Windows live writer wont connect to blogger

Anonymous
2015-05-26T22:10:34+00:00

I have been using the windows live writer for years and today it wont let me post into my blogger blog. 

The first error was stating that my user name and password was incorrect so I changed it. It still didn't work and still stating the same issue. I clean/repaired up the windows essentials like other forms said. Now the error message I get is blogger return the following error: Notfound: not found. I uninstalled and reinstalled and it keeps saying the same issue.

Thanks.

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Anonymous
2015-06-02T01:38:24+00:00

please make sure that you use the following steps

  1. Verify you are using http or https for you website.
  2. Add ' @gmail.com ' at the end of your user name.
  3. If your account has 2-step verification enabled then see the following guide to use app specific password rather than your original password.

App specific password generation

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-12-20T01:55:46+00:00

    From what I understand, because of changes to Google's authorization protocols and because WLW is no longer maintained by Microsoft, WLW will no longer function correctly with Blogger. You will have to change to OLW, which is essentially the same program, just open sourced.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-20T15:13:23+00:00

    It is working now.

    i had the same problems last week 

    make sure you have logged into Google/blogger

    downloaded open live writer correctly

    set up the account on live writer to link to blogger with your email and password

    make sure Google 2 step verification is turned to off. (Google 'how to turn off Google 2 step verification) which is what I did

    i know it's frustrating but it should work now.

    l

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-21T04:19:36+00:00

    Sadly, the honeymoon didn't last very long for me.

    Drafted a lengthy post today and went to publish it and had problems.  Error messages, etc.

    And then the look of my blog disappeared in the program, and the drafting page went 'generic.'

    I uninstalled, redownloaded, and reinstalled, and could not get the OLW format to sync up with my blog.

    When I went to edit the blog account, a lengthy hexadecimal string had replaced my user name.

    I don't know what's going on, but I can't get back to where I was when I posted my thank you message.

    Help!  This was a very short lived victory.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-21T17:10:24+00:00

    Today is Monday the 21st, and problems continue.

    What is so frustrating is that when I first downloaded OLW, and did the 'test post' as suggested, everything went fine; except the test post did not 'disappear' as was predicted.'

    I haven't toyed with any google or blogger settings at all during this process, but now

    It simple won't post; an error is returned. 

    OK, now things are getting bizarre.  I had put up the most recent post minutes ago using the blogger composition page.

    So I went back to OLW to hit publish and see what the error language is so I could post it here.  And guess what....it went through the publish process with no error.

    Could that be because blogger already recognized it from doing it on their page?

    I'm lost.  Think I'll try another test post.

    I just did, and it went through.  Along with a second copy of the earlier post today marked as 'scheduled.'

    I'm really lost; hopefully work continues to 'tweak' these little bugs away.

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