How to setup w.bloggar (v4.00) to post to dasBlog: (Author Tod Hilton www.thdad.com)

 

  1. Install w.bloggar.
  2. Select File à Add Account à The “Add Account Wizard” will pop up.

 

 

  1. Select “Yes, I want to add it as a new account” and press Next.
  2. You will see the “Content Management System” screen:

 

 

  1. Select the following options and then press Next:
    1. Blog Tool: Custom
    2. Account Alias: <the name you use to reference your blog account>
    3. Ping: Select this option only if you want to ‘ping’ blog services such as Technorati or Weblogs.com.
    4. User Proxy Server: Select this option if the machine you will use w.bloggar on sits behind a proxy server.
  2. You will see the “Custom Blog Tool Settings” screen:

 

 

  1. Select the following options and then press Next:
    1. Posts: metaWeblog API
    2. Categories: metaWeblog API – Multi (this enables you to use multiple categories for a single post)
    3. Templates: Blogger API
    4. Title Tags: Leave as-is, unless it is blank then enter the information above.
    5. Category Tags: Leave as-is, unless it is blank then enter the information above.
    6. More Text Tags: Leave as-is, unless it is blank then enter the information above.
  2. You will see the “Account Connection Settings” screen:

 

 

 

  1. Select the following options and then press Next:
    1. Host: Enter the root URL to your site (i.e.: www.yoursitenamehere.com)
    2. Path:

                                                               i.      If your blog is the only website at your URL (i.e.: www.dirtydogstink.com) then you only need to enter “/blogger.aspx” in this field. Do not forget to put the forward slash [/].

                                                             ii.      If your blog resides in a sub-folder of your website (i.e.: www.dirtydogstink.com/blog) then you will need to enter the path to the blog ending with “/blogger.aspx” as shown in the picture above.

    1. Port: UN-select the “HTTPS” option which is selected by default. This will change the port to “80”.
  1. You will see the “Account User and Password” screen:

 

 

  1. Enter your blog account login information here and choose whether or not you would like for w.bloggar to remember the username and password for this blog account.
  2. Press Finish.