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Windows Live Writer is a desktop blog-publishing application that is part of the Windows Live range of products. It features WYSIWYG authoring, photo-publishing and map-publishing functionality, and is currently compatible with a range of blogging platforms.

From its Wikipedia page:

Windows Live Writer ... is a desktop blog-publishing application that is part of the Windows Live range of products. It features WYSIWYG authoring, photo-publishing and map-publishing functionality, and is currently compatible with [a wide range of blogging platforms].

External resources

  1. Wikipedia Article
  2. Microsoft Windows Live website
  3. MSDN
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Formatting error while publishing the blog from Microsoft Word

I posted this question on wodpress.stackexchange.com without getting any response. I realized it could be a programming issue in PHP. I am trying to publish a blog post into wordpress based website from Microsoft Live Writer. Here is the sample text…
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How can I make a website support Windows Live Writer?

I'm developing a custom website and I want it to support Windows Live Writer. Where can I find the specs so I can develop the server side code and handle Windows Live Writer requests?
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Why isn't Windows Live Writer working with my MetaWebLog API provider?

I'm developing a Web site that, amongst other things, provides blogging via Metaweblog API. I've gotten the API working quite well with several blog clients, but Windows Live Writer is killing me. I've done a network trace to capture the actual…
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Weblog from Live Writer with Live ID authentication

I'm currently developing a weblog engine. I use Live Id for authentication when logging in online. I'm building support for Live Writer thru the MetaWeblogAPI. Is it possible to check Live ID authentication from within Live Writer? Does anyone know…
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Loading a Type Library via PowerShell and scripting Windows Live Writer

I'm very new to COM and Windows programming/scripting in general. What I was trying to do is scripting Windows Live Writer; according to the documentation before I can call $o = New-Object -c WindowsLiveWriter.Application I need to load the TLB…
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Windows Live Writer Authorization with custom AtomPub service

I've been working lately on my own WCF AtomPub service (based on the example in the "WCF REST Starter Kit") for using WLW with my custom written blog. All basic actions such as adding, updating, retrieving and deleting an entry are working…
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Clipboard.SetImage doesn't work when pasting in to Windows Live Writer

I'm using Clipboard.SetImage to copy an image, I can paste this image in to mspaint and it works fine. However if I try to paste the image in to WLW it just pastes an empty line. If I copy an image from my web browser and then paste that in to WLW…
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Windows Live Writer Webpreview and Weblayout

I'm working on implementing a blogging engine and want to make it compatible with windows live writer. I found an excellent post on this, but what I can't find is documentation on the placeholder tags used in the weblayout and webpreview templates.…
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Windows Live Writer Cannot Connect to Blog Service in a Windows Azure Website

I have both MiniBlog and Orchard running in my Azure Websites account. In both cases, Windows Live Writer is not able to connect. What have I tried? MiniBlog remote posting address http://bigfont-miniblog.azurewebsites.net/metaweblog Navigation…
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C# .Net Write plug-ins for windows live writer and my plugins cant be loaded

I'm new in .Net and I'm now trying to write a plugin for windows live writer because I prefer to publish blogs using it rather than using the web editors. And I want to develop some small plugins for my daily use. But after I created a class…
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Which plugin is used for writing C# and YAML code in Open Live Writer App?

I used Open Live Writer windows app for writing the blogs, but I don’t know how to add the C# and YAML code in the blog. So, can anyone suggest me which plugin can I install for writing C# and YAML code in Open Live Writer app?
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How to send a blog post in joomla 1.6 using windows live writter?

I am able to integrate windows live writer with joomla 1.5 but there is a problem doing the same in joomla 1.6. Any suggestion will be appreciable.
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Large Screen Capture on html page

I have an html source on a string variable. I need to capture that html into a jpeg while making it A3 size. My ultimate goal is to print it in better quality. I have achieved this using 'WindowsLive.Writer.Api' (function HtmlScreenCapture()), it…
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How does Windows Live Writer communicate with Wordpress?

Live Writer allows you to connect to Wordpress, Blogger, and other online blogging platforms. You can import posts from your blogs. You can compose in Live Writer (similar to you compose in Word). You can send your composition to your Wordpress blog…
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How to change Orchard CMS default image folder path

I have Orchard CMS setup and working correctly. When using windows live writer to create pages it maps images to a folder like /Media/Default/WindowsLiveWriter folder Eg. /Media/Default/WindowsLiveWriter/testpost-title_12A72/sample_image_2.jpg I…
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