Updates on RSS/Email and Site Features
Hey everyone, just a quick check-in to update you on some of the site happenings and other things since we launched the new and improved site. We are excited about all the positive response and do appreciate on the feedback (good or bad) on the site layout and features. Below are just a couple things to remind you about and some new things going on:
RSS/Email Feeds
We didn’t initially think it possible, but we have now found a way to take all old feeds (RSS and email) from IF Life, Modern Forager and Fitness Spotlight and have them now update you with the LifeSpotlight new articles. What this does mean is that some of you may be seeing duplicate emails/RSS now because all the feeds are coming from one place (and we do not have a way to take out duplicate locations from the all the databases combined). So, to remove yourself from duplicate databases just take one of these simple step:
- For RSS – Just unsubscribe (if you have more than one of these feeds) from all but one of the following: Life Spotlight, IF Life, Modern Forger, or Fitness Spotlight. Life Spotlight is the official new feed, but all the old ones will still work and display all new info. If you only have one RSS feed from any of the following, then there is nothing you need to do.
- For Emails – In the “subject” line for all emails you will either see “Today’s Featured Article” (feed from LifeSpotlight database), “IF Life” (feed from IF Life database), “Fitness Spotlight” (feed from Fitness Spotlight database) and/or “Modern Forager” (feed from Modern Forager database). All you have to do is just “unsubscribe” from all but one of the feeds/databases so you do not receive duplicate emails. To unsubscribe all you need to do is go to the bottom of the email and look for the words “unsubscribe now” (see pic below). Remember to keep one of the subscriptions, but this will allow you to cancel duplicate ones permanently.
Website/Layout
- Front Page of LifeSpotlight.com – We are working to get that back to looking like a “normal” blog so people can check on that page and see all updates. A little more complicated for us as we are really running about 4-5 blogs in the background (to help organize and display all the old good articles as well). You will probably notice little tweaks here and there but it’s coming along so far.
Other Feedback and Comments
Let us know if you have any other comments about the site as we are listening to everything our readers have to say. Good or bad, we are trying to make the site easy to use while giving much more access to information. Myself and Scott are learning as we go as well, so it’s a fun experience with this new type of blog/community format.
2 Reader Comments
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What exites me about this site is that its aproaching what could be a comprehensive and diverse online “magazine” ala Men’s Health but with a primal/evolutionary fitness focus. Do you forsee that kind of thing? Monthly interviews, columns, guest articles ect. Just please god no fashion advice or rundowns of the coolest new tech gadgets. ; ) Am I sating the obvious?
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Warren – Our thoughts exactly….as we look to keep the whole primal-IF-no BS fitness-keeping it simple attitude we have always have…..we do plan on doing more interviews, recipes and so forth as we grow little by little……and don’t worry, my only fashion advice would be jeans and a t-shirt with sandals.
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