ben.hamilton.id.au » WriteMonkey http://ben.hamilton.id.au what I find interesting in tech and CRM Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:37:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Setting up WriteMonkey on WordPress http://ben.hamilton.id.au/how-to/setting-up-writemonkey-on-wordpress?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=setting-up-writemonkey-on-wordpress http://ben.hamilton.id.au/how-to/setting-up-writemonkey-on-wordpress#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:15:03 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=235 Continue reading →]]> This post has been written using [WriteMonkey](http://writemonkey.com/ “Zenware for full screen distraction free writing”) as the text editor. Not only that but I’ve utilised Markdown as the method of text mark-up. All of this has been achieved using WordPress as my CMS, Firefox as my browser and a Firefox plug-in called It’s All Text. #

My first impressions are actually good. Although its taken a little setup, I’m actually happy with the result. You see, using WriteMonkey as a text editor is, well, gorgeous. The screen is emptied of all distractions. With typewriter mode enabled, it is a pure joy to use. #

Now to get this to work I did the following: #

+ [disabled the visual editor](http://digwp.com/2010/06/blogging-in-markdown/ “Article by Chris Coyier on blogging in WordPress with Markdown”) in [WordPress](http://wordpress.org “The official WordPress site”),
+ installed the [It's All Text](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4125/contribute/roadblock/?src=addondetail “Firefox add-on page for It’s All Text”) Firefox plug-in,
+ installed the [PHP Markdown](http://michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/ “Download page for PHP Markdown”) [plug-in for WordPress](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/160189 “Help getting Markdown working in WordPress”),
+ started writing :) #

Not so hard is it? Actually the writing bit is the hardest. But you knew that… #

What it now means is that when I begin writing a new post in WordPress, I simple click the little edit button that appears, and WriteMonkey fires up, comes to the foreground and I start writing. To finish up, I press CTRL-Q and I click YES I do want to save it. #

So I can whole-heartedly say that it’s worth the effort to setup [WriteMonkey](http://writemonkey.com/ “Zenware for full screen distraction free writing”). Go do it! It feels good. #

Of course, now the hard bit is about to start, that is, do more writing. #

PS: Only found out about WriteMonkey via [DownloadSquad](http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/07/23/writemonkey-0-9-9-0-final-version-released-full-screen-text-lov/ “These guys are on the bleeding edge of shiny”) #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/how-to/setting-up-writemonkey-on-wordpress/feed 4