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Configure Contribute in FeedDemon (Windows)

FeedDemon is a desktop RSS aggregator for Windows. You can configure Contribute in FeedDemon and post news entries to your blog. You can transfer the contents of the news entry to Contribute, add your own comments, and post to your blog. For more information on installing FeedDemon, go to http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=FeedDemon

Configuring Contribute in FeedDemon may vary with different versions of FeedDemon. The following configuration process applies to FeedDemon version 2.6.

  1. Open the FeedDemon application.

  2. Select any news item in the list.

  3. Click the Send To (arrow) icon, and select Blog This News Item > Configure Blog Publishing Tools.

    The Blog Publishing Tools dialog box appears.

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  4. Click Add.

    The Program dialog box appears.

  5. Enter the following details:

    • Enter Contribute in the Name text box.

    • Enter the command in the Command-line or URL text box. To enter the command, browse to the location where the contribute.exe file is located on your hard disk. After you select the file and the path appears in the Command Line text box, click the cursor at the end of the path, enter one space and type -mmPostToBlog.

  6. (Optional) Select Set As Default to have Contribute be your default blog publishing tool.

  7. Click OK.

    Contribute now appears in the Blog Publishing Tool dialog box.

  8. Click OK.

    To verify whether Contribute is successfully configured in FeedDemon, do the following:

    • Select any news item in FeedDemon.

    • Right-click the news item.

    • Select Send Item > Blog this News Item and check whether Contribute appears in the list.

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