Being a freelance writer is hard. Not only do you have to type the entire article or blog post and keep a backup copy in dropbox, but then you have to edit, format, re-edit and by the time you post the article you could have written two more. So it is safe to say that publishing the entire post consumes a significant amount of time.
What if there was a software to automatically publish your article? You wouldn’t have to go through all the trouble of aligning and changing the fonts and other edits. Well, Calepin does exactly that. It primarily works with Dropbox and Markdown.
What does Calepin do?
Calepin acts like a tool that reads the Markdown-formatted text files which are stored in your dropbox. You can edit and update the dropbox files as suited and once you hit the publish button in Calepin, it will convert the text files in a blog format and will post it in your registered Url. It is an online self-publishing software.
How to use Calepin?
Once you sign up in Calepin open your dropbox account. Within the Apps there will be a Calepin folder – Dropbox/apps/Calepin. Now, store your text within this folder with the extension of .md or .rst.
Calepin will automatically pick up the new posts and publish them in the blog.
5 Reasons why Calepin is must for bloggers
1. Free: Yes, Calepin comes absolutely free without costing you a dime. It is not even a freemium service, so there is no hidden trap to make you pay. Use it or not, give it a try and there’s nothing to lose.
2. Copyright: Calepin ensures that nobody claims your writing. Only you have the absolute copyright. Calepin does not use your content or sell it.
3. Backup: Calepin works hand in hand with dropbox. So, by default you have a copyright of your document. Hence, there is no chance of losing the copy. Calepin does not erase or make any changes in your dropbox.
4. Markdown: You don’t need to remember those complicated tags and headers for HTML. Markdown is easy to use and can be simply inserted in long-form texts. In fact, it is growing into a standard approach for web create magazines.
There are different editors like markpad available online for free which can be used to write in markdown format.
5. Flexibility: Calepin is highly flexible providing you full control of the documents that you post and also the date and time.
Overall, Calepin is a useful software that comes in handy for publishers and authors alike. It is fast, easy to use and highly interactive. Though Calepin doesn’t offer any themes but may offer different features in future.