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Posted by Maurice Parker
Feb 10, 2022 at 09:42 PM
I wrote a blog post about blogging using Zavala and Micro.blog. I also use Zavala to blog to GitHub pages. Any blogging platform that has an API or already has Shortcuts support could be published to from Zavala by writing a Shortcut for it.
https://zavala.vincode.io/2022/02/10/Zavala_and_Micro.blog.html
I guess the comparisons to Drummer are inevitable. Zavala and Drummer are both outliners that can be used to publish blogs. They are very different though.
All of a blog in Drummer is in one OPML file. Zavala assumes one outline equals one blog post. Drummer is more like a public daily journal with multiple entries per day. Zavala works like your typical blog where a post is like an article. The Drummer editor is available on all platforms. Zavala is only available on Apple platforms. Drummer provides a web editing experience. Zavala provides a rich text editing experience.
The list goes on and on. They are two very different applications. They will interoperate using OPML files as long as you stay away from formatting, links, and images. Drummer and Zavala have both extended OPML to handle these features, but not in compatible ways. I would have emulated how Drummer handles these things in OPML, but the way Drummer does it just wouldn’t support Zavala’s rich text editing capabilities.
I’m excited about using outliners as blogging tools and as basic word processors in general.
Posted by MacSE
Oct 1, 2022 at 04:14 PM
I had a quick exchange with Maurice Parker today. Very fast response and very helpful. (I had not realized files could not be moved to iCloud with the “Open Quickly” window…
I have started using Zavala regularly and find it perfect for my needs ; syncing via iCloud is almost instantaneous and I can write indifferently with my various Apple devices.
Please, keep it simple, thanks.
Posted by Maurice Parker
Oct 1, 2022 at 11:36 PM
Eh, you just got lucky that I couldn’t sleep last night. :-)
I do plan on keeping it simple. There are a lot of features that I have planned that will make Zavala more powerful, but I’m not interested in making it complicated or bloated. It won’t be easy to do both, but I’m willing to put in the work to make it happen. I suspect that eventually I will mostly just be updating it to take advantage of the latest iOS and macOS release features.
Posted by satis
Apr 9, 2023 at 03:22 PM
Interesting video on using Zavala with Craft:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6mOfKmrKUU
Posted by Maurice Parker
Apr 17, 2023 at 02:49 AM
@satis Thanks for posting the link to the YouTube video. It was nice to see a different way someone might use Zavala. I also commented on the video about things the content creator pointed out about Zavala.