Posting to DW from Flickr, and a Cross-posting Question

[sqrfruit]

I just figured out how to post to DW from Flickr, and thought I'd share! Original helpful post here.

Log in to Flickr. Go to Your Account > Extending Flickr > Your Blogs (Edit) > Add A(nother) Blog

For LJ, there was a handy option in the drop-down for type of blog. For DW, select Blogger/API Enabled.

The API endpoint is www.dreamwidth.org/interface/blogger. You will also need to enter your DW username and password. Standard password sharing caution applies!

You will be given a drop-down menu with a list of blogs you have access to (including your own). Select your blog. Give your new post-to blog a name. Done!

You can also use this method to post to communities here and on LJ, and (in theory) other LJ based sites.

And now my question: Posting to DW this way (and via Semagic) does not trigger DW's cross-posting, even though I have cross-posting set to automatic. Posting from the DW site cross-posts successfully. Bug? Feature? Am I doing it wrong?

Comments

[dendrophilous]

Just to add a data point, posting to DW from a wordpress blog via the LJ crossposter also doesn't crosspost to LiveJournal. Not sure if it's possible, but it'd be nifty.

[melanie]

Doesn't work for LoutTwitter either. All I do is go in like I'm going to edit and save and then it'll cross post.

But looks like if you're cross posting TO DW then DW doesn't crosspost itself.

Cross-posting Question

[piranha]

see my reply here:

http://getting-started.dreamwidth.org/17969.html?thread=110129#t110129

fortunately you can set up loudtwitter to do its own crossposting.

Cross-posting Question

[piranha]

see my reply here:

http://getting-started.dreamwidth.org/17969.html?thread=110129#t110129

i am not very familiar with wordpress; can it crosspost to more than one blog at a time? i think ideally the site where you post your original article should handle any crossposting (otherwise it would be quite easy to set up infinite loops; not a good thing).

Re: Cross-posting Question

[dendrophilous]

Yes, your other comment makes sense and is what I suspected.

Re: Wordpress: The crossposting plugin I'm using can only do one at a time, but since it's open source someone can change that. Maybe even me if I can find the time.

Re: Cross-posting Question

[piranha]

oh, excellent idea! be sure to add it to the wiki if you decide to do it:

http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Compatible_clients

Re: Cross-posting Question

[dendrophilous]

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/journalpress/

has multiple crossposting already. I'll see if I can edit the wiki.

Re: Cross-posting Question

[dendrophilous]

...I guess I should have looked there first, as it's already listed. :)

Cross-posting Question

[piranha]

thank you for sharing the great flickr tip!

you're not doing anything wrong, that's just how it is. it's neither a bug nor really a feature -- but making the crossposter available to clients would be a lot of work for very little reward, since most clients can crosspost already themselves (ie. you can easily set up flickr to crosspost to your LJ and IJ and blogger accounts).

so at this point and for the foreseeable future, the crossposter will be a web-client only.

Re: Cross-posting Question

[sqrfruit]

I've heard that Semagic can cross-post on it's own, but I rather liked the way DW did it, with the redirect for comments. Otherwise, I'll have to edit the post to manually disable comments and add the link to my DW post every time. Cross-posting from clients would be quite nifty, but I understand if the effort outweighs the reward. Thanks for the explanation.

[ex_beautyofgr925]

Thanks for the tip. :)

[logovo]

Thank you, this was very helpful!

[mutantenemy]

I'm confused (which doesn't take much).

Your instructions for DW / Blogger crossposting -- does that need to done on Dreamwidth's end or Blogger's end?

My goal is to get my DW to crosspost to Blogger (if it's possible).

Thanks!

[sqrfruit]

These instructions are for posting from Flickr to DW. I haven't come across any info about posting from DW to Blogger, sorry!

[mutantenemy]

My apologies, I misunderstood. I saw Blogger in the post and assumed it was referencing crossposting. :)

[ex_dementia170]

Is there any way, that you know of, when auto-posting from Flickr (I have mine set that when I send a photo from my cell, it automatically posts to my DW) for it to choose a particular icon or add tags when it crossposts?

[sqrfruit]

Not that I'm aware of, but you might suggest it in dw_suggestions.

[hillarygayle]

YOU. You win the internet and a dozen cookies, my friend; THANK YOU!

[sqrfruit]

Yay, cookies! You're welcome!

[baggyeyes]

They changed things. Bah! All it says is Blogger, and wants me to log into my Blogger account. :(