DW/LJ submitlet bookmark function

[dracodraconis]

When LiveJournal introduced it's javascript-based submitlet function, it made my life easier, being a person who mostly posts current articles in news, science, and technology with a summary and the ocassional snarky comment if warranted. For those who may not know of what I speak, the submitlet script allows you to, when on a page the link for which you want to submit as a new post to LJ, automatically copy the page information and link as a new LJ post in a new window. When I came to DreamWidth I missed having this function so set about remedying the solution.

What I came up with still uses javascript from the LiveJournal site, but creates a new DreamWidth post. Create a new bookmark and use some appropriate descriptor (I use "Submit to Dreamwidth"). In the Location box, cut-and-paste the following:

javascript:void((function(){var%20u='http://www.dreamwidth.org/',w=window.open(

'','','toolbar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,status=1,width=1000,height=500');if(window.LJ_bookmarklet){return%20LJ_bookmarklet(w,u)};var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.onload=function(){LJ_bookmarklet(w,u)};e.setAttribute('src','http://www.livejournal.com/js/bookmarklet.js');document.getElementsByTagName('head').item(0).appendChild(e)})())

As you can see, the script still calls LJ's bookmarklet.js function, but gets the job done. Ideally, I would like to have everything run either entirely locally or on a DW server, but this gets the job done in the meantime.

Comments

[psycho_mama]

Thank you! I haven't used the LJ one but I look forward to using this one.

[elizaria]

Cool, I didn't even know LJ had this option. I definitely plan to use this here at DW. Thanks!

[bluemeridian]

Oh, nice -- thanks!

[katfusion]

Awesome! I didn't know this existed at LJ, but I plan to use it now. Thanks for posting!

[amokk]

I now have them sitting nicely next to each other on my Bookmarks Toolbar. :)

[firiel44]

That is entirely fabulous! Thanks so much!

[coprime]

Ooh, neat! I was missing this a lot.

[dreamweaver]

Errrr maybe this is really dumb, and this is cool, but I'm missing something. When I copy the code, where do I paste it?

[dracodraconis]

In Firefox it would be the Location: field. I'm not sure what term they may be using in other browsers.

[manifestjoy]

Thanks so much for working on and posting this!

I fiddled around with my LJ bookmarklet trying to get it to work for me, but I didn't have the patience.

This one fits the bill nicely.

[stardragon_the_canadian]

*waves*

[qilin]

Hi! I run dw_nifty and I think this would make a great post, if you'd like to post it over there. If not, would you mind if I used the material for a post?

[dracodraconis]

Go right ahead and use the material for a post.

[giglet]

Thank you!