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I’m trying out Windows Live Writer
I’ve been using Zoundry for a while to do my blog posting … because I really don’t like posting online. I’ve been burnt one time too many by online editors crashing just before I save something.
A lot of people have been saying that Windows Live Writer is a better option, because it stores your style information … so that as I type, the blog entry actually looks like it will look when it’s posted.
So I’m trying it out.
One thing I don’t like about any of these offline writers is that you can’t really use WordPress tags. Or at least I haven’t been successful in using them. I can set categories, but I end up posting everything as a draft and then updating the tags online before I publish.
Oh well.
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Hey Chris,
Thanks for trying out Writer! I work on the Windows Live Writer team. A quick note- if you’re using WordPress 2.3, then Writer can publish tags to WordPress, just put the tags in the keywords field (in the properties panel at the bottom of the editor) and that should do it.
Good luck!
Best,
Charles Teague (MSFT)
Charles, you’re awesome! I’ll give that a try … thanks so much. I hadn’t ever expanded that panel at the bottom, but if that works then you’re my hero.