Posted by fpinfomart on April 30, 2010
The daily commuter paper 24 Hours (Toronto Edition ONLY) is now live on Fpinfomart.ca. It publishes Monday – Friday, and our archival coverage for this source starts June 6, 2008.
We’ve also added two weekly Ontario papers to our database: The Londoner and the Wallaceburg Courier Press both publish weekly on Thursdays. We have loaded two issues of each (Thursday April 22 & 29, 2010). The archive for these papers will continue to accumulate from this point forward.
Posted by Jennifer Stein on April 28, 2010
The rules: the first person to enter the correct answer in this post’s comments will be declared the winner. Please follow the answer format below so that we know you’ve used FPinfomart to find your answer!
(Hint – all these questions can be answered from a single article, though if you consult multiple FPinfomart articles that’s ok too).
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Posted by Jennifer Stein on April 27, 2010
Our Newsletter Publisher (part of the Intranet Toolkit) is a convenient method to distribute content in a tidy package to your end-users. You can Publish as many newsletters as you need, on whatever schedule suits your end-users needs.
Today we’re pleased to announce two enhancements to our Newsletter Publisher feature, both of which have been implemented in response to your suggestions:
One of the most common pieces of feedback we’ve received since launching the Newsletter is that you would like to be able to customize the order in which articles appear. We now offer simple drag-and-drop sorting in Newsletters. Simply proceed through the publishing process to the Preview screen. Once in the Preview, you can drag and drop articles into the desired order.
Please note that although the articles will appear in the order you specify within the Newsletter, their sort order within your Saved Folder is NOT changed.
Our newsletter provides a convenient summary of stories you’ve selected, and allows your end-users to click through to the full text of the articles. End-users must be IP-authenticated in order to be able to access these full text documents.
However some of our customers have expressed a desire to include the full text of the articles within the e-mailed newsletter itself. With today’s changes, you are now able to select whether your newsletter will contain ONLY the summaries, with headlines linked to the full text on FPinfomart, OR, to include the full text within the body of the e-mail. If this second option is selected, the links in the headlines will jump the reader to that article within the e-mail itself.
To change your newsletter's setup to include full text, click the Settings for the Newsletter you wish to edit.
Then select the Full Articles option from the Format section.
Update: Here is a video tutorial on setting up and sending Newsletters using the Newsletter Publisher:
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Posted by Jennifer Stein on April 26, 2010
They say time flies when you’re busy or when you’re having fun – so I guess we must be doing both around here. It’s hard to believe that our annual breakfast series begins next week! It’s not too late to register – just visit our Events page for details. We’re close to capacity in all four cities, so don’t wait much longer to reserve your seat.
In case you’re wondering why you should join us for our “Information (Re)Cycle” themed event, here are a few compelling reasons:
5. Network with your peers, and trade tips on how you use FPinfomart in your work.
4. Discover how to use our Import Tool and our convenient Newsletter Publisher to easily disseminate critical information to your colleagues.
3. Take the opportunity to ask questions and view customized demonstrations at our demo bar before and after the presentation.
2. Learn more about our upcoming 24/7 radio monitoring solution.
1. Be amongst the first to preview our exciting new Social Media Monitoring platform!
Combine this critical information with a fantastic venue and a delicious breakfast, and you’ve got more than 5 reasons to join us starting next week. Register today!
Whether or not you plan to join us at our presentation, please consider completing our pre-event survey and let us know where you fit into your organization’s Information (Re)Cycle.
Posted by Jennifer Stein on April 23, 2010
Do you use the Intranet Toolkit but wish you could customize the look of the output? Watch this video tutorial which demonstrates how to add your organization’s logo to the Newsletter Publisher and the HTML Results pages.
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Posted by Jennifer Stein on April 22, 2010
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how valuable is a video?
We’re excited to introduce a new resource for our clients: an FPinfomart YouTube channel with video tutorials. Subscribe to our channel to get updated whenever we post a new video. We plan to provide you with videos that will walk you through feature usage, tips, tricks, demonstrations of new functionality and more.
We’d love to hear your suggestions on what you’d like to see covered in these tutorials.
Here’s an example of the type of videos to expect on our new YouTube channel.
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Posted by Jennifer Stein on April 21, 2010
The rules: the first person to enter the correct answer in this post’s comments will be declared the winner. Please follow the answer format below so that we know you’ve used FPinfomart to find your answer!
You may cite an article published at the time of the incident, or one mentioning it more recently (a resurgence of interest in the topic has provided a recap of the incident in multiple sources).
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Posted by Jennifer Stein on April 16, 2010
Tomorrow, April 17th, marks exactly 10 years since I began working with FPinfomart and its predecessor products. I thought I’d take the opportunity at this personal milestone to share with you a history of FPinfomart [PDF] which we prepared in June 2006, when we celebrated the 20-year anniversary of our product line.
Although there have been multitudes of changes even since this history was prepared in 2006, it is still fascinating to me to review the evolution of a product from a text-based archive and research tool (with a handful of sources) to the web-based multimedia, multi-functional platform we offer today. And we’re still changing, building & enhancing features, and adding sources every single week.
You can see a PDF illustrating our evolution from 1986-2006, or view a textual timeline highlighting milestones.
As you browse the descriptions and illustrations, you may recognize the bones of the FPinfomart product you use today – a true evolution!
For a summary of more recent changes and upgrades, and a perspective on the volume of changes we make each year, please see my year-end post summarizing the changes for 2009.
Thanks for indulging my personal nostalgia! Happy weekend, everyone.
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