Your opinion ? 2-Blog / RSS

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We have the possibility to integrate blog posts, even automatically via their RSS feeds …

Which do you prefer?
We accept them in the general Lounge, or do you prefer a dedicated Blog, Press section?

Example of rendering :

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Most blogs have great but also average posts, so, if automatically posted though RSS, the content would be average.

I see added value in bringing curated, value adding blog posts.

  • Articles could be curated into an app (eg GetPocket; FlipBoard - both have RSS output for auto posting on the forum) + public submission form (so curation is passed to members);
  • filtered for quality (by an admin);
  • Organized by topic (preferably using the same category/tags system as the forum threads;
  • made available to users by 2 choices: 1) separate curated content blog section; 2) inserted into the forum threads between topic discussions (as they are highly qualitative and bring value on a topic, it’s logical to be handy in the topic list)

Hope it helps

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Great ideas , thanks @emil.ivan

  • About curation by readers, sounds like GetPocket and FlipBoard don’t allow to create category on output RSS, only the all unread ou readed feed … Something to check with users …
  • about members submission, forms and waiting a review by mods is possible, I have to digg in the doc :wink:
  • About category, a topic can be moved by any moderation, feel free to test it in the Sandbox,
    or by some automatic script on criterias (like, nbr of comments, etc I have to digg, not yet tested as admin …
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Zapier could serve the purpose in the first stage while piloting the function. They have a free package for 100 tasks (Make an RSS feed from tagged Pocket articles | Zapier) - did not try it
IFTTT.com allows creation of a RSS via RSSGround on GetPocket tag (both apps are free with limited usage, but should be decently OK for start)? (did not use it recently)

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Let me know if you are able to filter your rss feed, as soon as you have the link,
share it, I’ll insert it in the Sandbox category for test …

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Hi Laurent,
I did the RSS test and here are the proposed flow:
1. Article submission
○ To be done by any user via a simple forum form
○ To be done by admins using a form or the Get Pocket app directly
2. Article qualification:
○ Done by Admin inside GetPocket
○ Creation of tags based on the forum categories and tags
○ Tag used for publishing - “PUBLISH”
3. Article publishing
○ When tagging an article in GetPocket with the Tag “PUBLISH” it will trigger Zapier to add the article to a public RSS that can be imported into the forum
4. Constraint - GetPocket and Zapier do not pass tags further in the feeds, so manual tagging of the blog posts on the forum will be necessary

Tools used:
1. GetPocket.com (free edition) - has everything in
○ Activate RSS function (private and pw protected)
2. Zapier.com (free edition) - limited to 100 tasks per month
○ Public RSS feed (to be imported in the forum blog section - Test Sales Forum
○ Saved template of the zap - https://zapier.com/shared/da8ec7b15aacfefd12db439d02bf9bd0ebb7aebd

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Let’s go, salesty it :stuck_out_tongue:
your feed is integrated in the Sandbox Category

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Great, it works well!
Thanks a lot! :heart_eyes:

This is how I imagine things …

  • A group of members will have a moderator privilege
  • Each of their feeds will be automatically integrated in a News Category
  • At first, these members will be able to decide which articles are the most interesting, and move them into the Lounge.
  • Then, I will look at what can be automated, based on the number of comments, or with a likes system
  • members will of course be able to submit via a form
    if it does not represent too much work for the group, to be tested

What do you think about it?

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Sounds like a good/transparent flow.

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I need to see how the forms work, it’s in todo-list, as soon as, I deploy this. For this group of members, do you have an idea of name ? Tell me, and you will be the leader :slight_smile:

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Alternative tool :
Make.com, like Zapier, is free for 1000 ops by month
Could connect RSS to our Discourse RSS entry point
and offer a lot of optionnal steps if needed
https://www.make.com/en/integrations/rss

A lot of automation is also possible inside Discourse, I have to dig in …
It’s a new toy for me :slight_smile:

Indeed, it’s great that you have the crédit of the share with your rss
Now, as moderateur, you could move the topic in some other category and add your preferred tags

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Too bad, the plugin is very demanding on the content, bugs quite easily, despite an update, I still have some messages in the log file… To see if it holds in the duration…