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Windows Live Messenger Web Controls – Part 2

Windows Live Messenger Web Controls – Part 2

Hopefully you will have read and followed the code from the first part of this article. The first part covered most of base functionality including… Read more

Windows Live Messenger Web Controls – Part 1

Windows Live Messenger Web Controls – Part 1

The Windows Live team have been busy over the past few months and recently launched the Windows Live Messenger APIs. This is basically split over… Read more

Easy Way To Upload Silverlight Apps To Windows Live

Easy Way To Upload Silverlight Apps To Windows Live

Back when I wrote about adding a Silverlight Streaming app to your blog, I showed you how to add the Silverlight app to your SLS account at http://silverlight.live.com/.… Read more

Writing Windows Live Writer Plugins – A Recap

Writing Windows Live Writer Plugins – A Recap

There was a comment left on my most recent plugin guide:
“I would love to see a guide on how to code Plugins for Writer.  That would be really… Read more

Writing Plugins For Windows Live Writer – Using PluginHttpRequest Instead of HttpWebRequest

Writing Plugins For Windows Live Writer – Using PluginHttpRequest Instead of HttpWebRequest

In a few of my plugins, I often find myself using System.Net.HttpWebRequest to get some data from a website, whether from a service or to access a… Read more

Using Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live In Your Blog Posts and Websites

Using Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live In Your Blog Posts and Websites

Last week I posted about my interview with Angus Logan and Danny Thorpe and included the whole interview in the blog post by using Silverlight Streaming… Read more

Windows Live Toolbar Buttons: Creating your own

Windows Live Toolbar Buttons: Creating your own

I got bored yesterday, so to satisfy an hours’ boredom, I took a look at the buttons on the Windows Live Toolbar as you can easily create your… Read more

Windows Live ID – Part 3 – Putting it all together

Windows Live ID – Part 3 – Putting it all together

In the previous two articles I showed you how to use the Windows Live ID login control in your web site then we developed a custom Membership provider… Read more

Windows Live Writer Amazon Starter Plugin

Windows Live Writer Amazon Starter Plugin

Getting started with Window Live Writer Plugins

Writing a plugin for Windows Live Writer is actually fairly easy. The biggest problem you’re… Read more

Writing Plugins For Windows Live Writer – Using Settings In Your Plugin

Writing Plugins For Windows Live Writer – Using Settings In Your Plugin

So far I’ve shown you how to create basic plugins for Windows Live Writer, in this next guide I’m going to show you how you can use settings… Read more