Topics: Content: Community
Content-focused digital product and brand development. Building magazines and communities. Editorial best practices. The arithmetic of readers and writers. Conferences and communication. Blogs, cogs, and straw dogs. (9 articles)
Putting Our Hot Heads Together
by Carolyn Wood
Issue 265August 12, 2008
How can we transform discussion sections on major sites and online magazines from shooting ranges into arenas of collaboration?
Community: From Little Things, Big Things Grow
by George Oates
Issue 258May 06, 2008
Any community—online or off—must start slowly, and be nurtured. You cannot “just add community.” It must be cared for, and hosted; it takes time and people with great communication skills to set the tone and tend the conversation.
How to Be a Great Host
by John Gladding
Issue 226October 24, 2006
Anyone who can host a great party can start a successful forum.
The ALA Primer Part Two: Resources For Beginners
by Erin Lynch, ALA Staff
Issue 225October 09, 2006
ALA Production Manager, Erin Lynch, and the ALA staff offer a few starting points for the next generation of people who make websites.
The ALA Primer: A Guide for New Readers
by Erin Lynch
Issue 223September 12, 2006
ALA production manager Erin Lynch sifts through our archives and offers up a list of starting points for new readers.
Community Creators, Secure Your Code!
by Niklas Bivald
Issue 215April 18, 2006
Don’t be like MySpace. Protect your community site from malicious cross-site scripting attacks. Part one of a two-part series.
Anonymity and Online Community: Identity Matters
by John M. Grohol
Issue 214April 04, 2006
“While anonymity may allow people to feel more free and disinhibited to discuss otherwise embarrassing or stigmatizing topics, it can also be a community’s biggest enemy.”
The Way It’s Supposed to Work
by Erin Kissane
Issue 192January 18, 2005
Groundbreaking accessibility information. Project management and information architecture theory from old-school experts. Plug-and-play solutions to universal design and development problems. Experimental CSS/DOM hacks that use non-semantic elements to do funky design tricks. One of these things is not like the others…which is why we’re introducing a tiny new feature to the magazine.
How to Write a Better Weblog
by Dennis A. Mahoney
Issue 138February 22, 2002
Great writing can’t be taught, but bad writing can be avoided. Mahoney shares tips to enhance the writing on your personal site, blog, journal, etc.
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