Communicating with the Web We're not: going to tell you that you should be using these strategies. going to tell you how to to do it. We are: going to talk about what's happening with dynamic web content. going to discuss why you might want to do something similar.
Communicating with the Web What's a dynamic site? Any site that changes or adds content on a regular basis. Changes to databases Articles Comments RSS feeds Blogrolls Linkrolls
Communicating with the Web Why have a dynamic site? drives traffic pagerank become the expert build community
Communicating with the Web The types of dynamic web page. Databases (semi-dynamic) Linked content from elsewhere RSS & XML feeds Written content articles and blogs Community Content community forums and listservs
Communicating with the Web RSS in Depth Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary A machine-readable XML file, that presents new articles in a list, giving a line or two of each article and a link to the full article or post (from Wikipedia).XML Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language (from Wikipedia). W3C markup language
Communicating with the Web Blogs Blogs vs. Articles What's a blog? Why have a blog? Commitment in time and money Top mistakes The blogosphere
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A live example of a blog. communicatingwiththeweb.blogspot.com
Communicating with the Web Community Forums What's a forum? Forum vs. Listserv Community Problems Forum death Commitment
Communicating with the Web The bottom line What'll it cost? Will I get rich?
Communicating with the Web Jack Vickery Jack is the principal of Vickery Consulting, a private practice consultancy in the Lower Mainland working with a variety of non-profits. Jack works as a system administrator, webmaster, and helps agencies develop web and based tools to fulfill their missions. Contact Simon Ladell Simon is the Community Education Manager for Vancouver agency the Seniors Housing Information Project, and is the former Manager of Information Services with Ontario I&R service Volunteer & Information Quinte. His past includes stints in marketing, in the software industry, and writing both journalism and Science Fiction. Contact