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Sold Out Activist replied on August 19, 2009 04:45 to the idea "Voting for Best Answer" in TweetPros:

Good to hear. Getting that +1 is what fuels Yahoo Answers.

Sold Out Activist replied on August 18, 2009 18:56 to the idea "Voting for Best Answer" in TweetPros:

What's the update on this feature?

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Sold Out Activist replied on April 19, 2009 22:54 to the problem "No Updates from WP to Ping??" in Sold Out Activist:

You have a tag, category, trigger label, trigger description, or trigger format that javascript does not like. Are you using non-english characters?

And make sure you are using the latest version of the plugin.

Sold Out Activist replied on April 15, 2009 15:53 to the problem "No Updates from WP to Ping??" in Sold Out Activist:

Do you have triggers in your ping.fm dashboard set up to respond to the particular trigger you activated in the plugin?

A comment on the problem "Blog updates not sent to Ping.fm" in Sold Out Activist:

I noticed you said version 2.1.4 this time around. The latest version of the plugin is 2.2.6, so you should upgrade if you haven't.

Go to the plugin's settings. From the dropdown box, select the @m trigger. The options should appear below. Check the activate trigger checkbox, leave the other settings alone for now. Hit 'Update Trigger'. THEN hit the 'Update Settings' button. After that try a test post.

In the past Ping.fm could post to the MySpace blog, but it has since lost that ability for whatever reason. – Sold Out Activist, on April 09, 2009 22:32

A comment on the problem "Blog updates not sent to Ping.fm" in Sold Out Activist:

Some questions:

Have you been able to post via Ping.fm's Dashboard?
Did you get the okay message when entering your application key?
Did you activate the triggers and save your settings?
Did you try the default settings first after activating the triggers?
Is anything in the red in the first paragraph? cURL, PHP version, etc. – Sold Out Activist, on April 09, 2009 21:40

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Sold Out Activist replied on March 27, 2009 20:02 to the problem "Blog updates not sent to Ping.fm" in Sold Out Activist:

Several versions of the plugin have been released since this problem, if anyone is still following this could get back to me on whether or not they still have this problem. That'd be great.

Sold Out Activist replied on March 27, 2009 20:01 to the problem "Tried to install PingPressFM, but got fatal warning - please help." in Sold Out Activist:

A couple things I see:

1) `/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php` is part is the WP core, so unless it has been deleted it should be there.

2) Being that #1 failed, the plugin never installed properly. The plugin won't work until you've resolved #1 and reactivated the plugin.

Barring other problems.

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Sold Out Activist replied on March 19, 2009 18:23 to the question "Like to Use With php4.2" in Sold Out Activist:

I made changes to the plugin. Chances are you have a good shot at it working with 4.2. Give it a try, if it doesn't, we'll work from there.

Sold Out Activist replied on March 13, 2009 01:26 to the question "Post does not appear on Facebook..." in Sold Out Activist:

If your ping shows up on your recent list from Ping.fm, but not in a particular social network, then the problem lies with Ping.fm and not PingPressFM.

Repost your issue on the Ping.fm's Get Satisfaction page.

Sold Out Activist replied on March 12, 2009 02:39 to the question "How to write a post so it will trigger" in Sold Out Activist:

I've seen this problem before, and I don't believe it has anything to do with the plugin other than it might have the timeout set too low (but if Ping.fm doesn't respond in 30 seconds...)

Sold Out Activist replied on March 12, 2009 02:10 to the question "How to write a post so it will trigger" in Sold Out Activist:

Keep in mind that the 2.2.x line is a beta series. I don't have a lot of time these days to work on the plugin, but the next version 2.3.0 is shaping up nicely.

I'm going to lay out the process without assumption (so it might sound mean).

1) Sign up for Ping.fm
2) Set up some social networks in your Ping.fm dashboard.
3) Find your application key (in dashboard, link should says: Application key); copy key
4) In blog: install, activate plugin.
5) In PPFM settings, paste key, check 'I've changed my key...'
6) Update Settings (or Options, I forget).
6a) If the next page doesn't say you can post to Ping.fm, make sure you have entered the key correctly. Repeat #6 until you are told you can post.
7) From the drop down, select @m micro-blog
8) Select activate Trigger
9) Hit Update Trigger
10) Hit Update Settings
11) Make a test post on your blog
12) It should have posted to Ping.fm and to the social network that are set to ping from micro-blog posts.
13) http://www.ping.fm/recent posts will show up here first before the social networks.

From there you can customize as you get more comfortable with the system. And I realize it is a bit convoluted. You'll have to take my work that I'm working on making the next version smoother.

Sold Out Activist replied on March 11, 2009 12:28 to the question "List of triggers for each Snetwork" in Sold Out Activist:

From my FAQ on my website:

Recommendations for SNetwork Triggers
The best way to configure your Ping.fm Dashboard triggers is to activate only the best suited trigger for the particular social network. Twitter, Brightkite are micro-blogs. Facebook, LinkedIn are good for Status Updates. And Blogger, LiveJournal are obviously blogs. MySpace can have both Status Updates and Blog as they are different parts of your profile and don't overlap.

Sold Out Activist marked one of Ruyman Gil García's replies in Sold Out Activist as useful. Ruyman Gil García replied to the question "It's possible don't use the URL Shortener/Redirection?".

Sold Out Activist replied on January 28, 2009 07:28 to the problem "Can't add triggers, javascript error" in Sold Out Activist:

What was the trigger format (ie, [Blog] $title, etc) part? I have a feeling it was something that javascript didn't like.

Sold Out Activist replied on January 26, 2009 11:49 to the problem "Not Working in WordPress 7" in Sold Out Activist:

You don't have the same problem because updating to the latest version fixed his problem. Since IE7 has such pathetic debugging capabilities, this is going to be difficult.

Do me two favors:

1) Try a different browser (not permanently, but just debugging purposes). Firefox, safari, chrome, doesn't matter.

2) Copy/paste all of your categories and tags in your next reply. Do not type them in, copy/paste. I need to see the exact characters used. More than likely, that's where the error lies.

If you are willing to give me temporary access to your blog (i only need blog access) to fix your particular problem, send me an email: soldoutactivist@gmail.com

That would be by far the fastest way to fix this error.