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

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.