Windows Live Writer

I’m not completely sure I’ll enjoy working with Live Writer. It seems to almost be a WYSIWYG editor for blog posts. I don’t even use the rich text editor in WordPress, I use the code editor. I’m giving it a chance though. If it’ll work half as well as I’ve heard then it’s worth a shot. Who knows, I might be able to post more often if it makes it that easy. So far it has been very easy. Live Writer Sidebar

This is a Test

I’m using this post as a test. I’m trying out several different things. I’m adding pictures and links of course. I’m also misspelling words to check the spellcheck functions built into Live Writer. So far the only word that spellcheck has missed is spellcheck.

I’ll consider using it if…

It’s easy to use.
It doesn’t mess up the code.
It’s easy to use.
It doesn’t turn out to be buggy.
It’s easy to use.
The posts look the same on my blog.
It’s easy to use.

Did I mention that it had to be easy to use? Good. Like a lot of bloggers I’ve found a nice groove when I’m posting. I have everything set the way I want. If something is going to make me change it’s gonna have to be special. So far everything looks pretty good. Now I just need to publish it and see how well that goes.

Wish me luck.

Update:

I left out the links. Not by mistake, but because I wanted to check the editing of a published post. So I had to publish with something missing. This update was also added with Live Writer. Looks like it does a pretty good job.

My only problem with Live Writer is how the posts look in the WordPress code editor. There are no line breaks or spacing at all. All spacing is done with HTML, so the posts look compressed. Shouldn’t be too bad for short posts, but it could be a nightmare if you need to edit a long post using WordPress.

The Verdict

It’s easy to use. As long as you don’t need to use the WordPress code editor there shouldn’t be any problems. I’d recommend it for people with little or no experience with HTML or those just starting to blog.

Ease of use:………………………………………9
Post Results (reading):…………………………9
Post Results (WP Editor):………………………4
Final Score:……………………………………….7.3 out of 10

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November 12, 2007 | Filed Under Blogroll

Comments

2 Responses to “Windows Live Writer”

Liza S. on November 17th, 2007 8:54 pm

I might just download this
Jason on November 18th, 2007 12:54 am

I’d recommend it. It’s free, so it doesn’t cost anything to give it a test drive.

I’m getting to like it. I found the code editor under “View”, and that’s made it a lot easier for me.

It doesn’t help with the WP editor though. Everything is still too compressed for me. If they got that fixed it’d be nearly perfect.

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