Keeping your friends, family and followers updated on your latest adventures is now possible from even the most remote locations!
Updating your Wordpress blog is easily done via email, and with XGate’s state-of-the-art compression service, you will only use 5% of the data of a standard email service. That means saving upload time AND money.
1. Generate Wordpress email address
Firstly, you will need to generate a unique email adress that corresponds to your Wordpress blog. (Do not share this email adress with anyone or they will be able to post to your blog!)
In the Manage Blog section of Wordpress, click Enable Post by Email. This will generate the email address you will send your blog post content to.
2. Subject line as post title
Write the title of your blog post in the email subject line.
3. Body of email as your post
Write the main content of your blog post in the body of the email. You can jump straight into writing and it will show up as paragraph text.
4. Add images
Include images within the body of your email and they will show up in-line on your blog post. If you post multiple images directly next to, or directly under each other (with no line of text in between) they will show up as an image carousel.
5. Shortcodes
There are many other shortcodes that can be included in the body of your email. For example, delaying your posting time or geotagging. A list of shortcodes can be found here.
FREE SailBlog Account
If the in-built Wordpress email feature isn’t for you, then a SailBlogs account will allow you to update your offshore blog with the touch of one button. You can also provide location tagging through Google Earth for your family, friends and readers to follow along on your journey.
SailBlogs allows you to post to your blog from practically anywhere in the world using your satellite phone, while still getting XGate’s excellent compression and optimization.
*XGate subscriptions of 3 months and up now get a SailBlogs account for FREE*
Benefits of Data Compression with XGate
XGate compresses an email up to 95% of its original size. So not only will it make updating your Wordpress blog via email faster, you will also save up to 95% in data airtime dollars.
As they say "a picture is worth a thousand words!" XGate's image compression will make the uploading of images to your blog quick and painless.
With XGate you get all the benefits of a full-featured email service - so you can do much more than just updating your Wordpress blog if you need to.
Keep your followers updated on other social media platforms, browse the web with satellite phone internet or get regular weather updates with Xgate.
