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Web Team Procedures and Notes

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Posting across Social Networks

This chart (if kept updated!) will help keep track of which application posts to which social networks as configured by the Web Team.

How Ohlone's Social Network Accounts are Setup for Cross Posting
(i.e., Which applications listed on left can post to applications listed across?)
(updated April 22, 2011)
Application Below posts to Application Across Facebook: Ohlone College Facebook: Renegades Athletics Facebook: Foundation Twitter: Ohlone College Twitter: Ohlone Jobs MySpace: Ohlone College LinkedIn: Ohlone College
(but we don't post to LinkedIn's Status feature)
RSS Ohlone News RSS Renegades Atheltics
Facebook: Ohlone College
(Wall/Status, Link, Event, Photos, Notes, other)
Yes
(can include photo; Wall, Links, Events, more)
    Yes
using Fb's Tw app (but posts longer than 140 chars link to Fb so this drives traffic to FB not to Ohlone)
  Yes
using Tw's MyS app (Tw posts to Status only)
     
Facebook: Ohlone College Renegades Athletics
(Wall/Status, Link, Event, Photos, Notes, other)
  Yes
(can include photo; Wall, Links, Events, more)
  Yes
using Fb's Tw app (but posts longer than 140 chars link to Fb so this drives traffic to FB not to Ohlone)
  Yes
using Tw's MyS app (Tw posts to Status only)
     
Facebook: Ohlone College Foundation
(Wall/Status, Link, Event, Photos, Notes, other)
    Yes
(can include photo; Wall, Links, Events, more)
No
(but can be configured using Fb's Tw app)
  No
(but can be configured (AFTER Tw is configured) using Tw's MyS app)
     
Twitter: Ohlone College No
(but can be configured using Tw app)
No
(but can be configured using Tw app)
No
(but can be configured using Tw app)
Yes   Yes
using Tw's MyS app) (Tw posts to Status only)
     
Twitter: Ohlone Jobs No
(but can be configured using Tw app)
No
(but can be configured using Tw app)
No
(but can be configured using Tw app)
  Yes No
(but can be configured using Tw's MyS app)
     
MySpace: Ohlone College
(Status, Blog, etc.)
          Yes      
FeedForAll
(desktop s/w)
              Yes Yes
RSS Ohlone News

Yes, using Fb's Social RSS app, posts to News tab.

No longer using Social RSS app to post to Wall (was not consistent).

No longer also using import RSS feed into Notes (can import only 1 feed; and duplicates function of Social RSS app which can handle multiple feeds).

    No. RSS feed posts imported into Facebook do not also post to Twitter.       Yes
using FeedForAll
 
RSS Renegades Athletics No
(but can using Fb's Social RSS app)

Yes, using Fb's Social RSS app, posts to News tab.

No longer using Social RSS app to post to Wall (was not consistent).

No longer also using import RSS feed into Notes (can import only 1 feed; and duplicates function of Social RSS app which can handle multiple feeds).

  No. RSS feed posts imported into Facebook do not also post to Twitter.         Yes
using FeedForAll
Stopped Using The Applications Below

HootSuite - IS LIMITED NOW so not used.

("Stats" only tracked for ow.ly shortened links - bit.ly and other links not tracked)

Yes
(Wall only; cannot include photo)
Yes
(Wall only; cannot include photo)
Yes
(Wall only; cannot include photo)
Yes
(without cross posts from Fb to Tw - I don't know why though; but posts longer than 140 chars are cut off so best to post these on Fb)
Yes
(Wall only; cannot include photo)

Yes
(Status only; NOTE: Also using Tw's MyS app so DO NOT post to MyS unless the post is ONLY for MyS)

No
(but can be configured in HootSuite)
   
Ping.fm - default setting Yes
(Status only)
    Yes
(with cross posts from Fb to Tw - so do not use Ping.fm default)
  Yes
(Status only - 140 chars max; posts over 140 chars are cut off)
No
(but can be configured)
   
Ping.fm - FbMyS group Yes
(Status only)
    No
(it can but don't set this up because Fb posts to Tw)
  Yes
(Status only - 140 chars max; posts over 140 chars are cut off so I've stopped using Ping.fm in favor of HootSuite)
No
(but can be configured)
   

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