August 18, 2003

Blogging From My Handheld

This is a test.

Well, AvantGo did just what it was designed to do: download a web page to my Palm Zire, in this instance my Movable Type create new entry screen, and upload any new entries it finds when I sync back up to my desktop machine. Unfortunately, AvantGo does not automatically rebuild my files and so I still have to manually go to the create new entry page myself to perform that operation. It does save me the hassle of writing my entry on paper, later typing it into my computer, and then uploading it to my website. One particularly noisome feature of the AvantGo software is how it only gives me the width of five or six characters in which to type my entry. Someone who also uses Movable Type for their blog recommended using Memo Pad. Getting the data into AvantGo from Memo Pad is made possible with the copy and paste functions. I wasn't even aware that I *could* c & p on a Palm Pilot. I learn something new every day. -- CrystalShiloh @ 11:03 PM