Blog This for IE
I decided to write myself a 'Blog This' extension for Live Writer for Internet Explorer.
Why? I hear you asking - that functionality is already around, right? Yup - it is. It comes out of the box with the Windows Live Toolbar.
And there is no way in hell that I'm going to install it :)
So on the off chance that I ever want to use a 'Blog This' type feature, I figured I'd have to write myself one. I like things simple and easy - and there's nothing simpler than adding an option the right click menu in IE.
So now when I'm on a page I want to blog about, I can just right click on the page and select 'Blog This'. A new post in Live Writer will start, with a link to the current page embedded.
Also, if I select some text on the web page, that text will also be included. Pretty neat :)
If you want to use it, you can download it from here. To install, you follow 3 steps.
- Extract the files from the zip to a location of your choice (say, C:\Program Files\BlogThis)
- Modify the extracted BlogThis.reg file to contain the correct path to the extracted BlogThis.html file. (So the line in the reg file would be, say, @=file://C:\\Program Files\\BlogThis\\BlogThis.html)
- Merge the BlogThis.reg file with the registry (double click it :)
Every new subsequent IE window you open will include a Blog This menu item :) I've tested it in both IE6 and IE7 (RC1) and it works fine in both. Oh, but do remember, if you don't have Live Writer installed, it probably won't work :)
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