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Before setting up your Windows Live Spaces blog account with Chrysanth WebStory, you must turn on the E-Mail Publishing feature of your Windows Live Spaces account and specify a Secret Word.

setting up Windows Live Spaces blog Name
setting up Windows Live Spaces Secret Word

First, follow the steps outlined below to set up your Windows Live Spaces blog Name:

1. Go to Options->Space Settings

2. Access Contact Card Settings->Personalize your web address, and set up your Windows Live Spaces blog Name

3. Determine your Windows Live Spaces blog name

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Then follow the steps outlined below to set up your Windows Live Spaces account Secret Word:

1. Go to Options->E-mail Publishing

2. Turn on E-mail Publishing

3. Choose a secret word

4. Keep the information in a safe place

The Windows Live Spaces name and secret word are used as your user name and password when you set up your Windows Live Spaces account with Chrysanth WebStory. For example, if the URL for a Windows Live Spaces account is http://cswebstory.spaces.live.com, the user name for the blog account is cswebstory. The password is the secret word that is provided during the steps above.

For further details, please visit Getting Started with the MetaWeblog API for Windows Live Spaces.

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