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