Blog admins using the Mac OS platform to publish their weblog may be experiencing some issues when using certain browsers to publish articles. This article will outline the symptoms of those problems and make suggestions for working around them.
Your users and readers will not experience any difficulties accessing your blog site using Mac OS browsers, these issues are limited to the authoring features of your weblog.
Rich Text Editor
The BlogHarbor system features the Rich Text Editor which allows you to enter text for your article and see the text as it will appear on your blog. The Rich Text Editor creates HTML for you, allowing you to create styled posts with little knowledge of HTML.
The Rich Text Editor is not supported by the Internet Explorer or Safari browsers for Mac OS.
- Disabling the Rich Text Editor may enable you to post articles using the Safari browser, but the formatting toolbar will not appear when creating your articles.
- Disabling the Rich Text Editor may enable you to enter articles using the Internet Explorer browser, however there are still problems with the Internet Explorer browser which cause articles to be posted incorrectly even with the Rich Text Editor disabled.
Best browsers for Mac OS
The best web browsers for use with the BlogHarbor system—for Mac OS users as well as users of all platforms—are the browsers in the Mozilla family. These browsers include:
Recent versions of any of these browsers are compatible with the Rich Text Editor used at BlogHarbor, and will provide an excellent experience with your weblog control panel.
Mac OS 8.6 and 9.x users will find the Wamcom version of Mozilla 1.3.1 to be an excellent browser; in our opinion the Wamcom Mozilla is the best browser for Mac users who have not made the switch to OS X.
Blogging clients
As we noted in this article about NewzCrawler and w.bloggar for Windows and this article about BlogJet for Windows, it is also possible to use specialized blogging clients to post to your weblog.
Ecto
Ecto is a feature-rich blogging client for Mac OS X which provides advanced capabilities for creating and managing weblog articles.
Learn how to configure ecto with your BlogHarbor weblog.
MarsEdit
MarsEdit is a blogging client for Mac OS X designed to make weblog writing more like writing email. The product features spell-checking, drafts, multiple windows, as well as AppleScript support.
Configure MarsEdit for use with BlogHarbor by choosing Movable Type as the API and specifying the RPC endpoint of http://api.blogharbor.com/xmlrpc.cgi .
