{"id":12387,"date":"2008-05-15T21:01:17","date_gmt":"2008-05-16T04:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/05\/15\/working-with-windows-live-writer.html"},"modified":"2008-05-15T21:01:17","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T04:01:17","slug":"working_with_windows_live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/15\/working_with_windows_live.html","title":{"rendered":"Working with Windows Live Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"under_construction\" This is a test.<\/p>\n

\n

This is a block paragraph test.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is still<\/strong> a test.<\/p>\n

\n

So … things it<\/a> has, and things it doesn’t have (vs Ecto).<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. It has a distinctly better WYSIWYG editor.\n
  2. There are plug-ins for template\/text insertion — but not for HTML tags.  So I can pull over a lot of the “HTML Tag” stuff I have in ecto — but not the stuff that actually wraps code (I can still do it, but a bit more clumsily).\n
  3. The image uploader is nice.  It doesn’t let me customize the IMG tags (so I can’t use my photo\/drop shadow) — but it does have some nifty features, as in … well, the bordered drop shadow above.  Question #1 – is it actually uploading a modified graphic?  Question #2 – will it display okay in IE and FF?\n
  4. I can make tables!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n\n
    Cell 1<\/td>\nCell2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Cell 3<\/td>\nCell 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
      \n
    1. Starting the number over … there’s also a nice word count plug-in.  And another for media playing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The biggest problem to date:  it is, in fact, posting, but timing out before it thinks it’s done.  Which means that it comes back with an error, never builds a list of successful posts, etc.  Irksome.  Need to review.<\/p>\n

      Also, though I can define multiple categories, it’s not clear how I can define a primary<\/em> category.<\/p>\n

      Looking at my “requirements”:<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. XMLRPC:  yes<\/li>\n
      2. Supports multiple blogs:  yes<\/li>\n
      3. Spell check:  yes<\/li>\n
      4. Autosave: yes<\/li>\n
      5. HTML blocks:  yes, but not open\/close tags.<\/li>\n
      6. WYSIWYG edit:  yes<\/li>\n
      7. Img upload:  yes, but can’t set CSS around img<\/li>\n
      8. Edit old entries:  I think so, but haven’t figured it out yet.<\/li>\n
      9. Cost:  free<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        So … looking pretty good so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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