Open Already Published Blog Posts with Windows Live Writer

Posted by:
Brandon LeBlanc
03:19 AM Saturday
Oct 18, 2008
6 Comments

A few days ago, I needed to edit a blog post that I didn’t publish using Windows Live Writer. I discovered that Windows Live Writer allows you to open any blog post on your blog that has been published – regardless of whether it was written and published with Windows Live Writer or not.

When I clicked “Open” in the Windows Live Writer toolbar, an options window appeared giving me several options to choose from.

I can open a blog post from Drafts, Recently Posted, and of course any of the blogs that I have configured in Windows Live Writer such as the Windows Experience Blog. When I clicked on “The Windows Experience Blog” option – I was given a listing of 5 of the most recent blog posts from the Windows Experience Blog. The default is to list 5 posts however you can choose to view more blog posts via a drop down menu. I was able to choose any blog post that had been published (via Windows Live Writer or not) from the Windows Experience Blog to edit and publish those edits.

The ability to open blog posts from blogs in Windows Live Writer exists today with the current non-Beta version of Windows Live Writer available at get.live.com as well as the current Beta of Windows Live Writer available at download.live.com.

If you haven’t already discovered this, thought it might be of some interest to my fellow bloggers.

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chakkaradeep

Posted on: October 18, 2008 at 4:45AM
Windows Live Writer is getting better in every version. The current beta version is cool and a must have tool for every blogger!
hlr

Posted on: October 18, 2008 at 5:51AM
Hi,

Not only you can edit already posted items. You can also see the effect of a template, you can set publishing date, you can paste images directly.

It's a time saver for experienced bloggers, and a real help for new bloggers.
hitmouse

Posted on: October 18, 2008 at 10:58AM
I wish it allowed you to simply specify the URL to a particular blog post. Earlier today I needed to update a Blogger post from 2005, but short of getting it to download 500+ headers there is no way of doing that.
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Posted on: October 27, 2008 at 6:51PM
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BrandonTurner

Posted on: November 13, 2008 at 9:48PM
@hitmouse

I am one of the developers of Windows Live Writer, and what you suggested is tricky. And would most likely require work from blog services, which usually doesn't happen as fast as we need it to.

Though, we do feel this is an area that needs improvement for the exact reason you have stated and we have made investments. Stay tuned... :)

-Brandon Turner [MSFT]
bariyer

Posted on: September 10, 2009 at 6:04AM
been very good way to enter the picture until I read last summer thank you for

Open Already Published Blog Posts with Windows Live Writer

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