What is this all
about?
MessageDance provides you the ability to create a blog post into your
blog platform simply by sending an email. You can create a blog entry
by any means you can send a
message in
MessageDance.
This means from your email client, iPhone, Facebook message center,
YouTube
Share, and the MessageDance DanceFloor.
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What
type of blog platforms do you support?
Currently, we have integrations to WordPress
(.com and .org)
platforms and Blogger
(Blogspot) platforms.
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How
do I make a post?
In the simplest terms, you can create a new blog entry by emailing your
post to "blog @ messagedance.com" (or blogs@). You can create a blog
entry by any means you can send a
message in
MessageDance which
includes from your email client, iPhone, Facebook message center,
YouTube
Share, and the MessageDance DanceFloor. You can attach photos (any file
type) and place photos/images/videos in-line. We provide you a tag
("danceimage") for you to indicate where in your blog post you want the
images to be placed as well as tags ("dancetags") for WordPress tagging
/ Blogger labeling. WordPress categories can be automatically applied
from your Social
Profile setup.
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How do I
set up the blog platform integration?
From your Social
Profile, you can configure WordPress and Blogger integration.
For WordPress,
you can configure a self-hosted
blog or WordPress.com
hosted one. Enter your Username, Password, Blog URL, and any
categories you want your posts to automatically have. Select the option
for your blog post to automatically publish or be saved in draft
format. Select the option for how much of your blog post's content you
want to appear in MessageDance.com and the other social networks you
are using MessageDance. Click on "Update" and verify everything saved
properly.
For
Blogger,
we support Blogger hosted sites (Blogspot). Click on the link to allow
MessageDance to access your Blogger account. We do not store your
credentials.
Once you have granted access, put in your Blog
ID
(found in the URL of your blog when you are in edit/post mode) and Blog
URL. Select
the option for your blog post to automatically publish or be
saved in draft format. Select the option for how much of your blog
post's content you want to appear in MessageDance.com and the other
social networks you are using MessageDance. Click on "Update" and
verify everything saved properly.
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Where
else can I make a post from besides my email client?
You can send a YouTube
video directly from YouTube.com to your blog. Just make
sure the email address you put in the Share feature is "blog @
messagedance.com" or "blogs@". Here are the setup instructions
for YouTube (and a bonus instructional
video).
Send a blog entry directly
from Facebook
too. Just address your Facebook message to "blog @ messagedance.com" or
"blogs@".
See a picture you want to take with your iPhone and send in
as a blog
post? Just send the photo as an email to "blog @
messagedance.com" or "blogs@" with your Subject and Body and it will
become a nicely formatted blog post.
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How do I
send images in my post?
If your email client supports in-line attachments (like iMail), you can
copy and paste them into the position you like. You can also do the
proper alignments (right, center, left). You can copy in embedded html
images (linked out to other sites) into a
rich media email client such as Gmail and put them in the position
within
your post that you want.
If you can't do in-line but have images you can attach to the email as
standard attachments, you can use "danceimage" tags to indicate where
you want them to go. See the example in this email:
Place your "danceimage" tags in parantheses and
give it a number for
the attchment order. Do some testing to see the best way your email
client works with images.
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How
do I send tags and
labels?
For WordPress, you can send "dancetags" which translate into WordPress
tags. The format is: (dancetags firsttag, secondtag, etc). Separate
with commas or spaces. Mulit-word tags are not supported.
For Blogger, "dancetags" are the same as Blogger lables. The format is:
(dancetags firsttag, secondtag, etc). Separate tags with commas.
Mulit-word tags are not supported, but you can form them into one word
such as "bigwheel".
See the sample email above for examples.
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How do I set
categories in WordPress?
In WordPress, you can have categories assigned to your blog post. You
can have these set automatically by MessageDance by putting in values
in your Social
Profile. In the Categories field, put in values seperated by
commas. Multi-word categories should be put in double-quotes. See thet
examples below.
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Can I
send other files to my blog for file-sharing?
Yes.
You can
attach any type of file to your email and we will place it at the
bottom of your blog post with links to download the file.
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Can
I have multiple WordPress or Blogger blogs?
You can have one WordPress and one Blogger set up simultaneously (two
blogs total). One email post goes to both.
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Can
I edit my post on my blog platform?
Yes. It can be sent as a draft or published immediately (see here for
details). Once it is into your blog platform, you can edit it
like any other blog entry.
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