On Jan 18, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Charmian wrote: > I know Dreamwidth users will be able to import the entries of a > journal, at least, but will they be able to import OPML information? > In other words, it is possible to make an OPML file of your friends > list and import it to certain readers. Will it also be possible to > 'import a friends list' on DW using OPML or a similar automated > process? > > Also, on LJ, creating an RSS feed is a paid-user only feature. On > Dreamwidth, will it also be paid users only?
I don't know OPML from a hole in the wall, but these two questions have functionally similar answers: -- When you import a journal from some other (LJ-based) journaling system, DW will create syndicated feeds of all your friends on that site and add them to your DW friends list. For instance, if you have "synecdochic" friended on LJ, and you import that journal to DW, the system will automatically create a syndication of synecdochic.livejournal.com (if it doesn't already exist on the site, that is) and add it to your friends list. -- Everyone on Dreamwidth will be able to create syndicated accounts. We may have to revisit this later (or, more reasonably, turn down the rate at which we check the feeds for updates) for performance reasons, but we hope we won't have to. > Regarding the syndication of friends-locked entries, while I agree > that it would definitely be the killer app, comments might be a big > problem there. Some LJ owners might object to not being able to see > comments about their friends-locked entry, as currently you can't > disable comments on an LJ feed, and IIRC the way LJ feeds are > currently set up, there is no 'ownership' to a feed, so no one can > delete comments or rename the feed. (Or can OpenID allow you to > authenticate yourself as the owner of a feed?) Fixing up problems with the "ownership" of RSS feeds is one of the things we want to do -- maybe not by open beta, but it's on The List. Right now it's looking *likely* that the best option for us is going to be inserting an item (not a separate entry) into your reading list on Dreamwidth saying "hey, there's a friends-only entry over there that you can read, go log into that site with your credentials and read it there", but like I said, there is going to have to be a *lot* of thought given to this problem before we settle on a solution. Big priority, but not possible for launch unless someone has a miracle brainwave and sits up for seven days straight coding ;) --D -- Denise Paolucci [email protected] Dreamwidth Studios: Open Source, open expression, open operations. Coming soon! _______________________________________________ dw-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss
