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getting_started2009-04-26 02:24 pm
azurelunatic) wrote in getting_started2009-04-26 02:24 pm
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Cross-posting and clients, a quick answer
I have seen a lot of questions not just here, but all over, about the cross-posting feature. Since a lot of questions generally means that the answer isn't clear enough or prominent enough, here goes!
The cross-post settings that one sets on the Other Sites page only applies to updates made through the update page, not through any other client (Semagic, LoudTwitter, post by e-mail, through Google Documents, or anything else that is not the update page).
When posting from another client besides the update page, you will have to do one of the following:
As more clients are written to include Dreamwidth, cross-posting between sites is likely to become an option in these clients. However, if your client does not tell you that it is cross-posting, or if you did not set up cross-posting in your client, at this time your client is most likely not doing that.
The cross-post settings that one sets on the Other Sites page only applies to updates made through the update page, not through any other client (Semagic, LoudTwitter, post by e-mail, through Google Documents, or anything else that is not the update page).
When posting from another client besides the update page, you will have to do one of the following:
- Use a cross-posting feature from that client.
- Cross-post manually.
- Post, then edit the post from the Dreamwidth website (rather than through a client) and save the entry with cross-posting turned on. (This will cross-post it if it was not automatically cross-posted before.)
- Do without cross-posting.
As more clients are written to include Dreamwidth, cross-posting between sites is likely to become an option in these clients. However, if your client does not tell you that it is cross-posting, or if you did not set up cross-posting in your client, at this time your client is most likely not doing that.
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This will create two identical posts in both places (you may have to edit usernames), and Dreamwidth's crossposter feature won't realize that you've cross-posted. This means that if you have to edit it on Dreamwidth after crossposting with a client, Dreamwidth's crossposter may create a duplicate copy.