In addition to feedback, we often receive love letters from our users (keep 'em coming!). But we get an extra special warm fuzzy feeling when Bloglines has been recognized by the media.
- Robyn DeuPree, Sr. Product Manager
Bloglines experienced intermittent service between 8:00am and 11:00am Pacific Daylight Time today. There should have been no impact to accounts, subscriptions or any other data. We apologize for the inconvenience. We are working hard to ensure this does not happen again.
- The Bloglines Team
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Bloglines will perform a software upgrade on Thursday 4/20/06 between 9:00 and 9:30pm PDT. The Bloglines website will be unavailable during this time.
Bloglines was unavailable between 7:30pm PDT and 8:00pm PDT today, April 27 2006 due to an unplanned network outage at our datacenter. All Bloglines services have returned to normal at the time of this posting.
Here ye, here ye... Bloggers & publishers, Bloglines can now accept pings directly from you in two ways. Read more at http://www.bloglines.com/services/api. If you already ping Ping-O-Matic, or if your blog is hosted with LiveJournal, TypePad or MovableType, no need to lift a finger. We've already got you covered.
Bloglines readers, you too will benefit. Blog posts from publishers who choose to ping us will show up within minutes, sometimes seconds, of being posted.
- Your Bloglines Team
We have introduced a new feature that allows Flash-based content to appear within Bloglines. Check out the new Ask.com commerical just above this post.
Subscribe to YouTube's RSS feeds and you are sure to get your recommended daily dose of laughter. We enjoy the Today's Most Viewed Videos feed.
Publishers, wondering how to get your content to appear within Bloglines? We now display RSS enclosures with type="application/x-shockwave-flash". For more information regarding enclosures please see the RSS Specification.
-Team Bloglines
We have another treat for you Blogliners who have been patiently awaiting our redesign. Today's special surprise is the Photo Widget View available within Bloglines Beta.We've been experimenting with different views in the Bloglines Start Page. In this case, we display photos from Flickr inside a Photo Widget. Sure beats a text description. We currently only do this for Flickr, but in future releases you will be able to apply the photo view for other photo-oriented feeds.
Here's a little before and after.
Before
After
As a reminder, you can go to Flickr or other photos sites and create a feed tracking a specific topic or tag. In the example above our topic we tracked was "Europe." Or you can track a specific user on the site. So in other words, anytime a friend posts a picture on Flickr, you would see that picture on your Bloglines.
Have Fun!
- Eric Engleman and the Bloglines Team
At Bloglines, we experiment with feeds all the time. We wanted to point out 3 easy ways you can keep in touch with your friends on Facebook, Flickr and Upcoming.org via Bloglines.
Facebook
Need to have your Facebook Friends' Status Updates at all times? You can import your Status Update feed into your Bloglines account. Here's how you can get your Status Updates in Bloglines. Go to your home page. Look for your "Status Updates" section on the right side of the page near your photo. Click on "See All" and go to your Status Updates Page. On the right side of the page, you'll see a blue RSS Icon under the header "Subscribe."
Flickr
Get a photo feed from a friend, family member or other Flickr-ino. Enter the user name in the Flickr Search. Look at the bottom of the user's profile page. Look way to the bottom and you'll find an RSS icon. Subscribe to it like any other feed.
Upcoming.org
See what events your friends aretracking. Be sure to sign-in to Upcoming.org. Look for the area on your home page with the title, "My Friends' Events." (Be sure to have added friends before-hand.) Click on the link "My Friends' Events." Look for the RSS subscribe button in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
Keep us posted on other ways you use Bloglines. If you do post on your blog, be sure to send us an email, so we can highlight your post for other Blogliners.
Enjoy!
- Eric Engleman and the Bloglines Team
The great thing about feeds is that there is a selection for any topic, so this time celebrate Valentine’s Day year round. Here are some feeds of interest:
While cynics might insist the greeting card industry created Valentine’s Day, romance is always of interest. We would love to hear your stories of how you use Bloglines to improve your love-life.
Enjoy!
- Eric Engleman & the Bloglines Team