Add customizable text footer to crossposted entries

[rosefox]

Title:
Add customizable text footer to crossposted entries

Area:
Crossposting

Summary:
I would like to see a footer in the text of my crossposted DW entries that (as much as possible) matches the footer on my LJ entries.

Description:
I would like each of my DW entries to have a footer in the entry text that says:

"This entry has been crossposted. Read it on [link]LiveJournal[/link]."

Ideally it should be as customizable as the footer that appears on the crossposted entries elsewhere (allowing the user to change what it says as well as the text style), and have the option for multiple links if the entry is crossposted to multiple sites. Having it appear in the text of the entry is important; showing the current link setup requires style modification (at least for those of us who use custom S2 styles) while having it in the text means it will show for everyone in every style.

To make it clearer, if you look at

http://rosefox.dreamwidth.org/1598852.html?format=light

the crosspost link is very obvious. But if you go to:

http://rosefox.dreamwidth.org/1598852.html

you can't see any info on the crossposts because it's a style object rather than part of the post text.

Poll #3462 Add footer to crossposted entries

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 35

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Should be implemented as-is.
10 (28.6%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
4 (11.4%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
9 (25.7%)

(I have no opinion)
12 (34.3%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[cesy]

I don't entirely understand this suggestion - what are you asking for that we don't already have? The option to have a link on the DW side was added recently.

[zvi]

I think it is a bad policy to have Dreamwidth automatically edit the text of entries, and I don't think we should get started on that path with this suggestion.

Additionally, a benefit of treating the crosspost link as an entry object is that, if you change the styling or text of the crosspost once, it should apply to all entries instantly.

What I do think we need is a better explanation of how to modify the crosspost object for people who are not using one of the official styles. I presume that this will happen as part of the S2 documentation push.

Additionally, I wish you would re-write this suggestion to clarify with the information that you gave Cesy. It is not the case that crosspost information isn't available on your entries now, or even that it isn't stylable. The information is there, and you would like a change in the way it's stored and presented, which is different.

[noracharles]

Yes to having a textbox to enter custom crosspost footer text in. Yes to an explanation of how to insert the crosspost code in a custom style.

No to the rest of it. I've made crosspost info invisible in my style and I like it like that. I don't want dw inserting anything in my entries automatically, and I don't want other users inserting any kind of footer or sig line in their entries automatically. If they do, they should at least have the trouble of setting up an external client to do it.

[delladea]

I like the idea of being able to customize the text label displayed for the crosspost.

The crosspost link itself should remain a separate entity from the journal entry. These links describe your journal entry, and are not a part of it and should not be included in the entry body.