Windows Live Writer makes blogging easier

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  1. Windows Live Writer makes blogging easier
  2. Screenshots of Windows Live Writer
  3. Details about Windows Live Writer
  4. Windows Liver Writer Updated for Blogger

Where do you write your blog posts? One day Wordpress “ate” one of mine & since then I started composing in Word because it seemed more friendly. I add links & format it there, then just do one big copy & paste in to Wordpress.

Auntie Pea was raving about Windows Live Writer, so I thought I’d give it a whirl. And I must say that I’m quite impressed! After playing with it today, there is so much to share!

Here are the features:

  • Very easy to install & set up with your blog (uses blog URL, username & password)
  • Write posts offline
  • Drafts can sit on your computer
  • Software learns the blog’s format, so the preview appears just as it would online
  • Synchronizes with your blog & allows you to have up to the last 500 posts on your computer
  • Overall allows easy management of drafts & publishing
  • The coolest thing is that you can manage multiple blogs!

Extra touches of interest:

  • More text options like text sizes, various fonts, font colors, etc!
  • Plug-ins are available & more will be coming that are specific to blogging platforms
    • yep, I added the smileys Applause (both msn & Yahoo)
    • as I add more I will blog about any that are particularly useful (like the must have smileys!). There are presently 3 pages & I’m sure that will grow.

This is going to be one very useful & powerful tool! I’ll blog about it again after I’ve used it for awhile. If you try it, let me know what you think & what features you find helpful?

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Posted on : Jul 08 2007
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Jul 8, 2007 - 11:07:30

Cool, gonna have to check this out! Thanks for the info

Jul 8, 2007 - 07:07:09
Athena said:

I’ve been using Windows Live Writer for just over a month and I agree - I will NEVER go back to posting the “old way” ever again! It allows me to instantly make changes and re-upload a corrected post (I *love* that it doesn’t duplicate the post on you!), and the formatting couldn’t be easier - great for someone who has little time but a huge need to advertise on their blog!

Jul 8, 2007 - 07:07:36
Heather said:

Oh, this would have been a life saver on my old computer with the problems I was having with Blogger. Thank you! I’ll be using this from now on!

Jul 9, 2007 - 08:07:50

I just downloaded it and it looks fabulous! Thanks for the head’s up and for the info!!

Jul 9, 2007 - 01:07:22

I tried it on my personal blog and I am LOVING it!

Jul 9, 2007 - 10:07:23
Monique said:

Thanks for the info! I’ll check it out in the morning, sure sounds great!

Jul 12, 2007 - 01:07:07
melrio said:

Yes, thank you for the heads up. Awesome and so easy-peasy!

Jul 17, 2007 - 09:07:16

you’re always finding some great tools out there connie! thx as always :)

Jul 22, 2007 - 12:07:43
Connie said:

I’m glad that everyone is excited about Live Writer or using it already! It’s a great timesaver & very intuitive. Enjoy!

Jul 31, 2007 - 07:07:41

I just downloaded this…thanks so much for the info…I can already see that this will be such a big help!!!

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