Qumana: Powerful Blogging Software
As a blogger, I’m always interested in better managing my time. I am all for tools that will make blogging more efficient and interesting, as well as removing the boring steps. Enter Qumana, an all-in-one tool for all your blogging needs.
Blogging has evolved from how it began. It is not limited to one’s personal expression anymore, but it has become a powerful online tool to create, manage, and maintain a constant flow of information, product reviews, opinions, marketing and even rich media. The word blogger has become an official job description, among many others, such as web designer, programmer, and other online professions. As a professional blogger, it is crucial to use your time efficiently, while maintaining high quality content. Qumana is the tool that helped me to do just that.
At its heart Qumana allows you to create, edit, and save your posts offline and then publish them whenever you are ready. You can also manage your post with categories and tags for maximum exposure (Technorati and Digg, anyone?) and upload your pictures and images, align them, give a title/description, and adjust image size. This, combined with the ImgRed technique, will make your blogging experience go VAVAVA-VROOMM!
Qumana supports most blogging platforms including Blogger, Drupal, LiveJournal, Moveable Type, MSN Space, TypePad, and my personal favorite, Wordpress. What makes Qumana different from other blogging apps is its own advertising service called QAds. QAds allows you to slip an ad or two into your post according to your preferred keyword. This small but unique feature might allow you to earn some extra cash while blogging. No need to have “Sponsored Posts”, just click and you are on your way to generating some revenue, provided the company you are blogging for is okay with that.
I have been using Qumana along with my Wordpress based blogs for a while now and it has never disappointed me. The menus are straight forward and very user friendly. Qumana is available as freeware (because a piece of the ad revenue supports its development) from Qumana Software, Inc.
Ugh. I smell Java only from looking at the screenshots… Not that I have anything against Java as a programming language, but please wrap it in Cocoa. I’ll stick to ecto for now thank you :)(but competition is good)
It is a Java app, and it runs slow as all heck. It also lacks MANY (if not most) of the features in ecto, though I don’t necessarily consider that a bad thing as Qumana is more of a “consumer” app while ecto is definitely for the “pro” arena.
ecto on the other hand is also not on my “favorites” list right now. There are many documented problems with ecto when used with the latest Wordpress. With very little exception, the author of ecto simply blames Wordpress - frustrating! I could point to the tons of posts in their support forums, but they all got deleted when the forum software got upgraded.
In any case, Qumana is pretty decent for the average blogger. I just wish he would make it a real application instead of Java.
Yea, the problem with ecto is it has so many bugs with Wordpress. hence why I choose to use Qumana.. for now. It is sufficient for average blogger really. For Windows platform, there’s Blogjet, however, it’s not available for OSX. Shame.
I use the new version of MarsEdit for my WP blogs and it works flawlessly.
I’ll check MarsEdit out. Thanks Dan
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Qumana doesn’t work for me… I’ll use MarsEdit instead…
I tried ecto but somehow it won’t work with blogger…it’s a shame….it really looks good…for now I am trying out Marsedit and it seems a decent application but does it have any formatting feature like bulletpoints?
Couldn’t find any at all…
Quama didn’t work for me too well either btw.
Qumana is more newbie friendly I guess. Bullet points and paragraph editing is easier in Qumana than MarsEdit. MarsEdit is simpler, faster and had a nice feel. I admit to that.
However, unless there’s a way I didn’t know of (I tried MarsEdit for a post or two), it’s not very beginner friendly, being that you’ve got to know some HTML before you can really use list, bullet points.
So I guess both softwares has its ups and downs
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MarsEdit is NOT a WYSIWYG editor, so basically it’s for HTML pros. While I could use MarsEdit, I simply prefer to focus on the content, rather than coding bold, italics, URLs, images, etc. into the post.
The lack of blogging tools on the Mac is shameful, if you ask me. A platform that focuses on content creation and doesn’t have a single decent blogging app is sad - and don’t anyone EVEN bring up iCrap… I mean iWeb.
Yea, I found out about MarsEdit not being a WYSIWYG editor not while ago. I know HTML, but I still find it such a hassle to create a post in MarsEdit, since I have to deal with the HTML coding as well.
Qumana maybe Java based, it maybe a little slow, but for an average blogger (at least with Wordpress) it gets the job done.
I’m not saying Qumana is the best, but for an average blogger like me, its sufficient. A good, cocoa based blogging software is very much welcome.
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I’m having real problems with Qumana. And I haven’t even started using it. No matter WHAT I do, it won’t find my blog! (I’m on TypePad, BTW)
I’ve been round in so many circles I’m getting dizzy. And although I’ve contacted Qumana through the contact form, they haven’t got back to me
So I don’t know what to do.
I want to use a WYSIWYG editor, don’t think TypePad’s is all that great… But what to do?
Any suggestions
I don’t have a typepad blog sorry, watch this space still tho, I’ll try and find any information on Qumana with Typepad.
Indra, thank you! All help and advice gratefully received.
Jane, I tried to sign up for a TypePad blog but it requires my credit card (which I don’t want to give since I’m not planning to use it on the long run). Could you tell me specifically where is the problem with you, Qumana and TypePad, since TypePad is supposed to be supported by Qumana.
I work on an iMac G5 running OSX 10.4.
I downloaded what must be the most recent version of Qumana, launched it and sent the automatic set-up wizard to my blog at janehowitt.typepad.com
I got the message about looking for the blog, please wait — so I did. But nothing happened. Just a blue ball going round and round and round. I couldn’t cancel and I couldn’t quit, so I had to force quit.
And that’s as far as I get each time.
Now, I eventually got an email from Fred at Qumana, and he said that he could find my blog on his machine, and he’s baffled.
I’m taking my iMac into the Apple Store on Sunday as it seems to be running slow and the AirPort Extreme card isn’t working, so I’ll ask them if they’ve got any ideas.
Frankly, it’s either proof positive that technology hates me, or my iMac is haunted.
Any ideas?
Sorry I can’t be much of a help since I don’t use TypePad. Probably just some hardware issue. Have you update to the latest OSX update? That might help too. Anyway, let us know on your progress. Hopefully you’ll be able to use Qumana soon. It’s not the greatest, but it’s sufficient.
Have you tried using others?
Thanks anyway, Indra.
It’s a mystery. I’ll struggle on and keep you informed.
What other WYSIWYG editors do you recommend? I’d thought about ecto, but your people here don’t seem to rate it.
I could try Contribute, but it’s a bit pricey.
I’m still looking for a nicer blog editor myself. I’ve tried Ecto, Marsedit, but none of them are as friendly as Qumana. Too bad Qumana is still not native to OS X.
Just had a very fruitless visit to the Apple Store. They tried their best, but just couldn’t find anything wrong.
I’ve tried it on my iBook as well as the iMac — no luck. So it’s not a hardware issue.
I wonder whether it’s a problem with OSX. But why offer a Mac version if it won’t work. Grrrr!
Perhaps I should just try harder with TypePad’s editor
I just thought of this, but maybe you could try different Internet connection. Who knows your current Internet provider blocked some ports that stop Qumana from working. If you could, borrow a friend’s internet connection that’s different from you and see if Qumana works. If it works, then I g uess it’s your Internet connection.
Just a thought.
It’s worth trying, Indra! I do hate being beaten!
very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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