Comments on: Windows Live Writer: What Took Me So Long?

By: tanya25m

tanya25m — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:39:46 +0000

I've been using Windows Live Writer for about 3 months now. So far I've had no problems, except that it converts ï to some weird character on my WordPress blog. So I have to post a draft, then edit online. I was using BlogJet earlier and didn't have any such problems.

By: 5 ways Windows Live Writer improves your Wordpress posting - The Capslock Assassin

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:56:22 +0000

[...] hadn’t considered trying Windows Live Writer until I read this post on BloggingTips.com. That day I downloaded the program and installed it on my laptop, and I was immediately [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:16:01 +0000

Does anyone know how to get around WLW's installation method? It wants to go through Windows Update, and my firewall here is blocking that. I have no other methods for access for at least several months and there seems to be no manual download that I can find. I'd really like to try it out.

By: Spike

Spike — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:20:44 +0000

@Armen – the issue with uploading multiple times was fixed a while back.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:02:03 +0000

Oops…delete the period from the link above. I didn't realize I put the period at the end of the URL. Sorry!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:00:04 +0000

If you're on the Mac try MarsEdit: http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit. It makes posting to your blog a breeze and it's super simple to use. MarsEdit is one of the few applications I use nearly every day. Give it a try, you'll love it!

By: freelance writing

freelance writing — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:49:55 +0000

Actually windows live writer is great…the main problem is configuring it with our server…thats really a great problem…hope someone can come up with a guide for it

By: Fred Chan

Fred Chan — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:36:23 +0000

I have tried blogdesk for offline posting but I can't get connected to my host server to upload my posts. I used shared hosting. Any of you got same problem and managed to resolved how to connect to host server of your shared hosting.

Fred

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By: Armen

Armen — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:15:54 +0000

Hmmm…I used to use Live Writer, and loved it. However, one issue really annoyed me, and so I stopped. Every time you edit a post, if it has any images in it, it uploads the images again, not overwriting the old ones. It's a real waste of disk space.

Does anyone know if they've fixed this yet?

By: Susan Gunelius

Susan Gunelius — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:55:53 +0000

Deb, I agree. Offline editors are super cool! I've been using BlogDesk, but I've heard great things about LiveWriter, too. I've been thinking of downloading LiveWriter just to see the difference to decide if I like one more than the other. Thanks for reminding me!

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:31:25 +0000

I've been pushing Windows Live Writer since I tried it months ago. Sometimes I worry I'll forget how to use the WordPress dashboard after being spoiled by Live Writer. Switching to different blogs is simple and you can't beat the ease of embedding video and graphics.

By: Mary Jo

Mary Jo — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:43:47 +0000

I'm one of those Live Writer fan, and for much of the same reasons as you (although I don't have 9 blogs)! The ease of the installation and use were big selling points for me.

I've even added in a few of the extra plug-ins and have had fun with them as well.