Microsoft, you either love them or hate them or both. For me it is both.
They create Windows Live Writer which is one of the best Desktop Blog Editors that I have used but they have terrible support for it.
The issues that I am having is that I cannot upload images via xmlrpc due to some change either at the WordPress.com level or the WLR level.
The terrible support stems from the fact that I cannot find a search box anywhere in the forum for Windows Live Writer. What kind of forum is this? I mean it is probably just user error (me) but the usability of the forum just sucks.
Anyway the biggest thing that I love about WLR is the way that it handles images except with WP.com.
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3 responses to “Windows Live Writer = Love / Hate”
Hey Dan,
Sorry to hear you’re having issues publishes images to WordPress from Windows Live Writer.
I’m a tester on the Windows Live Writer team. I should apologize for the forum as well. It does not have a search box. It’s as painful for us as it is for you. We want to get a better forum for support in the future, but that’s the best we can do for now.
You should have my email address because I had to enter it to make a comment. Please email me directly with some more specific information on the exact problem you are having uploading images to WordPress and I will look into it, then get back to you with what I found and workarounds, fixes, etc.
Thanks,
Mike Munroe
Windows Live Writer team
Mike,
Thanks for the comment. I am really glad to see that you guys are out there trying to see how people are using WLR. It honestly restores more confidence in using it.
I will shooting you an email shortly.
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