Using third party clients to post to Elgg

Using third party blogging clients

Use the tool that suits you best.

Elgg uses something called the MetaWeblog API over XML-RPC to let a wide variety of blogging clients – as well as sites like Flickr – post to it.
Download a tool – for example Windows Live Writer or w.Bloggar – or sign up to Flickr or Writely.
Set up the system of your choice so that it posts using the MetaWeblog API using the gateway http://your-elgg-server/_rpc/RPC2.php and your standard Elgg username and password.
That's it! Now when you click 'post to blog', content will automatically appear in your Elgg blog. You no longer need to load Elgg to post to your Elgg account.