Windows Live Writer is an application that is not well known in the Microsoft Live offering. It is buried in the Beta’s section of the website.
Today I am reviewing Microsoft Live Writer, an application that helps you post to blogs of various technologies including Moveable Type, WordPress and Microsoft’s very own Spaces platform. This application is very simple to setup and use and that’s why I think it’s an excellent application to feature. In fact, Microsoft Live Writer is my writing tool to post to the BeardmoreWeb blog.
After a very simple installation the software opens with a setup screen that asks what type of service you will be using. In my case I choose “Another weblog service” because I run a WordPress blog.
After that, it brings me to a simple page that asks me the url of my website and my username and password for the system.
Once you have entered in your login credentials, Live Writer automatically detects and analyzes your blog to determine how it will post data.
Alright then, now you are good to edit your blog with this awesome interface which allows you to add files, pictures, hyperlinks and even pictures from Microsoft’s Virtual Earth system.
The program is great for making quick posts to your blog without having to worry about logging into the blogging interface. The thing that I like so much about this app is that it makes it easier for a writer to imbed items into their blog post. For instance, when I want to add a picture to a WordPress blog, first I have to upload the picture, then I have to try to remember how to insert it into my blog post, then after that it is still only a thumbnail. With this app, I can easily customize an image, make it just the right size and also do some neat effects from right within one application!
I look forward to the final release of this app and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a much better way to post to their blog.
You can find this app at www.live.com
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