Version 2.0a of the surprisingly popular WordPress to MySpace Auto Crossposter plugin is now released.

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The old project page for all 1.x versions is located here.

What It Does
The WordPress to MySpace Auto Crossposter is a WordPress plugin that publishes all of your WordPress blog entries to your MySpace blog at the time of publication. This allows you to publish as usual on your WordPress blog, but to also capture and retain your MySpace audience without any extra effort.

Each time that a new WordPress post goes live it will automatically be sent to MySpace for publication.

Users of the plugin have the option of publishing a notification or a whole story to MySpace.

Notification-style crossposting is the default, which will alert readers of your MySpace blog that you have a new story and provide links back to your WordPress blog. This serves to drive traffic to your WordPress blog and is the recommended option. This options also allows you to avoid many of the MySpace page formatting issues.

Users that select the whole story option will have the entire story crossposted to their MySpace blog for readers to view without leaving MySpace.

The project is the same. The code is evolved.

What’s New in v2.0a

-Many users had trouble installing the original plugin due to the fact that the installation procedure did not make use of the standard WordPress plugin activation process. To help alleviate the problem, v2.0a is activated via the WordPress Plugins Management screen.

-All setup is now handled within WordPress itself directly from the Options > MySpace Crossposter screen.

-All code has been condensed to one file.

-Nothing needs to be modified to initiate the code after it is activated and configured. When you post, it posts. Simple as that.

Installation Instructions

As with most plugins, simply download the source file, place the plugin into your wp-content > plugins directory, activate the plugin on the Plugins admin panel and configure on the Options panel. That’s it. For more information see WordPress.org’s Managing Plugins page.

Quick and Dirty FAQ

When will the plugin update MySpace?
As soon as your story is published. That is, when you click “Publish” and it goes live on your WordPress blog.

What if I set the post to automatically publish sometime in the future? When will MySpace be updated?
When the story goes live on your WordPress blog.

Will the MySpace Crossposter update MySpace when I edit an already published post?
No. The only time the story will be crossposted in on the first publication.

MySpace didn’t update. Why not?
Of course, there could be a million reasons. Assuming that you configured the plugin properly with all the correct information, the #1 reason that MySpace doesn’t update with this plugin is because MySpace was down/not working/under maintenance/otherwise screwed up at the time that you published.

Will my post still be published on my WordPress blog even if MySpace is down?
Yes.

I published my post but MySpace was down, how can I get the crosspost onto MySpace when it’s back up?
Unfortunately at this time, the only way to do so is to delete the live story from your WordPress blog and to republish it.

I get a white screen with errors on it when I click publish. What’s wrong?
What do the errors say? They are usually pretty descriptive. The #1 problem is an invalid MySpace username and password. Double check all of your settings – typos, wrong info, caps lock, etc…

The system seems to hang/take-forever-to-load when I click publish. Why?
If this happens, it’s likely that your database server is not responding properly. It could be down or timing out connections, or you may have the wrong server information in your settings.

I am trying to post the Whole Blog Entry but nothing is showing up on MySpace.
Does the Notification Style work fine? If so, it’s a problem with the code not responding well to your content (we’re on it – debugging in process). If not, then there’s probably a greater underlying issue – start with confirming your setup information.
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