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How do I link directly to a specific PART of a blog post or online article? (e.g. to a paragraph or heading)

I want to link to some really cool PART of an article, like this blog post announcing the card ageing power-up in Trello, amongst other things. What can I use, using Google Chrome, or in any browser ...
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Is there a software that performs a textual analysis on blogs? [closed]

My company is looking to create a PivotViewer visualization of a client's Wordpress 2 blog posts for the last 11 years. To do so, however, we need to edit the somewhat haphazard, incomplete, and ...
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Is there a way to use markdown in Microsoft Live Writer?

I love the coding that Super User and all of the other StackExchange sites uses for editing/created questions and answers... markdown. It's easy to use. I'm wondering if there is a way to enable the ...
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Firefox addon for managing text width

While reading, I prefer that the text width is "reasonably" small and centered in the middle of the window (just to make an example, pick a blog post layout or the layout of SuperUser itself, which I ...
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How do I copy a word document with pictures into a Blogger post?

I am trying to copy a Word document with some formatting (e.g. bulleted lists) and pictures to a blog post using Google's Blogger. When I do direct copy/paste, everything seems to copy over ...
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How do I add captions to a picture in windows live writer?

I just started to use Windows Live Writer and love the interface especially with the drag and drop pictures. However I cannot seem to be able to add captions below the images... How do I do this? Is ...
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How to track blog changes without a feed? [closed]

Some of the blogs like the one from Datameer don't have any feeds, but still I would like to get the changes to the blog in Google Reader. Google Reader used to support this feature, but it no more ...
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How can I get the latest N posts from blogger RSS feed?

How can I get the latest N posts from blogger RSS feed, using the URL in a browser, or some javascript? Which parameter do I have to use?
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dasBlog alternative [closed]

I've been using dasBlog for almost two years now, but I've recently upgraded. Unfortunately, the first page can take an unacceptably long time to load. It would take even longer, but I've already ...
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Why doesn't Firefox show any kind of a feed presence indication when there is are RSS/Atom feeds associated with the page? [duplicate]

For example I've came to a webpage having the following tag inside its <head> tag: <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="A blog feed" href="http://johndoe.github.com/atom....
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How do RSS readers interact with advertisements?

Ok, I'm gonna start by saying I love RSS feeds, and I use my RSS reader to keep up with just about everything I read. Lately I've been wondering though, if the feeds are totally ad-free, am I actually ...
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How to backup blog running on posterous.com

I'd like to backup content of my blog which is powered by posterous.com. I'd like to save all texts and images to the local disk. Ability to browse it offline is a plus. What I've already tried: ...
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Is there any online/desktop tool to keep up with blogs?

Is there any tool that can help to keep up with 10 blogs? I want to be able to check from one place which blog has a new post. Instead of manualy check them one be one. Operating System: Windows 7
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What Kind of Spam is This? Testing Blog Comment Limits

I received this comment on one of my blogs today (on blogger.com): Easily I agree but I about the post should acquire more info then it has. It's the third in a series. Before there was: I ...
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What tools do you use to aggregate your Internet activities? [closed]

With the explosion of the Social Web in the last couple of years, I find myself producing more and more narcissistic, inane, self congratulatory content all over the place. What do you use to ...
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How to define template for org-mode HTML export?

I am using org-mode to generate html pages from my notes. I used Publishing Org-mode files to HTML to setup blog system. I have defined an export template. But to use it I have to add following line ...
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Some ways to write blog entry with screenshots in Mac OS X?

I would like to ask you some efficient ways to write blog post with the screen shots from a Mac laptop. In Windows, I would do something like: create a new page in OneNote, start to write the entry, ...
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Open Source Java Based Blog Software [closed]

I am looking for an open source java blogging software that is easy to use and customise. I am looking a blog application that (preferably) has the following features: Enable me to tag my post with ...
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Portable Wiki which stores .txt or HTML files

I know there are TiddlyWiki but I need one which stores HTML or even .txt files. I want to use this Wiki like a personal blog, i want to log my life (probably cringy to you) and things I've done, ...
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Desktop blogging software for Blogger

I'm using Blogger for my blog platform. I notice when I do a post that my layout looks totally messed up in IE, but also that Blogger is adding a lot of weird extraneous code. Can anyone recommend a ...
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Equivalent to Windows Live Writer for Linux?

Is there any Linux equivalent to Windows Live Writer? I've got the Wordpress for iPhone app on my iPod and Windows Live Writer on Windows. These programs are much easier for stuff such as adding ...
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URL incorrect in Octopress on subdomain

I followed the instructions to the best of my ability, as layed on on the Octopress website, but for whatever reason, things aren't correct. When I followed the instructions, I expect my URLs to look ...
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TextMate blogging bundle: real sync between blog and project?

I'm looking for a solution to sync between a blog and a project or any other folder for that matter. Alternatively, any other Mac app would help which allows to sync an xmlrpc.php with a folder. The ...
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Is there a blog engine that handles computer code highlighting well? [closed]

I am looking for a (free) blog engine (WordPress...) that handles sections of code well. That is, I could just markup a portion of my entry as code and it would indent/format appropriately, much like ...
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How to post a blog without public access [closed]

I want to keep a blog with pictures and videos of my kid growing up but I don't want it to be open to the public. I just want me and my wife to be able to post to it and then share with grandparents ...
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Saving blog items as pdf's

I know of FireShot, a firefox extension, for saving up whole pages of images. And I love it. Great idea, and a very good implementation. But unfortunatelly, often on this kind of sites, you have ...
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putting blog posts under version control

Is there any way to version control blog posts? I don't mind running subversion on my server, but I want my buddies to make changes to what I write and commit to svn, then update the blog post. Has ...
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Queuing up blog posts from offline

I have a Blogger blog and I will be going for long periods of time when I can only access the web via dial-up for short periods in the middle of the night (much like the so-called "flash sessions" ...
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Dot net Blogging Engine that supports workflows? (Like MOSS)

Is there a Dot Net Blogging Engine that supports worflows. What I need is a way to automatically send an email to an editor when a new post is written, then once the post is edited, the author has to ...
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How to find out which Hugo theme was used in a Blog

Recently, I am seeing many blogs of which I like their themes (template). But I wonder which template they use. For example, there is a blog (https://sam217pa.github.io) created by using Hugo Template....
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Source code Formatter for Windows Live Writer

I have just downloaded the Windows Live Writer software for blogging purposes but it contains nothing for formatting source code. I have installed many plugins like code snippet, insert code etc. but ...
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blogging without having to manually upload pictures

I want to blog on a Wordpress account, without having to upload pictures manually. I'm looking for a program that allows you to edit text + simple formatting + pictures, and lets you publish it to ...
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RSS Comment Feeds from SharePoint 2007 Blog

Is there any way to subscribe to RSS comment feeds from a SharePoint 2007 blog? Or to include comments in the standard RSS feed? Some easy way to be notified or new comments to a thread via RSS?
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Recovering lost text which was copy pasted from a website to MS Word

I have been working on a blog post (non- English - Tamil) for a more than a week now. Because of how https://www.blogger.com/ autosave function works, my latest draft accidentally got deleted and ...
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Best way to blog while locally editing files?

I want to blog while editing my files locally. Requirements: Edit the files locally only (on my computer, using my text editor), in some clean format (say, Markdown). Have the files viewable online ...
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Is there an up-to-date "Blog this in windows live writer" in any of the modern browsers?

I want to select text (and images) in the browser, right click, and have it added to my blog post draft in windows live writer? The one I could find seems to be for old versions of Firefox (10 ...
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Upload URL & source URL for blogging from Microsoft Word (with Blogspot default image host)

I want to do blogging with BlogSpot and Microsoft Word and found this, but http://blogspot.com or http://mysite.blogspot.com doesn't allowed. anyone know which url should I enter here for using ...
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opening existing blog post using microsoft word 2007

Whenever I open "existing blog posts" using Microsoft Office 2007, I am presented with last 25 posts. How to open the old posts using MS office?
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Visual Studio RSS Subscription not working

I'm trying to set a new RSS feed in Visual Studio. I had changed it from the default to the Silverlight blog and now I'm trying to change it to the Google Code blog. Only thing is that it wont load ...
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A hosted blog platform with anonymous posting? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is your favourite service for bloggers? I'm launching a blog where anonymous users will need to make posts. What hosted blog platform allows anonymous users to publish ...
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Twitter Like Software for Corporations [closed]

Is there microblogging software that companies can host internally? I think I remember Joel Spolsky mentioning that Fog Creek uses one. I can't remember what the name was or find what other software ...
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Any coolosxapps.net alternative? (New OS X Software Blog) [closed]

I remember I used to almost religiously hit the coolosxapps.net website to find newly available freewares (mostly) for OS X. Now that the site was sold and is not available, I'm having trouble ...
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Is there any programming-related blog website that i can read on my pocket pc? [closed]

i googled but didn't find any, anyone kindly tell me some?
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Error using Httrack for download a blog from a blogger site

I am traying to donwload one my blogs using Httrack. Every time I tried I got this error message: **MIRROR ERROR!** HTTrack has detected that the current mirror is empty. If it was an update, the ...
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Feed reader - blog subscriptions

Lot of times you will find a team writing good set of blogs, and if you are not interested in the content from one or more blogger in that group, is there any feed reader that allows me to unsubscribe ...
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Blogger: What happens to a blog after a custom domain expires? [closed]

I have a blog at Blogger and I have purchased a custom domain from a third-party provider. On Blogger, I have set the original address example.blogspot.com to be redirected to example.cz. Now, let's ...
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How do I configure Windows Live Writer with Blogger?

I know this is 2017 but I am still asking how can I configure Windows Live Writer with Blogger? I've tried myself with my G+ profile and scoured the internet for post ( found, tried in vain ) I have ...
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Get a weekly email containing all new content from a list of blogs

I would like to receive a weekly email containing any new content from a list of blogs that I'm interested in. I searched Google for "get weekly email updates from a list blogs", "program for ...
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Feature to find out keywords used in Wordpress blogs

In wordpress blog, are there any feature or tool available to find out which are the keywords used to search in blogs? E.g. If anyone has used words like sam, flowers, college etc in blogs I have ...
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How to create and run a lightweight internal RSS feed

I have the idea to create a very simple tech update feed for internal collaboration in our company. To do this, I'm looking for the easiest way of writing messages that then get syndicated as an RSS ...
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