[esocialaction] RSS

[Thompson, Steve]

 Thanks for that David - looks useful. 

Since I embarked in this I've found some useful stuff (loads of) and
done some testing ... Er I use my wifes PC for testing, she'll never
know!! I managed to put a feed from the blogzene onto her My Yahoo which
she uses as her home page.

The blog systems I set up are all multiblogs so what I have decide to do
is this:

The "subscribe" button on a blog was going to link to a page with the
different options and instructions for their use. Instead I am now
planning to have the subscription link go to a blog dedicated to RSS.
Each blog entry will be on one of the methods of subscribing. This means
that these can be categorised, commented on, searched and added to.
Meaning you and others could add to this as well as commenting and/or
rating a particular method. There seems to be loads of em out there.

Steve T

-----Original Message-----
From: David Wilcox [mailto:david at partnerships.org.uk] 
Sent: 21 September 2005 12:24
To: Thompson, Steve
Cc: <esocialaction at email-lists.org>
Subject: Re: [esocialaction] RSS
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Steve

That's a really interesting idea, as usual:-)

I think there are two ends to this ... what sort of RSS feed you
produce, and how users read. And how you make sure it can carry audio,
images, video within the feeds.

At the user end, you might want a feed that can be handled various ways:
* read through an online reader e.g. http://www.bloglines.com
* read through a desktop app. (Useful article on choosing
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3531486 )
* display on a web page within an existing site

You could also build in email alerts from the blog....

I would be glad to join in helping develop and test. My more-tech son
Dan is doing some smart stuff with Flash-based newsreaders that might be
of interest.

By the way, I've developed a links blog on social tech stuff here
http://partnerships.typepad.com/engaging/

and you can see anything I've bookmarked here http://del.icio.us

Regards
David

On 20 Sep 2005, at 20:00, Thompson, Steve wrote:
> I'm converting an e-zene to a blogzene with the intention that all the

> articles will be published in a blog rather than delivered by email. 
> The advantages are that participants can also get a blog within the 
> blog community and we can also introduce more multi media content.
>
> The blogs are RSS compliant and I'd like to introduce a seamless and 
> as simple method as poss for subscribers to have the RSS feed pushed 
> to their computers. Idealy the closest thing to subscribing to an 
> e-mail zene as possible.
>
> I've been experimenting with different methods and tools and I quite 
> like sharpreader http://www.sharpreader.net/ but I'd be interested in 
> any other points of view, ideas or suggestions.
>
>