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Dewey ([personal profile] dewey) wrote in [community profile] getting_started2010-03-16 09:55 pm
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Crossposting footer notes?

I've been seeing on my LJ friends list a footer note when they've crossposted from Dreamwidth and I'd love to be able to do that as well. But I can't find out how!

The kind of notes I see are:

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(Cross-posted to Dreamwidth and LJ, but comments are welcome at either.)

Where in the original posts the underlined bits are actual links to specific entries. And they are in smaller font.

Is this something I can do at the same time as the original post in DW or do I have to edit the LJ entry later with the links? And is there a standard code or do I have to figure out the links each time and code them in individually?
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[personal profile] afuna 2010-03-16 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
mm, there should be a link to "Manage accounts" on the http://www.dreamwidth.org/update page. Is it not showing up? (or is it just that it isn't obvious from the link?)
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[personal profile] sorchasilver 2010-03-16 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I just found that link, but it's definitely not intuitive what that means or what settings it will access. I wouldn't have assumed that I could set my footer text by clicking on that.
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[personal profile] afuna 2010-03-16 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
*thinks* Would something along the lines of "Manage crosspost" or "Crosspost settings" be any better?

I think I may just go suggest a change to the docs team, as I've seen plenty of people miss the link to the crosspost settings.
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[personal profile] sorchasilver 2010-03-16 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
I think either of those would be better, yes.
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[personal profile] afuna 2010-03-16 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Because the team here is awesome:

Link now says "Crossposting Settings"
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[personal profile] sorchasilver 2010-03-16 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome!
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[personal profile] afuna 2010-03-16 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope so! (And thanks for bringing it up and giving us the kick in the ass needed to make things clearer *G*)
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[personal profile] triadruid 2010-03-16 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Crosspost settings seems straightforward to me.
afuna: Cat under a blanket. Text: "Cats are just little people with Fur and Fangs" (Default)

[personal profile] afuna 2010-03-16 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Went with something similar -- it says "Crossposting settings" now.
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[personal profile] triadruid 2010-03-16 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Saw that later; looks good!
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[personal profile] pne 2010-03-16 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I think "Crosspost settings" would be much clearer. Even "Manage crossposts" would be better than "Manage (external) accounts" IMO.
afuna: Cat under a blanket. Text: "Cats are just little people with Fur and Fangs" (Default)

[personal profile] afuna 2010-03-16 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
(It says "Crossposting settings" now *g*)
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[personal profile] pne 2010-03-16 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
That works! Yay!