Windows Live Writer Plugins

How To: Fix invalid blogger.getUsersBlogs method response

Problem: when trying to connect to your blog, Windows Live Writer returns the message:

An error occurred while attempting to connect to your weblog: Invalid Server Response - The response to the blogger.getUsersBlogs method received from the weblog server was invalid. You must correct this error before proceeding.

Solution: there are two steps to solve this problem. The second one might be optional.

1. In your .htaccess file add the following lines:

<Files xmlrpc.php>
SecFilterInheritance Off
</Files>

2. If this doesn’t solve the problem, contact your hosting company and ask them if mod_security is blocking access to xmlrpc.php — and if so, if they can set it to allow access to that file.

(on that note, I’m writing this from within the webeditor of WordPress as Windows Live Writer’s category list rolls of the screen….)

Hat Tip: Worst Episode Ever via Michael Fraser

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