Let me ask all our curmudgeons and luddites to just ignore this post. But for the more progressive of you that might actually know what we think we're talking about, here are some of the things to look for:
- Throughout most of the site, the new "share" button in the left bar menu gives easy access to the universe of stuff like Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, etc., plus some print and email features.
- In the Small Wars Council, there have been some social bookmarking buttons there for a while, all the way down at the bottom of the page.
- RSS feed buttons are now more prominent, in the right bar menu of the SWJ Blog and near the top left in the Small Wars Council.
- For those who prefer just the feed URL, the options are:
- SWJ Blog
- Small Wars Council posts (recommended):
- Small Wars Council threads only:
- Note that the SWC feeds contain only the unregistered / guest-viewable content. You have to go to the board to get the members-only material.
- We are alive on Facebook.
- We are alive on Twitter, as mentioned earlier.
- At risk of overkill, we are inelegantly shoving updates by RSS to both of those sites. The risk of an SWJ FB Tweet overdose is real. Please drink responsibly.
We have a long way to go, but we actually have some resources now and can break ground. Implementing a full CMS and adding web 2.0 features to our Reference Library, Reading List, and Research Links is on the plate, as is a freshening of the site design and finally un-@$$ing the interim Journal format. We are in the market for technical expertise in that regard, and are particularly interested in Drupal as a platform. Your advice and solicitations are welcome.
In the interm, please make use of the new features, and continue to advance our profession and interest.
Comments
It's great that you pay…
It's great that you pay attention not only to improving the functionality of the site but also to its design. Often it is good web design that helps retain users. I saw on the site masterbundles.com a lot of good tools, taking into account the most advanced trends in this direction. I think they can be useful when working on the design of your site.
That was my hunch. But I was curious if there was an assessment of functionality offered for free versus what other products offer for $. Other factors to consider, too, such as the pool of talent knowledgeable about a certain platform, the number/type of third party add-ons available, ease of finding compatible applications to integrate with it, etc.