Something you have been waiting for: a publishing tool on Ziki.

Now you can publish your content directly from Ziki without having a blog or an account with another blog publishing platform.

You can also insert external content directly in your Ziki without adding a rss feed. This feature is great if you don’t want to resyndicate your entire rss feeds, but only a selected part. For example, photos, videos from YouTube, slide shows from SlideShare, or any type of file. You just need to host your content with services like Divshare, then cut and paste the codes supplied by them.

For example if you are using Divshare, the code to insert for pictures is:

And for other types of content:

Here’s how to use it: Go to My Ziki. On the top left, click Publish Content. Then select New Post and write your post. You can preview it before you publish.

This is the first step of the publishing platform we are developing. Soon we will add more publishing tools.

We know you like Ziki, so don’t be a passive fan, nominate Ziki now for your favorite site in Mashable’s Social Networking Awards in Category #12 - Niche & Miscellaneous Networks. Nominations are taking place RIGHT NOW! To nominate, go to http://mashable.com/2006/12/16/social-networking-awards-nominations-open-early/

and put Ziki and Category #12 in the comments. Nominations end on Thursday and voting begins right after.