Crossposting problems

[erda]

I haven't seen anyone else saying they can't get crossposting to work. I can't figure out if I'm doing something wrong, as it seems to be a very simple procedure.

I have a different user name on livejournal, but I entered that name when I set up the account.

I've tried two different posts, one access only and one open to all, and both times got a crossposting failed notice. Checked livejournal to make sure, and the entries are not showing up there.

Anyone have any idea what I can do about this?

Comments

[q_sama]

I'm also curious about this... I have the same userID both here and at livejournal, and my crossposting isn't working either.

[matgb]

Odds are very good it's the same problem as below, your password may be wrong.

Edit: Also, your username is the same on both sites, your userID on LJ is #697090 while on DW it's #54686, not that it's in any way relevent, my brain just had to go and check as the odds were fantastically small.

[q_sama]

See, now I'm *really* confused, seeing as how it worked for Erda's but not for mine. I've checked my password (it's actually the same as DW) - and I tried InsaneJournal as well and neither are cross-posting.

I'm also not getting a notifcation of corssposting failure.

[q_sama]

Never mind - got it all fixed!

Thanks for the help!

[zarhooie]

Double check the password that's been entered on the crossposting page. Mine was automagically entered wrong by Firefox and that's why my crossposting failed the first few times.

[erda]

Bingo! It was the wrong password, and now it's working fine. Thank you!

[wychwood]

Have you checked the crossposting tag on the comm here? Might be some useful tips.

When you put your name and password in, did you put your LJ username (eg "erda") or the full name (eg "erda.livejournal.com")? You only need the actual username.

[erda]

Thanks, but this wasn't the problem. Firefox had automatically entered my password,and since you can't see it, I didn't realize it was wrong. I went back and counted the letters in the password to check and it wasn't right. Now that I've hand entered the correct password it is working fine. Thanks for the suggestion, which may help someone else.

[canuck_kat]

If there's an underscore in your username on LJ, you need to set up the username here with a hyphen instead.

For example, my username here and there is canuck_kat, however, I had to set my username as canuck-kat in the cross-posting setting.

HTH!

[erda]

Thanks for the info! Problem is fixed.

[maerchen_mond]

Can anybody tell my what to do if none of the advises above showed any difference?

I'm still trying to crosspost to my IJ account, but it doesn't work.
It cannot be due to typing my password wrong (I checked it several times) or replacing the underscore in my username by a hyphen (tried both)...
So, what can I do?