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Matt Jacob replied on September 17, 2009 02:22 to the question "will the plugin ever support wordpress mu >???" in Ping.fm:

Which plugin?

Matt Jacob replied on September 14, 2009 18:06 to the question "wordpress issue" in Ping.fm:

The title substitution only happens when posting a status update and only when the box is checked to force status updates as full posts. If either of those two conditions isn't met, the substitution won't occur.

Matt Jacob replied on September 14, 2009 17:53 to the question "wordpress issue" in Ping.fm:

What kind of update are you posting from Ping?

Matt Jacob replied on September 14, 2009 14:56 to the question "wordpress issue" in Ping.fm:

That's because you probably didn't read the instructions. ;-) You're most likely using PHP 4, but the second bullet point under 'Minimum System Requirements' lists PHP 5.1.0 as the lowest supported version.

If you have the option of toggling between PHP 4 and 5, turn PHP 5 on and see if that helps (it should).

Matt

Matt Jacob replied on September 13, 2009 18:51 to the question "wordpress issue" in Ping.fm:

http://getsatisfaction.com/pingfm/top...

Matt Jacob replied on September 12, 2009 00:19 to the question "how can i get ping.fm widget in my website?" in Ping.fm:

Can you give us a little more info about your site?

Is it running any server-side software? (Java, .NET, Python, PHP, ColdFusion, etc.)

Are you currently using any kind of blogging engine or CMS platform? (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc.)

I'll give you more information when I know more about your setup. :)

Matt Jacob started following the problem "Wordpress titles become question marks "???????"" in Ping.fm.

Matt Jacob replied on August 27, 2009 17:05 to the problem "Provide a workable solution between your application and Facebook's platform!" in Ping.fm:

Your tone is a little demanding, don't you think? My posts to Facebook have been working fine, so I'd try removing the Facebook app and re-adding it if I were you.

Matt Jacob replied on August 25, 2009 22:56 to the question "How do I get ping.fm posts to show up on a php web page?" in Ping.fm:

Well, the example code is just that---an example. IIRC, the example code just fires off an email when a ping comes through. That's obviously not ideal, unless you simply want an email archive of all your pings.

You'll need some form of persistent storage to store and retrieve your pings at a later time (database, flat file, etc.). If you have particularly heavy traffic to your site, you might even want to think about caching your pings in a more optimized format for quick display.

Matt

Matt Jacob replied on August 20, 2009 21:12 to the problem "Can not authenticate Worpress ...... :(" in Ping.fm:

I already replied to your other post at http://getsatisfaction.com/pingfm/top...

Matt Jacob replied on August 20, 2009 21:10 to the idea "Try to Ping but the packets lost ...." in Ping.fm:

Are you trying to add a WordPress.com or WordPress.org (self-hosted) blog? There's a big difference.

Oh, and chill out. It's not like you're paying $20,000 a year for a 24/7 support contract. This is a free service, and sometimes nobody is around to help at precisely the moment you need it.

Matt Jacob started following the question "text to a phone number??? why not short code" in Ping.fm.

Matt Jacob started following the question "Emailing pics around or over 1mb does not work." in Ping.fm.

Matt Jacob replied on August 06, 2009 23:42 to the question "When will you be supporting posting on Wordpress blogs that is not hosted in Wordpress.com domain?" in Ping.fm:

Hi there, Real Estate Finance Expert (if that's your real name):

I've created a WordPress plugin to do just what you're asking. Check it out and let me know what you think!

Matt

Matt Jacob started following the question "Dude, why is your site so ungodly SLOW???" in Ping.fm.

Matt Jacob replied on August 04, 2009 18:08 to the problem "Twitter She is Hacked! No More PING!" in Ping.fm:

Uhhh... no. But if you changed your Twitter password, you need to change it at Ping.fm too. Visit https://ping.fm/twitter/ to update your login information.

Matt Jacob replied on July 19, 2009 04:22 to the idea "New version of WordPress Custom URL plugin released" in Ping.fm:

Glad you got everything working. Everyone should be using PHP 5, because PHP 4 has been EOL'd for at least a year now. New features coming soon... I promise.

Matt Jacob replied on July 16, 2009 22:18 to the problem "not working, is there a know problem??" in Ping.fm:

Works for me. I can log in and ping.

Matt Jacob replied on July 15, 2009 20:07 to the problem "Photo posting not working" in Ping.fm:

See these related issues: Emailing picture fails and Palm Pre email updates.

Matt Jacob replied on July 15, 2009 17:30 to the question "Newbie wonders about updating statuses from Twitter directly?" in Ping.fm:

Right.

Think of it as a hub and spoke model, where Ping.fm is the hub and all your social networking sites are the spokes. Or maybe it would be more helpful to think of Ping.fm as the hydro-electric power plant, and all your social networks are somewhere downstream. Or maybe... just kidding. :-)

But yeah, you post to Ping, and it posts to everything else. Not the other way around. However, there are many ways to post to Ping, including email, SMS, IM, web, and 3rd-party apps. Lots of possibilities.

Hope that helps!

Matt