Category: Announcements

  • TypeMetal 2.0.8 is up

    TypeMetal 2.0.8 just arrived on the Mac App Store, with important fixes for both general HTML editing and WordPress issues. Of particular note:

    • Image references sometimes broke when a WordPress draft was saved and later reopened. That troublesome bug should be all fixed now.
    • Users whose WordPress sites are configured to use a custom XML-RPC URL (you know who you are) are no longer out of luck trying to connect using TypeMetal. TypeMetal’s WordPress login panel now allows for entering a custom XML-RPC URL, as described under “Connecting To WordPress”.
    • The Source Loupe’s virtual mouse pointer is back from an unintentionally long vacation, and once again hovers over the corresponding part of your HTML markup as you mouse over the rendered page.
    • We’ve protected against loss of WordPress draft content due to clicking dangerous links, editing a draft’s category or tag list with unfortunate timing, or getting the selected range to exceed attachment point limits. In short, your writing is safer now.
    • New post categories added via the WordPress web interface now reliably make their way to TypeMetal when you sync.
    • The “View in Browser” context-menu command can find WordPress.com-hosted drafts again.

    See the TypeMetal Version History for the complete list of fixes in 2.0.8.

    As usual, many of the issues fixed in this release were reported by TypeMetal users like you. So please do keep the e-mails, Support Forum posts, and tweets coming, and let us know how we can help! (Reviews on the Mac App Store are also greatly appreciated and help more than you can know! If TypeMetal has been useful to you, please help us spread the word — Thanks!)

  • WordPress Sync Fixes Are Here!

    TypeMetal 2.0.5 is now live on the App Store, with critical fixes for the security-related WordPress sync issues described in our previous post. If you use TypeMetal with WordPress, you’ll want to be sure to install this important update!

    There’s a new authentication (login) process for WordPress.com accounts. — See the updated “Connecting to WordPress” page of the TypeMetal User Guide for a walkthrough.

    As always, please let us know about any remaining problems you encounter! You can email “support” at coherencelabs.com, post on the TypeMetal Support Forum, or tweet @CoherenceLabs. We’re here to help!

  • WordPress Sync Fixes Coming Soon!

    TypeMetal 2.0.5 will be coming soon to the Mac App Store, with critical sync fixes for WordPress users.

    The Internet is no place to run a server. Malicious hackers are all too eager to test and compromise your system’s defenses, hammering away repeatedly and relentlessly with script-based attacks that will cause grief for the unprepared.

    In response to rising attacks of a particular kind on WordPress sites, WordPress.com and other WordPress hosting services have necessarily tightened their security, which unfortunately caused TypeMetal’s WordPress sync machinery to begin failing. (If you’ve been performing normal syncs and drafting/publishing tasks with an already-established TypeMetal WordPress project, you may not have encountered any trouble. But first-time syncs with a newly added account, or “exhaustive” syncs triggered by holding the “Option” key while clicking “Login” or “Sync”, suddenly began failing, because the prior means to obtain the list of a user’s blogs had been disabled.)

    We’ve worked out a fix for this, which will appear in TypeMetal 2.0.5 as soon as it makes it through App Store review. There’s a new authentication process for WordPress.com accounts, which you’ll be able to read about on the “Connecting to WordPress” page of the User Guide as soon as the new version has been released (though we hope we’ve made it straightforward). There’s a fix for self-hosted blogs too.

    We apologize to those who’ve been affected by this regression, and hope the new version will have your WordPress projects up and running again soon! As a reminder: Always feel free to email “support” at coherencelabs.com, post on the TypeMetal Support Forum, or tweet @CoherenceLabs, regarding any problems you run into. We’re here to help!

    A couple of articles on the nature of the attacks being guarded against, for those interested:

  • A Year of TypeMetal

    A year ago today, TypeMetal introduced the world to an agile and versatile new way to author professional-grade HTML. Since then, it has evolved into a powerful and intuitive WordPress publishing app, while remaining a fully general editor for standalone HTML files.

    What have you built with TypeMetal? How has TypeMetal affected your workflow? And what would you like to see in the future? We’d love to hear your use case stories and feedback on the TypeMetal Support Forum! (App Store reviews are welcome and greatly appreciated too!)

    With profound gratitude to the many customers whose indispensable support has helped sustain this project! — Thank you for making this year possible!

  • TypeMetal 2 Adds WordPress Support

    We’re delighted to announce the release of TypeMetal 2 — a brand new version of our revolutionary OS X HTML editor that brings a first-rate WordPress experience to your Mac!

    With TypeMetal, there’s no separate “preview”: You write and edit directly in your posts as they’ll appear to readers — fully styled using your site’s theme, or in an uncluttered, focus-conducive “Clear View” mode. You also get a complete, synced copy of your posts and pages that you can easily browse, search, and edit on your Mac, even in the absence of an Internet connection. Think of TypeMetal as Mail.app for your WordPress sites — a self-contained experience that provides easy, pushbutton publishing.

    A WordPress Blog Project, Viewed in TypeMetal 2 on OS X

    A WordPress Blog Project, Viewed in TypeMetal 2 on OS X

    In continuous development since the release of TypeMetal 1.0, and building on technology we’ve had in R&D since the project’s beginnings, this new version of TypeMetal provides a whole new way for you to own your WordPress content, while paving the way for integration with other publishing destinations and content management systems in the future. We’ve been using development builds of TypeMetal 2 behind the scenes for a while now, to write and publish news articles such as this one, and we think you’ll enjoy the experience it provides as much as we do. (Like its predecessor, TypeMetal 2 also remains, and will continue to be, a powerful and versatile editor for general HTML files.)

    Using TypeMetal on OS X to Draft This WordPress Post
    Using TypeMetal on OS X to Draft This WordPress Post

    An easy-to-install-and-use, versatile, highly customizable, field-tested, open-source publishing platform that powers millions of websites, WordPress is rightly regarded as a nimble and powerful tool by people who publish everything from personal blogs to company websites. We’re delighted to be able to contribute something to the growing WordPress ecosystem, by providing a seamlessly integrated Mac-native writing experience for WordPress authors to enjoy.

    To celebrate its launch, TypeMetal 2 is on sale for a limited time. Get it today on the Mac App Store! And in gratitude to our pioneering first users, TypeMetal 2 is also a free upgrade for everyone who purchased TypeMetal 1. — Thank you for your indispensable support!

    You can learn all about TypeMetal 2 by browsing its newly updated online User Guide. — See in particular the brand new section on “Using TypeMetal with WordPress”.

    If you’re new to TypeMetal, you’re likely to find past articles on our News feed helpful — in particular, those that have discussed TypeMetal’s approach to semantic HTML, suggested a different way of thinking about HTML authoring, and illustrated the use of snippet sets. (See also: “TypeMetal’s Approach” and “Rise of the Plain Text Editors”.)

    We’ve been working very hard on this new version and hope you’ll enjoy it! As always, please reach out to us on the public TypeMetal Support Forum, tweet us @CoherenceLabs, or send us an email if you run into any trouble at all. We want you to enjoy using TypeMetal, and we’re here to help!