Multiply
So, let's talk about Multiply a little.
After hearing a few friends talk about it, I signed up for it yesterday. And it's pretty nifty. The special feature there is that you can import your entire LJ into it with a few mouse clicks.
However, there are some things you should know about doing this. I learned them last night through experience.
First of all, some good things:
1. When it imports your entries, Multiply picks up your html. So you don't have to recode everything.
2. Multiply is supposed to automatically pick up new entries
Things you should be cautious about:
1. Multiply claims the following:
We will give each entry the same security (privacy) setting you chose on LiveJournal. Public entries on LiveJournal will be available to everyone. Private and Friends entries on LiveJournal will only be accessible by you. Once the import is complete, you can edit each entry and change the settings if you prefer. Note that we cannot import comments that were added to your entries by other people.
However, my experience was that when it imports entries, Multiply does not pay any attention to the privacy level setting from LJ. It imports everything you've checked, and posts it as a public entry. If you're experience with it was different, please let me know. You can go back through them and change the privacy level for each entry that needs changing, and that is what I did, but boy did it take a long time, especially since I imported over 5 years of LJ into it. I haven't found a way to apply a new privacy setting to entire batches of entries or to your entire blog, but I'll keep looking.
2. Multiply's privacy levels are a little different from LJ's.
3. As you would probably expect, Multiply does not recognize LJ's tags. Therefore, the LJ cut tags you put on entries are meaningless. If you're worried about spoilers on recent entries, that can be a problem. I haven't figured out if there is a Multiply equivalent to the cut tag, other than possibly using white font. This doesn't help with picture posts, though.
4. Here's Multiply's info on Multiply automatically picking up LJ posts you make in the future:
When you enable cross-posting, Multiply can automatically detect new entries you've written on one of these sites and post them on your Multiply site as well. And when you post a new blog entry on Multiply, we'll automatically post it on your LiveJournal, Blogger or TypePad site (unless you explicitly choose not to when posting the new entry). Even with cross-posting enabled, you can choose to prevent a specific entry on your other site from being cross-posted on Multiply. Just add the following code to your entry on the other site:
You can enable cross-posting the next time you import new entries from one of these sites. Just click on Upload at the top of any page and select Blog, then select the service from which to import new entries and enable cross-posting for future ones.
If you've enabled cross-posting, you can disable it at any time by going to Settings and selecting Advanced Posting.
And, I'm off to bed now, but would love to talk to y'all about your experiences importing into Multiply. It's going to have to happen tomorrow, though.
After hearing a few friends talk about it, I signed up for it yesterday. And it's pretty nifty. The special feature there is that you can import your entire LJ into it with a few mouse clicks.
However, there are some things you should know about doing this. I learned them last night through experience.
First of all, some good things:
1. When it imports your entries, Multiply picks up your html. So you don't have to recode everything.
2. Multiply is supposed to automatically pick up new entries
Things you should be cautious about:
1. Multiply claims the following:
We will give each entry the same security (privacy) setting you chose on LiveJournal. Public entries on LiveJournal will be available to everyone. Private and Friends entries on LiveJournal will only be accessible by you. Once the import is complete, you can edit each entry and change the settings if you prefer. Note that we cannot import comments that were added to your entries by other people.
However, my experience was that when it imports entries, Multiply does not pay any attention to the privacy level setting from LJ. It imports everything you've checked, and posts it as a public entry. If you're experience with it was different, please let me know. You can go back through them and change the privacy level for each entry that needs changing, and that is what I did, but boy did it take a long time, especially since I imported over 5 years of LJ into it. I haven't found a way to apply a new privacy setting to entire batches of entries or to your entire blog, but I'll keep looking.
2. Multiply's privacy levels are a little different from LJ's.
3. As you would probably expect, Multiply does not recognize LJ's tags. Therefore, the LJ cut tags you put on entries are meaningless. If you're worried about spoilers on recent entries, that can be a problem. I haven't figured out if there is a Multiply equivalent to the cut tag, other than possibly using white font. This doesn't help with picture posts, though.
4. Here's Multiply's info on Multiply automatically picking up LJ posts you make in the future:
When you enable cross-posting, Multiply can automatically detect new entries you've written on one of these sites and post them on your Multiply site as well. And when you post a new blog entry on Multiply, we'll automatically post it on your LiveJournal, Blogger or TypePad site (unless you explicitly choose not to when posting the new entry). Even with cross-posting enabled, you can choose to prevent a specific entry on your other site from being cross-posted on Multiply. Just add the following code to your entry on the other site:
You can enable cross-posting the next time you import new entries from one of these sites. Just click on Upload at the top of any page and select Blog, then select the service from which to import new entries and enable cross-posting for future ones.
If you've enabled cross-posting, you can disable it at any time by going to Settings and selecting Advanced Posting.
And, I'm off to bed now, but would love to talk to y'all about your experiences importing into Multiply. It's going to have to happen tomorrow, though.