there are many ways you can get involved with
myherefordshire.com.
this page details some methods you can use if you are website
owner or designer to incorporate myherefordshire.com content and
increase the richness, audience and diversity of your own site.
Don't forget, the simplest way to get involved is to
register and
then add your own events and photos to the site.
if you are unsure where to start with creating or ammending your
website you may wish to view the
guidance page
which has some useful hints and tips. If you have any questions or
comments please feel free to
get in touch
and let us know.
getting your site included
If you are already involved with a non-for-profit, charitable or
parish website then
get in touch.
If suitable we can add your site to our search engine so that your
pages will appear in our search results. This will help to push
much larger numbers of visitors back to your site and aid you in
reaching a wider and more varied demographic. See the
about us page
for details on some of the sites already involved and then contact
us.
linking to myherefordshire.com
please feel free to include a link to myherefordshire.com on
your own website and below is a selection of logos you may use.
please note, logos must not be changed, re-created or distorted
in any way, and please also ensure you include alternative text,
have no border and that the image is linked to the
myherefordshire.com homepage only. For example your code might look
something like this to include the large white logo on your
site;
<a href="http://www.myherefordshire.com"><img
src="myherefordshire_260white.gif" alt="myherefordshire.com -
Herefordshire's public services community portal"
border="0"></a>
Gold logo 180 x 55 pixels
Grey logo 180 x 55 pixels
White logo 180 x 55 pixels
Gold logo 260 x 76 pixels
Grey logo 260 x 76 pixels
White logo 260 x 76 pixels
adding innovative features to your website
we have created
a 'Google Gadget' that will allow you to search myherefordshire.com
from within your own personalised Google homepage, just click the
button below. Please note, you will need a Google account for this
to work correctly.
if you are a website owner you can also have a simple feature box
on your site allowing your visitors to easily search
myherefordshire.com.
simply include the following line of code somewhere on your
website: (copy and paste is the easiest method).
<script
src="http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.myherefordshire.com/gadgets/myherefordshire
googlegadget.xml&synd=open&w=260&h=165
&title=Search+
myherefordshire.com&nocache=1&border=http%3A%2F%2F
gmodules.com%2Fig%2Fimages%2F&output=js>
utilising our RSS feeds
RSS feeds are also available for use on your own websites or in
your own chosen RSS reader. Please see the
help page for
information on what RSS feeds are, and how to view or read
them..
re-using our RSS feeds
we encourage the use of myherefordshire.com RSS feeds as part of
an external website, however, we do require that the proper format
and accreditation is used when myherefordshire.com content appears.
The accreditation text should read 'myherefordshire.com RSS feed'
or 'myherefordshire.com Events' as appropriate. If you wish to
include a myherefordshire.com logo, please see the information
above, where we have a range of logos available for download.
please note: We reserve the right to prevent the distribution of
myherefordshire.com content and myherefordshire.com does not accept
any liability for the use or accuracy of it's feeds.
adding RSS feeds to other websites
We have made it even easier to add our frequently used events
feeds to popular other websites. Just select the feed and website
your would like below. Please note, these are default feeds so will
provide all events for all location and all categories, and you
will need an existing account for the service you are chosing. If
you wish to filter the feeds then please visit the events page and
use the filters/feeds on there.
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automatically get your events, news and jobs onto
myherefordshire.com
got an existing database of events ?? how about a list of news
articles or job vaccancies ??
You can automatically get all your website content featured on
myherefordshire.com using the XML schema and example XML files
provided below. As can be seen on many of the pages, Brilley
Village, Weobley, Lyonshall and Kingstone parishes all have their
events on the site, Herefordshire Voluntary Action, West Mercia
Constabulary, the NHS, Rural Media and Herefordshire Council have
their jobs and news on myherefordshire.com, so why not get involved
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events XML schema and
example events XML
file
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news XML schema and
example news XML
file
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jobs XML schema and
example jobs XML file
you will need to export your events, news or jobs using the
schema as a validator so the finished files look the same as the
example XML file. The best method is to 'Right click' and 'Save
Target As' to save the example files on your computer. Then open
them in a text editor such as Notepad and include your news or job
details. Please note, if you wish to use '£' signs or '&' then
these need to be encoded. In the XML file these should look like
£ for a '£' and a & for '&' and you can see
examples of these in the example XML files.
Then get in touch and let us know where we can pull the file from
your server and your content will automatically be read into
myherefordshire.com
add your parish carbon footprint graph
do you want to see a graph of your parish carbon footprint
average on your site? Then simply add the following image tag to
any page you like. Change the parish to any you like and then the
graph will be updated as more people complete their personal
footprints.
<img
src="http://www.myherefordshire.com/ParishCO2.ashx?Parish=Little+Dewchurch">
This will then display on your site like
this:
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