Thoughts Media Corporate Site Updated

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.thoughtsmedia.com' target='_blank'>http://www.thoughtsmedia.com</a><br /><br /></div>I'm pleased to announce the launch of <a href="http://www.thoughtsmedia.com/">Thoughts Media Inc.'s corporate home page</a> - there's not much corporate information there yet, but what is there is pretty darn cool: <a href="http://www.fabriziofiandanese.com">Fabrizio Fiandanese</a>, our Lead Developer &amp; Designer, has whipped up an RSS feed that merges the news from all three network sites. This is a central page you can go to in order to see what's happening on all three sites. If you're interested in a particular site, it's best to subscribe to the RSS feed from each site, but this is a good page to visit when you're on vacation and you just <i>need</i> to see what's happening on all the sites at once. ;-) Let us know what you think of it.<br /><br />Would there be any interest in an RSS feed that combined news from all three sites - a Thoughts Media RSS feed?

[thunderck]

first post and daddy like.. 8)

[Jon Westfall]

Nice look. I especially like the logo. As for a thoughts media RSS feed, I don't think its essential, but wouldn't be a bad addition.

[bjornkeizers]

Nice. Very clean and neutral look. Yeah, I'd love to have an RSS feed from all three sites - especially on my PPC. That way I have something else to read on the go besides Reuters or USA Today :D

[Evee Ev]

Would there be any interest in an RSS feed that combined news from all three sites - a Thoughts Media RSS feed?

uh...yeah!

[Zack Mahdavi]

Would there be any interest in an RSS feed that combined news from all three sites - a Thoughts Media RSS feed?

Absolutely!

[Jimmy Dodd]

Very nice. I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't use the word Empire in the title, but I guess corporate is OK, too. :wink:

[ianbjor]

Would there be any interest in an RSS feed that combined news from all three sites - a Thoughts Media RSS feed?

I would love to see one combined feed, but hopefully it would be de-duped. I read the feeds from the individual sites now, but I frequently see the same post multiple times when it's posted to each site.

[dean_shan]

Nice I like the RSS feed. Nice addition.

[MacBriar]

Sounds like a reason for me to installing a RSS feed reader on my PPC. Kudos to Jason and the team for creating such a useful set of sites.

MacBriar

[c38b2]

I have aggregated the Thoughts RSS feeds for quite a while, and I have a few suggestions. First, it would be nice to get the entire article via RSS, and second perhaps there could be an argument to indicate how many new items you want. I don't think these things would be very hard to implement especially someone with Fabrizio's talent.

[Kevin Daly]

Having the RSS feeds takes care of a big item on my wish list. :D

The only suggestion I'd make is that it would be a good idea to have the RSS feed for each site available for the site itself - if I find my way to Pocket PC Thoughts and think "That's an interesting site, I wonder if they have an RSS feed", it's not going to occur to me to go to the corporate site to look for it. I'll just assume it doesn't exist.

Still, this is a very helpful addition.

[Jonathon Watkins]

Out of this world. 0X :wink:

Very nice indeed, good job Fabrizio!

[drop]

Uh...

Fatal errors! :

[x] Errors while trying to create Simple XML feed object!

I did see the latest articles from all Thoughts sites, though.

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I see it now. It's great. One place to look at recent news! What a concept. Thank you.

[Steven Cedrone]

Having the RSS feeds takes care of a big item on my wish list. :D

The only suggestion I'd make is that it would be a good idea to have the RSS feed for each site available for the site itself - if I find my way to Pocket PC Thoughts and think "That's an interesting site, I wonder if they have an RSS feed", it's not going to occur to me to go to the corporate site to look for it. I'll just assume it doesn't exist.

Still, this is a very helpful addition.

The mobile link at the top of every page tells you how to get the site as a feed...

Steve

[apeguero]

Finally. A website that has all of the Thoughts pages in one place :) Thanks.

[Jason Dunn]

Very nice. I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't use the word Empire in the title, but I guess corporate is OK, too. :wink:

Yes, well, one mustn't make one's ambitions too obvious... :lol:

[Jason Dunn]

I would love to see one combined feed, but hopefully it would be de-duped. I read the feeds from the individual sites now, but I frequently see the same post multiple times when it's posted to each site.

Well, we only post duplicate posts perhaps 1-2 times a week, so I don't perceive this to be a big issue. But moving forward, yes, this is something we will try to tackle because it may grow to be a bigger issue in the future.

[Jason Dunn]

The only suggestion I'd make is that it would be a good idea to have the RSS feed for each site available for the site itself - if I find my way to Pocket PC Thoughts and think "That's an interesting site, I wonder if they have an RSS feed"

:oops: Yeah...um, all three sites have RSS feeds and we've had them for a very long time. The problem is the placement of the XML button for PPCT - it's way at the bottom of the page where few people see it. We're aware of the issue, and we're trying to move the button up top, but it requires some template re-working. It's on the rather long list of things to do! 8O

[spg]

The only suggestion I'd make is that it would be a good idea to have the RSS feed for each site available for the site itself - if I find my way to Pocket PC Thoughts and think "That's an interesting site, I wonder if they have an RSS feed"

:oops: Yeah...um, all three sites have RSS feeds and we've had them for a very long time. The problem is the placement of the XML button for PPCT - it's way at the bottom of the page where few people see it. We're aware of the issue, and we're trying to move the button up top, but it requires some template re-working. It's on the rather long list of things to do! 8O
Hmm... maybe I'm blind, but I don't see an XML button anywhere on the page, not even the bottom.

Nice job on the corporate site...

[merk1821]

Now with the corporate site updated , is there now hope that LaptopThoughts.com will be coming soon? :devilboy: :twisted:

My resume is still waiting to be delivered when that site comes up :wink: :wink: :wink:

JK Jason JK

[Jason Dunn]

Hmm... maybe I'm blind, but I don't see an XML button anywhere on the page, not even the bottom.

Ah...umm....(*@)@#)(#@ (I thought we had it) :lol:

[Jason Dunn]

Now with the corporate site updated , is there now hope that LaptopThoughts.com will be coming soon? :devilboy: :twisted:

The future is still wide open...so we'll see what happens. :wink:

[bbarker]

When Fabrizio has time it would be wonderful to have a mobile version of the Corporate site.

[madbart]

Awesome job guys! This is now set to my startup page which saves me from visiting 3 sites individually!
I would love to see a Thoughts Media RSS feed. :lol:

[madbart]

Nice. Very clean and neutral look. Yeah, I'd love to have an RSS feed from all three sites - especially on my PPC. That way I have something else to read on the go besides Reuters or USA Today :D

What are you using as your RSSreader on your PPC?

[Jonathon Watkins]

What are you using as your RSSreader on your PPC?

Take your pick from the ones listed here (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25471&highlight=rss). 8)