Mar 30 2008
How to use this new WVMTR site…
Are you having trouble wrapping your head around WVMTR’s new website? What is this interactive stuff anyway? It is really not new. We have been doing this since the beginning with the Yahoo Newsgroup and email. This site just pulls it together. Do you have something that is newsworthy or do you want to congratulate another runner on a job well done? Then post it here on the “Club News” page. When club members register on this site they can have access to post articles and comment on other article on the site. Want to invite a group to run with you in the New River Gorge – POST IT! Want to tell people about your encounter with a bear at Dolly Sods – POST IT! Maybe you think what you have to say is too boring. Not so, we would love to read what you have to say.
Anyone can register as a subscriber, but if you want to add to the site just contact Daniel Todd or Dan Lehmann.
How is anyone going to know that I wrote something? How is this site different from the old site? It uses RSS or Really Simple Syndication move new content directly to you. What is RSS and how does it work? Watch this video called RSS in Plain English by The Common Craft Show:
Now new posts and comments can come directly to you. Here are some sites that I use RSS to enjoy – The WV Hot Dog Blog and Rick Lee’s Photos.
Welcome to the site…
Mr. Todd,
Am I correct in that once we have the reader that we can click on the article right in the reader and respond like I am now? If I want to do my own entry… i.e. Girls on the Run is having a Mother’s Day run on May 10th. What would I do then?
No more need to respond via email because I just did here?
Jennifer
If you subscribed to the rss feed using google reader or live bookmarks then content will automatically find you.
To make a post about your run login and click write post. You will want to make sure the rich text editor is turned on under users for a more word processing experience. If you want it to be on the upcoming events calendar let me know.
Where does the “write post” appear on the website? I also don’t see myself listed as a contributor underneath the tools section…. Is it a conspiracy to keep my voice silent?!
Jennifer
By now you are to busy feeding that lovely child of yours to worry about such things.
If you login or click “Site Admin” you should be on the management side of the site. On the top you should see a choice for Write under that it should say Write Post. Good luck. If you are still having trouble send me an email and we can talk.