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By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:57:59 +0000

Gary, this is a superb question!

You have a very good point.

Here’s the benefit: I only have one place I need to worry about for WordPress posts. I manage a staggering amount of information, so any way I can reduce thinking about it, the better.

I don’t need to back them up, I won’t lose them, I won’t need to transfer them later, and I can get an overview of my scheduling.

That being said, here’s two disadvantages:
1. If I’m offline for whatever reason, I’m locked out of writing on existing drafts.
2. My draft has filled up with too many draft articles consisting of a headline and a couple of bullet points. I’ve taken steps to deal with that already.

Thanks for stopping by!

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:50:19 +0000

Dave, maybe I’m just obsessive…But wouldn’t it be just as easy (or maybe easier) to set up a private, draft version of your blog with password protection, just to fine tune your posts before moving them to the main blog?

Granted images would be a bit more work to add then move.

Just thinking out loud here…
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