Clip-to-Blog™ FAQ

Clip-to-Blog currently supports Blogger, WordPress, TypePad, LiveJournal, Movable Type and Vox. We also provide an embed code so you can easily paste clips into other blogs, including MySpace.

To change the style of clips that you post to your blog, click the "Style Options" link in the Clip-to-Blog™ window (see image on right).

From there you can customize the color of the border and source link. You can also remove the clipmarks logo that appears below the clip.

You'll also find some more advanced features, including the ability to disable inline styles if you want the style to default to your blog style.

Yes, you can simultaneously post clips to as many blogs as you'd like. It's pretty simple...you enter as many blogs as you like in your Clip-to-Blog profile. All of your blogs are then remembered and you can post to any or all of them with one click each time you use Clip-to-Blog.

Vox: Does not currently support video embedding.

WordPress.com: Currently supports YouTube and Google Video only (we hope to add support for Daily Motion soon).

If your issue isn't covered here, get in touch with us at support@clipmarks.com.

Each blogging service handles things differently. Below are some suggestions for the different services. If you need further assistance, please contact us at support@clipmarks.com.

• All blogging services

  If you're having problems, it's most often a username and password issue. Please make sure you can log in to your blog with the information you've entered in the clipmarks form. The blog URL you enter should match the address in your browser when you visit your blog.

• Vox Users

  Please make sure you are using the email address you signed up for Vox with as your login. Also, the blog URL you enter should match the address in your browser when you visit your Vox blog (ex: username.vox.com).

• TypePad users

  Please make sure that the URL you enter matches the address in your browser when you visit your TypePad blog. This must include the directory at the end of the URL (ex: username.typepad.com/yourblog/ is correct but username.typepad.com will not work).
  
  To verify you are using the right url, log into Typepad, click the "Weblogs" tab, click the name of the blog you want to use.  You should then see your url below the link "view visitor stats and referrers". Use this exact url with Clip-to-Blog.

• Movable Type Users

  The Movable Type set up process is a little more advanced. Here are instructions for getting the information you need:

  
  • Blog Username:

    The username you use to log into Movable Type.

  • XML-RPC Password:

    Please note this password is different from your main Movable Type password. To find your XML-RPC password:
    1. Go to Movable Type
    2. Click your author name
    3. Scroll to the bottom

  • Blog Url:

    This is the Url where you view your blog.

  • Blog XML-RPC Url:

    This is the bit of code that lets Clipmarks connect to your blog. Usually it's just your blog's address plus /cgi-bin/mt-xmlrpc.cgi (for example: http://yourblog.com/cgi-bin/mt-xmlrpc.cgi ).

    If you have installed your blog in a subfolder, the XML-RPC code could be in a subfolder too. For example:
    http://yourblog.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-xmlrpc.cgi
    (notice the cgi-bin still there before the subfolder)

  If you are still having problems getting your Movable Type blog working, follow these instructions:

  Check your XML-RPC url. Copy and paste the address into the address bar of your browser and hit enter. If you get a completely blank page, it means the XML-RPC is fine. Go back and check that the other information you entered is correct.

  If you get a 404 not found page, your XML-RPC is either at a different URL or there is a problem with it.

  If you get a 500, internal server error, we need to tell your web server that it's okay to execute it. There are a few ways to do it, but the easiest is to use an FTP program to log into your web host, right click on the file, and change the permissions to allow execution and reading for all users and groups. For any unix geeks out there, the permissions should be set to 755.

  If you're still having problems, contact us at support@clipmarks.com and we'll help you get it working!

• Self-hosted WordPress Users

  If you're hosting your own WordPress and have changed the "blog address" to be different from where you've actually installed the files (for example: the WordPress installation files are in http://yoursite.com/wordpress/ but display at http://yoursite.com/ ), you will need to make a small change to enable automatic posting to your blog.

  To enable XML-RPC you'll need to copy your xmlrpc.php file and make one small change.

  Assuming your wordpress install is in /wordpress/ but displays at root ( / ):
  1. Copy the xmlrpc.php file from /wordpress/ to your root directory
  2. Open the xmlrpc.php that you just copied in a text edtior, and find the line that says include('./wp-config.php ');
  3. Change that line to read: include('./wordpress/ wp-config.php');

• Enabling XMLRPC in Wordpress 2.6

  By default, Wordpress 2.6 ships with XMLRPC disabled, which will cause Clip-to-Blog setup to fail. To enable XMLRPC, log into your wp-admin and go to Settings -> Writing, then check the "Enable XMLRPC" checkbox and save your settings. Once you've enabled XMLRPC, Clip-to-Blog setup should complete successfully.