First BlogEngine.NET post with Windows Live Writer

I have been working on the MetaWeblog API implementation for BlogEngine.NET over the past few days.  It is coming along very nicely and while not yet complete, very workable.  This is the first live post using the API.

There were a few issues I ran into with Windows Live Writer (WLW) specifically that had me baffled until I ran across 2 posts from Wictor Wilen.  Apparently, WLW has its own special implementation of metaweblog.getCategories.  It expect much different results than what the actual MetaWeblog API specs describe.

Hopefully, CodePlex will be back up early this week and I can get changes integrated into the system so BlogEngine.NET users can start to take advantage of great blogging tools like WLW.