FAQ

I turned on the 'show/hide' feature and now I get an underlined link

2008-10-01T22:25:40.021-07:00

The 'show/hide' feature where comments can be hidden and then quickly shown uses a link (anchor) so it will appear however your links are set to display. If you do not like the appearance of this you can easily fix it with some custom CSS on the page. For example if it's underlined and you don't want it underlined you can remove the text decoration with

.blog-show-link {
text-decoration:none;
}

How do I use the "Avatar" feature?

2008-09-17T22:27:00.764-07:00

The "Avatar" feature allows you to put a small graphic underneath each post -- This is very useful if you have multiple authors posting to a single blog. To use simply enter the name of the blogger (This is the name that blogger identifies for that person) and the URL of an image to place underneath each post. Do this for as many people as you have posting.

If you are not sure what the 'Name' should be you can easily find it by selecting 'Show Author in post' from the RapidBlog setup menu.

When I preview I don't see my pictures or links!

2008-06-24T23:01:10.338-07:00

You probably have 'summary' view turned on. Due to a limitation in how blogger stores the posts the 'summary' view strips out HTML formatting including links & pictures. Turn off summary view to see them.

Is it possible to use JS-Kit ratings?

2008-06-13T23:09:56.273-07:00

Similar to JS-Kit comments you can insert JS-Kit ratings.

In the interblog text insert the following:

<?php
global $urlToThisPage;
$blogPostPermaLink="$urlToThisPage?id=".$myEntry['POSTID'];
$title=$myEntry['TITLE'] ;
$path="/".$myEntry['POSTID'];
print "<div class='js-kit-ratings' title='$title' path='$path' permalink='$blogPostPermaLink'>js-comments</div>";
?>

and make sure to enable 'Evaluate PHP Code' as well as set the posts to show up every '1'. You might also want to mark the code as unformatted (cmd-.) It should look like this:

To the footer add the following

Which should look like this:

Please note that JS-Kit comments & Ratings will look funny (or not work at all) until you publish so don't depend on preview to check that they are working.

Does RapidBlog support the pluskit gdoc, gform and gtable commands?

2008-06-03T21:28:37.904-07:00

No:

gdoc/gtable/gform require the use of PHP code execution on the server. For security reasons RapidBlog will not execute remote PHP code and so those commands won't work.

When I view the page I get a bunch of code (or it downloads a file)

2008-05-27T20:19:20.720-07:00

If you get a bunch of 'code' and/or it downloads a file when you view the Rapidblog it's possible your web host doesn't support PHP. Most web hosts do support PHP but a few (very low cost version and things like .mac) do not. A quick way to test to see is to try using the 'contact' page -- if that does the same thing it usually points to a PHP problem.

is it possible to use JS-Kit commenting system

2008-04-18T22:47:29.048-07:00

You can use JS Kit commenting by adding some extra javascript in the 'Interblog' and 'Footer' section To the 'Interblog' add the following PHP code snippit

To the 'interblog' section add the following code, enable after every 1 post(s) and select 'evaluate PHP code'

<?php
global $urlToThisPage;
$blogPostPermaLink="$urlToThisPage?id=".$myEntry['POSTID'];
print "<div class='js-kit-comments' path=".$myEntry['POSTID']." permalink=$blogPostPermaLink>js-comments</div>";
?>

It should look like this:

To the footer add the following

It should look like this:

note that JS-Kit doesn't work properly in the browser so you may see it act a little funny until you publish.

I lost my registration code, How can I get it back?

2008-04-15T22:40:53.284-07:00

To retrieve lost license codes you need to go to two spots and fill out forms (It's two spots because there are two different ways to get licenses that have different retrieval methods -- Just do both and you should be good to go

http://store.esellerate.net/support
https://store.loghound.com/store/lost_license

You will need the email you used to register the program -- All of your esellerate and loghound purchase serial numbers will be resent to you.

I added pictures from blogger and they don't stay nicely with the post

2008-04-15T22:33:51.034-07:00

By default Blogger inserts pictures that 'float' -- This means that they will tend to flow content to one side which will cause them to overlap multiple posts. Some themes handle this fine but some don't.

Fortunately there is a simple fix. Adding the following custom CSS to your RapidBlog page -- It tells the page that when you get to comments make sure that any 'floating' elements are clear (e.g. put the comments below the pictures)

   .blog-entry-comments {
   clear: both;
   }

I tried to replace my RW blog with RapidBlog and it didn't work!

2008-04-08T21:16:41.608-07:00

If you are trying to replace an built in RapidWeaver blog with RapidBlog and it doesn't appear to be working the problem may be because your old RW Blog is still hanging around. The way RapidWeaver works is it never deletes old files on your server (which is a good thing) so when you change from a built in blog (which might be called index.hmtl) to a RapidBlog (which might be called index.php) you could have a problem because a person going to your site might not specify *which* version they are looking for and (the .html or .php) and the poor web server has to decide. Guess what? It always chooses a .html over a php if given a choice.

The quick test is to make sure that you are getting the url you expect with a PHP ending.

I Can't get any output

2008-02-15T08:27:22.273-08:00

This FAQ entry assumes you can't get RapidBlog to work (and you never got it to work) -- If you go to the page and is blank or only renders the top half this might help troubleshoot what is happening. This is sort of a 'deathstar' of troubleshooting, it'll print everything that it thinks is meanigful to the screen and might provide some insight and can be a little tricky to interpret but can often provide some insight.

Simply insert the following code in the 'prefix' section of your rapidblog page (the prefix section can be accessed by going to the page inspector)

<?php
ini_set('display_errors','1');
ini_set('display_startup_errors','1');
error_reporting (E_ALL);
?>

How do I add a "Digg" button?

2008-01-10T21:28:49.690-08:00

Below is a snippit of code you can copy into the interblog setting to add a digg button.

<?php rapidblogJavascriptVars(); ?>
<script type='text/javascript'>
digg_url = blogPostPermaLink;
</script>
<script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'>
</script>

I want to add a (digg/del.icio.us/etc.) button

2008-01-10T21:28:34.146-08:00

Put the following snippet in the 'interblog' setting. Make sure you have 'evaluate PHP code' turned on and you should get a nice addthis button. Please replace YOUR WEBSITE HERE with your web (e.g. www.loghound.com is mine)

<?php rapidblogJavascriptVars(); ?>

<script type="text/javascript">
addthis_url = blogPostPermaLink;
addthis_title = blogPostTitle;
addthis_pub = 'YOUR WEB SITE HERE';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/addthis_widget.php?v=12" ></script>

I can't see my posts!

2008-01-10T13:47:45.876-08:00

If you get 'Blogger Down' or otherwise can't see your posts on your web site there is a chance you've turned off the feed.

There are two places where this can bite you:

1) Go into the blogger web page settings->site feed and make sure 'Allow Blog Feed' is turned to 'full'

2) Make sure your 'Anyone' can read the blog by going to the permissions tab

I would like to use a ping service, how can I do this?

2007-11-05T20:56:50.471-08:00

Right now RapidBlog does not have any built in ping services to ping sites like technorati.com, weblogs.com, etc. However there are third party solutions that can do this very nicely.

One nice service is Pingoat With this you can create a list of sites you want to pin and save it as a favorite URL. When you make a change simple visit this URL and you are good to go!

Thanks to the guy in the RapidWeaver forum for this idea.

Where do I enter my Registration Code?

2007-10-21T17:35:05.987-07:00

When you purchase RapidBlog you will get the registration code (also sometimes called serial number) both on the final web page of the purchase screen as well as in a confirmation email.

To enter it simply go to the 'setup' screen of RapidBlog and select the 'Registration' tab

Custom CSS

2007-10-21T17:22:57.014-07:00

For the most part RapidBlog uses the standard CSS rules that all RapidWeaver themes include. However because rapidweaver offers some additional features the standard blog client doesn't offer it has some additional class structures you can define CSS for.

class	Purpose
blog-entry-author	The Author name as defined by Blogger (You can control what it says here by editing the entry in blogger). This is only useful if you have a multi-author blog
blog-entry-readmore	The “Read More” string if you use a summary view
blog-entry-comments	the comment including the word ‘comment’
blog-entry-comments-body	the actual comment string
blog-entry-comments-body-even	Comments that are ‘even’ (e.g. comment 2,4,6,8)
blog-entry-comments-body-odd	Comments that are ‘Odd’ (e.g comment 1,3,5,7)
blog-entry-comments-break	The space between comments
blog-entry-comment	All blog entry comments (use this if you don’t want to define custom comments
blog-entry-body	the main “Body” of the blog entry
blog-entry-category	the “Category” class
blog-entry-date	The “Date” of the blog
blog-entry-title	The “Title” of the blog
unique-entry-id-xx	The ID of that post (e.g. unique-entry-id-0 is the first, unique-entry-id-1 is the second, etc.)

How can I control the spacing of inline comments?

2007-10-21T17:22:21.950-07:00

Inline blogger comments have a single <br class='blog-entry-comments-break' /> between them. You can control the size of this to increase or decrease the space between comments

Can I localize the Date to my Country?

2007-10-15T20:06:43.014-07:00

Yes, to Localize you need to define a dictionary that converts the english word to the "Other" (your) language (e.g. October => Oktober, etc.) Use the table in the date selection to do this.

I want a blog that only my friends can see

2007-10-04T14:24:11.437-07:00

RapidBlog requires that your blog be 'public' so that it can display it. There is a way, however, to provide limited access. It's important to note that anyone who is motivated enough could probably figure out a way to see it but it makes it unlikely that people will fine it.

First you need to change your blogger template. You can go here to see how to change it to a redirect page (or just leave out the redirect and it becomes a dead link)

Then put your blog behind a Lockdown page and give your friends a username and password.

At this point if they go to the blogger page they get either a blank page or get redirected to your password protected page. What's important to realize is that the 'feed' of the blog is still available. It's not advertised anywhere but it's available and someone who was really motivated could possibly figure out how to view the posts -- it's not terribly easy but it is possible.

Decide if you want to keep a blogger page

2007-10-01T13:33:34.737-07:00

When you create a RapidBlog page you actually end up creating two pages. One is your rapidweaver version and one is your blogger version.

For instance for my "All About Monkeys" page you can view it here (Rapidweaver version) as well as here (blogger version)

You may decide that you don't really want the blogger version but instead want everyone directed to your rapidweaver version. If this is the case simple go into the template editing feature of blogger and select 'Edit HTML'

In the section insert the text

<meta content='0;url=[FULL URL TO YOUR SITE HERE]' http-equiv='refresh'/>

Of course replace [FULL URL TO YOUR SITE HERE] with the actual URL but DO NOT INCLUDE THE [BRACKETS] -- Just type in the URL (click on the picture above to see an example). You can also delete everything between the <body> and </body> tags. Now the blogspot account will automatically redirect to you Rapidweaver account.

Does RapidBlog support .mac?

2007-09-26T22:01:25.822-07:00

No, unfortunately RapidBlog requires php which .mac does not support.

T_STRING error

2007-09-07T08:16:34.569-07:00

If you get the following on a RapidBlog page

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in xxx on line 1

Where 'xxx' refers to a path on your system then you probably have 'Use XML Declaration' enabled in the page inspector. It's located in different places for RW3.5 and RW3.6

Simple turn it off to make this error go away

I want the author name to have "Written By:" in front, is that possible?

2007-09-04T21:19:51.569-07:00

Sure! You can do it with some fancy CSS

.blog-entry-body .blog-entry-author:before {
content: "Written By: ";
}

This code basically tells RW to prepend the words "Written By" before the author.

I Can't see my posts V2

2007-08-05T15:57:12.446-07:00

If you don't see any posts another possibility is that your web host does not allow 'external access' by PHP scripts. The way RapidBlogger works in contacts blogger to get your most recent posts. If your host prevents that access then RapidBlogger won't work.

This is a fairly rare occurrence and usually only happens with 'free' type accounts.

To test if this is a problem or not download this file:

php_external_test

Publish it to your web host and then visit the page. To see what a 'working' version is you can visit my working version here to see what it should look like. If yours doesn't display anything after the initial text then you probably can't access the internet from your web host.

Can I use FeedBurner with RapidBlog?

2007-07-31T13:32:25.253-07:00

It's easy to use FeedBurner with Rapidblog.

1. Get the URL to your RSS feed from rapidblog. You can do this by publishing the blog and then right clicking on the RSS feed in the sidebar and saying 'copy location'
2. Copy that address into feedburner, you will need to setup an an account but it will give you a new URL that is your feedburner address (for instance my blog is http://feeds.feedburner.com/LoghoundcomBlog)
3. Go back into rapidblog and turn off the feed. This prevents RapidBlog from putting it in the sidebar (don't worry, RapidBlog still publishes the feed so feedburner can always get it

4. Now add the feed to your sidebar manually using the following code. Make sure your sidebar is set to HTML or if it's styled text make sure to mark it as 'ignore formatting' (cmd-.)

5) Now the feed on the sidebar should properly point to the feedburner version

I got a lot of warnings and notices

2007-07-21T08:45:54.361-07:00

If you get a lot of undefined errors like this


Notice: Undefined variable: HTTP_REFERER in (some path) on line 186
Notice: Undefined index: SCRIPT_URI in (some path)on line 187

The likely cause is your web host has set default PHP warning level too high. To fix it put the following in the 'page prefix' section of the page

<?PHP
error_reporting(E_ERROR);
?>

What bloger settings should I "not" change?

2007-07-15T17:11:29.612-07:00

In general you can go into blogger.coma and muck around with settings. There are a few, however, that will break rapidblog. Specifically:

Site Feed -> Allow feed needs to be kept at 'full'

Don't use custom domains. Publish to blogspot.com

404/Resource not found errors

2007-07-05T22:02:25.051-07:00

If you get a 404 or "Resource not Found" error the problem appears to be that you have posted too many posts to Blogger. I'm working on a long term fix but here are a few short term suggestions.

1) Go to https://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha?service=blogger And fill out the captcha request.
2) Wait 30 minutes or so
3) Try again.

If that doesn't work then go to the web client at http://www.blogger.com and try to add a post via the web interface. You should be asked for a 'captcha' during the post (which is a random series of numbers and letters). Once you add the post with the captcha wait another 30 minutes and try the post via web -- As long as the captcha is present RapidBlog (or any 3rd party blogger tool) won't work.

If it's STILL not working then you'll need to ask blogger to reset your account and increase your limit. you can do that by going to

http://www.blogger.com/problem.g

Tell them the account is captcha locked and ask them to raise your limit. This usually only takes a day or so.

How do I get Google Adsense to appear?

2007-05-13T22:38:14.937-07:00

Simple: Use the 'interblog' feature found in the "Header/Footer' tab

Just copy the google adsense code into the interblog -- Take care to delete the starting 'HTML comment' string otherwise it won't work

What does that little lock icon appear next to my title sometimes?

2007-05-13T22:04:09.746-07:00

That little "Lock" icon means the post was last edited by Blogger. If you edit it within RapidBlog you may loose formatting. You can have RapidBlog automatically warn you before editing these post by selecting that option in the setup menu

GoDaddy

2007-05-06T23:32:19.860-07:00

I really hate writing this entry, I have nothing really against GoDaddy except for the number of problems their odd configurations cause:

If you have GoDaddy you need to be prepared for periodic downtime in RapidBlog (as of this writing anyway, April 2007). If you aren't locked into a long term contract you might consider changing web hosts to one that is more reliable (I use and recommend DreamHost). I hope at some point to remove this FAQ item but it keeps on coming up with GoDaddy.

See the note below for the details, I suggest opening a support ticket and referencing ticket 1789043 (say "It's the same problem as ticket 1789043"). You can see the GoDaddy response below for more details (click on image to get full details)

If you do decide to move to DreamHost you can use the coupon code 'NoDaddy' at checkout and save $97 off your first year (making the first year about $20 total). Just to be clear I don't benefit at all if you use that coupon code (except for the indirect benefit that more of my customers are on Dreamhost which I find a very good host)

How can I tell if Blogger is 'up' or not?

2007-05-06T13:16:23.310-07:00

You can always check the blogger status page: http://status.blogger.com to see if there are any performance or downtime issues.

I get a bunch of garbage characters.

2007-04-30T00:26:12.474-07:00

If you get a bunch of garbage characters make sure you are running RapidWeaver 3.5.1 build 264

The build number is really important. Many people are running build 263 which has a known problem with garbage characters occasionally occurring.

I'm away from my mac, how can I post?

2007-04-21T21:39:28.985-07:00

RapidBlog includes a fairly complete post editor but if you are away from your mac there are a few options

1) You can use the Blogger web interface. For fairly basic stuff it works ok.
2) You can set up a 'secret' email address. Again for basic stuff this is OK
3) You can use a external blog editor.

For #3 I personally recommend MarsEdit. It's a clean, lightweight solution for editing your posts that works great with RapidBlog

Tips & Tricks

2007-04-21T21:34:41.803-07:00

Troubleshooting

2007-04-21T21:34:34.394-07:00

Getting Started

2007-04-21T21:34:27.689-07:00

How do I check my version of PHP?

2007-04-21T21:26:30.310-07:00

To check your version of PHP publish this RW3 file on your web site. A lot of good information will appear including the version of PHP you are running
phptest

HaloScan versus Blogger

2007-04-21T21:26:14.728-07:00

Starting with release 1.1 of RapidBlog there is support for both Blogger style comments and HaloScan. What you pick is somewhat a matter of personal preference but here are a few things to consider

Haloscan let's you theme the comment page to your liking and also offers a nice popup window that currently doesn't work with Blogger. On the other hand Blogger comments are integraetd into the blogspot engine so when you are editing posts online you can see all of the associated comments.

Ultimately it's a personal choice, fortunately with RapidBlog you can choose which one works bets for you.

When I preview all I get is a bunch of 'HTML' code

2007-04-21T21:25:53.717-07:00

If you see a bunch of HTML code during a preview it's probably because you have 'preview in place' turned on in the "Site Setup" menu of RapidWeaver (cmd-1)

Preview in rapidblog uses PHP procesing which will not work with Preview In Place set.

How do I preview locally?

2007-04-21T21:24:54.939-07:00

If you want to export your site locally and preview it you need to view it through the mac built in web server. There are a few steps but it actually works great and is a nice way to preview your site without uploading the entire thing to a server.

First turn on PHP support in the supplied apache web server. A good resource for this is

http://the.taoofmac.com/space/HOWTO/Enable PHP on Mac OS X

Then you will need to make sure personal web sharing is enabled. Now you can just export to your 'Sites' directory and then view it by going to http://localhost/~short_user_name/exported_path

Where short_user_name is your short username and exported_path is the directory you exported.

Some characters don't work in categories

2007-04-21T21:19:19.724-07:00

Certain characters are disallowed in categories.

Specifically: &<>@!,

All other characters (including UTF-8/accented characters such as éöïè, etc) should work fine.

See the blogger help for more information

RapidBlog is entering blank lines!

2007-04-21T21:19:05.705-07:00

If you see blank lines in your post that you do NOT see in preview mode then you probably have enabled a blogger 'Feature' that automatically adds a break (<br />) for every 'return'.

In general this will cause extra space between things like lists, paragraphs, etc. It's kind of a personal choice if you want this enabled or not. It's nice if you use the web form a lot but a pain if you use RapidWeaver a lot. To turn this off simply go to the 'settings->Formatting' and select 'no' for convert Line Breaks.

Blogger vs. my web host

2007-04-21T21:18:48.860-07:00

Your web host hold the pictures, theme files and any other regular RW pages (e.g. style text, blocks pages, etc.)

Additionally, It will also hold the instruction (in PHP) for how to get the right text from blogspot.

Blogspot.com just holds the text of the post.

So when someone goes to your web site the posts are downloaded from blogspot but the images and theme files are loaded from your web host.

When you publish rapidblog does two things.

It will sync with blogger any posts (so any posts you added or modified remotely get added to RW, and any new or modified RW posts get pushed to blogger)
It will upload all of the 'other' files it needs (include pictures, assets, supporting javascript, etc.)

From your point of view you should be able to treat rapidblog no different than the built in RW blog and ignore that fact that it actually uses the blogger engine (except, of course, for the fact that if you go online and add a post it will magically show up even though your mac is maybe thousands of miles away)

I don't see pictures

2007-04-21T21:18:28.099-07:00

Make sure your 'base URL' is set properly. It should be of the form 'http://mysite.com/path'

If this is not correct then your pictures won't show up properly. Nik Fletcher has posted a nice blog page about this here and a screencast here.

Why Blogger and not WordPress,etc?

2007-04-21T21:18:15.040-07:00

Blogger is a free service with a very easy to use and administer system that supports everything I was looking for. Blogger is also owned by Google so I expect that over time they will integrate it even more into google services. Finaly it doesn't really matter what the backend is since it just stores the post.

Help, it's lost a post!

2007-04-21T21:17:04.192-07:00

Before you panic make sure you do a 'deep sync' from the setup menu. This will guarantee that blogger & RapidBlog have the same entries.

Blog by Email

2007-04-21T21:16:51.810-07:00

Blogging via e-mail is super easy using Bloggers 'Mail-to-Blogger' address.

From the web go to settings -> Email and create a 'secret' email address. Whenever you send an email to this address it will get posted

"Sync" vs. "Publish"

2007-04-21T21:16:36.591-07:00

When you hit the 'sync' button in the setup menu it does a 'deep sync' -- This means that it pulls ALL of your posts from blogger and compares them to the post's in RW. If you find that somehow you are out of sync then this will fix that.

What the sync button doesn't do it push up any graphics so if you have a post you've written that includes a picture the sync will push it onto blogger but the graphics won't be uploaded to your server so it'll be a dead link

In general you shouldn't have to use the sync button in the setup menu.

New categories don't show up!

2007-04-21T21:16:22.711-07:00

For performance reasons categories work a little differently than you might expect. At publish time RapidBlog publishes a known list of all categories so they can display (if you enable that option). however if you remotely edit a post or add a new post remotely and create a new category RapidBlog will not show it in the web page until you re-publish.

Help, I got a bunch of duplicate entries

2007-04-21T21:16:13.240-07:00

For the most part RapidBlog should sychronize things quite nicely but there are situations (like if you sync and don't save) where it's possible duplicate entries can show up.

RapidBlog includes an automatic process to find & delete duplicates, simply arrange the posts with duplicates in adjacent entries and your most desirable version on top and go to the 'setup' menu and select 'delete duplicates'. RapidBlog will mark for deletion any posts that It thinks are duplicates.

Why doesn't it delete posts?

2007-04-21T21:16:01.110-07:00

When you hit the 'minus' sign to delete a post RapidBlog takes note of that and will delete it on the next 'publish'.

What do I lose by using RapidBlog

2007-04-21T21:15:50.702-07:00

Although RapidBlog was designed to work in a very similar fashion to the standard RapidWeaver blog plugin there are some differences and in some cases some missing features. Specifically:

RapidBlog has no podcasting module
RapidBlog handles date formatting differently
RapidBlog doesn't support smilies (tragic, I know)
RapidBlog doesn't allow custom permalinks

I want to blog with a friend

2007-04-21T21:15:37.559-07:00

RapidBlog supports multiple authors using the blogger author feature. To use it invite your friend to your blog. It is strongly recommended that you make all authors 'admin' otherwise RapidBlog gets very, very confused if you try to edit each others post.

I want to migrate my blog to RapidBlog

2007-04-21T21:15:20.421-07:00

For the most part you should be able to import your old blog and then put RapidBlog in it's place. The two areas that might break are:

RapidBlog permalink pages are different than the built in RW Blog permalink pages
RapidBlog uses PHP to process the RSS feed

If those two are important to you consider keeping both blogs 'live'

Pages take too long to come up!

2007-04-21T21:15:08.134-07:00

The way RapidBlog is currently implemented it queries the blogger service every time a page view is requested. This can result in a .25 to 1 second delay in viewing pages. The best way to control how fast pages come up is to limit the number of pages to a reasonable number (say less than 10). The other good way to control the time it takes to bring up is to not enable 'show number of comments'

Formatting is wrong

2007-04-21T21:14:44.814-07:00

If you take a post entry and edit it in RW then Blogger, then RW, then Blogger it may turn out that you loose formatting and it otherwise starts acting strange. RapidBlog works very hard to try to make this all happen automatically but it can get confused. It's best to try to edit only one place at a time. Within RapidBlog you can easily tell if a post was last edited on the web by the 'lock' icon next to the title

You can also enable a warning dialog in the setup panel to help remind you to tread cautiously.

Customize blogger

2007-04-21T21:14:19.686-07:00

In addition to the options without RapidBlog there are also options with Blogger that might be worth considering changing. While none of these have to be change it's probably worth considering.

First make sure the Title makes sense. This is what will show up in the RSS feed title. Also it's probably a good idea to have a reasonable description. If you dont plan on using the Blogger front end at all you may consider turning off "Add blog to our listings" to avoid getting random visitors or spam.

Finally the post editor (WYSIWG) Compose Mode. Blogger has a really slick editor, that, unfortunately can break valid HTML code. For instance as of this writing it will break youtube videos and doesn't, in general, allow custom javascript. If your needs are simple editing then you can keep it on but you may find if you are doing fancy stuff that your life is easier just turning it off.

Also see "RapidBlog is entering extra spaces' in this FAQ for information about controlling blogger auto-inserting extra spaces between sentences.

Import your old Blog

2007-04-21T21:14:10.533-07:00

RapidBlog has a 'blog import' feature to allow you to easily load in your existing RapidWeaver blog. It's strongly recommended to save a backup copy of your RapidWeaver file first and carefully check the imported results afterwords.

First save a backup copy (or make an archive)
Then go to the setup menu -> Import tab. There will be a drop-down list of all the blogs in that RapidWeaver file. Select the one you want to import, click import.

Customize RapidBlog

2007-04-21T21:14:00.234-07:00

There are a ton of options in RapidBlog to let you customize it to your hears content. All of the options should have tool-tips (hover the mouse for a few seconds over the item) to get help

Preview mode also works properly and should give you a accurate view of your final pages.

Most Important Tip

2007-04-21T21:13:36.505-07:00

The most important tip I can give is to save your work. This is especially important after you 'publish' as the act of publishing may alter the RapidBlog (say there was a entry edited remotely, after a publish it will sync to your RapidWeaver file)

So even though RW may not indicate the need to change anything hid cmd-s after you publish to make sure you save all synced changes.