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Great software, few questions
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 1:14 pm
by sandie
Hi
Been running serendipity for a few days now and its totally brillliant. There is a few things I wanted to ask.
Is there a plugin which will give an opt in email disctribution list so that when the blog is updated and email is sent to the list saying updated or even send the whole entry?
In the general setting page what is the field "Blog's Email Address" for? Is this the same as the one in the personal setting page?
Also, is it possible to update the blog using the browser on a/my mobile phone?
Thanks
Sandie
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:49 pm
by carl_galloway
Hi Sandie,
I wanted this as well, and s9y does actually have this ability. What you need to do is go into plugin management, then add new event plugin. The first thing to do is install Spartacus if you haven't already done so. Once this is installed the list of plugins will dramatically increase.
You then need to install the 'Send entries vie E-Mail' plugin. The configuration screen for this plugin gives you the options to do everything you want to do.
The email address you specify can be a mailing list address if you want.
Cheers
Carl
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:33 pm
by sandie
Thanks Carl
I tried to install spartacus, I didnt change any of the fields, seems to install but when I click on install new sidebar plugin it comes back with an error, I uninstalled and all fine again, guess i need to enter something in those blank fields, but my mind is a blank also
best regards
Sandie
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:42 pm
by Col. Kurtz
if you use Spartacus your plugin directory needs to be writeable.
if this doesnt work, please post the error message here.
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:46 pm
by sandie
Ah wait a minute, even though I uninstalled spartacus there IS a new lot of plugins including the one carl was speaking of, looks like it worked
Cheers
Sandie
Re: Great software, few questions
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:24 pm
by garvinhicking
Hi!
The first question is basically answered [however to run it like a mailinglist, you'll need to utilize Yahoo mailinglists or so. You can search the forums for "yahoo" and might find some interesting stuff].
Generally though, RSS is the way to go.
On to your second question: "Blog's email address" is the used "From" mail address when your blog sends mail notifications about new trackback or comments or something like that. So it must not generally be the same mail address.
Also, is it possible to update the blog using the browser on a/my mobile phone?
Using the XML-RPC posting plugin, and a mobile XML-RPC posting client, this should be possible, yes!
Regards,
Garvin
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:36 am
by Guest
Thanks Garvin
Also, I have enabled the announce entries plugin and get this error
Sending XML-RPC ping to host rpc.pingomatic.com...
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: is_a() in /web/sites/sandie486/hornytimes.com/blog/bundled-libs/HTTP/Request.php on line 572
Pingomatic is the first on the list
Very best regards
sandie
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:29 pm
by garvinhicking
Sandy: Sadly this can happen because of an outdated PHP version. You'll need to upgrade your PHP to at least 4.2.0.
4.3.11 at least though is the best way to go, it contains many serious bugfixes.
Regards
Garvin
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:59 pm
by Guest
OK thanks Garvin I have requested it to be upgraded.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:15 pm
by sandie
PHP software updated to 4.4.1
Sending XML-RPC ping to host rpc.pingomatic.com...Success!!
Sending XML-RPC ping to host ping.blo.gs...Success!!
Sending XML-RPC ping to host rpc.blogrolling.com...Success!!
Sending XML-RPC ping to host rpc.technorati.com...Success!!
Sending XML-RPC ping to host rpc.weblogs.com...Success!!
Sending XML-RPC ping to host api.my.yahoo.com...Success!!
Your entry has been saved
I'm a happy bunny, thanks again
Sandie
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:19 pm
by garvinhicking
Great to hear!
Hop on!
Regards,
Garvin