WLW Plugin: Insert Technorati Tags
A second in a series (see the first: Insert HTML Break Plugin for Windows Live Writer) of plugins that I am working on for Windows Live Writer is the Insert Technorati Tags Plugin( v1.0-beta). This is written in VB.Net and gets a lot of it’s inspiration from the article ”Write a Windows Live Writer plugin using C#“ written by Keyvan Nayyeri. I am trying to give C# a chance, but for now I think I will stick with VB.Net.
Like the Insert HTML Break Plugin it can be invoked from the side bar or the insert menu
.I did make a few changes from Keyvan’s ideas. The first was to break away from using a separate form and just use a input box. I may break away from doing this in the next version.
When executed it will present you with the dialogue window prompting for the tags you want to use.
This is second place I parted from Keyvan’s design. His design called for space delimiters. I chose to abandon this and do comma delimited because I didn’t want to be limited to 1 word tags.
As this is version 1 of this program, it is functional. I am sure I will find things I need to improve. Please check back and make sure to update if they are available. I will make posts as there are major changes.
You can download the installer using the following link:
Download Insert Technorati Tags
As always please leave comments or feedback.
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There are 2 outstanding issues that I have discovered after I posted this plugin. The first being I need to handle the cancell on the input form. The next is cosmetic, centering the input box relative to the WLW screen. The plugin still works well and was used in the original post.