Hello.

I've been exploring Windows Live Writer plugins and hit a snag: the API doesn't let plugins access the post's text. This severely limits plugin functionality, preventing things like automated tagging or microformat integration. I've raised this issue on the Windows Live Writer forum and with Microsoft's Joe Cheng, emphasizing the need for text access to enable a wider range of plugins. I encourage other developers to voice similar concerns to Microsoft.

I finally figured out why my Windows Live Writer plugins weren't working! It turns out that new classes added via the Solution Explorer default to "internal" access. Making the class "public" fixed the issue and now the plugins work perfectly.

I'm developing a Windows Live Writer plugin using the SmartContentSource class and encountering an issue retrieving the blog post's text. While I can manipulate SmartContent objects within the plugin's sidebar, neither the SmartContent object nor the ISmartContentEditorSite interface provides access to the text, hindering the potential for plugin development. I'm seeking assistance on how to access the blog post text within the plugin context.

I'm struggling to create a C# plugin for Windows Live Writer. Even a simple "Hello World" plugin isn't showing up in the available plugins list, despite the documentation and example seeming straightforward. The example code compiles and works fine, but my copied version doesn't. I'm completely stumped and wondering if there are any logs I can check for Windows Live Writer.

I finally got a Windows Live Writer plugin working after starting from scratch! Stay tuned as I'm planning to integrate my Ajax Tagger into the Windows Live Writer framework soon. This will be a cool experiment combining Web 2.0 APIs with Windows Live Writer.

Strange posts like "Temporary Post Used For Style Detection" are appearing in blogs. This is due to Windows Live Writer, which uses these temporary posts to detect the blog's style for accurate "in-style" editing. These posts are quickly indexed by Google Blog Search, highlighting the search engine's speed.

I'm trying out Windows Live Writer and so far, I'm impressed! It renders my blog's styling correctly while I'm writing, seems pretty fast, and has a bunch of built-in features similar to other blogging tools. Plus, it's extendable via an SDK, which I'm excited to explore. I'm also going to check out the plugins and share more thoughts soon.