TypeMetal
Author HTML, post to WordPress
Only for Mac
$29.99
Try TypeMetal free for 21 days! Demo version available at https://coherencelabs.com/typemetal/try
TypeMetal is a revolutionary visual (WYSIWYG) HTML file editor and WordPress client that’s unlike any other writing tool on the App Store. Designed to be efficiently keyboard-navigable and produce modern, streamlined, professional-grade HTML with exacting precision, it’s both a serious structured writing app and an easy-to-use HTML notepad. Whether you’re a casual HTML novice or a demanding HTML expert who wants to be free to *just write*, TypeMetal will make your content authoring easier & more productive.
In addition to working with standard HTML files, TypeMetal 2 provides an easy-to-use, comprehensive solution for WordPress publishing. Syncing with your WordPress accounts, TypeMetal maintains a complete local copy of all your posts, pages, related resources & media items for each site -- enabling you to rapidly browse, search, edit, add to, & reference your content, even offline. View & edit posts using your site's theme, or in a distraction-free "ClearView".
TypeMetal's core is a custom HTML editing engine not seen elsewhere. TypeMetal presents fully-rendered HTML pages for live editing, and empowers you to inspect, grasp & manipulate your document’s structure directly. TypeMetal understands each HTML page as a tree of live objects, and can perform edits that challenge plain-text HTML source code editors.
“Show Block Structure Mode” reveals your document’s structure, enabling you to select & manipulate otherwise invisible elements. Create structured HTML documents using nested “section”, “article” & “div” containers, collapse heading-bearing containers to view pages in outline, and drag-&-drop to rearrange blocks.
TypeMetal’s comprehensive keyboard shortcuts keep your fingertips on the keyboard and your mind on your ideas. Navigate your document’s structure, insert elements, and edit attributes, all without having to skip a beat reaching for your mouse. Shortcuts instantly perform common tasks, such as applying emphasis or creating headings & lists. TypeMetal makes linking a breeze, suggesting nearby files and remembering URLs you’ve recently copied to the pasteboard. Any URL in its completion list is just a few keystrokes away.
Copy & paste clutter-free! TypeMetal’s smart cleanup helps you distill clippings of overwrought or broken HTML to the essentials: automatically, as you paste or drag-&-drop. Use Block Mode, the Source Loupe and Path Bar to inspect & refine the results, yielding elegantly minimal markup.
“Snippet sets” help you codify your “class” & “id” naming conventions & consistently apply the resultant styling vocabularies in your HTML files. Leverage HTML’s designed-in semantic extensibility more effectively than ever, preparing your writing to be flexibly, beautifully, & consistently styled using CSS. Share snippets sets easily, via a version tracking system or download, to help your team maintain common conventions. Even constrain authors to a subset of HTML.
Formatting settings control the appearance of your HTML with powerful simplicity. “Set it & forget it”, globally or per-file, then enjoy the ability to focus on your content and the ideas behind it, freed from the visual distraction of markup syntax & constant temptation to fiddle. TypeMetal puts your writing front & center, eliminating needless distractions, while its engine produces concise, consistently-formatted HTML markup you can proudly publish.
HTML file editing:
- Whole-document validation & repair
- Use your own CSS files or one of TypeMetal’s 3 bundled HTML 5-ready stylesheets
- HTML DOCTYPEs: HTML 5, 4.01 Strict+Transitional; XHTML 1.1, 1.0 Strict+Transitional
- HTML filename extensions: html, htm, xhtml, xhtm, xht, xml, shtml, shtm
Other features:
- Retina + Dark Mode support
- Automatic pretty quote & dash typography
- Versatile Copy/Paste
- Text Magnification
- Text Find & Replace
- Check Spelling & Grammar
- Help
User Guide
coherencelabs.com/typemetal/manual
Support
coherencelabs.com/support
more Fantastic product that helps you write super clean HTML by typing it the way you want it to look. I don’t use a lot of the advanced features; my primary use case is writing clean HTML for ServiceNow KBs, but it seems really flexible and if I ever needed to add a stylesheet I feel like I could without much issue.
Fantastic product that helps you write super clean HTML by typing it the way you want it to look. I don’t use a lot of the advanced features; my primary use case is writing clean HTML for ServiceNow KBs, but it seems really flexible and if I ever needed to add a stylesheet I feel like I could without much issue.
TypeMetal is quite a strong contender for writing apps such as Word Processors, Markdown and Rich Text apps in terms of capabilites, as it features a large arsenal of HTML elements to use freely in a WYSIWYG!! interface. This means that the user can write and not be bothered by formatting nuances; by which I mean, not having to manually press tabs and spaces, insert background colors, text spacing, etc. (anything one can think of with respect to formatting), to define particular styling for certain sections, etc. - all styling is managed automatically via CSS, while the user can quickly insert sections and paragraphs. This boosts users’ writing efficiency, while keeping the experience pleasant.Markdown and LaTeX based writing apps do this already, but most of them keep the markup visible - making it hard to read (or those that don’t sacrifice performance using non-native UI technologies). Typemetal keeps just the rendered output of the HTML so that the user is never distracted by markup. Cool stuff in my opinion!The app deserves a five star rating not only for the excellent functionality, but also the excellent support provided by the developer. I’ve requested support for bug fixes and features and quickly received reassuring responses. His blog posts and newsletters reveal exciting features planned for TypeMetal, which are really awesome - I will not spoil them here 😊
Developer Response Thank you so much for your thoughtful review! It is deeply encouraging to see TypeMetal reach its design goals and make the HTML writing experience more productive and rewarding for users. Please don't hesitate to reach out to support@coherencelabs.com anytime, with questions, suggestions, or any issues that come up. We're here to help!
TypeMetal is quite a strong contender for writing apps such as Word Processors, Markdown and Rich Text apps in terms of capabilites, as it features a large arsenal of HTML elements to use freely in a WYSIWYG!! interface. This means that the user can write and not be bothered by formatting nuances; by which I mean, not having to manually press tabs and spaces, insert background colors, text spacing, etc. (anything one can think of with respect to formatting), to define particular styling for certain sections, etc. - all styling is managed automatically via CSS, while the user can quickly insert sections and paragraphs. This boosts users’ writing efficiency, while keeping the experience pleasant.Markdown and LaTeX based writing apps do this already, but most of them keep the markup visible - making it hard to read (or those that don’t sacrifice performance using non-native UI technologies). Typemetal keeps just the rendered output of the HTML so that the user is never distracted by markup. Cool stuff in my opinion!The app deserves a five star rating not only for the excellent functionality, but also the excellent support provided by the developer. I’ve requested support for bug fixes and features and quickly received reassuring responses. His blog posts and newsletters reveal exciting features planned for TypeMetal, which are really awesome - I will not spoil them here 😊
Thank you so much for your thoughtful review! It is deeply encouraging to see TypeMetal reach its design goals and make the HTML writing experience more productive and rewarding for users. Please don't hesitate to reach out to support@coherencelabs.com anytime, with questions, suggestions, or any issues that come up. We're here to help!
The biggest challenge with evaluating TypeMetal is understanding what it is and what it isn't. It's not a web development IDE and it doesn't try to be. It's also not a tool that tries to shield you from understanding HTML. Rather, it's a tool for *writing* and *editing* HTML content cleanly and precisely without forcing you to resort to hand-coding. While you can use TypeMetal to pop out generic HTML pages, the critical thing is you can load *any* page of HTML from a more elaborate project and edit its content directly. As such, this app is nearly unique—the closest thing I know of to TypeMetal is the long-neglected (and now functionally obsolete) Design view of Adobe Dreamweaver. TypeMetal is objectively superior to Dreamweaver’s Design view in every imaginable way, although TypeMetal (currently) lacks some of the project-level support that Dreamweaver provides (however buggily). So, this is an exciting new app that may prove a godsend to some folks (including some of my clients), but it's something of a professional niche app. I demur with another reviewer on its price: the target price for an app like this should be much much higher; I worry about the developer’s ability to realize this product’s potential at its current price point.
The biggest challenge with evaluating TypeMetal is understanding what it is and what it isn't. It's not a web development IDE and it doesn't try to be. It's also not a tool that tries to shield you from understanding HTML. Rather, it's a tool for *writing* and *editing* HTML content cleanly and precisely without forcing you to resort to hand-coding. While you can use TypeMetal to pop out generic HTML pages, the critical thing is you can load *any* page of HTML from a more elaborate project and edit its content directly. As such, this app is nearly unique—the closest thing I know of to TypeMetal is the long-neglected (and now functionally obsolete) Design view of Adobe Dreamweaver. TypeMetal is objectively superior to Dreamweaver’s Design view in every imaginable way, although TypeMetal (currently) lacks some of the project-level support that Dreamweaver provides (however buggily). So, this is an exciting new app that may prove a godsend to some folks (including some of my clients), but it's something of a professional niche app. I demur with another reviewer on its price: the target price for an app like this should be much much higher; I worry about the developer’s ability to realize this product’s potential at its current price point.
Really neat program, nothing else like it that I have seen.
Really neat program, nothing else like it that I have seen.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when showing/hiding the Attribute Editor for a link (Cmd+K).
- Updated AppAuth and OpenSSL.
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2.3.1 01/22/2025
- Tuned TypeMetal for full compatibility with macOS 14 Sonoma.
- Updated TypeMetal's app icon. The original icon is available via TypeMetal's new "Appearance" settings pane, if desired.
- Advanced the minimum required macOS version to 10.13. (Now and then we have to keep pace with the times, but after this change TypeMetal still runs on Macs as old as 2011!)
- Fixed backspacing through a WordPress post's entire content leaving the post empty and uneditable.
- Fixed HTML source view update lag when deleting the last remaining character in a run of text.
- The Attribute Editor now saves uncommitted edits in text fields, when you click outside it to dismiss it.
- Fixed cropping of toolbar "picker" controls.
- Updated AppAuth and OpenSSL.
- Renamed "Twitter" references to "X".
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2.3 09/26/2023
- Added an invitation to our "Inside TypeMetal" newsletter to TypeMetal's Help. Subscribe today for behind-the-scenes insights and expert user tips delivered weekly.
- Indicate rejection of WordPress username or password more clearly in the sync status UI and sync log.
- Stability improvements:
- Fixed a crash that could occur after indexing a WordPress project.
- Fixed WordPress authentication failures causing crashes.
- Fixed "Main Style Sheet" picker neglecting to update on Undo of picking a different style sheet.
- Added code to help diagnose a rare content display problem.
- Updated starter topic links on the "Using TypeMetal with WordPress" Help page.
- Updated "Metadata TypeMetal May Add to HTML Files" Help page with links to relevant HTML extension registries.
Email us anytime at support@coherencelabs.com or tweet us @CoherenceLabs to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
2.2.9 05/05/2023
- Attachment point improvements for WordPress projects:
- Updated default attachment point settings to correctly handle most WordPress Block Mode themes out of the box.
- Added "Featured Image" as a customizable attachment point.
- Show the warning banner only for missing attachment points that the displayed post or page actually needs. (e.g. "Tags" is only needed for posts that have tags.) Dim warning indicators in the attachment point settings sheet for attachment points that aren't immediately needed.
- Added the ability to transform some WordPress blocks into other kinds of WordPress blocks. Right-click the path bar segment for any WordPress block, and see the "Transform to" submenu for what the block can be changed into. You can also use the "Unwrap" menu command to unwrap certain kinds of WordPress blocks, such as a "Quote" block. See "Transforming and Unwrapping Blocks" in the "WordPress Block Mode" Help topic.
- Label sites as "Site Title (domain.name)", in the "Blogging" menu and in window titles.
- Name a WordPress project's "blogs" folders in the same way, to allow for duplicate site titles in a given wordpress.com account.
- Fixed typing popping out of newly created WordPress "Quote" blocks.
- Fixed handling of WordPress "Pullquote" blocks to match the WordPress editor's behavior. (Start with and maintain a single paragraph inside, and insert line breaks on [return] or [enter].)
- Fetch theme name from custom data when syncing with wordpress.com sites.
- Stability improvements:
- Fixed crashes that could occur after a blog window was closed, if a sync session or content editing view was active.
- Fixed an exception during WordPress sync that could cause a crash.
- Improved robustness of URL completion-list updating, seeking to eliminate crashes that can occur on "Create Link" (Cmd+K).
- Renamed "Preferences" to "Settings" throughout TypeMetal's Help/User Guide and UI, for consistency with macOS' revised terminology.
- Added Help links to a couple of recent videos on our YouTube channel ("What's TypeMetal?" and "HTML Formatting Settings").
Email us anytime at support@coherencelabs.com or tweet us @CoherenceLabs to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
2.2.8 04/25/2023
- WordPress sync improvements:
- Updated WordPress sync to handle new ways that REST API errors can be returned.
- Improved WordPress sync log error messages, to help diagnose authentication issues users sometimes encounter.
- Refresh the selected-post content shown in blog editor windows, when sync brings new content in for the selected post.
- Fixed creation of new paragraphs in WordPress Block Mode content, including special provisions for paragraphs inside a WordPress "Quote" block.
- Improved handling of "cite" elements in Quote blocks.
- Fixed "Remove (WordPress Project Name)" command to actually remove the project when "OK" is clicked to confirm.
- Fixed "Move to Trash".
- Fixed post/page conflict resolution.
- Fixed document encoding conversion.
- Updated OpenSSL.
Email us anytime at support@coherencelabs.com or tweet us @CoherenceLabs to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
2.2.7 02/17/2023
- Dark Mode fix for snippet editor insertion point.
- Appearance fix for picker controls.
- Updated AppAuth and OpenSSL.
Email us anytime at support@coherencelabs.com or tweet us @CoherenceLabs to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
Previous Updates:
2.2.5
- Fixed missing display of post/page tags, after a REST-synced WordPress project was reindexed. TypeMetal WordPress projects will automatically reindex when they are first opened with TypeMetal >= 2.2.5, to fix this issue.
- Fixed REST sync of posts' and pages' featured image specifiers, and display, replacement, and removal of featured images in the post/page "Properties" popover. Sync with your site to pull down featured image specifiers. The "Properties" popover should then show a post's featured image if it has one. You can remove the featured image if desired, or change it by dragging a different image in from the blog's Media Library window or from a Finder window. When you publish the post (or Save the post, if it’s a draft), the new featured image should appear in the published result (or draft preview) on your WordPress site.
- Moved media item metadata sync before posts and pages, to facilitate resolving featured image references.
- Fixed mouse clicks sometimes allowing selections, and potentially opening the element attribute editor, outside the editable areas of a WordPress post/page view (title, content, categories, tags, etc.).
- Fixed Dark Mode appearance of in-post Categories popover.
- Added Help menu links to @CoherenceLabs on Twitter and YouTube, and a "Rate TypeMetal" item. Praise on the App Store is greatly appreciated and helps keep TypeMetal going! Thank you!
2.2.4
- Fixed blog windows failing to open after adding a new WordPress project and completing the first sync.
- Fixed newly added blogs not appearing in the "Blogging" menu until TypeMetal relaunch.
- Restored animating post and page titles to the first-time WordPress sync experience.
2.2.3
- Moved WordPress project reindexing to the background, fixing spins that could occur for WordPress sites with many thousands of posts, pages, or media items. On the rare occasions when a project has to be reindexed (such as after launching TypeMetal with the [Option] key held), TypeMetal now displays indexing progress while keeping the rest of its UI responsive.
- Optimized indexing of very large projects to speed it up from minutes to seconds.
2.2.2
- Made WordPress "Offline" state persistent, and global to all sites.
- Fixed handling of "Offline" state to reliably suppress syncs and upload of post changes while offline, while ensuring deferred sync/upload when system is next online.
- Treat [enter] the same as [return], everywhere.
2.2.1
- Fixed selection/insertion point preservation for Indent/Outdent List Level operations.
- Fixed snippet insertion at the end of an element to place the snippet inside the element as intended.
- Fixed [delete] handling of Emoji and other composed character sequences.
- Fixed memory leaks.
- Updated OpenSSL.
2.2.6 10/06/2022
- Fixed missing display of post/page tags, after a REST-synced WordPress project was reindexed. TypeMetal WordPress projects will automatically reindex when they are first opened with TypeMetal >= 2.2.5, to fix this issue.
- Fixed REST sync of posts' and pages' featured image specifiers, and display, replacement, and removal of featured images in the post/page "Properties" popover. Sync with your site to pull down featured image specifiers. The "Properties" popover should then show a post's featured image if it has one. You can remove the featured image if desired, or change it by dragging a different image in from the blog's Media Library window or from a Finder window. When you publish the post (or Save the post, if it’s a draft), the new featured image should appear in the published result (or draft preview) on your WordPress site.
- Moved media item metadata sync before posts and pages, to facilitate resolving featured image references.
- Fixed mouse clicks sometimes allowing selections, and potentially opening the element attribute editor, outside the editable areas of a WordPress post/page view (title, content, categories, tags, etc.).
- Fixed Dark Mode appearance of in-post Categories popover.
- Added Help menu links to @CoherenceLabs on Twitter and YouTube, and a "Rate TypeMetal" item. Praise on the App Store is greatly appreciated and helps keep TypeMetal going! Thank you!
2.2.5 06/24/2022
- Fixed blog windows failing to open after adding a new WordPress project and completing the first sync.
- Fixed newly added blogs not appearing in the "Blogging" menu until TypeMetal relaunch.
- Restored animating post and page titles to the first-time WordPress sync experience.
Email us anytime at support@coherencelabs.com or tweet us @CoherenceLabs to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
Previous Updates:
2.2.3
- Moved WordPress project reindexing to the background, fixing spins that could occur for WordPress sites with many thousands of posts, pages, or media items. On the rare occasions when a project has to be reindexed (such as after launching TypeMetal with the [Option] key held), TypeMetal now displays indexing progress while keeping the rest of its UI responsive.
- Optimized indexing of very large projects to speed it up from minutes to seconds.
2.2.2
- Made WordPress "Offline" state persistent, and global to all sites.
- Fixed handling of "Offline" state to reliably suppress syncs and upload of post changes while offline, while ensuring deferred sync/upload when system is next online.
- Treat [enter] the same as [return], everywhere.
2.2.1
- Fixed selection/insertion point preservation for Indent/Outdent List Level operations.
- Fixed snippet insertion at the end of an element to place the snippet inside the element as intended.
- Fixed [delete] handling of Emoji and other composed character sequences.
- Fixed memory leaks.
- Updated OpenSSL.
2.2.4 06/23/2022
- Moved WordPress project reindexing to the background, fixing spins that could occur for WordPress sites with many thousands of posts, pages, or media items. On the rare occasions when a project has to be reindexed (such as after launching TypeMetal with the [Option] key held), TypeMetal now displays indexing progress while keeping the rest of its UI responsive.
- Optimized indexing of very large projects to speed it up from minutes to seconds.
Email us anytime at support@coherencelabs.com or tweet us @CoherenceLabs to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
Previous Updates:
2.2.2
- Made WordPress "Offline" state persistent, and global to all sites.
- Fixed handling of "Offline" state to reliably suppress syncs and upload of post changes while offline, while ensuring deferred sync/upload when system is next online.
- Treat [enter] the same as [return], everywhere.
2.2.1
- Fixed selection/insertion point preservation for Indent/Outdent List Level operations.
- Fixed snippet insertion at the end of an element to place the snippet inside the element as intended.
- Fixed [delete] handling of Emoji and other composed character sequences.
- Fixed memory leaks.
- Updated OpenSSL.
2.2.3 06/22/2022
- Made WordPress "Offline" state persistent, and global to all sites.
- Fixed handling of "Offline" state to reliably suppress syncs and upload of post changes while offline, while ensuring deferred sync/upload when system is next online.
- Treat [enter] the same as [return], everywhere.
Email us anytime at support@coherencelabs.com or tweet @CoherenceLabs to let us know how we're doing and how we can help!
Previous Updates:
2.2.1
- Fixed selection/insertion point preservation for Indent/Outdent List Level operations.
- Fixed snippet insertion at the end of an element to place the snippet inside the element as intended.
- Fixed [delete] handling of Emoji and other composed character sequences.
- Fixed memory leaks.
- Updated OpenSSL.
2.2
- Big upgrade to WordPress sync: TypeMetal can now communicate with sites using the modern WordPress REST API -- improving speed, capability, security, and compatibility vs. the old XML-RPC approach. Automatically enabled for wordpress.com accounts, and selectable in account settings for self-hosted WordPress sites. (Using REST with self-hosted sites currently requires a REST-enabling Basic Authentication plugin. We're working on adding other authentication options. Email support@coherencelabs.com to let us know what you use!)
- Completely overhauled WordPress sync session management, status display, and cancellation mechanics. Syncs now stop immediately and reliably when the "Cancel" button is clicked. TypeMetal can now queue syncs to ensure reliable uploads to WordPress, and queues all sync status UI updates on the main thread, eliminating status-update-related crashes and exceptions.
- Revised TypeMetal's WordPress login UI to make the options and their applicability clearer. Added the ability to choose wordpress.com vs. other hosting via a popup button, and a popup button UI for choosing the protocol to use (REST or XML-RPC).
- Simplified WordPress post template fetching to work without login (which could sometimes fail).
- Template handling no longer complains about missing Categories, Tags, or Date attachment points. They’re now treated as optional, since some WordPress themes don’t provide them, some sites don’t use categories and/or tags, and a post’s categories and tags can be easily edited in the post properties UI.
- Fixes to WordPress media library image handling. Images added to posts should now resolve reliably in the editor and also appear reliably in published posts.
- Fixed date determination for newly published posts. (Ensure it's the date of first publication, not the date the draft was begun.)
- Improved interpretation of date strings received from WordPress.
- Fixed handling of posts put in TypeMetal's Trash to move them to WordPress' Trash on sync.
- You can now Shift+click in a WordPress post/page list to select a range of posts, and Cmd+click to toggle selection of an individual post. (If you have several old drafts you want to move to the Trash, range selection can be helpful.)
- Fixed auto-save of just-uploaded drafts to eliminate confusing and needlessly worrisome "The file has been changed by another application" alerts.
- Improved the local image/resource file caching that helps facilitate working offline.
- Fixed an editing bug that could prevent a dragged image from being inserted into WordPress block-mode content.
- Fixed an editing bug where triple-clicking a post body and then typing corrupted the post's block structure.
- Fixed an editing bug that could leave empty paragraph ("p") elements in posts.
- Restored the block handles and extra padding to "Show Block Structure" Mode.
- Fixed a range validation bug in the Source Loupe's HTML syntax highlighting.
- Fixed thread-safety issues in sync UI updates.
- Fixed database save issues.
- Fixed sync log complaints about "-findHostingAccount" and dropped "-someWebResourceCacheAddedAFile:" notifications after a project has been closed.
- Sync log no longer logs end-of-sync before a sync actually finishes.
2.2.2 06/14/2022
- Fixed selection/insertion point preservation for Indent/Outdent List Level operations.
- Fixed snippet insertion at the end of an element to place the snippet inside the element as intended.
- Fixed [delete] handling of Emoji and other composed character sequences.
- Fixed memory leaks.
- Updated OpenSSL.
Email us anytime at support@coherencelabs.com or tweet us @CoherenceLabs to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
Previous Updates:
2.2
- Big upgrade to WordPress sync: TypeMetal can now communicate with sites using the modern WordPress REST API -- improving speed, capability, security, and compatibility vs. the old XML-RPC approach. Automatically enabled for wordpress.com accounts, and selectable in account settings for self-hosted WordPress sites. (Using REST with self-hosted sites currently requires a REST-enabling Basic Authentication plugin. We're working on adding other authentication options. Email support@coherencelabs.com to let us know what you use!)
- Completely overhauled WordPress sync session management, status display, and cancellation mechanics. Syncs now stop immediately and reliably when the "Cancel" button is clicked. TypeMetal can now queue syncs to ensure reliable uploads to WordPress, and queues all sync status UI updates on the main thread, eliminating status-update-related crashes and exceptions.
- Revised TypeMetal's WordPress login UI to make the options and their applicability clearer. Added the ability to choose wordpress.com vs. other hosting via a popup button, and a popup button UI for choosing the protocol to use (REST or XML-RPC).
- Simplified WordPress post template fetching to work without login (which could sometimes fail).
- Template handling no longer complains about missing Categories, Tags, or Date attachment points. They’re now treated as optional, since some WordPress themes don’t provide them, some sites don’t use categories and/or tags, and a post’s categories and tags can be easily edited in the post properties UI.
- Fixes to WordPress media library image handling. Images added to posts should now resolve reliably in the editor and also appear reliably in published posts.
- Fixed date determination for newly published posts. (Ensure it's the date of first publication, not the date the draft was begun.)
- Improved interpretation of date strings received from WordPress.
- Fixed handling of posts put in TypeMetal's Trash to move them to WordPress' Trash on sync.
- You can now Shift+click in a WordPress post/page list to select a range of posts, and Cmd+click to toggle selection of an individual post. (If you have several old drafts you want to move to the Trash, range selection can be helpful.)
- Fixed auto-save of just-uploaded drafts to eliminate confusing and needlessly worrisome "The file has been changed by another application" alerts.
- Improved the local image/resource file caching that helps facilitate working offline.
- Fixed an editing bug that could prevent a dragged image from being inserted into WordPress block-mode content.
- Fixed an editing bug where triple-clicking a post body and then typing corrupted the post's block structure.
- Fixed an editing bug that could leave empty paragraph ("p") elements in posts.
- Restored the block handles and extra padding to "Show Block Structure" Mode.
- Fixed a range validation bug in the Source Loupe's HTML syntax highlighting.
- Fixed thread-safety issues in sync UI updates.
- Fixed database save issues.
- Fixed sync log complaints about "-findHostingAccount" and dropped "-someWebResourceCacheAddedAFile:" notifications after a project has been closed.
- Sync log no longer logs end-of-sync before a sync actually finishes.
2.1.4
- Armored TypeMetal against spurious control characters in WordPress post/page content. These could produce malformed server responses and consequent sync failures for some WordPress sites.
- Help typo fix.
2.2.1 06/06/2022
- Big upgrade to WordPress sync: TypeMetal can now communicate with sites using the modern WordPress REST API -- improving speed, capability, security, and compatibility vs. the old XML-RPC approach. Automatically enabled for wordpress.com accounts, and selectable in account settings for self-hosted WordPress sites. (Using REST with self-hosted sites currently requires a REST-enabling Basic Authentication plugin. We're working on adding other authentication options. Email support@coherencelabs.com to let us know what you use!)
- Completely overhauled WordPress sync session management, status display, and cancellation mechanics. Syncs now stop immediately and reliably when the "Cancel" button is clicked. TypeMetal can now queue syncs to ensure reliable uploads to WordPress, and queues all sync status UI updates on the main thread, eliminating status-update-related crashes and exceptions.
- Revised TypeMetal's WordPress login UI to make the options and their applicability clearer. Added the ability to choose wordpress.com vs. other hosting via a popup button, and a popup button UI for choosing the protocol to use (REST or XML-RPC).
- Simplified WordPress post template fetching to work without login (which could sometimes fail).
- Template handling no longer complains about missing Categories, Tags, or Date attachment points. They’re now treated as optional, since some WordPress themes don’t provide them, some sites don’t use categories and/or tags, and a post’s categories and tags can be easily edited in the post properties UI.
- Fixes to WordPress media library image handling. Images added to posts should now resolve reliably in the editor and also appear reliably in published posts.
- Fixed date determination for newly published posts. (Ensure it's the date of first publication, not the date the draft was begun.)
- Improved interpretation of date strings received from WordPress.
- Fixed handling of posts put in TypeMetal's Trash to move them to WordPress' Trash on sync.
- You can now Shift+click in a WordPress post/page list to select a range of posts, and Cmd+click to toggle selection of an individual post. (If you have several old drafts you want to move to the Trash, range selection can be helpful.)
- Fixed auto-save of just-uploaded drafts to eliminate confusing and needlessly worrisome "The file has been changed by another application" alerts.
- Improved the local image/resource file caching that helps facilitate working offline.
- Fixed an editing bug that could prevent a dragged image from being inserted into WordPress block-mode content.
- Fixed an editing bug where triple-clicking a post body and then typing corrupted the post's block structure.
- Fixed an editing bug that could leave empty paragraph ("p") elements in posts.
- Restored the block handles and extra padding to "Show Block Structure" Mode.
- Fixed a range validation bug in the Source Loupe's HTML syntax highlighting.
- Fixed thread-safety issues in sync UI updates.
- Fixed database save issues.
- Fixed sync log complaints about "-findHostingAccount" and dropped "-someWebResourceCacheAddedAFile:" notifications after a project has been closed.
- Sync log no longer logs end-of-sync before a sync actually finishes.
Email us anytime at support@coherencelabs.com or tweet us @CoherenceLabs to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
Previous Updates:
2.1.4
- Armored TypeMetal against spurious control characters in WordPress post/page content. These could produce malformed server responses and consequent sync failures for some WordPress sites.
- Help typo fix.
2.1.3
- WordPress Block Mode fixes for drag-select, arrow-key-navigation, and alignment and color property editing.
- Added "Getting Support" to the Help page navigation loop.
- Removed some debug logging that had come along for the ride.
2.2 05/27/2022
Fixes for top issues reported by TypeMetal users like you! Email us anytime at "support" at coherencelabs.com or tweet us @CoherenceLabs to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
- Armored TypeMetal against spurious control characters in WordPress post/page content. These could produce malformed server responses and consequent sync failures for some WordPress sites.
- Help typo fix.
Previous Updates:
2.1.3
- WordPress Block Mode fixes for drag-select, arrow-key-navigation, and alignment and color property editing.
- Added "Getting Support" to the Help page navigation loop.
- Removed some debug logging that had come along for the ride.
2.1.2
- TypeMetal is back on the App Store — updated for macOS Monterey, AppleSilicon Macs, and WordPress Block Editing!
- We’ve added major editor enhancements that support the “Block Mode” content authoring introduced in WordPress 5! Write and edit content that meets the latest, modern WordPress standards.
- Build modern, resolution-adaptive content using TypeMetal’s updated image handling and support for HTML 5 "srcset" attributes and "picture" elements.
- TypeMetal’s HTML knowledge has been updated to match the current HTML 5 spec. "area", "data", "embed", "picture", "slot", and "template" elements are now supported, along with global attributes autocapitalize, autofocus, enterkeyhint, inputmode, itemid, itemprop, itemref, itemscope, itemtype, and nonce.
- The Attribute Editor for "picture", "audio", and "video" elements now has a navigable child list that makes these container elements easier to build and edit.
- TypeMetal now runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
- TypeMetal's UI has been updated to look right at home on macOS 12 Monterey.
- macOS' Dark Mode is now fully supported thanks to appearance updates.
- Added keyboard shortcuts for “Unwrap element” (⌃⇧/), “Remove All Elements from Selection” (⌃⌥⇧/), and “New Snippet from Entire Selection” (⌃⌥⌘/).
- Allow HTML comments in snippets. (Fixed snippets containing comments failing validation in the completion list.)
- Replaced the non-undoable default TouchBar items with undoable shortcuts for emphasized and strongly emphasized text and other inline formatting commands.
- Added a “Fetch Theme Templates” item to the “Blogging” menu, that can be used to pull template updates from a WordPress site without forcing an exhaustive sync.
- Fixed "u" and "s" element application working only at the insertion point in an HTML 5 document. (Wrapping around selected text wasn’t working.)
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the Attribute Editor from being shown for a "picture" that’s scrolled at least partly out of view.
- HTML formatting treats "picture" as a block-level element for improved readability.
- Fixed initially empty display of WordPress project Media Library window.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when double-clicking an element kind in the element completion UI.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when showing the token filter popover in a WordPress project window.
- Fixed a spin and crash that could occur after the Attachment Point Settings sheet had been shown.
- Fixed a crash and some other bugs in the "img" element Attribute Editor.
- Silenced a beep that occurred on “Move List Item Down” (⌃⌘↓).
2.1.4 04/21/2022
Fixes for top issues reported by TypeMetal users like you! Email us anytime at "support" at coherencelabs.com, tweet us @CoherenceLabs, or post on the Support Forum on our website to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
2.1.3
- WordPress Block Mode fixes for drag-select, arrow-key-navigation, and alignment and color property editing.
- Added "Getting Support" to the Help page navigation loop.
- Removed some debug logging that had come along for the ride.
2.1.3 04/15/2022
Fixes for top issues reported by TypeMetal users like you! Email us anytime at "support" at coherencelabs.com, tweet us @CoherenceLabs, or post on the Support Forum on our website to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
2.1.2
- TypeMetal is back on the App Store — updated for macOS Monterey, AppleSilicon Macs, and WordPress Block Editing!
- We’ve added major editor enhancements that support the “Block Mode” content authoring introduced in WordPress 5! Write and edit content that meets the latest, modern WordPress standards.
- Build modern, resolution-adaptive content using TypeMetal’s updated image handling and support for HTML 5 "srcset" attributes and "picture" elements.
- TypeMetal’s HTML knowledge has been updated to match the current HTML 5 spec. "area", "data", "embed", "picture", "slot", and "template" elements are now supported, along with global attributes autocapitalize, autofocus, enterkeyhint, inputmode, itemid, itemprop, itemref, itemscope, itemtype, and nonce.
- The Attribute Editor for "picture", "audio", and "video" elements now has a navigable child list that makes these container elements easier to build and edit.
- TypeMetal now runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
- TypeMetal's UI has been updated to look right at home on macOS 12 Monterey.
- macOS' Dark Mode is now fully supported thanks to appearance updates.
- Added keyboard shortcuts for “Unwrap element” (⌃⇧/), “Remove All Elements from Selection” (⌃⌥⇧/), and “New Snippet from Entire Selection” (⌃⌥⌘/).
- Allow HTML comments in snippets. (Fixed snippets containing comments failing validation in the completion list.)
- Replaced the non-undoable default TouchBar items with undoable shortcuts for emphasized and strongly emphasized text and other inline formatting commands.
- Added a “Fetch Theme Templates” item to the “Blogging” menu, that can be used to pull template updates from a WordPress site without forcing an exhaustive sync.
- Fixed "u" and "s" element application working only at the insertion point in an HTML 5 document. (Wrapping around selected text wasn’t working.)
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the Attribute Editor from being shown for a "picture" that’s scrolled at least partly out of view.
- HTML formatting treats "picture" as a block-level element for improved readability.
- Fixed initially empty display of WordPress project Media Library window.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when double-clicking an element kind in the element completion UI.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when showing the token filter popover in a WordPress project window.
- Fixed a spin and crash that could occur after the Attachment Point Settings sheet had been shown.
- Fixed a crash and some other bugs in the "img" element Attribute Editor.
- Silenced a beep that occurred on “Move List Item Down” (⌃⌘↓).
2.1.2 04/13/2022
Fixes for top issues reported by TypeMetal users like you! Email us anytime at "support" at coherencelabs.com, tweet us @CoherenceLabs, or post on the Support Forum on our website to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
New in TypeMetal 2.1.1:
- Fixed a crash that could occur when browsing the menus, after double-clicking a few blog posts/pages to open them for editing.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when invoking "Insert" or "Wrap In...".
- When the selection changes, cancel any pending "Insert" or "Wrap In..." and close the popover, if it's shown.
- Fixed "Learn More..." tooltips failing to disappear.
2.1.1 09/30/2016
Fixes for top issues reported by TypeMetal users like you! Email us anytime at "support" at coherencelabs.com, tweet us @CoherenceLabs, or post on the Support Forum on our website to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
New in TypeMetal 2.1:
- macOS Sierra compatibility! Fixed a few minor bugs that would've gotten in the way of a great TypeMetal experience.
- Security updates: App Transport Security conformance, new OpenSSL, new OAuth2!
WordPress project window:
- The post+page list now loads on demand, as it’s scrolled. This, and less aggressive reindexing, improve performance for sites with thousands of posts.
- "Copy Permalink URL" from post+page list context menu now works better. We put more kinds of data on the pasteboard, to help client apps find a kind they want to paste.
- Index searching is more robust. Because nobody enjoys crashing mid-search -- or ever, really.
WordPress post editor windows:
- Post category list now registers edits correctly.
- Cobwebs cleared, attic dusted, uses of deprecated API replaced.
- Document properties titlebar popover is gone from WordPress project and post+page editor windows, where it just caused trouble.
Sincere thanks, as always, to our loyal users! If you find TypeMetal helpful, an App Store review, Tweet, or whatever you feel moved to post anywhere would be a greatly appreciated help in spreading the word! -- Thank you!
2.1 09/19/2016
Fixes for top issues reported by TypeMetal users like you! Email us anytime at "support" at coherencelabs.com, tweet us @CoherenceLabs, or post on the Support Forum on our website to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
WordPress sync fixes:
- TypeMetal now identifies itself to WordPress hosts, enabling service providers to whitelist it.
- Optional rate-limiting of requests (via settings in the account login UI), as one way to avoid problems with WordPress hosts that use ModSecurity and similar measures to foil malicious attacks.
- Increased object count per request, to reduce the impact of rate-limiting.
Source Loupe fixes:
- "Show Source Loupe" (Cmd+Opt+U) responds immediately again, instead of stalling on first show.
- Insertion point indicator and content highlighting now track the mouse position more reliably.
2.0.9 08/11/2015
Fixes for top issues reported by TypeMetal users like you! Email us anytime at "support" at coherencelabs.com, tweet us @CoherenceLabs, or post on the Support Forum on our website to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
General HTML editing:
- Fixed missing mouse pointer in Source Loupe.
- Disallow deleting "body" element. Clicking "body" in path bar now selects its contents.
WordPress sync:
- Fixed new categories sometimes not syncing from WordPress on a non-exhaustive sync.
- Allow for custom WordPress XML-RPC URLs.
- Better sync error diagnostics.
WordPress project window:
- “View in Browser” can find WordPress.com-hosted drafts again.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when closing a blog project window.
- Fixed deleted posts not disappearing from the active post list.
WordPress post editor windows:
- Fixed loss of unsaved post title or body changes when applying category or tag edits.
- Deleting a post's title or body replaces it with selected placeholder text, so the editable area doesn't disappear.
- Preserve empty "href" attributes when saving a post. Better error diagnostics during save.
- Omit local TypeMetal project files from URL completion lists, for safety.
- Safety checks to prevent clicking a bad link from causing content loss.
- Constrain double- and triple-click selection to editable areas.
- Cmd+click opens links.
2.0.8 04/17/2015
- Critical fix for WordPress.com users: Use HTTPS transport, as now required.
- Fixed an exception in resource cache URL manipulation, that could cause WordPress syncs to get stuck.
- Fixed "href" URL edits not sticking when "Show URL suggestions automatically" is unchecked.
- When there's no URL on the pasteboard, don't autofill a created "a" (hyperlink) element's "href" from pasteboard history.
- Accept [enter] the same as [return], in attribute value text fields.
- Attribute name completion field no longer says "Search" on Yosemite.
2.0.7 02/26/2015
- Fixed spinning beachball when editing a link's "href" attribute!
- Fixed incorrect escaping inside "script" elements.
2.0.6 12/30/2014
Critical fixes for WordPress sync failures: If you use TypeMetal with WordPress, be sure to install this very important update!
- Fixed first-time and exhaustive (Option+click) sync failures, for WordPress.com and other hosts that disable the "wp.getUsersBlogs" XML-RPC call for security reasons. There is a new sign-in process for WordPress.com blogs.
- Allow sync to complete with overall success when user is denied access to a site's WordPress "pages" (helps accounts that have posts-only access restrictions).
- Fall back to "Clear View" mode when template loading fails.
- User Interface clipping and appearance fixes.
2.0.5 10/22/2014
** WORDPRESS Users: We've become aware of an issue that makes first-time and exhaustive syncs fail for wordpress.com accounts and certain other WordPress hosts, due to tightening of security measures. A fix is in development, and will appear soon in TypeMetal 2.0.5. We apologize to those who have run into this problem, and hope to have you up and running again soon!
TypeMetal 2.0.4 contains:
- Crash, hang, and leak fixes.
- Fixes to WordPress template handling and "featured image" handling.
2.0.4 09/03/2014
- Maintain original publication date, when publishing an updated post to WordPress
- Fixes for post list filtering and state restoration in WordPress blog windows
- Fix for “Wrap In…”
2.0.3 05/29/2014
- Ctrl+click works the same as right-click in WordPress post list.
- WordPress blog window's non-editable post view no longer accepts drops.
- Fix for WordPress project removal (hold [Option] key while browsing "Blogging" menu).
- Added sync log diagnostics to help identify login-to-fetch-templates failure.
2.0.2 04/05/2014
- Fixed a crash that could occur when showing/hiding the Attribute Editor for a link (Cmd+K).
- Updated AppAuth and OpenSSL.
Email us anytime at support@coherencelabs.com or tweet us @CoherenceLabs to let us know how we're doing and how we can help you!
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