How To: Blog This with Windows Live Writer for GreatNews
Posted by Cynthia September 08, 2006
Thanks to a plugin (download link at the end of this post) for GreatNews you can now Blog This to Windows Live Writer from within GreatNews.
Installation and setup is quite simple. Extract the downloaded file. Cut and paste the file named, depending on your system settings, either LiveWriterPlugin.dll or LiveWriterPlugin to the Plugins folder in the folder where GreatNews is installed. (If during installation of GreatNews you went with all default the plugin folder is at C:\Program Files\CurioStudio\GreatNews\Plugins).
Now open GreatNews and goto Tools 
Options Features.
Make sure the Blog This box is checked.
Click Configure Blog Tools New.
Give a name to the new tool (how about Windows Live Writer? <smile>).
Now from the dropdown menu Type select GreatNews LiveWriter Plugin 1.0.
Save Close. Hit OK until you’re back in GreatNews.
Now when you see an item in a feed you want to blog about, click on Blog This and select Windows Live Writer (or whichever name you gave the new blogging tool). Voila!
Show Me
This is a short video screencast of configuring GreatNews with GreatNews LiveWriter plugin to enable blogging with Windows Live Writer from within GreatNews.
Download page for GreatNews Blog This with Windows Live Writer plugin.
Hat Tip: Arun’s Blog.
