Elsewhere

The Elsewhere Wordpress Plugin shows comments blog authors have made on other blogs. So if Erigami owns a blog at PiePalace.ca, and writes a comment on dubroy.com, Piepalace.ca will automatically link to Erigami’s comment on dubroy.com. It’s a great way to show your activity on the web and show your readers what you find interesting.

Get the plugin

The Elsewhere plugin is currently in beta. It’s available in the Wordpress Plugin Directory. If you’re interested in helping out, please install the plugin and try playing with it.

How it works

The Elsewhere plugin is built on top of the claim protocol. The protocol allows website A to inform website B that it contains artifacts of interest. In it simplest form, the protocol works by:

  • Website B publishes a <link href="claim-url" rel="claim"> in its header.
  • The owner of website B comments on website A, including the url of B as part of the comment.
  • Website A checks the front page of B, getting the claim url.
  • Website A posts a special request to B’s claim url via HTTP.
  • Website B accepts the request, and stores it for user approval.

10 Responses to “Elsewhere”

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  • Posted by Aurimas
    2008.Dec.27 @ 16:20

    Hey, this plugin sounds really cool. I just wonder – how does it work? Could you describe it in a few sentences? Thanks a lot.

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  • Posted by XANi
    2009.Jan.11 @ 18:52

    Very cool idea i wish more blogs would use it…

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  • Posted by Island
    2009.Jan.25 @ 01:29

    I’m testing it out on my blog. If I enable “save claims as posts”, can I control categories etc. on the posts that it creates?

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  • Posted by Island
    2009.Feb.03 @ 02:51

    A few bugs I’ve found after a week of testing.

    1. The claims seem to be very sporadic, with only 1 out of every 2 making its way back to my site from another claim enabled site. In fact, my first comment here didn’t show up as a claim on my site.

    2. Entering a new title in the widget doesn’t change the name on the page.

    3. Clicking on any of the controls on the elsewhere tab -enable, disable, approve, unapprove, spam, delete- kicks me to the wp-admin login page.

    Running WP2.7

    I solved the category issue by defaulting to a category that I wanted the posts in. I changed some code to direct it to a category also, but reverted to the original script while troubleshooting the above bugs to make sure they weren’t caused by my changes (they weren’t). I will post the change here when I re-implement it.

    Overall, a great plugin once the kinks are worked out. Great job! Keep up the good work.

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  • Posted by Kate
    2009.Sep.20 @ 20:41

    I think this plug-in is a good idea and I’m trying it out myself.

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