Someone asked me to formulate a demonstration of Web 2.0 and the power of XML.
Let’s go BLOG 2 FEED 2 EMAIL.
Free.
AND, completely independent inet web services that speak XML to each other.
SO we’re going to tie WORDPRESS (a great blog site) to FEEDBURNER (a great feed generating site) to FEEDBLITZ (a great feed 2 email site).
Without cost and in minutes.
==== BEGIN ====
Start a free blog
Let’s create “loveconquersallthings”.
It’s now at:
http://loveconquersallthings.wordpress.com/
Put in a message at:
https://loveconquersallthings.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php
You’re now a blogger.
Go to a different web service site, and create a feed:
http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home
and it now tells you that the feed is available here:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/wordpress/RPsI
Now you have a blog and a feed, lets ship it to email:
and it tells you here’s the link to add an email output:
http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=115156
Plug in your email address and respond to the challenge.
It sends an email to confirm that the owner of the email wants it.
Confirm your subscription with the link in the email.
==== DONE ====
Now write a post in your blog. And the next day, it appears in your email box.
Why?
You have put the email recipient in true control of their subscription to your blog. You don’t need to know their email address. No chance for spam.
That’s the promise of web 2.0!
I hope that helps.
Reinke Faces Life 