This guide is for all the bloggers who use Windows Live Writer and in a self-hosted WordPress Blog.

While i was trying to post a new article and decided to publish it. I clicked on the drop-down arrow at the right of “Save draft ” button and chose “Post draft and edit online”. After i clicked it. A progress bar appears that indicates that my contents are being uploaded in the my web server. Surprisingly, I got an error message which says. “The server reported an error with the following URL: http://… then below it, 500 Internal Server Error.” Here’s a screenshot of what exactly i got

If you are experiencing this kind of error. Here is how I fix it:

1. In the Menu, click Blogs, and then click Edit blog settings…

2. After you click Edit blog settings, a new window will appear like the one below.

3. At the left pane of the window, click Pictures. (see image below)

4. Click Configure. after clicking configure, you should see a window similar to this,

5. Enter the following information:

• FTP hostname: Type the name of your FTP server.
• Username and Password: Type the user name and password for your FTP account.
• Publish pictures into this folder: Type the full path to the folder on the FTP server. To find the path, click the Browse button .
• URL of picture publishing folder: Type the web address of the folder where people can view your pictures. The address should start with http://, not ftp://.
• Click OK, and then click OK again.

That concludes a guide for fixing 500 Internal Server Error in Windows Live writer. I hope you’ll find this post useful. And if it does, please spread the word, leave a comment or trackback or use my social bookmarking below. And please also subscribe to my feeds.