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Opera Blogging using Open Office Writer

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If you are using Open Office, then you can use OOo Writer to easily edit and manage your opera blog.

1)  First  download the Open Office plug-in “Sun Weblog Publisher

 Screenshot0 2) Open OOo Writer and go “Tools/Extension Manager...”. Press “Add” and locate the downloaded plug-in. Follow the instructions of the wizard and at the end the plug-in will be ready to use.
Screenshot1 3) Before we finish from here we will setup “Sun Weblog Publisher” to use your Opera Blog. Select “Sun Weblog Publisher” plug-in and press “Options...”. A new window will appear. From there press the “Add” button.
Screenshot2 4) Now in “Weblog Type” select “MetaWeblog (API)”. As a “Server URL” enter your Opera Blog URL ending with a “/api/”. Finally, add your “User name” and your “Password” and press “OK”.
Screenshot3 5) Close the OOo Writer and reopen it. Now in the main toolbar you will have a new icon. When you end editing your new blog post press the “To Weblog...” button.
Screenshot4 6) From the “Send to Weblog” window add a title to your new post, check the “Send as new entry” option and press “OK”.
That’s all. Enjoy Blogging with Open Office Writer

Opera Blog With BloGTK

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Linux users can use the BloGTK, a Python application, for fast and easy blogging.

1)  Download BloGTK and install it (read the README file for more information).

2) Open BloGTK and create a new Blog Account.

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3) For Blogging System select “Metaweblog API” and for Server URL add your home page URL with a “/api/” at the end (e.g.: ""http://my.opera.com/NikolaosX1/blog/api/"")

4) Add your Username (e.g.: NikolaosX1) and your password. Press “Save” to save your new Blog profile.

Screenshot2 5) If your posts are for public viewing, go to "Other Options" tab and check the "Publish by Default?" option. Otherwise your posts will be for private viewing only by default.

6) Is also a good idea to enable the use of UTF-8 character set especially when you blogging in a language different from English.
Finally press “OK” to go to editor’s main window.
Screenshot3 7) To start managing your Opera blog go to “File/Connect” and BloGTK will contact with Opera server, fetching information about your blog.

That’s all. Enjoy Blogging with BloGTK.

Opera Blogging Using Windows Live Writer

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In order to use Windows Live Writer to edit and manage your Opera blog do the following:

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1) Download and install  Windows Live Writer.

2) Open Windows Live Writer and create a new Blog Account by selecting: “Other Blog Service”

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3) Add the home page URL (e.g.: "http://my.opera.com/NikolaosX1/blog"),your UserName (e.g.: NikolaosX1) and finally your password.

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4) For Weblog type select “Metaweblog API” and for Remote Posting URL add your home page URL with a “/api/” at the end (e.g.: ""http://my.opera.com/NikolaosX1/blog/api/"")

That’s all. Enjoy Blogging with Windows Live Writer.