Join us on Wednesday, April 18th at 6 pm at KickStand Kafé for our next Flag Tech Talk lecture entitled, "Simple Steps to Getting and Maintaining a Website" and presented by Joe Bodin of Flagstaff Central.com, Inc.
This discussion will be about solving how the process of getting a website sometimes feels like a huge task for a small business owner to conquer. The first step is to understand what it takes to get a website. This lecture will outline these steps with helpful tips, some cost concepts, and will help you understand what you will have to do to make this happen. Then, we will also discuss what it will take to be successful in maintaining your site over time, so if you already have a site then you should still attend to see what the long term future holds.
The Flag Tech Talk lecture series are free discussions about technology for regular people. They are sponsored by Flagstaff Central.com, Inc. and Orig'native LLC. They are held on the 3rd Wednesday of every month and are completely free to the public. These lectures are designed to help educate regular people so they understand more about computers, the internet, and the resources available to them when it comes to managing their small business or organization. Come armed with questions...!
For more information, go to www.FlagTechTalk.com.
No Techno-Babble Allowed!
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Posting Videos into Your Website
We just figured out a nifty way to have YouTube videos automatically feed into a website. For some odd reason, YouTube doesn't offer this service. They do give you embed code to put individual videos, but they don't have a simple way to add your whole video feed into your website.
We've had a number of clients who regularly post new videos on YouTube. Now that people can take a video from a smartphone or webcam, it has unleashed people to make their own quick vids whenever they get inspired. These aren't meant to be that "commercial video" where it is really professional. They are meant to show the human side of a business or organization while teaching people about what they do...
So, how do you get your YouTube page feeding into your site?
1) Your Feed Address: http://www.youtube.com/rss/user/USERNAME/videos.rss. Simply put your YouTube user name in the spot that says, "USERNAME" in the link. You can go to the page - it looks like most RSS feeds.
2) Use FeedBurner: This is a service owned by Google that has a lot of really great features for marketing. The accounts are free and typically if you already have a Google account, you can login with the same account info. Once you enter, you will see a field that asks you to put in your RSS feed link. Use the Link above and follow the setup steps on FeedBurner...
3) BuzzBoost: After you have created your FeedBurner setup, you should then go to "Publicize" and choose "BuzzBoost". This will allow you to customize the feed to have items you want like a Title, Date/Time, How Many you want Displayed, and you will also need to choose "HTML" as the way you want it displayed. Then, click "Activate" and it will spit out the code you will need.
4) Add Code into Website: You would then take the FeedBurner/BuzzBoost code and install it into your website wherever you wish it to appear.
And now, every time you post to your YouTube page with your new video inspiration, it will automatically change out the video(s) on your website within 30 minutes... Pretty nifty!
Please Note: All of the above may sound like a lot, but it really isn't hard to do at all. Clearly you need to have some understanding of how a RSS feed works, follow basic directions on FeedBurner and BuzzBoost, and then need to be able to install the code into your website. If you don't have this skill and need some help, just contact us and we can talk about the options and how we can help you out.
We've had a number of clients who regularly post new videos on YouTube. Now that people can take a video from a smartphone or webcam, it has unleashed people to make their own quick vids whenever they get inspired. These aren't meant to be that "commercial video" where it is really professional. They are meant to show the human side of a business or organization while teaching people about what they do...
So, how do you get your YouTube page feeding into your site?
1) Your Feed Address: http://www.youtube.com/rss/user/USERNAME/videos.rss. Simply put your YouTube user name in the spot that says, "USERNAME" in the link. You can go to the page - it looks like most RSS feeds.
2) Use FeedBurner: This is a service owned by Google that has a lot of really great features for marketing. The accounts are free and typically if you already have a Google account, you can login with the same account info. Once you enter, you will see a field that asks you to put in your RSS feed link. Use the Link above and follow the setup steps on FeedBurner...
3) BuzzBoost: After you have created your FeedBurner setup, you should then go to "Publicize" and choose "BuzzBoost". This will allow you to customize the feed to have items you want like a Title, Date/Time, How Many you want Displayed, and you will also need to choose "HTML" as the way you want it displayed. Then, click "Activate" and it will spit out the code you will need.
4) Add Code into Website: You would then take the FeedBurner/BuzzBoost code and install it into your website wherever you wish it to appear.
And now, every time you post to your YouTube page with your new video inspiration, it will automatically change out the video(s) on your website within 30 minutes... Pretty nifty!
Please Note: All of the above may sound like a lot, but it really isn't hard to do at all. Clearly you need to have some understanding of how a RSS feed works, follow basic directions on FeedBurner and BuzzBoost, and then need to be able to install the code into your website. If you don't have this skill and need some help, just contact us and we can talk about the options and how we can help you out.
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