Comments on: E-Mail Subscribers http://www.marialanger.com/2006/12/02/e-mail-subscribers/ Web site and blog for Maria Langer, freelance writer, commercial helicopter pilot, and serious amateur photographer Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:12:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Maria Langer http://www.marialanger.com/2006/12/02/e-mail-subscribers/#comment-17917 Maria Langer Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:13:53 +0000 http://www.marialanger.com/2006/12/02/e-mail-subscribers/#comment-17917 I have tried using RSS readers and failed miserably. Again, it's because I don't check feeds as part of my routine. The reader I tried (and paid for) is Endo, which I like quite a bit. But there's so much new content out there that if I don't check daily, I'm overrun with new content when I do check. And frankly, I have more than enough to do with my time. I know I'm missing out on some good content that could help me with my computer work. I think one of my new year's resolutions will be to try to make checking feeds part of my daily routine. It'll probably be a lot easier than my usual resolution: to lose weight. Oh, and about the book -- it's very upsetting to see instructions go wrong just because of a software update. Miraz and I do try to post some updates to the book's content at the book's companion Web site, http://www.wpvqs.com/. But it's an uphill battle, especially when neither of us regularly use the default template and don't spot the changes. We rely on readers to point out where the book doesn't match the software, then try to post updates as required. Check that site for updates and let us know there what's not correct due to software changes. Thanks for writing! I have tried using RSS readers and failed miserably. Again, it’s because I don’t check feeds as part of my routine. The reader I tried (and paid for) is Endo, which I like quite a bit. But there’s so much new content out there that if I don’t check daily, I’m overrun with new content when I do check. And frankly, I have more than enough to do with my time.

I know I’m missing out on some good content that could help me with my computer work. I think one of my new year’s resolutions will be to try to make checking feeds part of my daily routine. It’ll probably be a lot easier than my usual resolution: to lose weight.

Oh, and about the book — it’s very upsetting to see instructions go wrong just because of a software update. Miraz and I do try to post some updates to the book’s content at the book’s companion Web site, http://www.wpvqs.com/. But it’s an uphill battle, especially when neither of us regularly use the default template and don’t spot the changes. We rely on readers to point out where the book doesn’t match the software, then try to post updates as required. Check that site for updates and let us know there what’s not correct due to software changes.

Thanks for writing!

]]> By: Michael Thompson http://www.marialanger.com/2006/12/02/e-mail-subscribers/#comment-17898 Michael Thompson Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:18:07 +0000 http://www.marialanger.com/2006/12/02/e-mail-subscribers/#comment-17898 Maria, I use Bloglines as my RSS reader and I find that is the way I like to read posts. That way, they are all in one place and I don't lose stuff. If I subscribed using e-mail, I would never read it as it would disappear into the background. Nice content on your blog. I bought your book on WordPress by the way. I like it a lot although the changes to the default template confused me until I realized the book was out of sync with the new design. No matter, I figured it out in the end myself and I still find the book valuable. Thanks! Michael Maria,

I use Bloglines as my RSS reader and I find that is the way I like to read posts. That way, they are all in one place and I don’t lose stuff. If I subscribed using e-mail, I would never read it as it would disappear into the background.

Nice content on your blog. I bought your book on WordPress by the way. I like it a lot although the changes to the default template confused me until I realized the book was out of sync with the new design. No matter, I figured it out in the end myself and I still find the book valuable.

Thanks!

Michael

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