MochaJournal is a LiveJournal client, that allows LiveJournal users to post entries into their account without having to log directly into the website.

MochaJournal is written entire in JAVA which makes it one of the very few LiveJournal clients that is cross-platform.  It can run on any computer that has JAVA 2.0 installed.

Features
Some of the MochaJournal features are:

• Offline posting - You don't need to be connected to the internet to writing an entry.  You can do it while disconnected, and next time you connect to your account through MochaJournal, it will post all your entires you wrote offline.
• Backup your Account - MochaJournal has the ability to back-up all your posts, including comments onto your local computer.
• Exporting - MochaJournal can export all backed-up entries as well as comments into HTML pages.  You can custom create the templates for the final look.
• Birthday Notifications - It can inform you of any birthdays from your friends' list.
• Skinnable - MochaJournal can be skinned, by downloading specific supportable skins.

And more!

Supported Platforms
MochaJournal has been tested on the following Platforms

• Windows XP
• Linux (Fedora Core 3)

MochaJournal should work on MAC OS X, as it supports JAVA 2.0.  It should also work on any other system that has full JAVA 2.0 support.

Downloading and Installing
Before you can download MochaJournal, you need to have Java 2.0 installed on your system.

If you don't have Java installed on your system, you can find a copy of JAVA 2.0 at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html.  For most users, the J2SE Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is all that is needed. 

Once you have downloaded and installed Java for your system, you can download MochaJournal.

Version	Date	Link	Info
3.0.005	June 11, 2005	mochajournal-3_0_005.jar	Updates ------- - Updated MochaJournal so if the install setting file is missing or corrupt, it will inform the user and quit gracefully. - Updated the way MochaJournal loads and saves the data. Now, if a settings file fails to load, MochaJournal should load up, and assume the corrupt settings file did not exist. Bug Fixes --------- - Fixed issue in Setup page with Skin Look and Feel dialog where if an old installation and setup had a skin that is no longer available, the setup page would no longer show. - Fixed issue where pressing 'Cancel' or selecting 'Exit' from the File menu in the login dialog would not shutdown MochaJournal properly. - Fixed root cause of bug of improper saving of settings when shutting down MochaJournal from the TrayIcon. The previous fix was only a work around and also had the side effect of moving the main window VERY slow. Moving the window is no longer slow.
3.0.004	June 6, 2005	mochajournal-3_0_004.jar	Updates ------- - Updated the 'Check Update' code to use the new website location - Updated the About dialog to give proper acknoledgement to the 3rd party software. - Updated the About dialog to give extra acknoledgement to a beta tester. Bug Fixes --------- - Fixed issue where shutting down MochaJournal from the TrayIcon would not save the settings properly. This prevented any further instance of MochaJournal from launching. - Fixed issue where when changing skins, the TrayIcon would send notification to the old window instead if the newly skinned window.

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To install MochaJournal, you can either double click on the file you downloaded (for example on Windows XP system), or launch it from a command window (or DOS window).  To do the latter, go to the directory you've downloaded MochaJournal and type the following command:
java -jar <downloaded file> where <downloaded file> is the name of the jar file you downloaded.
This should launch the installer.

Launching MochaJournal
For Windows system, a shortcut should be created for you.  So, clicking on the shortcut should launch MochaJournal.

On other operating system, you'll need to launch MochaJournal this way:

1. Go into the MochaJournal directory
2. type java -jar MochaJournal.jar

That should do it.  Feel free to create your own shortcut to save you time next time.  Unfortunately, the installer I am using does not support creating shortcuts outside of Windows environment yet.

What if I have Problems?
If you have any problems with MochaJournal, feel free to send me an e-mail at krolain@hotmail.com.  In addition, you can join the MochaJournal Community on LiveJournal.  You can post your suggestions, bugs, ideas or questions there as well. Alternatively, you can post bugs and suggestions or comments in the MochaJournal Sourceforge project.

I do hope you enjoy MochaJournal as much as I love working on it!