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.

Windows for home | Other | Email and communications

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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
    2015-12-21T22:58:02+00:00

    Please explain the Nightly version. I downloaded the OLW and was able to publish during the honeymoon period. Should I just wait for kinks to be ironed out, or should I install and use this mystery "nightly" version?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-21T23:17:57+00:00

    Okay, so I downloaded the "nightly" version, after uninstalling the first one (called "release"?). It works to publish, but I have a question about how it looks on the screen--there are no margins--the lines of text are all spread out across the screen, and I have no idea how big to make my photo to make sure it fits within the area on my blog. Is there something I need to do to have some sort of margins on the screen?

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-21T23:18:10+00:00

    In the site I gave you, they tell you to download the Nightly version. Evidently, it's the latest one.

    One caveat, though, I don't think OLW is totally stable. After I did a test, I was denied access. Gnashing my teeth, I walked away. It worked at 8AM today, then would not work at 3PM (Error 403 Denied), but worked later. I suggest that you be patient. After all, what else can we do?

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-22T00:21:01+00:00

    To get the blog on OLW to look like the one on LW, go to the top of the screen. Click on Blog Account. Click on Update Theme. My theme and post area came in like magic! Also, the Font style/size window looked the same (paragraph size is 6.9, which comes out to the size I want it -- kind of like a 10, but not as horsey as their 10). It works like LW, but it is sometimes finicky. Several times it would not publish to Blogger, so I walked away and tried later.

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