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1. rnunez55
   Member
   Feb 28, 2010, 4:53 PM

   I would like to use Google Docs to edit and post to my WordPress.com blog but have so far been unsuccessful. I am trying to use the Publish feature within Google Docs and I believe I have my blog site settings correct but when I select Post to blog. I get "Working" for a few seconds and then "loading" for a fraction of a second. There is no indication of success or failure and no posting shows up in my blog. When I use the Test option within the Google Docs Blog Site Settings, I get the following error: (xmlrpc) unexpected response type. I've tried different text-only documents with the same results. As I understand it, WordPress.com allows XML RPC by default and I couldn't find any such settings in the dashboard.

   My next step is to try the custom API feature.

   Any ideas would be appreciated.

   The blog I need help with is mobilecomputingtrek.wordpress.com.

2. timethief
   Member
   Feb 28, 2010, 7:07 PM

   As I understand it, WordPress.com allows XML RPC by default and I couldn't find any such settings in the dashboard.

   This is all I can find in the support documentation. I apologize in advance if it does not answer your question. http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/

3. rnunez55
   Member
   Feb 28, 2010, 7:55 PM

   timethief:

   Actually it did help me to get it to work. I still cannot get the Hosted provided option to work, but I did get the My own server/custom to work. I used the MovableType API and the URL of http://mblogname.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php with my blog credentials and it worked. When I tried this before, I used a different URL and it gave me a 403 error.

   I still don't get why the 'native' blog feature doesn't work, but at least something does. Thanks for you help.

4. timethief
   Member
   Feb 28, 2010, 8:22 PM

   You're welcome. I'm so glad to hear you got it to work, but I do think you ought to share your experience with Staff http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/

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