Open Live Writer

Short description: Desktop app for developing and publishing blog posts

Open Live Writer

Open Live Writer 0.5

Original author(s)| Microsoft
Developer(s)| .NET Foundation
Preview release|

0.6.2.0 / May 23, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-05-23)

Written in| C# and C++
Operating system| Windows 7 and later[1]
Platform| IA-32 and x64[1]
Type| Blog software
License| MIT License
Website| openlivewriter.com

Open Live Writer (also known as OLW) is a free and open-source desktop blogging application released by .NET Foundation. It is a fork of Windows Live Writer 2012 by Microsoft. Open Live Writer features WYSIWYG authoring, photo-publishing and map-publishing functionality, and is currently compatible with WordPress.com, WordPress (hosted), and Blogger, with support for more platforms planned. The application's source code is available on GitHub under the MIT License.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Windows Live Writer
* 1.2 Initial announcement
* 1.3 Version history
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

### Windows Live Writer

Open Live Writer is a fork of Windows Live Writer, which is based on Onfolio Writer,[2] a product Microsoft obtained from the acquisition of Onfolio in 2006. The Onfolio Writer team worked together with the Windows Live Spaces team to release Windows Live Writer.[3] After the release of Windows 8, Microsoft encouraged the team responsible for the software to focus on Metro-style apps, and the last major version of Windows Live Writer was released in 2012.[3]

On June 12, 2014, Scott Hanselman announced the idea of making Windows Live Writer open-source.[4] Nearly a year later, it appeared that open-sourcing the program was approved by Microsoft.[5] Later that year, .NET Foundation announced an open-source fork of Windows Live Writer.[3]

### Initial announcement

On December 9, 2015, Scott Hanselman announced the forking of Microsoft's Windows Live Writer as an open-source project called Open Live Writer.[6] The announcement notes that the original Windows Live Writer 2012 application will remain a property of Microsoft and will continue to be offered as part of Windows Essentials while Open Live Writer will be developed independently as a separate project as part of .NET Foundation.[7] A downloadable preview version of the application was offered the same day[8] alongside the full source code on GitHub.[9]

On 27 September 2016, Open Live Writer became available on Windows Store.[10]

### Version history

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Table of versions: Open Live Writer

Version  | Release date  | Highlights
0.5.0.0[11] | December 9, 2015  |

* Initial public release
* Relatively unchanged from Windows Live Writer 2012 with the following features removed: Spell checker, "Blog This" API, and the "Albums" feature.[6]
* Supported publishing platforms: WordPress.com, Hosted Wordpress, Google's Blogger.[11]

0.5.1.2[12] | December 16, 2015  |

* This release provided the initial version of Blogger support using their latest API to unblock users of Blogger.
* Blogger categories/labels not yet supported.

0.5.1.3[13] | December 22, 2015  |

* This release provided some bug fixes and enhancements to the Blogger support based on feedback.

0.5.1.4[14] | December 23, 2015  |

* Minor update that addresses the bugs introduced in previous update

0.6.0.0[15] | February 13, 2016  |

* Added spell checking through the built-in spell checking functionality of Windows 8 and later.[16] This feature is not available on Windows 7.
* Added support for categories when working with Blogger.
* Bug fixes and general improvements

0.6.2.0[17] | May 23, 2017  |

* Made available via Open Live Writer at the Windows Store. Updates are now installed through the Store rather than a built-in background updater.
* Fix scaling of categories dropdown and options dialog
* Implement per-monitor DPI Support
* Add support to CSS3 templates

## See also

* Desktop Publishing
* Content Management System

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Open Live Writer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)". .NET Foundationl. .NET Foundation. https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions-(FAQ).
2. ↑ Writer is Microsoft's first Live killer app
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 ".NET Foundation - Live Writer is now Open Source". http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/blog/open-live-writer.
4. ↑ "Windows Live Writer going Open Source? | WindowsObserver.com". http://www.windowsobserver.com/2014/06/13/windows-live-writer-going-open-source/.
5. ↑ "Microsoft to Open Source Windows Live Writer". http://winsupersite.com/software-development/microsoft-open-source-windows-live-writer.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Announcing Open Live Writer - An Open Source Fork of Windows Live Writer - Scott Hanselman". http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AnnouncingOpenLiveWriterAnOpenSourceForkOfWindowsLiveWriter.aspx.
7. ↑ Staff, Beebom (10 July 2019). "How to Install Windows Essentials and Their Alternatives on Windows 10". https://beebom.com/install-windows-essentials-alternatives/.
8. ↑ "Open Live Writer". http://openlivewriter.org/.
9. ↑ "OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter". https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter.
10. ↑ Popa, Bogdan (27 September 2016). "Open Source Version of Windows Live Writer Now Available on Windows 10". SoftNews. http://news.softpedia.com/news/open-source-version-of-windows-live-writer-now-available-on-windows-10-508683.shtml.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Open Live Writer Roadmap". OpenLiveWriter on GitHub. .NET Foundation. December 5, 2015. https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter/blob/master/roadmap.md.
12. ↑ "Release Blogger V3 API Support · OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter". https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter/releases/tag/0.5.1.2.
13. ↑ "Release Additional Blogger V3 API Support and Fixes · OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter". https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter/releases/tag/0.5.1.3.
14. ↑ "Release Blogger V3 Bugfix release · OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter". https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter/releases/tag/0.5.1.4.
15. ↑ "Release 0.6.0.0 · OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter". https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter/releases/tag/0.6.0.0.
16. ↑ Popa, Bogdan (27 September 2016). "Open Source Version of Windows Live Writer Now Available on Windows 10" (in english). https://news.softpedia.com/news/open-source-version-of-windows-live-writer-now-available-on-windows-10-508683.shtml.
17. ↑ "Release 0.6.2.0 · OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter". https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter/releases/tag/0.6.2.0.

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