It has been one week now since the blog community FireEMS Blogs landed in the WorldWideWeb with a bang. You can imagine the many months of programming and preparations that the crew at Go>Forward Media went through to get it online. And as you can expect, there are thousands of little pesky problems that don’t show up until the system is up and running. But I think they’re doing a terrific job of getting this new phase of the digital information age in operation.
The focal point of the “community” is the home site, FireEMS Blogs ( http://fireemsblogs.com/ ) where you can make a “one-stop shopping trip” to visit the 14 (and more coming) blogs in the group. Just check periodically on the website and you will see the headlines and links to the most recent postings, kind of like an online RSS feed for the entire group. And then you can just click on whatever article you want to read directly from the homepage. And of course, you can always continue logging into your favorite sites directly, just like you’ve been doing. But look around the FireEMS Blogs page and see how it’s laid out. It’s a good way to catch up on the latest news and commentary in one stop. I know that they have a lot more features planned to meld into the site once it is shifted into 4th gear and I’ll let you know as they come online.
Naturally, our own Firegeezer.com site has a few potholes that need filling, but they’re being taken care of efficiently as we find out about them. Several of you have been very helpful by sending me emails to let me know of glitches that you’ve come across, and I’m grateful for your kind help there. One of the hiccups was with our RSS feeds, but they seem to have been corrected. Another surprise was the disappearance of the PayPal button that permitted the easy ordering of the GeezerCups. I’ve taken care of that by setting up a separate page where the cups can be ordered. If you’ll look on the right sidebar just under the translator box, you’ll see a Pages box and the last link in that section takes you right to the order page.
Another improved feature is our Search box. It has been moved from the sidebar up to the very top of the page. And it has an expanded capability. Where before it searched our entire archives for the word that you entered, now you have the option of searching the the entire FireEMS Blogs community for the term. As an example, lately there have been several discussions on a concept that has been dubbed EMS 2.0. You can enter that in the Search box and set the Network radio button….. and there you go.
I hope you’ll take time today to log onto the FireEMS Blogs page and and check out our stable of blogs. Perhaps you’ll discover a new one that you’d like to add to your Favorites list. I’ll let you know of any fresh developments as they come along.
And now here we go, off to get this equipment checked out. I see that we need a fresh pot of coffee, so I’ll get to that right away. See you back in the day room.
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