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Lynn, Susan and I both participate in an online community that uses a software package with many of the features I find critical for effective interactions. I think we have different views of the strengths and weaknesses of that software. It is called Caucus and is being released as an open-source package in the near future. The Community that we belong
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"So, maybe I/we need to work on a way of translating this new technology into something that doesn't look new." I suspect that this would be a wasted exercise. It isn't about "looking new," in my opinion: it is about perceived values. I can almost guarentee that if your constituents percieved that there was a value (for them!!!), they would
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Thanks for the response, Susan. I can understand wanting to get people to come back to the site and I would even support that action if there was a link to the specific message. As it stands, I get a link to the thread and that obviates any reason for me to use subscriptions as a forum monitoring strategy. Not that I would want to use email for that
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I'm just starting to learn/play with KlipFolio -- which I would classify as a widget. It looks like a very friendly package with an powerful API. It may be a good way to distribute alerts to special groups. For example, I'm thinking that an organization that uses Rep and Distributors might benefit from distributing this Widget set to those individuals
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While I don't use it, I believe FireFox will identify feeds and allow direct subscriptions. There are others and IE7 will be huge. Last question: Yes, you could set up, for example, so that subscriptions are automatically made to Yahoo, Bloglines, and a whole host of other reader/aggregators.
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Scott.r: Depending on the browser used, subscribing to an RSS feed (in some cases, even determining if an RSS feed is availabel) is a snap. Very soon, Microsoft's new browser will be available and it will have that sort of functionality built in. Given the popularity of their browsers, a huge number of users will no longer be confused by the xml
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Thanks, Steve: That is an impressive lineup of tools that you have assembled and put into use. As I have time, I want to go through each one and learn more about them. Personally, I've not been a great fan of the "Open Source" tools. Part of it is just lazy: cannot spend the time to learn new operating systems and then tools. I don't relish
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In a posting yesterday, I presented the case for where an NPO might want to include an RSS feed option as an alternative to receive information pubilished in their eNewsletter -- for those who want to remain anonymous, want to avoid email box clutter, and who want complete control of their subscriptions. There are other ways you can use RSS feeds: one
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Technically, you don't "submit feeds to be read by others." What you do, essentially, is include a method for constituents to "subscribe" to your "feed" (which simply is a collection of articles). If that collection of articles happens to be a blog, there is usually an automatic procedure that will create this subscription code. If you happen to
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Susan suggested that I post my complaints over here; I also made some comments in the Web 2.0 forum and sent some of the email notices i received to one of your staff. My intent was not to dump on your system. I happen to be a real fan of Coldfusion and so I like the fact that you are using a package that is based on Coldfusion. I don't know how