http://blog.lib.umn.edu/extyouth/insight/ On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Shane Nackerud <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ann-- > > There are a couple of ways to be notified when someone posts and entry to > your blog. One is through the MT-Notifier plugin. Go to Tools -> Plugins > -> MT Notifier -> Settings and install the MT-Notifier Blog Subscription > widget. Then, go into Design -> Widgets and (literally) drag the newly > installed widget into one of your widget sets. People can then enter their > email address to be notified when a new entry is posted to the blog, you > included. Give me a call if this doesn't make sense. > > Or you could just subscribe to the automatic Atom feed created for the > blog. That will do the same thing, except you have to regularly check your > aggregator for new entries then. In fact, you could create a separate > Atom/RSS feed for each of your blog authors. That may be overkill though. > > Movable Type will automatically alert the author of an entry when a comment > has been added to that entry. What Movable Type can't do (for now) is email > someone other than the author of an entry that a comment has been added. We > could probably add a plugin for that, but honestly we've had some issues > with third-party plugins. They are usually crappy. > > Like I said, give me a call if you have any questions. Hopefully this > helps. > > Shane > > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Ann Nordby <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi all: >> I am leading an organizational blog for my department that will launch >> soon, and trying to set up systems to automate my processes. >> >> Does anyone know how to get UThink / Moveable Type to notify me by RSS or >> e-mail when one of my bloggers has posted an entry? They are all designated >> as 'contributors" and I am the blog administrator. >> >> Similarly, how can can I get UThink to notify my bloggers by e-mail or RSS >> feed when someone has commented on their entry? >> >> Thanks for any advice you have. >> Best, >> Ann >> >> >> -- >> >> *Ann Nordby* >> Web Manager >> *University of Minnesota | *Extension Center for Youth Development >> McNamara Alumni Center >> 200 Oak Street SE, #270B >> Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA >> 1-612-624-2581 >> [log in to unmask] >> extension.umn.edu/youth <http://www1.extension.umn.edu/youth> >> >> > > > -- > *************************** > Shane Nackerud > Director, Web Development > University of Minnesota Libraries > 325 Walter Library > Minneapolis, MN 55455 > 612-625-7880 > -- *Ann Nordby* Web Manager *University of Minnesota | *Extension Center for Youth Development McNamara Alumni Center 200 Oak Street SE, #270B Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA 1-612-624-2581 [log in to unmask] extension.umn.edu/youth <http://www1.extension.umn.edu/youth>