Hey Jason,
Are you watching for different categories--closings, emergencies, weather - etc.--and, also, how are you determining when to take down the notice (if at all)?
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On Nov 7, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Jason Griffey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We run a Wordpress multisite setup here at MPOW, and have two
> different blogs that we use for this type of purpose: an "Alerts" blog
> for in-house alert needs, and a "News" blog for public-facing
> announcements. We just use the RSS feed to push the alerts where
> needed, and there's certainly no shortage of RSS collection/parsing
> libraries. I'm partial to Magpie (http://magpierss.sourceforge.net/)
> but only because I've had years of using it.
>
> We even recently moved to using Growl for Windows with an RSS plugin
> to do "heads up" alerts on staff/faculty PCs, so that when something
> is posted to the Alerts blog, all staff machines get an
> impossible-to-ignore alert overlay on their screens. We will likely be
> doing a similar thing for "Emergency" use and the public machines.
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Michael Schofield <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> I've been toying with the idea making something because I can't seem to find
>> a free alternative, but I thought I'd do my due diligence and pick your
>> brains. I'm open for any alternatives to the following, but I'm specifically
>> looking for a free option with an API.
>>
>>
>>
>> Scenario: our main website lives on the university's server, which turns out
>> to be a very dull playground: HTML/CSS/JS only. This means there's about 150
>> static files that I'm now presently rolling into a WP Network living on our
>> own boxes-and our own domain-(we've been waiting for the last year for a
>> university-wide CMS, but we just don't want to hold our breaths any longer
>> J) but the main site, the landing page, will always be static. This means
>> that whenever there's an early closure, a hurricane watch, or some other
>> announcement someone has to submit a ticket and then I have to make a
>> change. My goal is to cut me-the middleman-out of the process.
>>
>>
>>
>> My potential project: So what I was thinking was jury-rigging a Wordpress
>> theme into an "alerts" dashboard for managers, directors, and so on. I want
>> to empower the Circulation manager to login, make an announcement, and be
>> done with it. For all the departmental and other sites that live on the WP
>> Network, I'd write and install a corresponding "alerts" plugin that watches
>> the JSON API for an alert and-if true-display it. For our static sites, I'd
>> toss in a jquery plugin that did the same.
>>
>>
>>
>> My question: this seems like something that's been done before! Has it? If
>> not, anyone want to collaborate on github?
>>
>>
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian | (954) 262-4536
>>
>> Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi! Hit me up any time, but I'd really appreciate it if you report broken
>> links, bugs, your meeting minutes, or request an awesome web app over on the
>> Library Web Services <http://staff.library.nova.edu/pm> site.
>>
>>
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