turning huffington post comments into wordpress blog posts
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I am trying to figure out how to use the wordpress widget found under the comment box in the huffington post web site. It is supposed to copy any comments I make on huffington post to my blog. But I can’t get it to work.
The widget asks for:
WordPress host: (I put in http://www.armsreach.wordpress.com)
Wordpress login: (I put in the name I use to log into my wordpress account.)
Wordpress password: (I put in the password I use to log into my wordpress account.)What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance for your attention and help.
Bryant
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Giving your username and password to anyone else is a bad idea.
You’ll have to ask support staff at Huffington Post what the problem is.
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Thanks, tellyworth, for your suggestion.
(Grr…. The internet is becoming as confusing and dangerous as an inner-city slum district. If you can’t trust main-stream publishers, then there is little value in this media.)
Assuming that this widget is not a phishing device for the Huffington Post, does anyone know how to use it? Is it really a legitimate WordPress widget? Or have I really been phished by Arianna Huffington?
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I would NEVER give my username and password to ANYONE on the internet. If their security is not really good then hackers could compromise their systems and have hundreds, if not thousands of usernames and passwords to play with to their heart’s content.
Trust NO ONE with your name and password. If you want to put your comments from that site on your blog, copy and paste them.
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If that’s the case, we should also immediately stop using flickr and vodpod, which are the two that I can think of off the top of my head that require you to enter your wordpress.com log in information in order to use them to post to your blog. I am sure there are others.
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Why would you ever give your password to anyone? Sure, I just bought this Ducati 1198, and now I’m going to give a set of keys to the people who pump my gas because nothing bad could ever happen.
Please, dude, change your password.
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Huffington post is one thing, but it’s unreasonable for some of us to not use flickr or vodpod or …whatever. I’d at least, also recommend one obtain an export file of their blog just in case anything happens. That’s kind of like saying we shouldn’t use any of these twitter tools that require our username and password, the internet would be very dull. Off topic I know but I’m trying to create an analogy lol
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I personally would not trust Arianna Huffington, and I have good reasons for that. However, the fact is, it appears the HuffPo/Wordpress connection does not work for those hosted at WordPress.COM at all, so whether or not she is trustworty is irrelevant. If it works at all, it works only for WP.ORG blogs.
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Thank-you raincoaster!!!! That is the information I needed.
Can anyone else confirm this for me, please?
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raincoaster is right, I used to comment on HuffPo and it doesn’t work. You’ll just have to set up a profile and link your profile name to your blog url
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OK, aw1923. Thanks.
This may be a slight digression, but would you mind suggesting good quality news sites that have an easy (and functional!) interface between wordpress.com and their comment dialogue interface? I am trying to find a convenient way to vent my feelings about current events.
Bryant
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nope, it’s not necessary either. Most sites simply ask for your name, e-mail, and website. Usually that information is saved so when you return to comment on the site you dont have to retype the information in the form. Just go to any site, I would recommend sites like Newsvine or Raw Story.
HTH
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It’s not merely an issue of whether or not you trust the site owner not to do something deliberately bad.
It’s also an issue of whether or not you trust them to properly secure your password and prevent anyone else from stealing it and doing something bad.
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