windows-live-writer-support-for-movabletype

Movabletype 4.x已经增强了对windows live writer的支持，比如可以离线新建页面，更改basename（在后台要更改basename只需点击右边的锁图标就行了），但是这个对windows live writer支持的增强需要手动设置才能实现！

登陆你的MT后台新建一个索引模板(Index Template)，模版名WLW Manifest，发布的文件命名（Output File） 为wlwmanifest.xml，

然后，如果你之前已经在windows live writer里添加了mt的帐号，就要重新添加该帐号（MT为了对账户安全保护，mt-xmlrpc的密码不是登陆后台的密码，在使用XML-RPC 前需要在后台的profile页面，设置Web Services Password，或 Reveal（会明文显示密码）。这就是在windows live writer里用的密码。

成功之后windows live writer的界面里会多一些以上提到的功能了。
Windows Live Writer Support

Instructions

1. Install Windows Live Writer » Download Windows Live Writer
2. Create and Publish a WLW Manifest File

   The WLW manifest file provides Windows Live Writer with the information it needs to properly publish to your blog. To create this file, create an Index Template named WLW Manifest which outputs a file by the name of wlwmanifest.xml to the root directory of your blog. Put the following contents into the body of the template:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
   <manifest xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wlw/manifest/weblog">
      <options>
        <clientType>MovableType</clientType>
        <supportsCategoriesInline>Yes</supportsCategoriesInline>
        <supportsSlug>Yes</supportsSlug>
        <supportsPages>Yes</supportsPages>
        <supportsScripts>Yes</supportsScripts>
        <supportsEmbeds>Yes</supportsEmbeds>
      </options>
      <weblog>
          <serviceName>Movable Type</serviceName>
          <homepageLinkText>View site</homepageLinkText>
          <adminLinkText>View Dashboard</adminLinkText>
          <adminUrl><mt:AdminScript encode_xml="1"></adminUrl>
          <postEditingUrl><mt:AdminScript encode_xml="1">?__mode=view&amp;_type=entry&amp;blog_id={blog-id}&amp;id={post-id}</postEditingUrl>
      </weblog>
   </manifest>
   

3. Setup Blog in LiveWriter
   1. From the Tools menu, select Accounts.
   2. Click the Add button.
   3. Click “Another weblog service” radio button and click Next.
   4. Enter your Blog URL, your username and your API password, then click Next.
   5. Select “Movable Type” from pull down menu, and enter in the URL to your XML-RPC script. For example: http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-xmlrpc.cgi
   6. Windows Live Writer will then ask you if you want to create a temporary post so that it can detect and configure Live Writer for the design of your blog. Select Yes or No.
   7. Confirm your blog name and click Finish.

That’s it. You can now post entries and pages to your Movable Type blog from Live Writer.

Movabletype要比wordpress复杂一些，连弄个blogroll也要安装插件，还要新建sidebar模板，才行，以后再详细些。