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How To: Fix invalid blogger.getUsersBlogs method response

Posted by Cynthia September 08, 2006

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:

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….)

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12 Responses to “How To: Fix invalid blogger.getUsersBlogs method response”

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  1. Mario Sep 08 2006 / 10pm

    Thanks for all the excellent information that you provide on WLW. I am having a problem with the plugins. I am installing them but they do not appear on the program. I am following the instruction. Do you have any idea of what it is happening?

  2. Spike Washburn Sep 09 2006 / 9am

    This problem is usually caused when you are using a plugin that depends on .NET Framework 2.0, but you only have .NET Framework 1.1 installed. If you install .NET Framework 2.0, the plugins should load properly.

    The next version of Live Writer will include a warning message letting you know this that you need to upgrade to .NET Framework 2.0 when this problem occurs.

  3. Spike Washburn Sep 09 2006 / 9am

    Cynthia,
    The category scroll problem is also fixed in the next beta refresh. It’s probably also worth mentioning that this problem occurs when connecting to custom installed WordPress installations.

    Your site is great. Keep up the good work!

  4. Cynthia Sep 09 2006 / 10am

    Hi Spike,
    Thanks for your input!
    Does the XMLRPC problem occur on custom installs or the category scroll one? Any timeline on the next beta refresh?

  5. Idan Sep 28 2006 / 3pm

    Cynthia,
    I tried the .htaccess edit but it corrupts access to the website and causes error 500 in the server. could you have a problem in the syntax? I’ve asked my hosting company to check the mod_security thingy, will update with the results.

  6. Johnny Thawte Nov 07 2006 / 5pm

    I had the same problem, but it turned out to be a malfunctioning wordpress plugin on my side.

  7. Skye Stout Dec 24 2006 / 2pm

    All I had to do was point Windows Live Writer to the directory xmlrpc.php was in. For me, that directory was techgtd.pilotech.us/wordpress.

    Interestingly, after trying several times with the same settings, Windows Live Writer said that it wasn’t working and that it wanted to try something else. It offered a list of blogging sites, one of which was wordpress, and one particular option was “wordpress (custom installation)”. So I selected that and entered in the directory xmlrpc.php was in, and it worked!

  8. Ken Greene Feb 21 2007 / 6pm

    I just installed wordpress and I can’t find any file named xmlrpc.php. I found one named class-xmlrpc.php and tried that one, but am getting the same message from WLW. The wordpress directory doesn’t have an .htaccess. Are they referring to the one in the root directory?

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