Release #69 (original) (raw)

Release #69 is now about done! For your muti-functional perusal today, we have some new integration with Facebook, Twitter, and OpenID along with the re-launch of Pingbacks!

Facebook Connect can be used like OpenID

Facebook users without a LiveJournal account can log in, comment, list friends, and join communities just like OpenID users:
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Easy upgrade to full account for OpenID and Facebook Connect users

OpenID and Facebook Connect users can opt to receive email notifications even without a full account (OpenID accounts have already been able to do this for some time now). Converting to a full account is then as easy as clicking Upgrade to full account in the Account Settings of an OpenID or Facebook Connect account.

Link accounts to cross-post to Facebook and Twitter

On the Extensions tab of your Account Settings page, you can now link your Twitter and Facebook accounts to cross-post entries and/or comments you make. Note: this integration is based on a new API, so if you've used the old crosspost function to Facebook, that will no longer work and you'll need to re-connect your accounts through this feature now.

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You can also select to repost on the "Post an Entry" page or when you post a comment:

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Pingbacks

Pingbacks are back! The setting is here: http://www.livejournal.com/manage/settings/?cat=privacy. All users who specifically chose a setting last year will have their settings stay the same; new accounts created since then will default to "open" (on)

For those of you new to this Pingbacks thing, it's a way of being notified that someone has linked to your post, and also to give a heads-up or "shout out" to someone whose post you've linked to. Pingbacks will only work on public posts - but work the same whether the posts are in a community or journal (based on the settings of the author of the entry). The "ping" will be left as a screened comment: here's an example (I unscreened the comment).

We also have some other changes and bugfixes: