This process should take all of 5 minutes.
This post also assumes you already have Windows Live Writer installed on you machine and are currently using to publish with other blogs.
You should always use the current version of Windows Live Writer [where possible]. I know there’s other that prefer the old version, but Microsoft is only going to move forward, so…
I don’t really understand why, it’s actually quite easy, but I figured I would put something out here and see if it actually helps anyone.
This is because WordPress is changing the code on the fly to remove it. You need to enter proper /current HTML code to have it work correctly.
To account for this you've to use a plug-in to make the adjustment manually.
Look for the option to enable ATOM publishing and XML-RPC.
You only need the XML-RPC option…
This one is another Twitter plug-in for Windows Live Writer, but it does you a favor by shortening the URL’s as they’re posted, using Bit.ly.
This plug-in is very small at 28k and seems to work as intended.
And as everyone should know, having a bunch of faulty links on your website will lower you ranking with Google; so you want to avoid that.
I’ve a video of how this problem comes about.
At least in the old gallery you could search for keywords; you can’t with the new one.
You can now- with Google.
You can do this really easy, just start blogging as you normally would. As you complete the post/blog just take a look in the top right-hand corner…
I don’t understand why Windows Live Writer lacks these abilities. It was like this in the previous version of Windows Live Writer v14 [2009], and not much changed besides to GUI in 2011.
But this post is going to show you how to establish a table with a background image to a HTML table.
Some are reporting exception violations, others are reporting missing fonts and there’s other errors that keep Windows Live Writer from starting.
But from time to time the support staff in the forums advise people to simply reinstall Windows Live Writer 2011 on their machines; stating that the installation could be corrupt; and their right— it could be.
And they point them to a KB article..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938275
I chose to do one a little more ‘different’… I like to include a few more options and information in my instructions. Things that might be useful to know.
Link:
http://lehsys.blogspot.com/2010/10/problem-found-windows-live-writer-2011.html
I submitted this problem to Microsoft support for Windows Live Writer.
Here's the URL:
http://windowslivehelp.com/forums.aspx?productid=9
After a couple of days I got a response from the support team. They replied indicating that they would look into it, and then I received another reply with some web links.
I don’t think the first website really addresses the problem that I’m having specifically with Windows Live Writer and WordPress, but I think the second website was more specific to the point; the exact error that I was having.
Windows live writer doesn’t have a definitive indent function; it’s not altogether obvious. And the indent function is not represented in the toolbar.
Curiously enough, you can utilize the TAB function on the keyboard to indent text, but Windows live writer uses the the BLOCKQUOTE function from the HTML, but this doesn't always work for all themes/users; because all themes are different, they use CSS in many different ways, and the results my not be what you want.
If you’re comfortable with HTML, and custom style sheets, you can edit the CSS for the blog to adjust for this, but if you know NOTHING about CSS and HTML, there should be an option to account for something like this - but there’s not.
Well, it can be done with other options.
Windows Live Writer 2011 added more functionality to handle opening posts over 500 [for WordPress blogs], but I was trying to edit an old post the other day and it’s over 100 posts in the past, so I decided to test it out, as opposed to doing it the hard way.
I got an error:
The response to the
metaWeblog.getRecentPosts method received
from the blog server is invalid:
Invalid Response document returned from
XmlRpc server
I don’t know what the issue is, I’m posting it to the Windows Live Writer forum and I have my windows live writer log ready for them to review.
I find them a complete PITA because you may not always have an Internet connection, and if people like Microsoft start insisting on these types of installers it’s just going to be bad.
The new Windows Live Essentials just came out and everything for the Microsoft team seems just hunky-dory for them, but it’s not possible right now to find a distributable version of these packages.; surely there’s a reason, but I don’t care - I need an offline version.
I was checking out the web the other day and found an article about ‘offline Installers’ and I also think it’s very important to share this.
The Windows Live Writer team is advising people who have upgraded to Internet Explorer 9 and that are using Windows Live Writer 2011 to downgrade, back to Internet Explorer 8 if it’s necessary.
Call me crazy, but we’re talking about Microsoft here, and with issues like this you start to understand how compartmentalized they are.
But betas are betas and natively meant to be prone to bugs; thus they’re beta. They need people to beta test to find these issues and correct them.
While its highly regarded as the best offline blogging tool, it misses simple and obvious functions. It throws new people who want to use it for a loop, and then they come to the forum searching for answers.
Things like having the option of a MORE option to break a post in to two parts for Blogger.
It's asked in the forums a lot; why it doesn't get resolved? I don’t know.
The break/MORE for WordPress is the same for Blogger. Go figure, but you do have some options.
Here's what your available options are...
The answer is NO- not natively, but you can do it other ways.
But if you know a little HTML code, you can do it. Or if you've a HTML WYSIWYG editor it’s not real hard.
You can do this with Kompozer; a free HTML WYSIWYG editor you can download. Very easy to use and portable. Great for quick HTML edits.
If you're looking to something special/specific with the layout of your site/blog, you can make an attempt establish/compose a blog, edit it with an outside HTML editor to have more HTML control. I suggest trying Kompozer [it's free and open source]
Link:
http://www.kompozer.net/download.php
Here’s my example…
I’ve been able to help out plenty of people in the Windows Live Writer support forum, and while Microsoft techs are visiting the support forums for Windows Live Writer a bit more regularly than the old one, they aren’t really providing a great deal of assistance- not from what I’ve observed. Or maybe there’s just a crap load of private messages from Microsoft to the users… I don’t know.
I believe I’ve been fairly reasonable with Windows Live Writer, in the support forums, but since I can’t get an answer from the official support resource, I’d guess I can ask the Internet; why not?
This is a couple of videos I did for Zemanta. 
The specific problem is that with every new sentence, every new phrase, in every new set of words or corrections that you make; everything begins with the capitalization. this wasn't a problem in the previous versions of Windows Live Writer, but I guess with the introduction of version 2011- it's a problem now.
It's not a major issue, the problem can be resolved with a simple checkbox...
For instance if you are writing articles for a particular blog and you always want the images that are imported into the blog to have a drop shadow, or to be a certain size, or to look a certain way; you can set the default behavior of that image when it’s pasted into Windows Live Writer.
This is how you do that…
Zemanta provides a plug-in for Windows live writer to assist the blog author in the composition of their new post. It offers suggestive, images, selected links/supporting articles and links to similar articles.
Zemanta recently updated their plug-in to work with Windows live writer 2011 [beta].
Here's what I've got thus far...
If you take just about any blogging service [Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress, Etc.] that’s on the Internet right now, or that’s commonly used, most of those blogging services are going to have the option to split the blog post into multiple sections, so that you can give the readers a snapshot view of the content that you’re presenting.
At that point, the reader can decide whether or not they want to continue reading, if it’s interesting enough, or they just want to continue on and ‘bounce’ to the next website.
Ironically enough Windows live spaces does not offer this option…
One of the most popular instant messaging applications is Digsby. Digsby is a powerful instant messaging application that’s compatible with just about every instant messaging protocol that’s available on the Internet.
In addition to being able to interface with all these instant messaging protocols, Digsby also offers a widget; HTML code that can be placed into the post of your article, where readers can communicate with you directly.
What makes the application even better is that the program has extensibility through plug-ins. The overall function of the application can be increased greatly by simply adding plug-ins through the application.
A Windows Live Writer has an option in the application settings to allow you to designate which ping services at you’d like to use.
Here’s how you would set that up…
Windows Live Writer is very simple when you’re adding your first blog account to the application; it has an account wizard when you’re first starting off, but the process is not so simple, and straightforward if you’re adding ancillary accounts.
I’d speculate I would need to more to another image host... But that’s really not too convenient for a blogger to go from one image host to another.
I’ll have to keep looking for options.
I believe Microsoft has a serious problems with leaks in general.
I’m only listing the highlights...
Don’t get overly animated, as Twitter notify plug-in begins asking for sign-in credentials from today and it doesn’t work even if you provide with ID and password.
The reason behind that is Twitter today has made altered the process on how you sign-in to Twitter. And it doesn't provide notification that you'd need to update.
Based on this request:
http://www.windowslivehelp.com/thread.aspx?postid=50800dae-5a5b-42e7-8abc-42c5dacf3e13#50800dae-5a5b-42e7-8abc-42c5dacf3e13
Here’s how...
Windows Live Writer is an offline blogging tool with a WYSIWYG editor. It interfaces with just about any blog service [Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress, etc.] If you're a blogger you'll find this tool incredibly helpful.
This is a good video on how to get started with Windows Live Writer.
If not already, download the beta...
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-beta
I received an email several days ago and it said that all existing plug-ins and NEW plug-ins are going to have to go through a new process to post plug-ins to the new upcoming Windows Live Writer gallery [or just Windows Live gallery]. Either way, right now, it’s deplorable.
But I seriously doubt this is the way to get this ball started.
I don’t mean to be so harsh on it. It’s really nothing personal about the comment, but open source vs. a closed source shop; there’s a fairly large difference there. The mentality is completely different on how and where a program goes when it’s released in the wild.
If your default browser is working fine, and you can access the Internet [getting to Hotmail, Google, Yahoo...], there should be nothing to do/change with Windows Live Writer proxy settings; Windows Live Writer should work as advertised.
It seems like a simple task, but since Windows Live Writer 2011 doesn’t come with an use manual or an uber-helpful help file, it’s kind of a mystery to some about how to do certain things in Windows Live Writer.
Things like Adding an account in Windows Live Writer can be something that some NEW users don’t understand.
Or even maybe adding another blog account. Here’s some information on how to do that…
If you need to be able to break up your posts in Windows Live Writer for a ‘read more’ at the bottom of your post... Here’s how to do it...
But there’s a reoccurring issue/question in the forum about not being able to establish PAGES for BLOGGER from inside Windows Live Writer.
For some reason, the Windows Live Writer team just hasn’t gotten around to that yet, but there was a comment left the other day about how someone else did it, but it didn’t cover the issue of inserting images or other media...
So I offer this...
If you want to set a default image behavior/action...
In Windows Live Writer, insert the first image...
