Blogging and RSS: Beyond the Basics

what you really need to know to make them work

Defining the Purpose

• Book Reviews• News• Subject Portals• Website Redesign

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Housekeeping

Policies

Staffing

Motivation

Support

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Commonalities

• Viewer options• multiple author

options• categories• multiple formats• WYSIWIGs• RSS• plug-ins

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Blogger

• free• hosted, supports own

domain

• open API• Google goodies• built in Feedburner

WordPress.com

• free• hosted• widgets• 60 themes• autosave

• Akismet• importing• tags• posts to the

future

WordPress.org

• everything of .com plus• non-hosted• control• Open Source• requires server space -

PHP 4.2 and MySQL 4.0

WordPressMu

multi-user platform for thousands of blogs and users with unique permissions

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MoveableType

• non-hosted• free for personal use

only• fees for support and

everything else• integrates with your

authentication system• junk mail file

• file management• tags and widgets• email notification• Atom API• programming

interfaces

Examples

• Boise State U Library

• U of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library

• Virginia Commonwealth U Library

• For more see Blog Without A Library Wiki Academic Libraries list

RSSgetting what you need to the users,

giving them what they want

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FeedBurner

Making the Old Look New

• Feed2JS• FeedBlendr• Grazr

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Making the Old Act New

• FeedYes• ListGarden

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Michelle Boule

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mboule@gmail.com

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