Tagging in getting_started

[azurelunatic]

Hi! I am one of the other friendly administrators.

To keep things in here reasonably organized, there are a number of tags at the community's disposal. A list of all active tags can be found here: http://getting-started.dreamwidth.org/tag/

Tags come in three basic flavors: tags that start with !, tags that start with ~, and tags that don't start with any special character.

• Tags that start with ! are reserved for administrative-type tags, such as !administrative. These conveniently sort to the top of the list.


• Tags that start with ~ are currently either ~questions or ~answers. Later, this may be expanded to other member-type tags as needed. These conveniently sort to the bottom of the list.


• Tags that don't start with any special character are the category of thing (area of site, common task) that the post is related to. Many of these tags correspond to a category of the Frequently Asked Questions. It is possible for a post to touch on more than one category.

Currently, creating new tags, removing tags from entries, and adding existing tags to entries is limited to community administrators. If you think of a useful tag that hasn't been created yet, or a post that should be tagged differently than it currently is, please let an administrator know!


A tip of the mod hat to rahmbamarama for "this is a tag about tagging". :D

x-posting in DW and LJ

[kazbaby]

I finally found the instructions on how to properly set up Semagic for cross posting to multiple journal accounts. I knew I was missing something the other day when I posted on how to set up Semagic to post to DW. Semagic works for Windows; as well as with Mac and Linux (you have to install them using WINE), download information is here.

( Instructions )

When you go to post, click "Journal" > "Post to Multiple Journals". A little box will appear with a list of your journal accounts you've just set up, simply select the ones you want to post to and click "OK". I just did a test a few minutes ago and it works this time!

Courtesy of morgandawn:

also, if for some reason your tags are not carrying over to DW....

I found a Semagic workaround. very simple
http://semagic.livejournal.com/14582.html

"...tags are enabled for Insanejournal.com and any other site after opening an entry with tags in the history window."

Importing your Dreamwidth into Facebook

[foxfirefey]

This isn't something I'm doing for myself yet, but I think others might appreciate the tip, as Facebook is wonderful for keeping in touch with friends but not as good at blogging as LJ or DW. However, Facebook has the option to import an external blog feed and automatically post it as a Note.

You are probably going to want to set up the privacy settings first. They can be found here; click the "Edit Settings" link. This will let you specify who on Facebook you'll want to be able to see your posts--it even lets you set up custom groups for this. This could be useful if you don't want your family to see your DW posts, for instance, but would like to show them to some others.

Then, you can go to the external blog import setup and give it one URL. There, you can add the RSS feed to your journal. Only public entries will be fed to your Facebook! Also note that Dreamwidth's default RSS feed setting uses any cuts you make in your entry.

Easy feed discovery and adding!

[azurelunatic]

echan has a guide on making it easy to add syndicated feeds to your reading list in Firefox.

Friends of Friends?

[htbthomas]

Is the friends of friends feature active on DreamWidth? A quick search makes me think it is (or will be). How does one access it?

Useful introductory posts

[cesy]

What to do when you've just got a beta account, by cesy: http://cesy.dreamwidth.org/176440.html
What to do if you haven't got a beta account yet, by cesy: http://cesy.dreamwidth.org/176883.html
More useful stuff by naraht: http://naraht.dreamwidth.org/268002.html
OpenID by zvi: http://zvi.dreamwidth.org/504031.html#cutid1
Another guide by zvi: http://zvi.dreamwidth.org/503716.html#cutid1

Welcome!

[wychwood]

Welcome to Dreamwidth and getting_started! Here's a few handy links to start with:

A FAQ on Dreamwidth-specific mark-up

The journal importer

The account-type page - you can change your account type on this page, while the site is in closed beta, so you can upload all your icons, etc