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Create a blog server connection

The Connection Wizard (Windows) or Connection Assistant (Mac OS) guides you through the steps of creating a connection to a blog, prompting you for the information needed to establish a blog server connection.

The process is different to create a connection to a website; for more information, see Create a website connection.

You can create a connection to a blog server in two ways:

  • Specifying the blog server user name and blog server password details.

  • Specifying the blog URL, and blog server user name and blog server password details.

You can connect to a blog that is hosted on one of the following servers:

  • The Blogger, TypePad, or WordPress blog publishing services. Users with blogs on one of these hosts can connect to their blogs directly by selecting the host in the Connection Wizard or Connection Assistant.

  • Other internal servers, such as Movable Type, that support the MetaWeblog API.

Note: The MetaWeblog API lets Contribute users make changes to the text and attributes of blog entries.

  1. Start Contribute.

  2. Select Edit > My Connections (Windows) or Contribute > My Connections (Mac OS).

    The My Connections dialog box appears. The options in this dialog box let you create and manage your Contribute connections.

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  3. Click Create.

    The Connection Wizard (Windows) or Connection Assistant (Mac OS) appears. This wizard or assistant guides you through setting up a new website connection.

  4. Click Next.

  5. Select Blogs from the What do you want to connect to pop-up menu.

  6. Select your blog’s host from the Who hosts your blog pop-up menu.

  7. Click Next.

  8. If you selected Blogger, TypePad, or WordPress, enter the blog’s user name and password.

  9. Click Done (Windows) or Finish (Mac OS) to complete the connection.

Contribute creates a connection to the blog server.

Note: If you want to connect to the Roller blog server, select Other Blog Servers from the Who hosts your blog pop-up menu, and provide the required information.

After Contribute successfully creates a connection to the blog, the Connection Wizard or Connection Assistant closes. The My Connections dialog box appears, listing your connected blog(s). The blogs are also listed on the Contribute Start page.

Note: After you are connected to a blog server and you create another blog on the same blog server, you can add the new blog and its details by reconnecting to the blog server. For more information, see Reconnect to a blog server.