| What I'm doing about the multiple journal issue |
[Aug. 5th, 2007|08:14 pm] |
As I said in a comment to an earlier post, I understand that running LJ is like herding cats, but it's not helping that those doing the herding are jackasses. I am tired of this issue eating all my LJ time. I think I've figured out a way to minimize the hassle for the time being.
This is my reasoning: I don't want to lose friends who are leaving LJ. I'm unlikely to be banned, but I want to be sure I have a haven if someone decides to report me for OT3ing in an obscene manner and some LJ employee decides there isn't sufficient artistic value in my fic to balance the boinking. So this is the plan, based on information I've culled from posts made by people smarter than I:
1) I'm going to use ![[info]](http://img.greatestjournal.com/userinfo.gif) semagic for posting more consistently, instead of just when I have a long post or want to pull up an old saved post and edit it, for instance when I'm posting new chapters of a WIP. If you haven't downloaded it, it's easy to use, new LJ features are incorporated regularly, and it's easier than the improved LJ update page. Unfortunately, I don't believe there's a version for Macs.
2) I'm using Semagic to post to my four journals simultaneously.
1. Log out of Semagic
2. At the login screen, in the username field type "username lj." Now put your LJ password into the password field. Don't hit enter or click Login yet!
3. Tick both the boxes for Remember Password and Auto-Login.
4. Click the File menu and then Server settings.
5. Make sure www.livejournal.com is selected as the server.
6. [Delete the "lj" (or whatever) from the username field.] Click OK.
7. Click Login.
Now repeat steps 1 - 7 with your other journals, replacing "username lj" with "username clone-abbreviation" and the Server settings with the clone address. [In every case, delete the journaling abbreviation from the username fieldon the Server screen, or it won't work.]
You'll find that at your Login screen, you'll now have multiple login options.
Write your entry using the latest release of Semagic, then click on "Journal" and choose the "post to multiple journals" option and it'll give you a checklist to choose from.
from rez-lo that _jems_ directed me to. Thanks again to both of them. I've reproduced the instructions under the cut. They have more detailed steps than others I've seen.
3. I've created syndication feeds for my friends lists. (See the bottom of this page. When you put the URL for your FL on IJ or GJ, it will tell you the feed doesn't exist but give you a chance to create it. You can only create a feed as a paid user, but I'm hoping the feed will continue to exist after my paid status expires. Does anyone know the answer to that? Also, does anyone know why I was unable to make a feed to my JournalFen friends list?) This way, I can read posts from IJ and GJ from my LJ friends list, which cuts down on places to check.
I'm also trying to figure out how to create a syndication feed for my own LJ in case someone wants to read it from a different journal. I also want a feed for my LJ friends list so I can still read if I stop using LJ as my primary journal. Can anyone help? *looks helpless*
I am now going back to my previously scheduled fandom and RL activities, at least until the 6A folks come back from their weekend and (maybe) deign to post something about this mess.
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