It seems evident now that problems over the last few days of Groove bloggertool by Tim Knip have been caused by Blogger failing to find or use the template I created for my test blog there.
The fix was to reopen the template on Blogger, then save it anew (no changes).
I read this suggestion in a Yahoo Group posting.

posted by Joe O'Laughlin at 22:29

posted by Joe at 9:32 PM

blogging now from Groove

posted by Joe O'Laughlin at 20:10

posted by Joe at 7:12 PM

saved the template anew
posted by Joe at 7:09 PM

testing Blogger's acess to their own templates.

posted by Joe O'Laughlin at 11:49

posted by Joe at 10:51 AM

further on-going trials

posted by Joe O'Laughlin at 11:44

posted by Joe at 10:48 AM

Friday early trial

posted by Joe O'Laughlin at 7:36

posted by Joe at 6:39 AM

This post I will leave on the Groove bloggertool all night, to see if Blogger can absorb it despite not finding the right template right away.

posted by Joe O'Laughlin at 21:56

posted by Joe at 8:58 PM

bloggertool does not give a confirmation of a sent blog update being received by Blogger. Used to be one could wait 2 or 3 minutes, then check the oljoeblog.blogspot.com homepage to find the posted blog update - then move on.
Now Blogger's failure to find the template right away introduces a 15-30 minute lag in publishing the updated blog. This is too long to fit into a workflow pattern for the user, forgetful that the check should be made.

posted by Joe O'Laughlin at 10:09

posted by Joe at 9:11 AM

Error 503 Unable to load template file. We're working on this. Please try back later.
posted by Joe at 8:21 AM

Retesting for Blogger template error.
posted by Joe at 8:20 AM

Blogger error preventing bloggertool publishing?

posted by Joe O'Laughlin at 20:59

posted by Joe at 7:58 PM

Blogging from 1st one computer of several multiple stations with the same Groove account.
then hopefully, another.

posted by Joe O'Laughlin at 20:57

posted by Joe at 7:55 PM

Did the update fail ?

posted by Joe O'Laughlin at 20:34

posted by Joe at 7:36 PM

Today Tim Knip implemented blogging from a threaded discussion tool in Groove, publishing as a collaborative weblog from many eager sources.
Should I want to get in to the game, Radio is $40 for the year. Groovey Interop Radio Tool seems to be free from Suite75.

Note: THIS free blogger tool publishes through blogger.com to blogspot.com if I'm in Groove. Other access could be through a cybercafe, editing via Blogger over the internet - no need to lug the laptop with Radio, etc. on it.

Meanwhile, the TrellixWeb site is reconfigurable at whim, and freshness can be advertised to Radio lists when I want to go through the effort.

posted by Joe O'Laughlin at 20:28

posted by Joe at 7:31 PM