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. :)