Hey everyone,
I've been toying with the idea making something because I can't seem to find
a free alternative, but I thought I'd do my due diligence and pick your
brains. I'm open for any alternatives to the following, but I'm specifically
looking for a free option with an API.
Scenario:
We run a Wordpress multisite setup here at MPOW, and have two
different blogs that we use for this type of purpose: an Alerts blog
for in-house alert needs, and a News blog for public-facing
announcements. We just use the RSS feed to push the alerts where
needed, and there's certainly no shortage
Hey Jason,
Are you watching for different categories--closings, emergencies, weather -
etc.--and, also, how are you determining when to take down the notice (if at
all)?
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On Nov 7, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Jason Griffey grif...@gmail.com wrote:
We run a Wordpress multisite
We aren't right now...all posts just go where they go. But it's
trivial to break out a category-specific RSS feed in Wordpress, so
that would be easily done.
We typically update the notice instead of taking it down. Good blog
form, and all that. For most alert items (Database down, etc) the
That's a really cool idea Jason! I highly encourage you to write it up
for the Code4Lib Journal, sounds like a great (possibly short) article
for the journal.
Do you do anything with dates, so 'old' alerts/notices aren't shown
anymore? Sounds like no, you just display the last 3, in case
