folks contacted
the bot tech folks, who bounced (or rebooted) the bot (would that just
be "rebotted"?). It's working now.
If you haven't tried updating your AOL Journal or AIM Blog via IM yet,
it's pretty neat. It's most useful if you're away
from your regular
computer, or if you're using a cell phone with AIM or other mobile
device, but it can also be convienient for quick hit
entries from your
computer.
Here's how it works:
1. In your IM client, open an IM to screen name
AOLJournals (this goes for AIM bloggers, as well).
For you lazy people, you can click these links to pop an IM to the bot:
(You can add
AOLJournals to your Buddy List, just like any other
screen name.)
2. Type a message, four words or
longer. This will be the body of your entry. Send
the IM:
3. If you have multiple Journals (under the screen name you're IMing
from), it will ask you to choose which Journal you want to publish
to:
(You'll see that I use the word "foo" a lot when I need text for a
placeholder or example. Here's the Wikipedia
entry on "foo".)
4. If you want to give the entry a subject (if you don't, it will say
"Untitled", which isn't all that helpful or attractive), send another
IM starting with subject: (you need the colon)
followed by your title:
5. You can also add music: and
mood: the same way. For
moods, you have to stick with our mood options -- it
will tell you what they are if you type a non-supported mood (we know
you want free-form mood entry). You can just type "help" to see the
list of commands:
6. If you send another IM with more words, it will ask you if you want
to add them to your current entry, or start a new
one.
So that's how you use IMs to publish to your Journal.
The tech folks are also working on alternate ways to publish to your
Journal, though I don't have anything solid to report right now. I'll
keep you updated as things progress. Thanks. -- Joe
10 comments:
do people really use the bot for entries?? I'm terrified to try for fear I will lose an entry.
~Julie
Since that is fixed do you think they could fix the problem with alerts?
Wow, thanks for this information. I don't have a cell phone though but, when I get one I'll use it. Thanks for all the info you give. This is a Very Helpful Journal. Thanks for making it.
Your Fellow Journalist,
Marsha
http://journals.aol.com/lauff4me/MyWorldYourWelcometoit/
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THANK YOU, sry, but i looked for hours on end to find out how to do this, so im good 2 go now
it looks dum ok but post on my page ok???
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