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    This now happened twice to me and I have no idea why:

    1. D'n'd'ed several JPEGs into a blog post

    2. After finishing the post, incl. categories, I hit Publish

    3. I get an error message 'Blog doesn't support picture upload' [which is not true]

    4. The very first pic shown has a PNG extension

    5. Looking into the source code I see the very first pic with a PNG extension

    6. Changing the extension in the code

    7. Publishing works

     

    The pic in question is - unquestionable - a JPEG, the error message I get is clearly only half true in that it should tell me that WLW cannot find a certain file [as, we remember, the file is Name.JPG not Name.PNG]. But why on earth is WLW changing the extension in the code in the first place?

    Dierk Haasis
    [DH² Publishing]
    Writing and Imaging

    Nikon D2x, Nikon D200, Breeze DownloaderPro, Capture NX2, xMedia2, Adobe Creative Suite 3
    Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:51 PM

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    As a recommendation, I’d NEVER paste images in to Windows Live Writer without using a plug-in, or loading the image locally/manually as a JPG, because Windows Live Writer pastes all images as a PNG [doubling the size of any normal JPG].

    Using the native PASTE functions, and getting/using PNG files, the blog entries will be larger in size, use more bandwidth and blog sites will load slower. All of which are bad...

    I think you should try something like CLIPBOARD LIVE.
       http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=326740b7-413b-4e0a-bf51-dd49258fd84a&bt=9&pl=8

     

    Hope this helps.

    Monday, March 22, 2010 3:24 AM
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    Hm, how come the files themselves are all JPG, even those created by WLW/Wordpress? Actually my problem as described is, well, not exactly the opposite but still quite different: I have JPGs, only WLW sometimes codes one [the first] as a PNG.

    Nevertheless, will be looking into  plug-ins.

    Dierk Haasis
    [DH² Publishing]
    Writing and Imaging

    Nikon D2x, Nikon D200, Capture NX2, IDimager, Adobe Creative Suite 3
    Monday, March 22, 2010 1:45 PM
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    I understood your question, but felt answer would be able to help you understand what Windows Live Writer does in the background.

    My guess/opinion is that Windows Live Writer maybe trying to outsmart you... trying to 'HELP' automatically; as it does when trying to code manually with it..

    Just trying to help...

    Thanks,
    LHenryJr.
    www.lehsys.com

     

    Monday, March 22, 2010 5:19 PM