playing
  • Upload image/file to blog server
  • Upload image/file to FTP
  • Upload image/file to Flickr
  • Edit template customization
  • Tools / Plugin support
  • Blogger.com support
  •  Spell Check

If you are trying Alpha and/or Beta version, please be aware that it might have errors. Use it wisely
and at your own risk.

June 8 - Targeted Release Date (May postpond depends on Beta result)

After WB Editor 3 release, WB Editor 2 will be decommissioned.

Purchased WB Editor 2 registration can be used in WB Editor 3.

Before the price changing, buy WB Editor 2 for $19.99 now you can save $10.

WB Editor 3 will be $29.99.

 

New Support Forum

A new forum has been setup to provide better user support.

http://www.wbeditor.com/support/

 

Old forum has been shut down for while because it got spammed heavily. Hope this new forum engine can handle spam better.

Offiline Editing

WB Editor 3 - Start Page

This is the first WB Editor 3.0 start page screenshot. It shows the list of drafts that can be edited offline and can be posted after
connected to the network.

 

WB Editor 3.0 can edit blog post as it displays in the web browser.

E.g. This is the blog post to be edited.

A blog post in browser 

Usually, the blog server/engine provides an editing interface.

Edit blog post online 

When editing the blog post in WB Editor 2, it is word processor style WYSIWYG.

wbeditor2 in action  

When editing the blog post in WB Editor 3, it is TRUE WYSIWYG. If blog theme/skin changed, the new theme/skin will show up in WB Editor 3.

wbeditor3 in action 

 

Browsing and Editing

WB Editor 3.0 works as a tabbed broswer. Once navigated to a blog post page. It can detect the blog service and the blog post ID, so that user can set WB Editor 3.0 to editing mode.

the blog post to be edited

The “Edit” button on the right top side of the tool bar is enabled. After clicked the button, WB Editor 3 turns into editing mode.

wbeditor3 in action

 

 

So What Next

First Office 2007 for blog posting, now Windows Live Writer …

WB Editor 3.0 will have to make different and will be better.

Cross Posting

Same content can be cross posted to multiple blog sites in WB Editor.

When switch blog site, the editing template adjusts automatically.

WB Editor 3 - Edit Draft

WB Editor 3 - Edit in Site 1 Template

WB Editor 3 - Edit in Another site template

Editing Template

When registering a blog site in WB Editor 3.0, it creates an editing template. New posts and draft posts will use this editing template to have a TRUE WYSIWYG view.

If you changed the blog theme/skin, please click “Refresh Editing Template” in WB Editor 3 to update the editing template accordingly.

WB Editor 3 has used a set of latest .NET technologies. To name a few,

 

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