Semagic and posting to multiple journals

[suki_blue]

This is for those of you who have signed up with other journals such as Insane Journal, Greatest Journal and JournalFen and are wondering how everyone has got the time to update ALL the journals with the same post. The answer is Semagic. This is a Livejournal Client which allows the user to post to multiple journals at exactly the same time. Why would I want to do that, I hear to you cry. Because if you've got a back-up journal, why not use it, and if the worst happens and everyone fucks off over to Insane Journal, you'll already be set up with a fully working journal complete with all your posts - very handy for if LJ/6A decide to come down on half your flist. I dunno about you, but if my friends and my favourite comms jump ship, I'm gonna paddle after them as fast as my little flippers will allow.

Semagic is really easy to use and only takes a few minutes to set up. Firstly, download the appropraite version of Semagic for your Windows from the link above.

Once you've done that and set it up to work with your LJ, take the following steps (I typed this bit out for my amejisto and have since passed it on, so I have it on good authority that this is a nice, simplistic set of instructions which should work with all versions of Semagic):

At the login screen (mine is a small box with a big picture of the purple pen) log back in with a different journal. Start with your GJ. Type your user name followed by gj "amejisuto gj" for example (this is so you can tell which journal is which) and then the password for that journal. Check both the little ticky boxes (if there are any) but DON'T log in yet.

Then, click FILE and then SERVER SETTINGS at the top. Change the server address to www.greatestjournal.com (it may already be in the drop down box) and then delete the "gl" from the user name on this screen only, leaving just "amejisuto", but leave everything else. Click OKAY and then LOGIN. Repeat for all your journals, replacing the "gj" with "ij"and "jf" for the appropriate journal (I got a couple of error messages when I did this but it still worked regardless).

Now, when you're done with that, login under your actual LJ username. So, type "amejisuto" and your password. Now type out a test post on Semagic and go to JOURNAL and then down to POST TO MULTIPLE JOURNALS. A list of ticky boxes should appear. Tick the journals (the lj one should already be ticked because you logged in under it) you want to post to at the same time "amejisuto gj" "amejisuto ij" "amejisuto jf". Then click OKAY and you have a go!


Ta daaaaaaa! I hope this helps.

Comments

[mjmcca.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a great idea, unfortunately semagic does not support windows ultimate yet.

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

That's a shame.

I've never heard of Windows ultimate! :oD

[mjmcca.livejournal.com]

It's the latest version of Windows came out in the States in March or April.I got a new laptop in April.

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see. I'm very behind. I thought the latest version was Vista!

[mjmcca.livejournal.com]

You know what, you're right I have the ultimate version so that's where I went wrong

[orchid-slayer.livejournal.com]

also...semagic and the free version of IJ do not talk to each other. You get a weird error message

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Yes, I got an error message when I set them up, but it still works fine. Weirdly, I've found that I have to click Post to Multiple Journals twice to make it go, but it still does it fine in the end. Hee!

[liliaeth]

Does that also work if you want to post to muliple journals in LJ?

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Yes, if they're ordinary LJ's which are yours. If you mean multiple Community LJ's I don't think it can be done.

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

You are splendid.

That's all.


Gabrielle

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

~blushes~ Auw, twas nothin' :oD

[piksa.livejournal.com]

Um, do you know if there is anything similar for Mac? My work computer has Windows but can't install anything on it and of course it would be nice to be able to update from home too *g*

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, hon, I couldn't say for sure. I've seen few people saying that there def isn't one for Mac users, but I wouldn't like to say for definite. I'll let you know if I find anything.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_sharvie_/]

That was one of the easiest tuts I've seen in years! *lol* It worked for all three of my free journal clones and my LJ. You so rock! The only thing I did wrong was get rid of the gj on the front page the first time around. Then I read more closely and all was right with the world. *bg*

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeeeee! Yay! I'm glad I could help! I actually made the same mistake the first time around ;o)

[aphelant.livejournal.com]

After 15 tries, I finally figured out how to read. *facepalm*

ZOMG THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

LOL! Glad you got it in the end! :oD You're most welcome

[cleeaz.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much, I need idiot proof instructions, so this is great (I hope!). Cindy Lee

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Hee! Good luck!

[oligomer.livejournal.com]

*whimpers*
Umm, help, please?
I have no problem posting for both GJ and JF, or if I post for LJ and JF. However, I can't post GJ and LJ. I'm thinking I've done something wrong as both of these accounts are under oligomer as opposed to monomer...any help you could provide would be a plus. Thank you!

[oligomer.livejournal.com]

Sorry, realised you needed a bit more info if you could help...
I get an error from GJ saying that my password is wrong, yet I can log in using the same password if not trying to multipost...

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Eeek, I'm not really sure. It sounds like it might be a problem with the password itself; perhaps it been typed in differently in the Server Settings.

My advice would be to create a new Login in Semagic for your GJ. So, go through all the steps above again and recreate the login under a slightly diff name i.e "oligomer GJ2" (making sure to remove the "GJ2" in the server settings. Then use this to multi-post and for single posting. Lemme know how it goes.

[taruma16.livejournal.com]

I had the same problem with the posting.
I'm not sure if the 'new login' would help because the login worked perfectly and it had my userpics from gj and ij. The password was right originally. Just when I logged in with my lj account and I went to posting to multiple journals and selected the others I had the 'password is wrong'.
*sigh*

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Huh. I dunno then. That's the extent of my knowledge on the subject. LOL!

[oligomer.livejournal.com]

It worked for me...which prolly means I did something dumb in the first place...*shrugs*

[taruma16.livejournal.com]

Good to know. I thought it might be because I have the same password for all three journals.
I try it again later.
Thanks for the info.

[oligomer.livejournal.com]

Hey! It worked! Thank you so much for helping the idiots of Semagic. I've had it for a year, and I never figured that out...

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Oh excellent! Go you! ~hugges~

[she-and-i-were.livejournal.com]

I dunno about you, but if my friends and my favourite comms jump ship, I'm gonna paddle after them as fast as my little flippers will allow.

We are such sheep.

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I would have replied earlier but I got my coat caught in some barbed wire. Heeeeeeeeeeee!

[she-and-i-were.livejournal.com]

*weird look* How?

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

LOL! Because it's a curly sheep coat. :oD