So... it's been a while since I've updated Crosspost. At the moment I'm the only developer and, well, I have a life.

At the moment, the only blog type that works in Crosspost is Livejournal, as their API is the only one stable enough to go for a year or so without dramatic changes. Blogger moved from Blogger 1.0 to Blogger 2.0 to Atom 0.3 to Atom 1.0 to Google's GData API all in the span of like 36 hours (ok, perhaps not that drastic, but you get the picture).

I'm fairly interested in Google's API, so I'm picking Crosspost back up. I should have Google's API implemented (which will fix Blogger) in a week or so and I'll push up another release. After that I'll deal with myspace and xanga.

WordPress support is in the works. It should be pretty easy to set up. Right now WordPress supports the (now deprecated) Blogger API through XML-RPC. I've already implemented the Blogger API (which I then upgraded to the more current ATOM API) and I'm currently using XML-RPC to handle the Livejournal events. Primarily I just need to extend the account class to allow for a user-entered URL, as right now each of the extensions specify their own URL.

At any rate, this much desired feature is coming! Stay tuned, good stuff is on the way.

Crosspost just got smarter...

Now there's a preview tab that lets you preview your post before you submit it. It uses SWT's Browser widget to render the HTML entered in the editing pane. Eventually I'll be hooking up a WYSIWYG editor, but that will take some time to get right.

Currently, this feature is only available in CVS but it will be rolled into a new release as soon as my next big feature (story forthcoming) gets pushed in.

Crosspost isn't dead, contrary to popular belief. It's just... well... slumbering.

The alpha stage has gone reasonably well, and the product will continue in alpha until I can cross a few more things off the prototype feature list. The idea is that I'll get at least the low-level functionality of all proposed features in place, then move to beta as I beef up on the design.

Crosspost 0.2.3 Alpha is out on the streets.

http://crosspost.sourceforge.net

This version updates the MySpace backend AGAIN, which was broken by yet another MySpace site change. I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth trying to keep up with those yahoos over at MySpace.

This version also corrects a couple of bugs involving blank subjects. Blogger and MySpace don't allow empty subjects so, for now, if you leave a subject blank, it will fill it with a portion of the post text when it is submitted.

Currently supported blog services are:

• Livejoural

• Blogger
  
• Myspace
  
• Xanga

Give it a whirl. If you have ideas for added features, go here.

We're working diligently on the Crosspost web site. In the meantime, why don't you check out the project page on Sourceforge?

SF's Crosspost Project Page