Features of posting in different engines

In most cases, posting in different engines via XML-RPC doesn’t differs from each other. But still there are different opportunities, so to avoid surprises, before synchronization and postings, recommend you to read about the engines you are interested in.

WordPress / WordPress.com / Blog.com

This is perhaps one of the most advanced systems in terms of the opportunities of XML-RPC modules. It allows you to create categories (the correct hierarchy), supports additional fields, records marked as a draft, static pages, etc. In general, no limitations and no surprises.

AreaVoices.com / JournalSpace.com

Blogs based on WordPress MU. Program can post in these blogs in the same way as in WordPress. The only thing required from the user - is to enable XML-RPC support in your blog settings

Blogger.com (aka blogspot)

Here we have a little bit unusual situation: there is no categories in general, but understands the tags of articles and makes the cloud of tags. So during the export structure of the site will not be saved, everything will be posted as though as article in the same category. There are no static pages als, so they just simply won’t be exported. Also an interesting feature is that you can’t create more than 40-50 posts a day.

LiveJournal (aka LJ) and its analogs (InsaneJournal.com)

LiveJournal does not recognize categories (probably because nobody spares their journals to categories). No static pages. In general, all the same way as in bloggers (except for limitations).

Drupal

Drupal is very special. First it post articles into a separate blog modules (you won’t be able to create different pages), which is also without categories. The XML-RPC module itself does not recognize the tags of articles, although the blog module understands them. Static pages are not present.

Joomla

Here the situation has improved considerably after my intervention in the module source. Now it knows almost everything, except the creation of categories and static pages (last one can be created simply by placing them into Unrecognized category).

MaxSite

Author of MaxSite is a great fellow. He not only created a multifunctional and lightweight engine, but also wrote a very handy analog of XML-RPC protocol. Program can do everything except creating categories.

BlinkWeb.com

Service has very limited functionality, in fact is only able to post. It does not have function of import (hence synchronization is not available), editing (and therefore is not supported by internal relink) and there is no simplified login (which does not allow to check the "live" of account)