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If your blog is hosted by another service, the host must support the MetaWeblog API. The MetaWeblog API allows
Contribute and other external programs to make changes to the text and attributes of blog entries. If your blog host
supports the MetaWeblog API, you must enter the blog’s access point URL, such as http://blogname.blogsite.com, as
well as your user name and password for the blog hosted by that service.
Note:
You must have a blog account already set up with the blog host before you can connect to it using Contribute.
Creating a website connection
The Connection Wizard (Windows) or Connection Assistant (Macintosh) guides you through the steps of creating
a connection to a website, prompting you for the information needed to establish a website connection.
The process is different to create a connection to a blog; for more information, see “Creating a blog server
connection” on page 184.
Note:
If you use a Macintosh computer and have a .Mac account, you can easily create a connection to your .Mac
account. In the Connection Assistant, select the .Mac check box. For information about selecting a folder to connect to
in your .Mac website, see “Creating a connection to a .Mac account” on page 187.
To create a website connection:
1 Start Contribute.
2
Select Edit > My Connections (Windows) or Contribute > My Connections (Macintosh).
The My Connections dialog box appears. The options in this dialog box let you create and manage your Contribute
connections.
You can also use the My Connections dialog box to create a connection to blogs. For more information on creating
connections to blogs, see “Creating a blog server connection” on page 184.