Creating a blog server connection

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

To create a connection to a website, see Creating a website connection.

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.

To create a blog server connection:

Start Contribute.
Select Edit > My Connections (Windows) or Contribute > My Connections (Macintosh).
The My Connections dialog box appears. The options in this dialog box let you create and manage your Contribute connections.

You can also use the My Connections dialog box to create a connection to websites. For more information on creating connections to websites, see Creating a website connection.
Click Create.
The Connection Wizard (Windows) or Connection Assistant (Macintosh) appears. This wizard or assistant guides you through setting up a new website connection.

Tip: Click Back or Go Back to return to a previous screen, if necessary. If you need more information about how to complete a screen, click the Help button.
Click Next.
Select Blogs from the What do you want to connect to pop-up menu.
Select your blog's host from the Who hosts your blog pop-up menu.
Click Next.
Do one of the following:
- If you selected Blogger, TypePad or WordPress, enter the blog's user name and password.
- If you selected Other Blog Servers, enter the blog's server information, access point, user name, and password.
Click Next.
On the Summary screen, review the connection settings to verify that they're correct, and click Done (Windows) or Finish (Macintosh) to complete the connection.
Contribute creates a connection to the blog.

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 Reconnecting to a blog server.

Creating a blog server connection

To create a blog server connection:

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