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COMMUNITY : INSTRUCTABLES HELP


Offline editors?

So are there any offline editors for creating instructables? Any hints from the more experienced on ways to "cheat" and do semi-offline editing? I'm finding network delays to be somewhat frustrating when trying to create, edit, etc a reasonably large instructable...

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intoon says: Oct 24, 2006. 6:14 PM
There aren't any offline editors. If you want to do a "semi-offline" Instructable, decide which images you will use beforehand and email them instead of uploading. You can also type up your instructions in Word and then copy and paste into the browser. Other than that, you will still have to wait for the pages to load. Good point, though, an offline editor would be a nice feature.
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westfw (author) says: Oct 25, 2006. 12:34 AM
Can you still email images? I thought that had dissappeared?
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ewilhelm says: Oct 25, 2006. 12:17 PM
It has been hidden, but not removed. We were having some problems with it and didn't want people's images to be lost in space. On the list for today, if possible.
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stasterisk says: Jul 5, 2008. 2:07 PM
is emailing photos to instructables supprted now? does this still work? who do I email them to?
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ewilhelm says: Jul 5, 2008. 6:21 PM
Unsupported now. Sorry! Try the flickr importer.
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inevitable_chaos says: Jan 27, 2007. 7:42 AM
Okay last update before i'll let you download it, hopefully with the source (if i have it commented enough) A picture says a thousand words.. (But just incase, i added steps (only 3 at the moment), links (don't render in preview properly), videos (same deal as links).
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inevitable_chaos says: Jan 23, 2007. 11:15 PM
I've sorta half started one, it's a wip though.
Like you need to end tag like this: 
'''Hi/'''

Check out the screenshot...
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ewilhelm says: Jan 24, 2007. 11:34 AM
Whoa! Cool! Keep us posted with your progress.
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inevitable_chaos says: Jan 25, 2007. 4:27 AM
Hmm i have all the tags implemented in the link you gave me in the other thread, minus the html on and links. I've added saving as is and exporting to be used on instructables.com The only down at the moment is i have to add a "
" at the start of each new line, this could possibly be eliminated in future versions. PS. I'm aka, laconix.
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mever says: Jan 26, 2007. 3:09 PM
nice work, im sure a lot of people will appreciate this.
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westfw (author) says: Oct 25, 2006. 5:09 PM
Is there an offline, local, semi-wysiwyg editor that generates wiki-style output? I found a couple "personal wiki" packages that include such a capability, but they mostly do a lot more than I want.
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iman says: Oct 24, 2006. 6:31 PM
cant you do that on fire fox?
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zachninme says: Oct 25, 2006. 3:38 PM
"Work offline" just tells the browser to disconnect from the internet. It is on all browser. You won't be able to edit while offline.
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ian says: Oct 25, 2006. 1:47 AM
I write my instructables in OO.o and send images by e-mail. I've uploaded more images through the instructable interface since the last update that gave us image uploads without going to the library. I agree, though, that sometimes there is a significant amount of lag that causes lots of problems. It seems to have gotten a little better lately.
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ewilhelm says: Oct 24, 2006. 6:10 PM
I do everything in Word or TextEdit (complete with wiki tags) and cut and paste. I also use multiple windows to upload and manage images. An offline editor would be sweet. It's on the list of things I'd like, but I think an API will come first.
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