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Feedly: a magazine-like start page. How to use WordPress to create a custom Facebook Tab. Public Relations Blogs - 25 Essential PR Bloggers. No RSS Feed for Your Website? No Problem. The easiest way for your readers to keep up-to-date with news from your nonprofit’s website is by subscribing to its RSS feed — but many websites don’t have RSS feeds.

No RSS Feed for Your Website? No Problem

No problem! Google Reader users can now subscribe to be notified of changes to any web page, even if the site doesn’t have a feed. We’ll take a look at the new Reader feature first, and then talk about a few other options for helping readers to get notified of changes to websites that don’t publish RSS feeds automatically. As a post on the Official Google Reader Blog (“Follow changes to any website”) announced yesterday: Today we’re rolling out a change in Google Reader that lets you create a custom feed to track changes on pages that don’t have their own feed.

How to Create a Feed for any Web Page with Google Reader Grab the URL for the web page for which you want to track changes, and login to Google Reader. Click “Add Subscription” and paste the page URL into the box. Google Reader + Feedburner. How I Create and Manage A Wordpress Website. While I do have some issues with WordPress, it is one of my favorite CMS tools, because it’s easy to use, manage, and customize.

How I Create and Manage A Wordpress Website

In this post I’m going to give you a bit of insight into how I manage a WordPress website. I’m going to assume you have already chosen the topic for your website. If you haven’t, you might want to check out this post from SEOMoz to help you. While most people use WordPress as a blogging tool, I prefer to use it as a CMS for magazine or newspaper style site. Why WordPress and not another CMS? Keyword Research – You’ll need to do your keyword research. Evergreen Content – Some people call it evergreen content, some call it flagship content. Primary and Secondary Content – Look at your keywords and try to prioritize this content in order of importance.

Head & Tail Content – I’m sure there’s another name for this but that’s what I call it. Current Events – Having an editorial calendar is really a must IMHO. Backups – Having an automated backup solution is key. The 7 Harsh Realities of Social Media Marketing. Top 50 Journalism Blogs. If you have uploaded photographs to an online news source, or if you have become an ‘iReporter’ or a citizen who reports on various events for a news service, you might have become enamored with journalism.

Top 50 Journalism Blogs

On the other hand, if you are a seasoned journalist, you may have become disillusioned in how this field has changed over the past decade. With the changes wrought by online venues and phones that can report instant messages and photographs, many amateur and professional journalists alike are asking, “What is a journalist, and where is this field headed?” One way to gain perspective on this writing genre is to read what other journalists are saying about this field. Their first-hand accounts of changes within journalism, including topics such as ethics, technology and the format for journalistic writing, can be found in journalists’ blogs.

Citizen Journalism Personal Blogs School-Supported Journalism Blogs Organizations Find more organizations at Journalistics’ list. New Media Focus. SMUG - Social Media University, Global.