I wanted to post a quick blog entry today. It is on “Windows Live Writer”. A good friend of mine from Philly told me about this software from Microsoft. I hadn’t heard about it. Sometimes I get so lost in my work that I don’t take time to see what is new.
I went out and downloaded and installed the new beta version of Windows Live Writer. I’m using it right now to create this blog entry. Cool. So far I like it.
I do like blogging, but I honesty have to say that I haven’t been a huge fan of the built in blogging editor for this blogger.com blog.
The interface for Windows Live Writer (WLW) looks like a cross between a light weight version of a web site development tool and Word. I’m very comfortable with these tools, so I’m already feeling at home with WLW.
WLW has three tabs along the bottom of the main window and they are “Edit, Preview, and Source”. Anyone familiar with web site designing or development software will be familiar with these tabs and their functions. The names of the tabs are pretty explanatory, with maybe the exception of one (Source).
Edit allows you to edit an existing post or create a new one and your post will be shown/displayed with your blogs theme. Pretty cool.
Preview is how you would see your blog in a browser window (IE, Firefox, Safari, etc..). Pretty straight forward.
Now, the Source tab might be new for some of you. The Source tab shows you the actual HTML code for generating your post entry. I sometimes finds that I want to edit the source code directly, so this tab is very helpful for that. Not everyone will use the Source tab and that is fine. For the most part, the Edit tab will more than enough for your blog posts.
Enough talking. Let me give you some links for WLW so that you can check it out for yourself and I can get back to exploring WFW some more. I love technology. It can be such fun.
- Introduction to Windows Live Writer.
- Downloading, installing and setting up Windows Live Writer on Youtube
- Basic Authoring with Windows Live Writer on Youtube
Now it is up to you to go and explore the world of blogging through Windows Live Writer. Have fun!
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