MassPublisher.com has been updated as of July 27, 2010 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
Updated Analytics. Some additional analytics were added
Updated Collection Content Pages. It is now possible to add content to collections from within the collection editor. Some minor GUI changes were also made.
Various Fixes and Enhancements. Many other minor things were changed or improved.
Changed Site Behavior & Other Changes
Various Changes...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of June 2, 2010 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
Content Counters. Account profile pages will now display lists of selected Public content in the account in the left sidebar (See "Public Stuff"). This will help you understand what's published and available to the public, and what's not -- and help users get quick access to your great stuff.
New Privacy Settings. We're always trying to improve how we manage and protect...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of July 20, 2010 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
Updated Analytics. We've continued updating analytics to be, well, better. Analytics now include roll-up options by Account and, where applicable, sub-account.
Updated Collection Content Pages. We've overhauled, simplified and generally improved the editor process that helps you fill widgets with cool stuff.
Update Sub-Account Features. Sub-acco...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of June 11, 2010 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
Updated Analytics. We've begun the process of updating analytics to be more useful and, well, comprehensible. You'll find that content analytics pages are now easier to read and more graphically compelling.
Update Sub-Account Features. Sub-accounts can now be assigned themes, templates and other features by the parent account.
API Updates. Yep. ...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of April 27, 2010 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
Site SEO Overhaul (v1). We've updated every content-related page from Profiles to Analytics to apply SEO best practices. In most cases, this includes getting rid of long strings of IDs in URLs and replacing them with descriptive and readable names. So, instead of "...Org=123&Item=456&BlahBlahBlah" you'll now see "...great-content-name-123". This will help all s...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of April 19, 2010 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
Vulgar Word Filtering (v1). We have implemented the first release of a word filtering solution, which allows you to enable a multi-level word filtering solution for your own content (e.g., Jobs) and/or user-generated content (e.g., Comments). In this release, you have access to only the system filter, and only for English words and phrases. Custom filtering options wil...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of April 7, 2010 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
Widget Previews. Widget previews have been added to widget profile pages. Who knew you wanted to see the widget after creating it?
Extreme Anchor Tag Craziness. Turns out some crazy sites play with the relative URL structure using BASE tags that alter, uh, break normal in-page anchor tags. We now auto-detect use of the BASE tag on sites where the widget's embedded, and auto...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of March 16, 2010 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
SEO Microformat Option. Widget SEO is always challenging, and one of the many things we're doing to make our widgets searchable, indexable and just plain findable is to add a Microformat option for all widgets. This allows you to create custom or auto-generated microformat code as part of your widget's embed code, and that helps make more of your widget's conten...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of February 13, 2010 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
Custom Websites Updated. It's now easier than ever to add content to websites using new popup search options.
Coupons (Coupon Widgets). Coupon widgets are highly simplified single-page / layer widgets that allow restaurants and other businesses to create coupons that match the look and feel of your site. Create as many as you like, change them daily, and let...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of December 4, 2009 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
RSS Feed Widgets. There is a new "Feed Widget" that allows you to drop in any RSS feed URL and widgetize that feed so that it can be included seamlessly in your site as a page or sidebar. Add news to your site from CNN or Fox, events from Eventful and other sites, and just about anything from just about anywhere. Get your feed on!
Online Help (Editor). Online help has ...
Web-based nutrition analysis solutionspioneer FoodCalc® today announced a partnership with MassPublisher™, a web publishing platform for restaurants. FoodCalc is the creator of MenuCalc®, which provides nutrition analysis services for restaurant operators and culinary professionals.
As a result of the FoodCalc-MassPublisher partnership, all MenuCalc customers who sign up with MassPublisher will be able to import their MenuCalc nutritional information and automatically publish the resulting nutr...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of October 27, 2009 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
Custom Excerpts. You can now create custom excerpts for any content, and these will appear when "Short" is selected on profiles or "Excerpt w/o HTML" is chosen in widgets. Hurray!
Editor Fixes. There were some oddities in the Content Tab of the Editor. These have been fixed.
Various Fixes and Enhancements. Numerous other fixes and enhancements were also made.
Changed...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of October 24, 2009 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
Bookmarking (Sharing) for Widgets. You can now enable a Sharing Icons feature in all widgets that enables bookmarking on Facebook, Delicious and StumbleUpon. Other bookmark and social sites are on the way!
Content Updates. The content updates list on the account Home page has been improved and expanded.
Editor Setup Tab. This tab has been modified to include suggested c...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of October 19, 2009 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
New URL Feature in Widgets. You can now link items in list widgets to their profiles in the widgets (the current default), external custom URLs, both, or nothing at all.
Event Feeds Fixed. XML 1.0 event feeds (detail version) were leaving out location and date information, which is obviously not good. This has been fixed.
Various Fixes and Enhancements. Numerous other f...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of October 12, 2009 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
New Contact Form Widgets. We've released new Contact Us Forms / Contact Form Widgets that enable you to create and drop a contact form on your site in minutes. Just create a form, pick your features, add the target e-mails, save, embed, and you're done! Forms come complete with spam-limiting captchas (type-in image box thingies).
Various Fixes and Enhancements. Numerous ...
In an Aug 24 article called "Online Local Search Campaigns Boost Traditional Marketing, " QSRweb Christa Hoyland revealed how Google's research proves the value of a local presence for QSRs and other restaurants."...it wasn't that long ago that the top quick-serve chains saw little value in advertising online, particularly with local or targeted search campaigns, said Sam Sebastian, director of local and business-to-business markets for Google. The chains didn't believe that their customers were...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of September 28, 2009 to include the following changes:New Features and Functionality:
Comments in Widgets. Comments can now be added to widgets, including the ability to display existing comments, submit new comments, or both. Comments can be added via the usual "Features" process in the widget wizard, and will appear on widget content profile pages just as they do on MassPublisher.com
Truly Public Comments. Anyone can now submit comments, whether logge...
MassPublisher Founder Shawn Butler will be speaking at StartupCircle's September meeting. Startup circle is a San Diego entrepreneurial group that focuses on early-stage startups and funding, networking and funding opportunities. Shawn will be talking to the group about MassPublisher, with a focus on lessons learned and attaining the future vision.Event InformationDetails and RegistrationEvent LocationMintz Levin3580 Carmel Mountain Rd Suite 300 San Diego, CA 92130Join us!
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of September 12, 2009 to include the following updates:New Features and Functionality:
Fill List Widgets with Collection searches. You can now search within your collections or feeds to fill widgets, so you don't have to create multiple collections or custom widget content sources.
Fill Web Page Widgets with custom text. All web page widgets can now be filled by typing in custom body text directly, so you don't have to create an external content item ju...
MassPublisher today launched the MassGuides.com beta site. MassGuides will use guide profiles from Masspublisher along with custom guide reviews (Spotlights) and more to help users find the best guides for their search and posting needs.Guide types included in the launch include Restaurant Guides, Travel Guides, Job Boards, Event Aggregatorsand more. With more and more guides arriving every day, and with the drive to ultra-local targeting providing better information for locals and tourists alik...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of August 21, to include the following updates:New Features and Functionality:
Save As. Users with editing permissions can now save copies of their own content using the "Save As" feature, allowing you to easily duplicate similar wines, foods and other profiles in just seconds.
Save Copy. Users with contribution permissions can now grab copies of stuff from other accounts, where allowed, using the "Save Copy" feature. This means you can quickly populate ...
MassPublisher earned a call-out in Barbara Bry's recent post, "Entrepreneurship: New group offers support to start-up companies" about Startup Circle. Barbara is a co-founder of San Diego News Network (www.sdnn.com) and was on the founding team of Pro Flowers (www.proflowers.com), among many other accomplishments. As Barbara noted, MassPublisher is "...developing a product that will make it easier to build your own website. His product is launching in 2 ˝ weeks so he asked people to sign up for ...
MassPublisher.com has been updated as of July 7, 2009 to include the following updates:New Features and Functionality
Contact Us E-Mail Form. Hosted websites can now include a themed e-mail form that submits directly to an e-mail address of your choosing. For now, this is provided upon request for each site.
Editing Directly from Widgets. This is an option that can be turned on for each widget. When turned on, this allows users with admin rights to click on the edit / edit graphic on widget ...
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