File | New

• New Root Category – Create a new category at root level.
• New Category – Create a new – sub category for a selected category
• New Snippet – Creates a new snippet

File | Open

Displays a File Open dialog window to select a snippets file to load. A snippets file is usually a file with .snippets extension

File | Save

Saves currently loaded data into file.

File | Save as

Displays a File Save dialog so user can specify a path to file where all the currently loaded data will be stored (ideal for backup/restore scenarios)

File | Save and Exit

Saves currently loaded data into file and exits the application. Especially useful when managing the snippets.

File | Exit

Exits the application. All the unsaved changed will not be saved !

Tools | Options

Allows you to change the background and foreground colors of the placeholders.

Placeholders

There are cases where you’ve got snippets that you use frequently but require a little bit modification from case to case (maybe changing some title or putting some text). In such cases you can selected the changing area of your text and click on the Mark Placeholder button. The selected area will have it’s own color so it can be altered later. Once you click on the "Send to Live Writer" tab you will have all the placeholders listed there. For each one you can specify the desired text and it will be automatically appended to the source text.

* Place holders can be marked using context menu that appears when right-clicking on the selected text

Example of placeholders usage:

Imagine you’ve got the following HTML code that you put in your posts very frequently.

<a href=’url to file’>Click to download the here comes the app name</a>

We’ve decided that the entire selected area above should be replaced with some custom code when added to any post. To simplify the task, when you click on the "Send to Live Writer" tab it will have field there with title "here comes the app name" and user can specify the text that can be inserted instead of the entire selected area.

Add to post

Saves currently loaded data into file and appends the result to the current post.

Preview output

Click on this link to see the text that will go back to Live Writer.

Compact before adding

This feature enables you to compact the output before sending it to Live Writer – to your post. It removes all the lines, unnecessary spaces between tags and thus reducing the size of the text dramatically. This is very important since your post will be of smaller size and thus decreasing the download time to the client. This way you can format the HTML of the snippet any way you wish so it can be readable for you (by formatting and indenting tags).

current release: 1.0

size: 473Kb

I use Windows Live Writer to write articles for my blog. It’s a very popular tool among other bloggers. Very often I find myself adding the same piece of content to different posts. In the beginning I was just going back to the original post, copying the text that I need and paste it to the new post. I did not like the idea of doing it all the time (waste of time and too much effort). So I’ve decided to create a plug-in that will do this for me – organize my snippets in one place and allow me to add it into any post very quickly.

Main features

• Manage snippets in categories
• Advanced snippet design – allows marking placeholders where custom text can be inserted to
• Familiar and intuitive user interface
• Saving snippets in external file (ideal for backup/restore scenarios) 
• Loading snippets from file
• Quick and straightforward installation process

Since I’m using this plug-in by myself I will keep improving in on a regular basis.

I believe that this is a must have plug-in for any serious blogger.

Screenshots

Download/Installation

• Automatic (recommended)

  Click on the link below to download the setup utility for the product.

  

  current release: 1.0

  size: 473KB

  

  

  
  

• Manual

  You can download the plug-in DLL from below and copy it to the Live Writer plug-ins folder usually found at C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer\Plugins

  Download the DLL file (48KB): WLWSnippetsManager(1.0).zip

Restart the Live Write application and you will see it in the Insert menu list.

Please refer to the Users Guide for a more detailed information about the product usage.

Leave any comments or suggestions here.

Please consider donating because it will encourage further development of new and exciting features.

current release: 1.2 new 

As I’ve mentioned before, my favorite application for writing posts for my blogs is Windows Live Writer. Sometimes I use it on more than one PC. In such cases what I want is to have all my plug-ins and other settings to be synchronized on all computers. Doing it manually requires time and effort. Since I haven’t found anything like this on internet, I’ve decided to create a plug-in that will do it for me.

The wizard allows you to export chosen settings from Writer to external file and/or even on FTP folder (and soon SkyDrive). So when you import settings on another PC you can access this data remotely. In addition this is also a good way of backing up your configuration so you can restore to your existing working environment right after installing the Live Writer and the Import/Export plug-in.

Main features

• Export/Import configuration settings
  • Auto links glossary
  • Preferences
  • Blogs – blog accounts configured for current user
  • Plug-ins – all plug-ins installed on current PC
• Saving settings in
  • local folder
  • network folder
  • folder on FTP
  • folder on SkyDrive (soon)
  • anywhere in the cloud (soon)
• Very quick and straightforward installation

Screenshots

Download/Installation

• Automatic (recommended)

  Click on the link below to download the setup utility for the product.

  

  current release: 1.2

  size: 538KB

  

  

• Manual

  You can download the plug-in DLL from below and copy it to the Live Writer plug-ins folder usually found at C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer\Plugins

  Download the DLL file (105KB): WLWImportExport(1.2).zip

• Standalone executable

  You can download the plug-in standalone executable that does not require any installation and does not integrate into the Live Writer.

  Download the DLL file (298KB): WLWImportExport(1.2).exe

  Restart the Live Write application and you will see it in the Insert menu list.

  Leave any comments or suggestions here.

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current release: 1.5 new

Read here about new features added to the latest version.

In my opinion µTorrent is the best torrent client available today. It’s very lightweight and does not consume a lot of resources. I can easily have it running and keep working easily on other things. And of course I download only from Legal Torrents.

µTorrent comes with a built-in Web UI which allows you to control your client from anywhere using the web browser. The web interface is very powerful and exposes all the necessary features you need to operate the client remotely.

Unfortunately this Web UI is not displayed correctly on iPhone. I needed a web app for iPhone that will have the familiar look & feel and provide the same features as the original one.

There are several solutions out there that you can use but I wanted app designed specifically for iPhone. Not just render correctly on it but give the feeling that of native iPhone web app. This is when I’ve decided to write it on my own from scratch. The journey was not very easy but it was definitely exciting one.

Main features

• Installer – very quick and straightforward installation utility.
• Dashboard that aggregates torrents by status and by labels (All, Active, Downloading, Inactive)
• Displays a list of torrents by status
• Displays a list of torrents by label
• Displays torrent details with all the important and relevant information
• Automatically refresh and display download status
• Start/Stop/Pause/Force Start individual torrents
• Remove/Remove Data option for individual torrents
• Multi-language support
• Displays Files list for each torrent
• Specify Download Priority for each torrent file
• Release notes – version 1.5
• Release notes – version 1.4
• Release notes – version 1.3
• Release notes – version 1.2
• Release notes – version 1.1

Screenshots

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In order to make this work you need to enable and configure the Web UI in µTorrent. Click here for more information.

How to use

On your iPhone/iPod Touch, navigate to the Safari browser and type in the URL to the new web app. The structure of the URL is in the following  format:

http://{IP address}:{port}/gui/iphone.html

For example: http://10.0.0.9:12300/gui/iphone.html

where {IP address} is the IP address or host name of the computer running the uTorrent client and {port} is the port number to which the client is listening to.

After opening it for the first time it is recommended to add the page to the Home Screen in iPhone.

Automatic installation (for Windows users only)

iPhoneWebUI(1.5).exe (~282Kb)

Download and run the above executable file.

Manual installation  (for all OS users) click to display

iPhoneWebUI(1.5).zip (~38Kb)

1) Download the above ZIP file and extract its contents to the temporary folder.

2) Navigate to the uTorrent application folder.
      It can be found at %AppData%\uTorrent
      or at C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent

3) Locate there a file named webui.zip

4) Open the above file in any ZIP utility (like 7-Zip, WinZip, WinRAR) and drag there the contents of the downloaded file.

5) The final contents of the webui.zip file will be as below:

6) On your iPhone, navigate to the Safari browser and type in the URL to the new web app.
The structure of the URL is in the following  format:

http://{IP address}:{port}/gui/iphone.html

For example: http://10.0.0.9:12300/gui/iphone.html

where {IP address} is the IP address or host name of the computer running the uTorrent client and {port} is the port number to which the client is listening to. Look at the screenshot below for example of configuration.

You need to do this only once. After opening it for the first time it is recommended to add the page to the Home Screen in iPhone.

Feel free to contact me for any questions/comments.

If you like and enjoy this app, you can express your appreciation by buying me a cup of coffee.