I have a WordPress site hosted on my personal server. I will be unavailable by Internet for a little while, and I'd like to write up some posts for my blog.

Normally, you need to be connected to WordPress to start writing the blog, and it will do offline-saving automatically. But this is limited to one entry, per tab. I could use Notepad, but it doesn't have spell check built in. I could use Microsoft Word, but the "Paste from Word" leaves a lot to be desired.

What I'm looking for is a program that does the following:


Start a new post while offline
Lets me edit posts I created already with the program
Spell check
Uploads new posts when I reconnect
Has the same features as the online editor (i.e. toolbars, WYSIWYG and code editor)
Free (as in beer)
Works on either Windows or Mac OSX


Bonus features:


Edit posts currently on the website (with an offline copy)



Question: Using video ports 'backwards'
Answer: It depends on your laptops hardware, but in at least 99% of all cases: No. You can not.

Just because a plug fits does not mean it has the functionality.

[Edit]: the only way I can ever imagine this working is is your "VGA connector" is of the displayport type. And that assumed you used VGA connector as a term for "plug/cable to the monitor" and not as "DB 15 cable, once used for VGA and now commonly but incorrectly referred to as a VGA connector".