World's Best Blogging Tool

22. September 2008
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BloggerI've blogged about Windows Live Writer before, but I don't think I have emphasized how great a tool it really is! I've been using is for several months now, and it's increase my productivity a ton.

If you don't know what Window Live Writer (WLW) is I'll give you a quick intro. WLW, simply put, is a blogging client. It works with Windows Live Spaces but also works with Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, BlogEngine.Net, the ever popular WordPress, and many others. I operate almost 30 blogs running a combination of  Blogger, WordPress, and BlogEngine.NET and I can update them all from a single client running on my desktop. That fact fact alone makes it worth it's time-saving weight in gold. I can update all my blogs, no matter the platform, from a single familiar interface, not in a browser, but right on my desktop.

But wait, there's more:

Image and video publishing

  • Insert videos from Soapbox and YouTube
  • Upload videos to Soapbox and YouTube
  • Image cropping and tilting
  • Additional border styles for images (such as reflection and rounded corners)
  • Support for LightBox and other image previewing effects (like Slimbox, Smoothbox, and others)
  • Support for centering images

Blog authoring

  • Spell Checking in: Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (Portugal), Serbian-Cyrillic, Serbian-Latin, Spanish, and Swedish
  • Auto Linking
  • Smart quotes/typographic characters
  • Word count

..not to mention a ton of great plug-ins - and that is not even the half of it. There are tons of hidden gems inside WLW If you blog, I suggest you check it out.

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Comments

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data recovery blog
9/27/2008 12:00:16 PM #
I do not agree to an extent. Wordpress seems to a better option at any day. and this number is increasing
Brent
Brent
9/29/2008 7:05:16 AM #
Weel, someone didn't read the post. Smile I know I am on a do follow list, but damn people, at least read the post before you comment!
SEO Harrogate
SEO Harrogate
10/1/2008 2:03:40 PM #
I'm still a fan of wordpress....but that maybe just a force of habit.

Never heard of Windows Live Spaces - but i'm gonna check it out now!
Brent
Brent
10/1/2008 2:14:25 PM #
Right WordPress is a great bloging CMS and WLW does NOT replace it. WLW is a tool you use to edit and make post on your WordPress blog. Smile Or, Blogger, BlogEngine.NET, MovableType, etc. It works with tons of Blog CMS's.   WLW itself is not a blog CMS, it's just a cool tool you can use to post to your blog, not matter the platform, which makes it handy if you run blogs on multiple CMS's like I do.
steve001
steve001
10/2/2008 3:14:55 AM #
well i think google's blog is better than word press but i have heard and read on the internet that word press blogs are prone too hackers so.... this is the reason i do not have any account id in word press i consider google a safe place...... if not safe completely but atleast less prone to hacking
Maç özetleri
Maç özetleri
10/3/2008 11:31:53 AM #
Thank you Smile
Leon Belenky
Leon Belenky
10/6/2008 8:52:32 PM #
I agree completly that WLW is a fantastic tool for bloggers to utilize! Esp. for business blogs that may have international readers, the ability to leave feedback to commenters in the correct langage (and correctly spelled!) can be a huge boost in business traffic. Often times web hosting sites have customer service personel that can help you learn more about utilizing all the elements of your blog and web site and if you find a budget friendly web host, you can get technical support without breaking the bank!
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