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raincoaster on "I've a ,net url, but attachments are still using wordpress.com url"

raincoaster — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:05:05 +0000

Unfortunately, there really isn't at WordPress.com. It's annoying because your custom domain doesn't get the SEO bonus.

engillnet on "I've a ,net url, but attachments are still using wordpress.com url"

engillnet — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:18:18 +0000

Is there any way to change that? I can't have people looking at attachments with a different address.

thistimethisspace on "I've a ,net url, but attachments are still using wordpress.com url"

thistimethisspace — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:16:17 +0000

I have two blogs on domains and what you describe is normal. You are mapping from an underlying .wordpress.com blog and that's where the content is housed, so the URLs for attachments and media files are .wordpress.com URLs.

engillnet on "I've a ,net url, but attachments are still using wordpress.com url"

engillnet — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:13:10 +0000

Hello,

I've upgraded my account, and am using a custom .net url. However, the attachments (image and pdfs) that I have uploaded since then are using http://theartofparties.files.wordpress.com/...

How can I have the attachments use the .net address? (This is the whole point of getting a custom url, right?)

Thanks.

raincoaster on "Functionality of comments field"

raincoaster — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:15:53 +0000

It probably filtered it out as spam. Look in the Spam filter.

ubriaca on "Functionality of comments field"

ubriaca — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:08:57 +0000

You give me good news! -- me and my husband, that is: He's ubriaco (http://ubriaco.wordpress.com), and I'm ubriaca (http://dianescookbooks.wordpress.com), but I do the admin stuff for both our blogs.

I tried to post a friend's comment with a PDF to an item he sent, and it looked to me as if my husband's Kubrik theme wouldn't accept it. But if you say it would, I'll try to use that info next time. Thank you!

Diane

raincoaster on "Functionality of comments field"

raincoaster — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:29:54 +0000

1. Can a comment include a URL link to an external site?
Yes. Note, however, the more links you use, the more likely you are to be thrown into the Spam filter.

2. Can it include a JPG image?
No, but it can contain a link to it. Only the blog admin can post using images in comments.

3. Can it include a link to a PDF that I've put on my blog's media library?
Yes, see my answer to 1.

4. Is there a maximum number of words for the text of a comment?
None that I have seen, and I've seen comments with hundreds of words.

4. Would the above answers be different for different themes?
Nope.

ubriaco on "Functionality of comments field"

ubriaco — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:01:30 +0000

Thank you! I'd seen the embeds info, but it seems to apply only to YouTube and tweets. The info at the site given in Timethief's reply was negative, unfortunately (my theme isn't one of the ones that allows html in comments), but I figured out a workaround.

absurdoldbird on "Functionality of comments field"

absurdoldbird — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:15:09 +0000

You'll find some help on this support page:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/embeds/

and via the links given in Timethief's reply in this thread:

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/comment-formatting?replies=4

ubriaca on "Functionality of comments field"

ubriaca — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:27:56 +0000

I haven't been able to find answers on the forums to a few questions I have about comments that people want to post on a blog that I manage -- ubriaco.wordpress.com.

1. Can a comment include a URL link to an external site?

2. Can it include a JPG image?

3. Can it include a link to a PDF that I've put on my blog's media library?

4. Is there a maximum number of words for the text of a comment?

4. Would the above answers be different for different themes?

I'll be very grateful for any help with these questions.

Diane

douglerner on "Importing my blog from Posterous - can WordPress do auto-posting to FB, etc.?"

douglerner — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:37:39 +0000

Hi, Timethief. Thank you for your reply.

With regards to (1) I did discover that since my last post and tested it. It "works" but unlike Posterous it doesn't have a feature to post an image directly to a FaceBook gallery. So people must click to go to the WordPress post itself.

It also leaves some undesirable text trails, such as this ill-formatted: "Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post."

With regards to (5), thanks. I will look all that over. I did glance at it earlier. I am already paying for the other hosting, so that part is not an issue. But I am concerned about backups.

About the import attachment question, I posted a followup to the thread you referred me to. To me it looks like the attachments are actually imported. But maybe I'm misinterpreting the image URL in the post.

Thanks,

doug

timethief on "Importing my blog from Posterous - can WordPress do auto-posting to FB, etc.?"

timethief — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:18:20 +0000

1. Does WordPress also have the ability to auto-post to FaceBook and Twitter?
Publicize is used to share your WordPress.com posts on Facebook, Twitter, Messenger Connect, Yahoo!, and LinkedIn.
Facebook integration
Twitter Widget

http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/email-notifications/

5. In fact, I wonder if it is best to just return to my own self-hosted WordPress.com blog at Hostgator. Anybody have any thoughts about that (features only here at WordPress.com, etc.?)
See here please > WordPress.com vs WordPress.org:The Differences
See also > On the bottom of your Admin page you will find a link to the Learn WordPress.com blogging Tutorial prepared by Staff. http://learn.wordpress.com/ The support documentation is all found at the Support link http://en.support.wordpress.com which is also on the bottom of your Admin page.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/introduction/

Re: your import attachment question see here > http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/importing-from-posterous-failing-to-pull-images?replies=4#post-848014

douglerner on "Importing my blog from Posterous - can WordPress do auto-posting to FB, etc.?"

douglerner — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:21:07 +0000

The import finished successfully. Interestingly enough, it appears that even pictures which Posterous didn't import (instead they referred to the previous location) actually seem to be imported and stored now at WordPress.com. If I am interpreting the URLs correctly.

For example, this old post from 2007:

http://douglerner.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/edo-no-koku-edo-era-time-keeping/

has a picture of a timepiece. The image URL seems to be here at wordpress.com. Over at posterous it was actually a link back to my old self-hosted blog at hostgator.

Am I correct in assuming that WordPress actually got the original media and is now storing it?

Thanks,

doug

douglerner on "Importing my blog from Posterous - can WordPress do auto-posting to FB, etc.?"

douglerner — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:56:41 +0000

I set douglerner.wordpress.com for my blog when submitting the above post, but it submitted under the name newsharbor anyway. I don't see a way of editing the post, but thought I would mention it.

Thanks,

doug

douglerner on "Importing my blog from Posterous - can WordPress do auto-posting to FB, etc.?"

douglerner — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:55:03 +0000

With the Twitter buyout of Posterous I'm concerned about the couple of years I've invested in building up my Posterous blog. Right now I'm importing it to my wordpress blog just in case.

There are so many unknowns though. I tried searching for answers to these questions, but couldn't really find anything:

1. Does WordPress also have the ability to auto-post to FaceBook and Twitter? One thing I really like(d) about Posterous is the ability to send email to my blog (with tags) and have the post auto-posted to FaceBook, Twitter and Tumblr. So it was a one-stop, easy way to publish everywhere. I know it is possible to set an email address to post to WordPress, but is there a way of then having my entries auto-posted elsewhere?

2. Can subscribers to my WordPress blog reply with comments by email?

3. WordPress is currently importing my Posterous post. It says it is also bringing in attachments. So far the status is:

Posts: 665
Comments: 871
Attachments: 387

Will the attachments actually be stored at WordPress?

4. This one is a little woolly. I actually started my blog with a self-hosted WordPress blog in my Hostgator account. When I imported that blog to Posterous I believe it just imported references to the attachments instead of the attachments themselves. So I've kept that old self-hosted WordPress blog running so make sure there aren't old broken attachments. I wonder how the WordPress.com import will deal with this.

5. In fact, I wonder if it is best to just return to my own self-hosted WordPress.com blog at Hostgator. Anybody have any thoughts about that (features only here at WordPress.com, etc.?)

Thanks!

doug

macmanx on "Post by email text and pdf"

macmanx — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:07:45 +0000

You could try inviting them as Contributors. They would basically only have access to post, and even then their posts would need to be approved by you. Or, let them be Authors to bypass the approval part.

tundrarat on "Post by email text and pdf"

tundrarat — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:52:07 +0000

We want multiple users (32 users) to post announcements to the blog via email without them having direct access to the account.

I have tried some different mail formats and a couple of different email programs but the results were always the same.

macmanx on "Post by email text and pdf"

macmanx — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:20:32 +0000

Posting by email is sometimes problematic. It depends on the format of the email, the application that sends it, etc.

For anything complex with attachments, I usually recommend just posting as a normal post.

Is there any particular reason for why you need to do this via email?

airodyssey on "Post by email text and pdf"

airodyssey — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:05:39 +0000

Hi. I see the topic hasn't been responded by one of the volunteers. So I took the liberty of tagging this so that staff takes a look and can confirm your theory.

tundrarat on "Post by email text and pdf"

tundrarat — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:19:55 +0000

When I post by email a message that contains text in the message and an attachment (e.g. pdf) it only posts the subject and links to any attachments. It screens out the text. If I remove attachments in the message before posting by email, then the text appears just fine. Is this just the way the Posting by Email works, or is it a theme function? I'm using Twenty Ten.

timethief on "export fail for file attachments"

timethief — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:32:49 +0000

I'm sorry we Volunteers can't help with export/import issues. :(

debbit on "export fail for file attachments"

debbit — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:16:20 +0000

have already done that 2 days ago.. no reply.. my question is still apparently zooming through the universe.

timethief on "export fail for file attachments"

timethief — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:11:13 +0000

That's unfortunate. You will have to contact Staff. Here’s the link http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/ After you use the searchbox, under the search results, at the bottom of the page there will be a section that says “Have you found the answer to your question?” You can choose either “Yes I found the answer to my question.” or “No I didn’t find the answer to my question and I would like to contact support for help.” The no option will reveal the contact form.

debbit on "export fail for file attachments"

debbit — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:08:50 +0000

I did and I checked it.. (not my first rodeo by the way) but nothing came through as an attachment. nothing.

timethief on "export fail for file attachments"

timethief — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:21:13 +0000

When you import into your export file into the WordPress.org install do you not see an option to include "attachments"?

debbit on "export fail for file attachments"

debbit — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:15:58 +0000

I am currently unable to export this blog (for use on a self hosted wp blog) as a whole which would include image/file attachments. exporting only posts gives me the posts but no image attachments. Side caching images gives me nada..I need help with this as this site is to be live in a few days.. I'd prefer the images be hosted locally and not link back to wp.com. Please help. I've emailed support and gotten nothing.

auxclass on "Family trees.... how?"

auxclass — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:07:28 +0000

Did you bother to read the Scribd link above? http://en.support.wordpress.com/scribd/

Tabloid is the paper size (11x17) Open Office Draw is an open source drawing program - but you say you can generate the PDF file with the program you are using - so just follow the Scribd instructions for PDF documents.

raincoaster on "Family trees.... how?"

raincoaster — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:12:32 +0000

No, WP doesn't let you post it as an image on the blog; you can post it as a file, so you could highlight text and people could click to download the PDF.

But if you simply upload the PDF to Scribd, then it displays. You can see it on my blog here: http://raincoastermedia.com/2010/01/26/revitalizing-a-media-reform-movement-in-canada-by-openmedia/

prevaricat on "Family trees.... how?"

prevaricat — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:34:13 +0000

Raincoaster... Thank you. I am sounding incredibly stupid I know but I have never heard of Scribd before and so don't appreciate it's probable value. I can easily generate a PDF of a family tree chart but didn't know if my blog would allow me to put it on a static page, as I have done with .jpgs. I don't know what part Scribd would play in this exercise, although I'm not backwards when it comes to being forward with new software :-) Thank you for your patience - I'll give it a try and figure it out... K

raincoaster on "Family trees.... how?"

raincoaster — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:04:14 +0000

You'll find Scribd quite easy to use, actually, and now that I think of it of course PDFs can have links, so if each family member has a post or page about him/her you can embed it right into the document.