Musings and Mutterings

It appears the jerry-rigged solution works and doesn't require being logged into LJ. The final version of the code is below:

javascript:void((function(){var%20u='http://www.dreamwidth.org/',w=window.open('','','toolbar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,status=1,width=1000,height=500');if(window.LJ_bookmarklet){return%20LJ_bookmarklet(w,u)};var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.onload=function(){LJ_bookmarklet(w,u)};e.setAttribute('src','http://www.livejournal.com/js/bookmarklet.js');document.getElementsByTagName('head').item(0).appendChild(e)})())

Create a bookmark in your browser and in the URL field cut-and-paste the above script. One of the biggest changes that is needed is to replace the http://www.livejournal.com/js/bookmarklet.js javascript code residing either locally or on a DW server rather than on the LJ server, but I'm leaving that for others who may be so inclined.

I just arrived at Dreamwidth yesterday and have, so far, been rather impressed. One of the features I missed, however, was the bookmarklet javascript for auto-posting. I've gerry-rigged the LJ javascript function to perform the same function for dreamwidth:


javascript:void((function(){var%20u='http://www.dreamwidth.org/',w=window.open('','','toolbar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,status=1,width=1000,height=500');if(window.LJ_bookmarklet){return%20LJ_bookmarklet(w,u)};var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.onload=function(){LJ_bookmarklet(w,u)};e.setAttribute('src',u+'js/bookmarklet.js');document.getElementsByTagName('head').item(0).appendChild(e)})())


Create a bookmark in your browser and in the URL field cut-and-paste the above script. One of the biggest changes that is needed is to replace the http://www.livejournal.com/js/bookmarklet.js javascript code residing either locally or on a DW server rather than on the LJ server. I'll continue to play with this to see what I come up with.

If anyone makes any improvements to this script, please let me know and I'll update this post with appropriate cudos.

Edit: Found a bug with the method; it only works if you have run the script to post to LJ at least once in this session. Not a big problem at the moment because I'm posting to both so I just post to LJ first, then to DW, but this is certainly not a long-term solution.

Edit 2: Now testing some locally-running javascript to attempt to perform the same function but so far no-go.

I'm not sure if anyone else has tried Firefox 3.0, but it appears its version of Java doesn't like the javascript used by LJ's RichText option. Specifically, if you attempt to use RichText to add a hyperlink, the original window does not close, and the "link" that is, in fact, added is a javascript error.

I've submitted a service request so we'll see what happens. Other Rich Text features, such as tabulation and inserting images appear to work fine so it may the be peculiarities of one particular javascript function that can be fixed with a bit of code reuse and editing.

Until then it is back to hyperlinking by hand.

Edit: Here are some of LJ-support's responses to similar queries

http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=896053
http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=895951
http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=895904

All with the same response:

"Thank you for your report. Several other users have also been reporting an inability to create links in the Rich Text Editor while using Firefox 3. The developers have been made aware of these reports and are currently investigating the issue. You may wish to watch the lj_releases community [http://community.livejournal.com/lj_releases/profile], as any information regarding fixes for this issue will be announced there.

"In the mean time, you will need to add links manually through the HTML editor. Information on how to do this can be found in the FAQ above, should you need it. Additionally, you may wish to use another browser to post your entries until the issue is resolved. I apologize for the inconvenience."

So I was not going insane. I couldn't figure out why my "post" button read "Update Captain's Log". Apparently they have decide that I want to participate in "talk like a pirate day".

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