A friend of mine that is learning how to use both WordPress and Artisteer, the theme design software, sent me a question about what appeared to be a broken sidebar option within WordPress.  John of TransformativeLifeCoaches.com asks I am wanting to install an Aweber autoresponder Sign Up Box (for a Giveaway report and a series of [...] […]

We held the third Lab on the Lake today on the topic of Networking your blog while building traffic.  This session ended a little early due to rain, but over all we covered the large part of this topic.  The next Lab on the Lake is 5-29(Friday) covering the topic of WordPress Installation and Configuration [...] […]

This week we are kicking off two more Labs on the Lake.  This week we will hold two labs.  One today, Monday(5-18 at 2pm est), covering the topic of Blog Monetization, walking through some blog revenue sources, adding some new ones to the list and giving some advice on how to navigate these options which [...] […]

Charlotte May WordPress Meetup Fav Plugin/Setups/Configurations (SEO Focus) Hi Everyone, We are having are official May Charlotte Meetup Next Week! This meetup is a free event for all members. read more Cost: $5.00 Meetup Membership: Required Membership: Free […]

WordPress Lab on the Lake 5-13: WP Installs, Configurations, Theme Design Starting in May we are starting to offer “Labs on the Lake”. These will be hands on interactive labs covering many different topics. You DO need to bring your own laptop. read more Cost: $5.00 Meetup Membership: Required Membership: Free […]

Update February 17, 2010: I forgot to mention that if you need FIFO guarantees today and don’t mind losing some of the conciseness, Jarrod Carlson has a nice solution posted here. I plan on stealing his way of doing FIFO. Since leaving Microsoft in September, I’ve been working almost exclusively with Google Web Toolkit (GWT). Now [...] […]

For the last three and a half years, it’s been my distinct pleasure to be part of the Windows Live Writer team. It’s been deeply satisfying to help ship this simple yet sophisticated program that has put a smile on so many bloggers’ faces. From our first public beta, we’ve had nothing but love from [...] […]

Last September, our Development Lead and all-around great guy Charles left the Windows Live Writer team for the greener pastures of venture capitalism. (In Microsoft parlance, Development Leads manage developers, while Development Managers manage development leads.) With mixed feelings, I stepped into his role—my first time being a manager, not counting a fe […]

Update Feb 13 2009: The updated version of Writer that fixes this problem is now available. You can upgrade to version 14.0.8064.206 from our usual download page. Ack. We’ve had a few users report that they’re getting into a state where Windows Live Writer 2009 can no longer start. They see the splash screen, then an [...] […]

Hopefully, folks who use both Windows Live Writer and Twitter know about the Twitter Notify plugin we released in December. Out of the box, it uses the venerable (but still awesome) TinyURL service to shorten the URL to your blog post. However, if you prefer a different URL shortening service, like is.gd or snipr, you [...] […]

Windows Live Writer 2009 went final last week during CES. (It’s actually the same bits as the RC [14.0.8050.1202] since no show stopping bugs were found since then.) If you’re still on an older build of Writer, go download it now! […]

Ever since WordPress 2.3 hit the scene, adding native tagging support, there’s been some (understandable) confusion as to whether Windows Live Writer supports tags, and how it relates to WP native tags. Hopefully this post will clear things up. If you’re using WordPress 2.3.1 or later, look for either Keywords or Tags near the bottom of [...] […]

In case you’re wondering what the “instant photo” border treatment feature is, here’s an example.   It plays nice with the Crop and Tilt features. No, you cannot currently provide a caption to be written on the border. If that’s important to you, you might consider the “Polaroid Picture” plug-in. […]

(Sorry, I’m a bit late with this post, as we went live with the RC on Monday morning.) Windows Live Essentials 2009 RC has shipped, including a new drop of Writer. Here’s a fairly generic announcement from the official Windows Live blog. Check out the post on the Writer team blog for a complete list of [...] […]

I’ve posted workarounds before to make the Firefox Blog This plugin for Windows Live Writer work for Firefox 3.0 and later. Now we’ve finally taken the first (public) steps to solving this problem the right way. Our revised extension is now available on addons.mozilla.org. We’re currently in their “Sandbox” which means you will have to log [...] […]