Headlines Plugin

Open the Global Options and click on the Headlines plugin.

Type or paste the URL of the feed into the Add New Feed box.

Click the Add button.

The feed will be retrieved. If it is valid you will be prompted to confirm adding it.

Once confirmed, the feed is added.

If the feed was not valid or could not be retrieved, an error message will appear indicating the problem.

In case of an error, you will be given the option of adding the feed anyway (maybe the site was temporarily offline). You can update the feed details later using the Update feature.

Select the feed you want to remove from the list in the Existing Feeds box.

Click Delete. You will not be asked to confirm the delete so be sure you really want to do it.

Over time, feeds may change their names or descriptions or you may have attempted to add a feed that was invalid in the past and you want to see whether it is valid now.

Cache lifetime (seconds): When you view a feed for the first time, it is downloaded and stored locally. From that moment on, you will see the cached version everytime you view or refresh that feed. Cache lifetime is the amount of time (in seconds) that the feed will remain cached since it was originally retrieved. Once the cache expires, a refresh will download a fresh copy of the feed and re-cache it again. It is recommended that this feature retain a semi-high value (e.g. 1800 seconds) since: a) most RSS/RDF feeds don't update very quickly anyway and b) many sites put a restriction on how often one should access their RSS/RDF feed.

Remove HTML tags: If checked, removes HTML markup from articles. This makes the dispaly of the content cleaner and consistent and it allows the Description limit option to function optimally.

Sort feed list: If checked, the feeds will be sorted alphabetically in drop down lists.

Divider between items: If checked, a horizontal divider will be drawn between each article.

First, create a new buffer in jEdit.

Enter your post in the buffer. Some services support special tags in the post for things like the title and category and others don't (consult your service documentation for details).

From the Plugins | Headlines menu, choose Post or Post and Publish. Post will save the post as a draft; Post and Publish will publish your post to your blog so that your audience can see it.

If you have more than one blogging service configured, you will be prompted to select one to send the post to.

After that, if your blogging service allows you to have more than one blog, you will be prompted to select the blog.

If everything worked you will see a Blog Updated message. If there was an error, an error message will be displayed.

Posting using the MetaWeblog API is identical to the Blogger API except for the format of the post.

The first line of the buffer is always used as the title of the post. The second line of the buffer is always used as the category. The rest of the buffer is the content of the post.

To edit or delete a post you must first select the post you want to edit or delete. Choose the Plugins | Headlines | Get last post or Get recent posts menu option.

You will be prompted for the blogging service and blog (if more than one is configured).

If you chose Get last post, the most recent post will be retrieved into a new buffer. If you chose Get recent posts and there is more than one post available, you will be prompted to choose from the 10 most recent posts to your blog.

The post will appear in a new buffer. The format will vary depending on the blogging service.

When you are ready to save your post, choose Post or Post and Publish from the Plugins | Headlines menu. If you want to delete the post, select Delete post or Delete post and publish. The buffer remembers where the post came from so you will not be prompted for the service to save the edited post to. You can discard the buffer or continue making changes and Post again if desired.

When you go the Blogs option pane for the first time, there are no blogs listed. Enter the appropriate information for your blog (consult your blogging software for help). For example, for Blogger you would use:

You may use any name you wish; and of course your logon credentials. You do not need to store your password here. If the password field is left empty, you will be prompted for it when you access your blog. This is recommended because the password is stored in the blogs.xml file in clear-text.

Click Save to save your blog information.

To add another blog, click New and enter the information. You must use a unique name for each blog otherwise the existing entry will be updated with the new information (you cannot have two blogs with the same name).

Select the blog you want to delete.

Click Delete.

Select the blog you want to update.

Update the information and click Save. If you modify the name, a new blog entry will be created with the new name.