Recently updated template and publishing system for KSFS website. Opportunities for improved social media interaction have been added through a combination of Blogger and web services provided by Disqus, AddThis, and Google. Continue reading for template screenshots and highlights.
Template highlights
- Web Template (Stream player and sidebar widgets)
- Disqus (Comment system)
- AddThis (Bookmarking and Sharing)
- Post labels (Tags and Categories)
Web Template (Stream player and sidebar widgets)
KSFS Radio stream
Currently using 1pixelout audio player as the website audio player and M3U download link for desktop media players.Feedburner feed publishing
Feedburner is a website service that provides advanced RSS feed publishing options and statistics.Site links
Links to important site areas.Program Guide
Program Guide is updated and published through a shared Google Calendar.Network links
Links to KSFS Social networking sites (e.g MySpace).Twitter updates
Automatically generated list of KSFS Twitter updates.Google Friend Connect
Allows for visitors to post messages to the site using Google, Yahoo, AOL, or OpenID accounts.Contact Info
Added using Blogger HTML page element.Monthly Archives. Blogger Layout widget.
Automatically generated list of monthly archive links.Site Search
Standard site search form.Categories (Post Labels/Tags)
List (or Cloud) view of post categories/labels.Blogroll
Lists most recent update from favorite websites.Followers
Allows Google and Blogger users to follow the KSFS site.Disqus (Comment system)
The Disqus comment system is a web service that allows visitors to post a comment using their preferred online identity (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Comment activity is also published to their user account and shared with their network connections.
Screenshot of Disqus comments system.
Disqus: Leave comment using Facebook ID
Example of user logged in to Disqus comments using their Facebook identity.
Screenshot of Facebook user logged into Disqus comments.
Disqus: Leave comment using Twitter ID
Example of user logged in to Disqus comments using their Twitter identity.
Screenshot of Twitter user logged in to Disqus comments.
AddThis (Bookmarking and Sharing)
Allows users to easily share or bookmark an existing blog post.
Screenshot of Add This widget (Bookmarking and Sharing).
Post labels (Tags and Categories)
Labels can be used to categorize posts by contributor and/or semester (e.g. spring2009, hiphoploveletter). Allows for category views.
Screenshot of Category tags displayed below post.
