Getting xml-rpc and w.bloggar to work

I'm a bit puzzled as to how to get the xmlrpc interface to work.
I'm using w.bloggar to test it.

Summary: 1) authentication doesn't seem to work
2) even if I disable authentication, w.bloggar is unhappy.

Prelude:

The relevant bits of my config.py:

xmlrpc['usernames'] = {'david': '...'}
py['xmlrpc_plugin_dirs'] = ['d:/apps/pyblosxom_xmlrpcplugins']
py['load_xmlrpc_plugins'] = ['blogger']

I've moved blogger.py to the directory indicated.

I've made /api point to xmlrpc.cgi in the same directory as
pyblosxom.cgi.

Question: what "blog tool" should I be configuring w.bloggar to use?

1) Authentication:

I get authentication failures in Pyblosxom/xmlrpc.py (the
username and passwords being sent in are always '', even though
I think I've configured w.bloggar correctly).

2) If I disable the authentication (by making xmlrpc.py:authenticate()
a noop), then I get w.bloggar complaining that tags aren't being closed, 
even though it "looks" as though the list of topics is being sent back 
properly and is valid XML:

Content-type: text/xml
Content-length: 3051

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<methodResponse>
<params>
<param>
<value><array><data>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>url</name>
<value><string>/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogid</name>
<value><string>/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogName</name>
<value><string>/</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>url</name>
<value><string>\comments/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogid</name>
<value><string>\comments/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogName</name>
<value><string>\comments/</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>url</name>
<value><string>\comments\test/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogid</name>
<value><string>\comments\test/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogName</name>
<value><string>\comments\test/</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>url</name>
<value><string>\people/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogid</name>
<value><string>\people/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogName</name>
<value><string>\people/</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>url</name>
<value><string>\places/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogid</name>
<value><string>\places/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogName</name>
<value><string>\places/</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>url</name>
<value><string>\places\canada/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogid</name>
<value><string>\places\canada/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogName</name>
<value><string>\places\canada/</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>url</name>
<value><string>\places\canada\vancouver/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogid</name>
<value><string>\places\canada\vancouver/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogName</name>
<value><string>\places\canada\vancouver/</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>url</name>
<value><string>\places\canada\vancouver\food/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogid</name>
<value><string>\places\canada\vancouver\food/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogName</name>
<value><string>\places\canada\vancouver\food/</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>url</name>
<value><string>\software/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogid</name>
<value><string>\software/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogName</name>
<value><string>\software/</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
<value><struct>
<member>
<name>url</name>
<value><string>\software\blogging/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogid</name>
<value><string>\software\blogging/</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>blogName</name>
<value><string>\software\blogging/</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
</data></array></value>
</param>
</params>
</methodResponse>



Thanks for any advice.

--david



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