Rick

I was able to create a post on a test site using the same theme as you have (book-lite), and using a fresh installation of WLW 2012. Just to be certain, you are trying to post to your http://badertestblog.wordpress.com/ site, or to another one? If to another one, can you give me the link to it? Would you also mind trying again? Some of the few reports I have seen of this issue say that it fixes itself sometimes.

Let me know if it works out for you. Thanks!

WindowsLiveWriter,1.9160,Fail,00054,11-Sep-2012 11:13:23.042,"WindowsLive.Writer.Extensibility.BlogClient.BlogClientConnectionErrorException: Network Connection Error - Error attempting to connect to blog at:

https://upto8000.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php

The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.

I have removed cookies and IE cache
I have tried in different computers, one recently installed.

Also from IE9 I noticed I can't create a new blog since the following does not load anymore http://wordpress.com/signup/?ref=newdash-myblogs-bottom.
It does load without issues using Google Chrome in the same computer

Looks like something has changed recently and WLW does not work anymore :(

Please help

Good news is I informed the WLW team about the problem I encountered and I'm delighted that the latest version WLW 2012 now exports a clean set of images.

Also, visual editor when you paste the code strips off all leading spaces, so you always need to paste into the HTML editor.

Cheeers

I have a small problem, at first I can't insert the Source code tags ([sourcecode language="csharp"]) via WLW. WLW always inserts extra html inside that ruins the source code that it is shown. Second, if I paste the code inside the HTML editor on the site, it shows well but on the next edit in WLW it again add's unnecessary tags.

Is there a good plugin for this specific functionality on WordPress.com?
How to overcome this problem?

Thanks

Sorry for the delay - I'm so glad to hear you got everything to work! This will also be a great help to WordPress/WLW users in the future.

Thank you!

I found another help page for WLW and WP. On this help page it is suggested that someone having difficulty updating a theme in WLW from WP should remove their "static" page option and then try updating their WP theme in WLW.

Go to: http://askludwig.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/what-does-this-windows-live-writer-error-message-mean-the-blog-theme-couldnt-be-downloaded.

I did remove my static page option and then updated my theme in WLW and I can preview in WLW again! Yeah! I added my static page back in WP and did a test post and all turned out perfect. I have my static page, my posts page and the theme preview in WLW.

The pity is I found the erroneous help page entry I first mentioned in my original question which said to add a static page to WP to get your theme to update in WLW - so no wonder I was confused. Anyway, all is well once again - did I mention I can preview again in WLW - super yeah!!!!!!!

Thank you again Erica for trying so hard and giving me all your support.

Then I requested WP to change theme option from "Light" to "Dark" and requested WLW to "Update Theme" again. I got the error message, "The blog theme couldn't be downloaded." I changed hemes from Coraline back to Modularity Lite in WP and asked WLW to update theme and I got the same error message, "The blog theme couldn't be downloaded."

Then in WP I requested the Coraline theme again and WP remembered I had requested "Dark". Then back to WLW and requested "Update Theme" and everything went all right so I created a new draft post with 5 pictures - the page layout looked the same in WLW on both the "Edit" & "Preview" pages but in WP on the "Preview" draft page the pictures were rearraged to fit the theme.

WLW is part of Windows Live Essentials and according to my Control Panel's information I am running version 15.4.3538.0513 of Windows Live Essentials.

If you're able to update your theme at this point, can you try changing your theme back to Modularity Lite again to see if re-setting it helps?

Lastly, can you let me know what version of WLW you're using?

...this may re-create a connection between WLW and your blog. I followed your suggestion and updated my account - I also had to do this recently by request of WordPress because they told me some accounts needed to change their passwords (my account included). WordPress offered me a 15% discount on a selection of upgrades for my trouble. Today, when I updated my account and previously, at WordPress's request, I got the same error message - "The blog theme couldn't be downloaded." "You will be able to post to this blog, but you won't be able to see the blog theme while editing posts."

...are you clicking on "Update Theme" in the Preview page of WLW or via Blog Options? I've tried both and I'm sorry to say neither worked for me.

I tried changing themes from Coraline to Modularity Lite while using Windows Live Writer with a test blog and everything was able to update correctly. This leads me to believe that the problem is specific to your account.

Can you try updating your account information with WLW by going to Blog Options > Account > Update Account? Though your information may not have changed, this may re-create a connection between WLW and your blog.

Additionally, can you let me know where you're clicking on "Update Theme"? For example, are you clicking on "Update Theme" in the Preview page of WLW or via Blog Options?

Can you clarify that you changed themes from Coraline to Modularity Lite on WordPress.com and are now having a difficult time updating your theme in WLW? YES.

Namely, Coraline is the theme that still appears when you try to preview your blog post in WLW - is that correct? NO - no theme appears - everything looks the same on the edit and the preview page.

When you click on "Update Theme," does anything happen or do you receive any error messages? ERROR MESSAGE: "The blog theme couldn't be downloaded."

Are you connected to the Internet when trying to update your theme? YES.

Can you clarify that you changed themes from Coraline to Modularity Lite on WordPress.com and are now having a difficult time updating your theme in WLW? Namely, Coraline is the theme that still appears when you try to preview your blog post in WLW - is that correct?

When you click on "Update Theme," does anything happen or do you receive any error messages? Are you connected to the Internet when trying to update your theme?

Thanks for your cooperation as we troubleshoot!

Can you let me know which theme you're trying to activate on your blog? Or are you trying to download/upload a theme via WLW?

If so, WordPress.com users are unable to upload custom themes:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

I've done the usual (clicked on "Update Theme" in WLW) but got the error message - "The blog theme couldn't be downloaded."

I tried the "theme fixer" from http://brandonturner.org/ThemeFixer.exe with no success.

I even read about one fix (http://lehsys.blogspot.com/2011/01/windows-live-writer-2011-how-to-fix.html) that stated having a "static" page makes it easy for WLW to detect and download themes. Ironically, I currently have a static page.

I repaired Windows Live Essentials by double clicking on Windows Live Essentials 2011 via my control panel and choosing "Repair all Window Live programs" also to no avail.

I appreciate any input - thanks!
Mary Maude
Blog url: http://marymaude.wordpress.com/

The response to the metaWeblog.getRecentPosts method received from the blog server was invalid:

Invalid response document returned from XmlRpc server

The same operation works fine on my self-hosted WordPress instance, and used to work on WordPress.com until recently. Does anyone know a fix? I've read a few posts and other than one person saying that they contacted support, none of the posts I read were very helpful.

It always used the Writer to create my blog, it works good until last week. I haven\'t change any setting on either my blog or the Writer.
Blog url: http://ruanqizhen.wordpress.com/