June 9, 2010 at 22:08Finding convenient platforms for automatically distributing useful information
There is a database that is often updated and useful to residents of our million-plus city.
A bunch of people need her.
It is necessary to make sure that there are many convenient ways of mass access to it.
The database is updated once a week and has approximately 1,600 unique short records (up to 300 letters) with a title of up to 60 letters.
What do we have in 2010 in RuNet mass access? That's right, blogs, social networks, twitter and other things. I wanted to make maximum results with a minimum of effort.
I'll tell you how it was done. Not everything turned out and not very well, so help is appreciated.
So, the ultimate goal is to make the data accessible, the maximum program:
- on a separate site
- in a blog with RSS export
- on Twitter (headline + short link)
- in all domestic and not only social networks / engines that are ready to take data from the outside and show it to ourselves (we are not spammers, we act within the framework of the regular capabilities of the systems)
- via SMS, ICQ, Jabber -bots that you can ask questions and get answers
Additional requirements:
- the interface of the site where the messages are read (for example, after clicking on the link) should be very simple and Russian-speaking
- it is necessary that the solution allows you to sort the content by categories and use the usual navi with gestational solutions in the form of tags and a calendar archive
Attempt 1. XML -> parser -> email -> Blogspot.com -> Twitter
Cons:
- blogspot.com (read Google) does not want to receive more than 48 entries per day via email. I have not determined the exact number, but pretty quickly he stops posting. Google has no desire to receive so much data, which is understandable
- blogspot.com does not support the creation of tags for blog posts by sending mail
Pros:
- nice interface, broadcast to twitter
Attempt 2 . XML -> parser -> email -> posterous.com-> everywhere
Here it is, it is "everywhere"
The posterous.com service was very pleased
The simplest to use, powerful in functions, accepting tags and files, publishing everything without restrictions and broadcasting in 1000 and 1 system. WELL!
Only one minus:
- English interface. The target audience of information is people from 30 and far from IT
. Unfortunately, no system was found that allows organizing SMS, icq, and jabber bots automatically.
All that remains is the nasty and time-consuming
Attempt 3 . Sit down and code everything yourself / build it yourself
1. Put WordPress and another platform on the hosting
2. Write the import of posts
3. Use the API systems to transfer content to them (part, for example, twitter, you can simply configure to automatically pick up content, but this is not a universal solution)
4. Write bots as separate applications (it may be possible to place them on the same hosting and use the same database.
You can write / collect all this in a few days, but, frankly, the feeling of the invention of the bicycle does not leave.
A bunch of people need her.
It is necessary to make sure that there are many convenient ways of mass access to it.
The database is updated once a week and has approximately 1,600 unique short records (up to 300 letters) with a title of up to 60 letters.
What do we have in 2010 in RuNet mass access? That's right, blogs, social networks, twitter and other things. I wanted to make maximum results with a minimum of effort.
I'll tell you how it was done. Not everything turned out and not very well, so help is appreciated.
So, the ultimate goal is to make the data accessible, the maximum program:
- on a separate site
- in a blog with RSS export
- on Twitter (headline + short link)
- in all domestic and not only social networks / engines that are ready to take data from the outside and show it to ourselves (we are not spammers, we act within the framework of the regular capabilities of the systems)
- via SMS, ICQ, Jabber -bots that you can ask questions and get answers
Additional requirements:
- the interface of the site where the messages are read (for example, after clicking on the link) should be very simple and Russian-speaking
- it is necessary that the solution allows you to sort the content by categories and use the usual navi with gestational solutions in the form of tags and a calendar archive
Attempt 1. XML -> parser -> email -> Blogspot.com -> Twitter
Cons:
- blogspot.com (read Google) does not want to receive more than 48 entries per day via email. I have not determined the exact number, but pretty quickly he stops posting. Google has no desire to receive so much data, which is understandable
- blogspot.com does not support the creation of tags for blog posts by sending mail
Pros:
- nice interface, broadcast to twitter
Attempt 2 . XML -> parser -> email -> posterous.com-> everywhere
Here it is, it is "everywhere"
The posterous.com service was very pleased
The simplest to use, powerful in functions, accepting tags and files, publishing everything without restrictions and broadcasting in 1000 and 1 system. WELL!
Only one minus:
- English interface. The target audience of information is people from 30 and far from IT
. Unfortunately, no system was found that allows organizing SMS, icq, and jabber bots automatically.
All that remains is the nasty and time-consuming
Attempt 3 . Sit down and code everything yourself / build it yourself
1. Put WordPress and another platform on the hosting
2. Write the import of posts
3. Use the API systems to transfer content to them (part, for example, twitter, you can simply configure to automatically pick up content, but this is not a universal solution)
4. Write bots as separate applications (it may be possible to place them on the same hosting and use the same database.
You can write / collect all this in a few days, but, frankly, the feeling of the invention of the bicycle does not leave.