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Long Pan -
It is a very good idea; one every 2 weeks (隔周一次 if don't get confused with this " 隔");
but why not use also html links - for instance on item could be called "the 10 most read threads
of the last 2 weeks" and you just click on the ones you are interested in; easy to do and easy to
go through.
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roddy -
Here's a first draft of the first newsletter. Comments welcome. I suspect it may be too long, and
now I look at it all laid out I can see why the minimal use of some HTML may be a very good idea
indeed. Thoughts?
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users who subscribe. To do so, reply to this email with the subject 'subscribe' or visit this link:
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And instructions on activating your subscription will be sent to your inbox shortly. If you do not
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continues to grow, with user numbers and posts all increasing steadily. If you
haven't visited for a while, here are some links that may come in handy:
Our home page lists the newest topics and latest replies so you can see at a glance what's
happening.
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If you are looking for some general reading on topics that interest you, or want to search for
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you've lost your password.
Our RSS feed, for those who use online or desktop RSS readers to keep on top of the latest info,
can be found at the following link:
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Some of our more active and interesting recent topics
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The Chinese tones are as always a challenge for many learners. The ongoing "How can I get better
at tones" discussion is the ideal place to share any frustrations with fellow students - and pick
up a few tips that might come in handy.
http://www. /showthread.php?t=7409
On a related issue, some of our braver members have been posting audio files of their speaking for
constructive criticism and pointers. You can find a couple of the more recent ones at the links
below - and there's nothing to stop you attaching a recording to a post of your own if you want.
http://www. /showthread.php?t=16308
http://www. /showthread.php?t=15577
A number of our users will be taking the HSK Advanced exam shortly. If you'll be joining them, are
interested in taking the exam in the future, or just want to come along and wish them luck, see
here:
http://www. /showthread.php?t=5198
And anyone battling with the new online registration system for the HSK will be pleased to learn
they aren't alone:
http://www. /showthread.php?t=16391
User suggestions and the tireless efforts of Doumeizhen have brought us the Best of Chinese Study
Tools - More a selection of what's been found to work than an exhaustive list of everything
available. Take a look and see if there's anything you can make use of, and perhaps suggest some
of your own favourites.
http://www. /showthread.php?t=9739
Podcasts have become a choice source of listening material for many, with Chinesepod being the
best known. Relevant discussions include:
Chinesepod - does it work? http://www. /showthread.php?t=14789
Other sources of podcasts: http://www. /showthread.php?t=13649
Antiwave - China's best podcast? http://www. /showthread.php?t=14888
Anyone suffering from an overdose of 'de's, 'le's and 'ba's might want to check out the following
list of discussions on China's trickiest grammar points:
http://www. /showthread.php?t=3046
Ever promised to speak Chinese and nothing but Chinese? Our discussion on Language Pledges looks
at the problems and benefits.
http://www. /showthread.php?t=16350
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click the below link
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http://www. /showthread.php?t=13005
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roddy -
Additionally, if anyone wants to go through the subscription process, you can follow the
instructions above. It's a little messy still and I need to tidy things up a bit, but it should be
functional. Main problem is that I still need to run some processes manually, so don't expect an
instant response to your requests. As usual . Oh, and I might delete your subscription as I try
and figure out how everything works.
venture160 -
I think it needs to be trimmed down to no more than 10 top posts. If you want to get people's
attention make is short and sweet. Otherwise I like it
imron -
I hate HTML email :-) However there are people who don't. Whatever you decide you're going to end
up annoying one set of users.
My vote is for plain text - at least for the first post. Maybe you can have a plain-text/HTML
option for users that subscribe?
roddy -
Yeah, I was aiming for 10, but got overexcited I think. Will trim mercilessly. Subsequent
newsletters will be shortly, if only because the 'forgotten who we are?' stuff at the top won't be
needed.
I wouldn't want to use much html, certainly no images. But having
Quote:
User suggestions and the tireless efforts of Doumeizhen have brought us the Best of Chinese Study
Tools - More a selection of what's been found to work than an exhaustive list of everything
available. Take a look and see if there's anything you can make use of, and perhaps suggest some
of your own favourites.
is going to look a lot better (especially when you consider it would be done over the newsletter
as a whole) than
Quote:
User suggestions and the tireless efforts of Doumeizhen have brought us the Best of Chinese Study
Tools - More a selection of what's been found to work than an exhaustive list of everything
available. Take a look and see if there's anything you can make use of, and perhaps suggest some
of your own favourites.
http://www. /showthread.php?t=9739
I think all those free-floating urls make it look a bit scrappy. Plus I might like to have a
sub-heading or two, but I guesss I could do
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like
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or something.
Lu -
Not sure why people don't like email with html in it, but I'm sure they have their reasons.
Personally, I agree with Roddy that the second version, with html, looks much better, more
professional too.
I don't think I would subscribe though, I stop by here almost every day, a newsletter would be
redundant for me.
roddy -
The trouble with HTML email is that you can't be sure everyone sees it as HTML. I have people who
think they're sending me
Meanwhile, in other news on our site . . .
But actually what I get is
Meanwhile in
other news on our site . . .
As you say, anyone who is visiting every day will probably find it redundant. But if you are an
occasional visitor I think it would be useful. Already got one subscription
Edit: And quiet congratulation to Lu on joining the 1000-post club
imron -
Quote:
Not sure why people don't like email with html in it, but I'm sure they have their reasons.
because some people (notably computer types) disable HTML in email because it poses a security
risk, or if they're really computery the might still be using a text-based email reader from their
UNIX shell. This means that HTML email turns up as HTML code rather than a nicely formatted text,
and it's a pain to try and sort out the text from the markup.
gato -
I used to send out a weekly newsletter with the latest headlines for a news website I used to run,
using Mojo Mail (renamed as Dada Mail) to automatically handle the subscribe/unsubscribe function.
The newsletters were in text-html dual format, done automatically by Mojo Mail. Such a dual format
email would accommodate subscribers using text-based email readers, though I suspect they are very
rare nowadays. (Anybody still using pine? elm? or mail?)
See http://willmaster.com/possibilities/...21015001.shtml for an example of a dual format email.
Here's a similar example done implemented with PHP:
http://www.webcheatsheet.com/php/sen...attachment.php
Perhaps your program could do the same, Roddy.
I also used a simple php script to display the latest headlines from the database and add the
necessary HTML tags for the URLs.
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