Here is another video showing off some of the new features coming to ScreenSteps 2.7. In previous versions of ScreenSteps if you re-uploaded a lesson that had been added to your blog or wiki it would overwrite any changes or edits you had made to the post from your web authoring software. For example, think of the following scenario:

1. I create a tutorial in ScreenSteps
2. I post it to my WordPress blog
3. In the WordPress editor I add a section above the lesson content with some information about some event we are having.
4. I notice that one of the images in the lesson needs updating. So I update it and repost from ScreenSteps Desktop.

In previous versions of ScreenSteps the event information I entered would get overwritten. In ScreenSteps 2.7, only the content that ScreenSteps created will get updated. Everything else remains intact. This works with WordPress, TypePad, Movable Type, MindTouch and Confluence.

Watch the video below for a quick overview:

If you are a frequent blogger then this will be a great addition to your blogging system.

ScreenSteps and WordPress Webinar

Next week on Tuesday, December 8 from 12pm-1pm EST we will be hosting a webinar entitled Advanced WordPress with ScreenSteps and ScreenSteps Live. In this webinar we will be covering how to get the most out of using WordPress and ScreenSteps together including:

• How to quickly create and publish visual blog posts and pages for your WordPress blog.
• How to customize your ScreenSteps templates to match the format of your blog.
• Inserting YouTube videos into your blog posts using ScreenSteps.
• New in ScreenSteps 2.7: Updating ScreenSteps content on your WordPress blog.
• Integrating ScreenSteps Live into your WordPress blog.

You can learn more about the webinar and register here: Register for webinar

So, you have been using ScreenSteps to post lessons to your blog. Pretty cool right? You are just cranking out those lessons. But, now you have so many lessons, you would really like a way to manage and organize them. You also want to let other people on your team post lessons. You want your lessons to show up in your WordPress site but you want an easier way of managing and organizing the content.

If that describes you then you are about to become a happy person.

We are excited to announce the first release of the ScreenSteps Live plugin for WordPress blogs. Manage all of your ScreenSteps Lessons on ScreenSteps Live and have all of it show up in your WordPress site. Here are couple of highlights:

• Use a simple admin interface to control which manuals show up in your blog.
• Use WordPress permissions to display manuals to everyone or only to those who are logged in.

You can get the plugin from GitHub:

ScreenSteps Live WordPress Plugin

The video below shows how easy it is to get up and running with it. The plugin even comes with an API key to an example account so you can see how things would look right away without having to signup for a ScreenSteps Live account. If you like what you see then signup for a ScreenSteps Live account and try it out with your own content.

Last night we released version 2.1.1 of ScreenSteps Standard and Pro. Here are some of the highlights:

• Text undo has been improved.
• You can now post ScreenSteps lessons as pages on WordPress, TypePad or Movable Type blogs.
• In ScreenSteps Pro you can now post to a Confluence wiki.

A couple of other minor fixes and improvements that you can read about in the release notes.

You can download the latest updates by selecting Help > Check for Updates in ScreenSteps or by downloading it here.

You can also watch a quick video of posting a lesson to Confluence below.