Post installation

I am trying to get Windows Live Writer to connect seamlessly to my site. I run a semi-private family site. So anonymous users and "authenticated users" (the drupal default) don't have access to most of the site.

When I try to connect with windows live writer, it can't detect the site settings. And when I look in my log I see that it is getting a blogapi/rsd denied (Anonymous).

Obviously, this is a permissions issue. Does anyone know how to give anonymous access to blogapi/rsd? And if so, is that something to be concerned about security wise.

Thanks,

When will I be able to search my site? Everytime I check on it, it says "0% of the site has been indexed. There are 4 items left to index.".

-Jordan

I have been poking around for several hours in the forum and handbook and have not figured out how to control / remove the "read more" link that appears after the first 100 or so words in the body of a post to the front page.

I would like to publish all content in its entirety to the front page rather than having it broken up.

I assume this is someplace fairly easy to modify but I cannot find it - can someone point me in the right direction? I'm running 4.7.3 with the multiflex theme (not sure if the theme makes a difference). I am php-savvy but new to drupal.

Is it possible to have a "featured blog" sort of thing on the homepage? Secondly, how can I make it so user's blog postings are not promoted to the homepage? Lastly, can I have a blog page that displays the most recent posts from blogs?

Thanks,
Jordan

I have not been able to find any other info on this in the forums. I have a site that has been up for a while and we just noticed that the links at the bottom of the page that link to the other pages are not working. When I click "Next" it just brings up the same page, if I just try to click "9" (or any other number) it does not work either.

After registration, an email with password is suppose to send to the user, but it fails. The following error occured:

Message mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in D:\domains\askforpeace.com.my\wwwroot\modules\user.module on line 430.
Severity error

Would appreciate if someone could help me with this.......a thousand thanks~~~~!!

How to modify the user.module on line 430?