This is a first experiment in cross posting between s l a m on UserLand's RCS and Salon's new RCS.

I've created a new 'slam in salon' category in my 'regular' weblog, then copied the templates and #uptream.xml file from the Salon version.

For now, when upstreaming to the Salon RCS, I get this error:

Can't upstream because "Can't evaluate the expression because the name "yourUpstreamFolderUrl" hasn't been defined."

Let's investigate a little...

Apart from their usernums, the upstream xml files only differ in the specification of the upstream server's URL, radio.xmlstoragesystem.com for UserLand, rcs.salon.com for Salon.

I wonder where this yourUpstreamFolderUrl variable is defined...

Turns out the #prefs.txt file in my 'slam in salon' category didn't have a #category "slam in salon" directive, but a #title directive instead. This is now corrected. Does it change anything ?

Well, I sure didn't have to wait long :-)

Press release: "Salon Media Group, in partnership with UserLand Software, today announced the launch of Salon Blogs, a new service that will allow Salon's users to publish their own weblogs through Salon." [Scripting News]

The new Salon.com Blog Page has links to a Help page and a Faq page.

There are already 33 weblogs registered on Salon's Radio Community Server, but I still don't know how to start publishing there. I guess I'll have to wait for an official announcement.