A new community has appeared!
That's right! A shiny new community, opening up close to you, in the awesome little suburb known as Dreamwidth!
Thrill at the characters! Marvel at the tagging system! Be astounded at the way the colours of the community are very nearly the same!
Donning our serious hats for a moment...
We're not enforcing the move, or shutting the LJ community. ( Read more... )
Thrill at the characters! Marvel at the tagging system! Be astounded at the way the colours of the community are very nearly the same!
Donning our serious hats for a moment...
We're not enforcing the move, or shutting the LJ community. ( Read more... )
Hey there fellow muns! This is a quick guide as to your new options regarding LJ vs. DW accounts and how they can interact and cross over with each other. You have a number of choices in interacting with the two communities, and while they might seem complicated, I assure you that they're well worth having a look through. So without further ado!
Using OpenID
OpenID is a decentralized authentication protocol, which is a fancy way of saying that it lets you use an account from one service that has OpenID (like LJ) on another similar service that also has OpenID (like DW, or Wordpress). In other words, you can use your LiveJournal account to leave comments on Dreamwidth entries without ever having to create a Dreamwidth account, or even having to log out. OpenID knows your LJ account is valid, and vouches for it on the site you want to comment on.
OpenIDing with LJ on DW
To use your LJ account on Dreamwidth, simply make sure you're logged in properly to LiveJournal, then go to http://www.dreamwidth.org/openid/ (or click the "Log in with OpenID?" link next to the login form on Dreamwidth's main page). Dreamwidth will ask for your OpenID URL; simply type in the address of your LiveJournal account (eg. "moptothehead.livejournal.com") and click login. If it's your first time using OpenID with DW and that LJ account, you'll be brought back to LiveJournal, where LJ will ask you if it's okay to give Dreamwidth access to your account identity. You can say no, yes for one time (in which case you'll have to do it every time you log in via OpenID), or yes forever (in which case it won't ask you again).
Click yes, and you'll be logged in to Dreamwidth under your LJ account. At this point you will want to:
- Set an email address (and confirm it). This is the address your alerts will go to if someone responds to your comments.
- Edit your profile to add a birthday (if you want to see any 18+ content) and any other info you'd like.
- Manage your display settings, privacy, and notifications.
- Upload icons. You get up to 15, and if you make the keywords match the ones you have on LJ, your icons will show up the way they're supposed to on any imported community entries that account is associated with.
You can't create new posts on Dreamwidth using an OpenID account, but you can edit posts that are already associated with your OpenID. For example, this post can be edited by inforthehistory logged in to DW under an OpenID. This means you retain access to any posts you've made in a community, even after they've been imported to DW.OpenIDing with DW on LJ
Much as you can use your LJ account to comment on Dreamwidth, you can use your DW account to comment on LiveJournal, using the exact same method. Make sure you're logged into DW with the account you want to use, then go to http://www.livejournal.com/openid/ and put in your Dreamwidth account (eg. "http://moptothehead.dreamwidth.org"; don't forget to add the "http://" or LJ won't accept it for some reason). Tell DW that you want to give LJ access to your identity, and continue on.
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