Posterous Developers

Detecting "open Spaces" using the API?

Some Posterous Spaces are open to anybody for writing posts (like this Space i.e.: developers).

Is it possible to see using the API what Space is open to any contributer and what Space not?

If this is not possible, could you add this info?

Update: This is possible now. See my comment. :)

Amazon IP Ranges Blocked

Dear Posterous Developers ---

Due to an inordinate amount of abusive behavior originating from Amazon, we've been forced to temporarily block large numbers of IPs. We've tried to be as surgical as possible, but cannot guarantee that we didn't inadverntently ban some legitimate traffic.

If you're on an Amazon IP that's affected, please let us know!

Putting Images / Videos In-Line With the Post?

So with the lack of a decent desktop client for Posterous other than the often unstable web interface, I wanted to have a go at creating a desktop client that I can use. While sifting through the Posterous API, I finally came across the part which I think I needed. Posting to Posterous.

As you can see, it isn't very informative. It doesn't even detail the format that the attachment files are supposed to be sent as. Are they supposed to be in pure binary format? Base64Encoded? I wouldn't know.

Aside from that, I'm also having this problem of figuring out how I'd insert the media in-line with the post. For example, on the image below, you can see how that image is in-between the text. So how do I do that when I'm using the API?

Hope to hear from you guys soon.

Custom Web Fonts

Hi -

I'm adapting the theme from my personal website to posterous to give
the appearance of seemless integration.

My current beta site is http://beta.davidlday.com
The theme, called PageOne, comes from StyleShout:
http://www.styleshout.com/templates/preview/PageOne10/index.html

My posterous template references the common css from the theme hosted
on my site.

The theme include custom fonts, and has the following in the CSS:

/* ------------------------------------------------
CUSTOM WEB FONTS
--------------------------------------------------*/
@font-face {
font-family: 'MerriweatherRegular';
src: url('fonts/merriweather-regular-webfont.eot');
src: url('fonts/merriweather-regular-webfont.eot?#iefix')
format('embedded-opentype'),
url('fonts/merriweather-regular-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
url('fonts/merriweather-regular-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('fonts/merriweather-regular-webfont.svg#MerriweatherRegular')
format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
font-family: 'MerriweatherBold';
src: url('fonts/merriweather-bold-webfont.eot');
src: url('fonts/merriweather-bold-webfont.eot?#iefix')
format('embedded-opentype'),
url('fonts/merriweather-bold-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
url('fonts/merriweather-bold-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('fonts/merriweather-bold-webfont.svg#MerriweatherBold')
format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}

However, it doesn't look to me as if the custom fonts are being used.
I even updated the CSS and put it directly in the posterous template:

/* ------------------------------------------------
CUSTOM WEB FONTS
--------------------------------------------------*/
@font-face {
font-family: 'MerriweatherRegular';
src:
url('http://beta.davidlday.com/css/fonts/merriweather-regular-webfont.eot');
src:
url('http://beta.davidlday.com/css/fonts/merriweather-regular-webfont.eot?#iefix')
format('embedded-opentype'),

url('http://beta.davidlday.com/css/fonts/merriweather-regular-webfont.woff')
format('woff'),

url('http://beta.davidlday.com/css/fonts/merriweather-regular-webfont.ttf')
format('truetype'),

url('http://beta.davidlday.com/css/fonts/merriweather-regular-webfont.svg#MerriweatherRegular')
format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
@font-face {
font-family: 'MerriweatherBold';
src:
url('http://beta.davidlday.com/css/fonts/merriweather-bold-webfont.eot');
src:
url('http://beta.davidlday.com/css/fonts/merriweather-bold-webfont.eot?#iefix')
format('embedded-opentype'),

url('http://beta.davidlday.com/css/fonts/merriweather-bold-webfont.woff')
format('woff'),

url('http://beta.davidlday.com/css/fonts/merriweather-bold-webfont.ttf')
format('truetype'),

url('http://beta.davidlday.com/css/fonts/merriweather-bold-webfont.svg#MerriweatherBold')
format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}

No luck.

Are we only allowed custom fonts via TypeKit, or am I simply doing this wrong?

Thanks!
- David.

Individual Theming for pages

Hi,
I wanted to have a welcome/ landing page which is minimalistic and doesn't quite look like the rest of the blog (at least hide a few links which are otherwise seen)
Can it be done ?
So can I control what appears in the Header and Footer section (and rest of the otherwise common content) for a certain page ?
ashwyin.posterous.com is my site currently and thats where I wanna fix it, but can't seem to.

regards,
Ashwin.

Help! - Unable to Access My Posts Under the "Settings" and "Manage Spaces" Links

Good Morning Posterous Development Team,

Unfortunately, when I try to access my posts under the "Settings" and "Manage Spaces" links on my blog site, "easytechtips.posterous.com" - I keep getting an error message that says, "Sorry We Can't Find That Page."

I'm confused because I've never experienced this type of problem, and I would like to know if your Development team can help me out.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

KMeyers
EasyTechTips.posterous.com

Edit "Follow by email"?

Hi,

where can i edit the following part in the template?

"Follow by email » Get the latest updates in your email box automatically."

Thanks and best regards,
Sascha

Missing Links

Dear Developers,

I've noticed that sometimes the Edit/Delete/Tags/Autopost links are
present on my existing posts and sometimes they're not. I managed to
pin it down. First, I went to:

https://posterous.com/

and clicked on Manage Spaces. Then I selected Options for my
Posterous (http://webjunk.posterous.com/) and clicked on Posts. The
page loaded with a list of all my posts. When I clicked on the title
of a post, a new window opened, but the Edit/Delete/Tags/Autopost
links were not there. Super annoying!

So I closed that window and went back to the main window, and
clicked on Manage Spaces > Options > New Post via Web and created a
new dummy private post. When I clicked Publish, the page loaded with
a list of all my posts. I clicked on the title of one of my old
posts. A new window opened, and the Edit/Delete/Tags/Autopost links
were back! Please iron out this super-annoying little glitch as soon
as you can,

thanks,
SB

Add language tag to rss feed

Hello,

I'm using Posterous for a couple of months and I'm very happy with everything.

But today I came across with an issue. I'm building a podcast using posterous+feedburner. Everything seems to be ok since I tried to publish my podcast rss to itunes. It was categorized as an "English" podcast, but all podcast is spoken in Portuguese and I need it to be categorized that way so that my audience can easly reach it.

Feedburner is adding the <language>en-us</language> as default because posterous rss do not offer this tag. To correct this I need posterous to include language tag to rss. How can I do this?

Thank you in advance,
Augusto Fontes

background jpg

Hi,

I like the cloud theme but would like to change it to use a jpg picture for my background.

The clould theme uses a URL for the clouds. How can I upload and use a JPG file?

Thanks