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Last year I found an IFTT recipe that allows me to cross-post from Tumblr to Dreamwidth by tag (yeah!!).
Big problem - the method (which sends a properly formatted email to Gmail with then uses DW's post by email feature, strips out all the links and formatting. Is there any way we can post by mail to DW using Richtext?
Example: This is how the text was formatted when it was sent via Gmail to DW
For me, the next space is Dreamwidth – it is already fan friendly and has half of the features that I want. And for the other half – well, if I want something, pay for it, right? So, here is my plan of action:
1) buy a DW paid account, even though I don’t have any use for its current paid features. Because its developers need money if I want them to improve the site. (And heck, I pay much more for Netflix.)
2) make some suggestions to DW for features that would make the site better. (Top on my list: option to buy image hosting, ease of posting to different accounts, ability to reblog)
3) start consolidating my creative content on DW, and crossposting there. (Maybe other people might slowly move there, as well, especially if the site is given the financial strength to improve.)
4) pay for fanart, fanfics, original writing, original art, etc. Because the work we create is also worth something
This is how it appeared:
For me, the next space is Dreamwidth – it is already fan friendly and has half of the features that I want. And for the other half – well, if I want something, pay for it, right? So, here is my plan of action:
1) buy a DW paid account, even though I don’t have any use for its current paid features. Because its developers need money if I want them to improve the site. (And heck, I pay much more for Netflix.)
2) make some suggestions to DW for features that would make the site better. (Top on my list: option to buy image hosting, ease of posting to different accounts, ability to reblog)
3) start consolidating my creative content on DW, and crossposting there. (Maybe other people might slowly move there, as well, especially if the site is given the financial strength to improve.)
4) pay for fanart, fanfics, original writing, original art, etc. Because the work we create is also worth something
edited: there seems to be little rhyme or reason to how the post by email "converts" (or does not convert).
I did find my older support request:
https://www.dreamwidth.org/support/see_
If you want to post by email, you have to manually hand code every email with html code or markdown. This severely limits the ability to use DW except via their web interface. The mobile email post method cannot be used to pass through emails with formatting intact so it limits my ability to allow DW to interact with the rest of the online services.
Big problem - the method (which sends a properly formatted email to Gmail with then uses DW's post by email feature, strips out all the links and formatting. Is there any way we can post by mail to DW using Richtext?
Example: This is how the text was formatted when it was sent via Gmail to DW
For me, the next space is Dreamwidth – it is already fan friendly and has half of the features that I want. And for the other half – well, if I want something, pay for it, right? So, here is my plan of action:
1) buy a DW paid account, even though I don’t have any use for its current paid features. Because its developers need money if I want them to improve the site. (And heck, I pay much more for Netflix.)
2) make some suggestions to DW for features that would make the site better. (Top on my list: option to buy image hosting, ease of posting to different accounts, ability to reblog)
3) start consolidating my creative content on DW, and crossposting there. (Maybe other people might slowly move there, as well, especially if the site is given the financial strength to improve.)
4) pay for fanart, fanfics, original writing, original art, etc. Because the work we create is also worth something
This is how it appeared:
For me, the next space is Dreamwidth – it is already fan friendly and has half of the features that I want. And for the other half – well, if I want something, pay for it, right? So, here is my plan of action:
1) buy a DW paid account, even though I don’t have any use for its current paid features. Because its developers need money if I want them to improve the site. (And heck, I pay much more for Netflix.)
2) make some suggestions to DW for features that would make the site better. (Top on my list: option to buy image hosting, ease of posting to different accounts, ability to reblog)
3) start consolidating my creative content on DW, and crossposting there. (Maybe other people might slowly move there, as well, especially if the site is given the financial strength to improve.)
4) pay for fanart, fanfics, original writing, original art, etc. Because the work we create is also worth something
edited: there seems to be little rhyme or reason to how the post by email "converts" (or does not convert).
I did find my older support request:
https://www.dreamwidth.org/support/see_
If you want to post by email, you have to manually hand code every email with html code or markdown. This severely limits the ability to use DW except via their web interface. The mobile email post method cannot be used to pass through emails with formatting intact so it limits my ability to allow DW to interact with the rest of the online services.
