Posted by Troy on July 13, 2009 under BlackBerry, IT, Mobile, Web | 
If you try installing the BlackBerry JDE Plug-in for Eclipse using the BlackBerry update site you will probably receive the following error:
An error occurred while collecting items to be installed Error closing the output stream for net.rim.EclipseJDE/org.eclipse.update.feature/1.0.0.67 on repository file:/C:/eclipse-SDK-3.4.1-win32/eclipse/. Error unzipping C:\DOCUME~1\scottt\LOCALS~1\Temp\net.rim.EclipseJDE_1.0.0.674162146521096327961.jar: Invalid zip file format Problems ...
There is a post on the BlackBerry support forum which says that the issue is related to their update site and that you need to download the plug-in:
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/javaappdev/javaeclipseplug.jsp
It is also important to make sure that you have a valid version of Eclipse. You need Ganymede 3.4 or 3.4.1. You can download it here.
I didn’t have much luck with the Full Installer. I downloaded one of the component packs instead and manually added the packages to Eclipse. When I ran the full installer the video display on my computer froze.
Go to Windows/Preferences once you have copied the correct files to the features and plugins folders in Eclipse.
Troy
Posted by Troy on July 12, 2009 under Blogging, Microsoft, Web |
In yesterday’s post as I was walking through the Windows Live Writer configuration and there was a step that allowed you to add your blog to your Window’s Live site (you need to have a Windows Live account for this). When I tried sharing my WordPress site it failed.
The reason it failed is that blog was not set up as a feed. To fix the issue I used feedburner to set up the blog as an RSS 2.0 feed. Once it was set up I was able to share my WordPress blog on my Windows Live Profile page:
The area highlighted in yellow shows my last post.
Troy
Posted by Troy on July 11, 2009 under Blogging, Microsoft |
Windows Live Writer is a great tool for writing and posting your blogs. Creating a blog post using the WordPress online interface can be cumbersome especially if you need to add images and tables. It also allows you to write when you do not have internet access.
While writing your post you can easily toggle between edit, preview and source (html view). It also allows you to set the publish date of the blog. This feature is useful when you want to write a series a blogs in one sitting and then publish them a few days a part instead at the same time.
Liver Writer Preview Mode:
Configuring Liver Writer with WordPress:
Here are some screen shots on how to configure your site:
- Enter the address and the username and password for the site
- For example my address is : http://troyscott.ca
- Wait while it tries to setup your site
- This can take a couple of minutes
- Once your blog is set up click Finish to start blogging
On the last setup page there is an option to Share your blog on Windows Live. I tried setting this up but I couldn’t get it to work. It may be because my WordPress site is self hosted. Let me know if you experience the same issue. Here is the error I received:
We can’t get your information for this web activity. Make sure the information you entered is correct, and try again.
Troy
