importer and xpost

[skakri]

Hello, I'd like to know if there is any documentation regarding content importing from LJ-based site (AFAIK, old version, circa "07) and cross-post setup steps? How should I define a new external site?

I'm currently using jbackup.pl + LJ::Simple mash-up, but that won't work in the long run, as even if entry backdate is set, users still receive messages of a new posts, if they're subscribed.

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[denise]

*g* I can't count the number of times that's bitten me. I've finally learned that if something doesn't seem to be working right, I should bounce Apache, but it took me forever to get that ingrained!

To configure a site for import, I'm not positive, but I think it should be enough to add it into cgi-bin/LJ/Widget/ImportChooseSource.pm if it's LJ-based. If that isn't enough, let me know and I'll dig into things more deeply.

(Also, to add in new sites for the <user name=foo site=example.com> tag, they go into cgi-bin/DW/External/Site -- use the ones that are already there as an example of what they should look like.)

[skakri]

Importer gives me same old
"Your import has failed to import.
XMLRPC failure: Client error: Unknown method"; I've tried to add that site to ImportChooseSource.pm previously. As I have almost no Perl background, I don't think that I'll be able to find how to detect source of this XMLRPC issue.

If I understand corrctly, "name" is used just for import souce form?

My added information:

        {
            name => 'klab',
            url => 'klab.lv',
            display_name => 'SviestaCiba',
        },

[denise]

Hm. Assuming that you stopped and restarted Apache and the workers, I'm stumped. I'll poke the dev who wrote the importer and see if she has any suggestions!

[exor674]

Which stage is failing?

[skakri]

User credential verification.