How to Blog with Word 2007 and dasBlog

Start by creating a new document using the "New Blog Post" template (New > Installed Templates > New Blog Post)

Initial Configuration

1. Select "Manage Accounts" from the "Blog Post" tab
   

    

2. Create a new account
   
   1. Settings for dasBlog:
      1. API: MetaWebLog
      2. Blog Post URL: http://<blog_root_url>/blogger.aspx
      3. User/Password: Your blog login and password

          

   2. Picture Options
      
      1. Note that I included my FTP username/password in the "Upload URL" path
      2. The "Source URL" will be http://<blog_root_url>/content/binary/

          

Start Blogging

1. Give your post a title
   
2. Write your content

   

    

3. Add style to your content (note that these styles correspond directly to HTML elements)
   

    

4. Stylize your screen shots
   

    

5. Assign categories
   
   

    

6. Publish your content
   

    

7. View the results
   

UPDATE: When blogging about dasblog, make sure that either your image names don't contain "dasBlog" or that you change the content filter for "dasBlog" to be "\bdasBlog\b" (or something similar) so that your images don't end up like: <img src="content/binary/<a>dasBlog<a/>_image_123.png" />