Sun Weblog Publisher

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Sun Weblog Publisher

The Sun Weblog Publisher allows you to quickly create, edit and publish weblog entries on many popular Blog servers. It is easy to use so that any user can start blogging right away! Use the advanced word processing features of the Writer to create blogs with tables, bullets, hyperlinks, graphics, and spellchecking via the office suite's spellchecking technology
Supports a number of Blog platforms, including Roller, WordPress, Generic ATOM and Generic MetaWeblog
Requires StarOffice 8 (Update 4 or higher) or OpenOffice.org (2.0.4 or higher).

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Operating System: System Independent
Compatible with: OpenOffice.org 2.4 | StarOffice 8 Update 9 or higher.
Official release: 1.1.0
Date: 2008-Jul-22
Size: 1.52 MB
License: commercial | Read license
Further product information: Screenshots | Product details

Comments

Sun Weblog Publisher: a case of bad luck?

I purchased SWP when it first came out in v. 1.0, but found it not satisfactory because I couldn't publish my posts in my Wordpress.com blog directly from OOo Writer but had to manually edit the formatting; so I kept it but never used anymore, until v. 1.1.0 came out a couple of weeks ago.
So I downloaded the new release, uninstalled the old one, installed the new one and... got stuck with it, because I got the message that "can't connect with the server" (words are other, in Italian, but that's the meaning), although there are no proxies, no firewall settings, nothing wrog at all... except SWP!
This happens both in OOo 2.4.1 and OOo 3.0 Beta 2.
Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Emanuele Forner, Italy

Already purchased, cannot install

I'm getting an error that says "Could not create java implementation loader." Cannot find answer. Help!

not working with blogger.com

I bought it because in the documentation says that it supports blogger.com, but when I tried it I got an error message: "cannot connect to www.blogger.com", so if you are planning to buy it to use for that service, don't.

Gabriel Castellanos

Extension will not install

When I try to install the extension, I get a popup that says

Adding Extension(s):
/home/dkeats/.openoffice.org2/user/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages/ufhxmj_/sun-weblogpublisher.oxt does not exist.
[OK]

I have tried on three separate computers and get the same message. Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy), oOo 2.3.1 installed from debs from the oOo site.

Other extensions install perfectly OK. It is only this one that gives this message.

Any suggestions? How does one get a refund!

A beef -and- a suggestion

I bought SWP today and it mostly works. It installed just fine in SO 8-7 but refuses to install in OO 2.3. One for two. That's not very impressive. In OO, it chokes on the 'sun-weblogs-publisher.jar' file.

There is no support for tagging.

I would like to suggest that, while you are adding the support for tagging, you also arrange for a posting to multiple blogs simultaneously.

For instance, a post about software useful in religious pursuits might go to both the 'tech' and the 'beliefs' blog shown below. An article about using a PDA might fit both the 'tech' and the 'life' blogs. A note about a planned down time would apply to all.

You get my drift ... and I am far from being the only person with multiple blogs.

Bill

Support for Blogger ?

The Weblog publisher "supports a number of Blog platforms, including Roller, WordPress, Generic ATOM and Generic MetaWeblog".
This is somewhat vague. Before paying for an extension I would like to get the full list of platforms that are supported. In particular, I would like to know whether Blogger is supported by the current version?
Thanks
- ft

Supported weblogs

Blogger
Roller
Word Press
Atom Publishing Protocol (API)
MetaWeblog (API)

Ironically enough, Blogger is the default choice. ;-)

Bill

Still Don't Have Product

I purchased this, but I can't get the product. There was no download link on the URL I was emailed by Sun. Their tech said it was because I was using Firefox instead of Internet Explorer! Isn't that rich? A company that would like people to buy products other than those made by Microsoft sells with a website that only works with a Microsoft browser!

I finally found a computer running Windows XP, but then the site gave server errors. I still don't have the product I paid for.

Support for Sun Weblog Publisher

Lane, please visit the "Frequently Asked Questions" page on the page about Sun Weblog Publisher. It says:
If you have issues during the download process you can contact globalspecials-support at sun.com.

Problem Resolved and a New One Discovered

I did file a ticket, but as I said above, the tech told me it was my fault for using Firefox, instead of Internet Explorer. I kept emailing cries for help hither and yon, and when I got a reply, I was told again to visit the download site. This time the download worked perfectly... in Firefox... in Linux. Nothing had changed on my system, so I have to assume that someone finally got the message and fixed the site.

This is a very nice tool, and I'm looking forward to using it with my WordPress blogs. It does an excellent job of communicating with the blog, something I've had trouble with in trying to use email posting to blogs. Regretfully, the current version inserts extraneous lines in each post, one at the top and two at the bottom. I prefer to control my own "white space," so I hope a future version will correct this.