Question thread #57

[pauamma]

It's time for another question thread!

The rules:

- You may ask any dev-related question you have in a comment. (It doesn't even need to be about Dreamwidth, although if it involves a language/library/framework/database Dreamwidth doesn't use, you will probably get answers pointing that out and suggesting a better place to ask.)
- You may also answer any question, using the guidelines given in To Answer, Or Not To Answer and in this comment thread.

Comments

[fiddlingfrog]

A few weeks ago, when https was enabled by default across the site, the Wordpress plugin I use to crosspost from Wordpress to Dreamwidth, JournalPress, stopped working. A friend reported that the LiveJournal Crossposter also stopped working.

When I attempt to crosspost I get this error message:
fiddlingfrog @ www.dreamwidth.org: transport error - HTTP status code was not 200
from the JournalPress plugin. The other plugin does not give me an error message.

Does anyone know where I should start looking in order to update either plugin to work with the current https configuration of the site?

[pauamma]

I'm not familiar with WordPress plugins - or WordPress - but these look both unmaintained from a quick look. Have you tried searching WordPress plugins for "dreamwidth"?

[fiddlingfrog]

Yes, and 1) NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster also fails to work. 2) Gallery plans on integrating with Dreamwidth, somehow, in the future. 3) Avalicious only displays Dreamwidth icons next to comments. 4) JournalPress is the plugin I linked to.

JournalPress and CrossPoster are both unmaintained, but up until a month ago they both still worked. I just need to figure out how to patch one or both so that they work again.

[pauamma]

Meanwhile, I heard from someone on my rpage that the plugin they use to crosspost from WP to DW is working again. I asked them what plugin that was, but in the meantime, you may want to check for updates on appropriate plugins above.

ETA: they use Social Network Auto Poster.