A little while ago, myRealPage added an automatic “Retweet” button to its blogging support. Today, we are adding a new Facebook Share button. Very much like the “Retweet” button, Facebook Share button can be esily enabled by a simple checkbox in the Blog Weblet settings: no further configuration or copy-and-paste of any code necessary.

(To enable the Facebook Share button, simply select a checkbox in your Blog Weblet settings):

Thanks to Tiffany Cloud [@TiffanyCloud] of http://cloudhomes.com/ for asking for this feature.

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A little while ago, we have updated our blogging system to let you blog like a pro; today, we are announcing integration with the DISQUS commenting system. DISQUS created a blog commenting system which includes threaded conversations, user profiles, blog trackback URLs and much more and then turned it into a widget, much like MyRealPage did with its Listings product. MyRealPage blogs have had built-in comments from the start, but if you would like to take it up a notch, you can easily enable DISQUS comments. All it takes is creating a free “COMMENTS”, profile here and enabling the setting in your Blog weblet. You will need to copy-and-paste the widget code into the Blog Weblet settings (don’t forget to publish). The whole procedure should take you 5-10 minutes. After this, MyRealPage will automatically “inject” DISQUS comments instead of the built-in ones. If you had comments submitted via the built-in system, don’t worry, they will still display, even after you switch on the DISQUS system.

In your list blog view, the DISQUS will insert the number of comments into the Comments link.

And in the blog detail view, an entirely different blog comment form and threaded comment view will be presented:

[UPDATE]: QUICK HOW-TO:

You will need to create a “Comments” profile with DISQUS here. When finished you will be taken to the “Install Instructions” screen. Choose “Universal Code” to access your “embed code”:

HINT: if you already have an account with DISQUS, or ever need to find this place again; Click on “Overview” in the top right corner under your profile name. Then, click “DISQUS Comments –> Go to”, then hover over the website dropdown in the top right corner and choose “Install Instructions”.

In the Blog Weblet settings, enable the Comment Options and copy-and-paste the DISQUS “embed code”:

Does anyone use or would like to use JS-KIT Echo? Would you like us to integrate with their commenting system as well?

Have ideas or suggestions? Post your comments here or drop us a line at support-<at>-myrealpage.com.

We hope you will enjoy these new updates.

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MyRealPage has opened up its platform to allow other blogging software to talk to your blogs which you host with MyRealPage websites. This is a very exciting and powerful feature which may lead you to look at blogging through an entirely different light.

In a hurry? Then watch this video to get a quick taste of what this is:

If you had blogged in the past, you would probably agree that most standard web based blogging editors leave much to be desired. Be it Blogger, WordPress, and yes, MyRealPage built-in blog editors: they are all a far cry from using software like Microsoft Word, or even Google Docs; or OpenOffice. The interesting thing is that there are a slew of blog editing software out there, many freeware, like Windows LiveWriter and FireScribe, that do a much better job with blog authoring ( I found this interesting list: http://mashable.com/2007/10/22/10-desktop-blog-editors/ ). And now you can use most of them to edit MyRealPage blogs! Why get so excited if you could already do this with the built-in editor? You see: 3rd party blog editors have many, many more features that are typically available with even well-recognized built-in blogging software. For example Windows LiveWriter ( http://download.live.com/writer ) can let you:

• Apply special effects to your photos, tilt them, add Polaroid effect, shadows
• Create and publish Photo Albums, integrate with Flickr and others 
• Quickly insert Maps and Videos
• Cross publish to Twitter, Facebook and many others
• Edit your blogs offline (on a plane, for example) and publish when you reconnect to the internet
• Add a multitude of plugins to extend and personalize your blogging experience
• and much, much more…

In addition, this new feature will allow other websites, like http://hipcast.com to automatically publish your podcasts and videos to your MyRealPage blog.

So how do you connect a 3rd party blog editor to your MyRealPage blog? Conceptually, it’s similar to connecting an Outlook or Thunderbird to your mail. You need to create an “account” and configure it with some parameters. We will publish a stand-alone HOWTO on this, but here is a little sneak peak to get you going.

THE INFORMATION BELOW HAS BEEN UPDATED on June 25, 2010:

Simply use this information:

Your Blog URL: http://[your-website.com]/blog.html

Your username: Your Private Office Username

Your password: Your Private Office Password

(Note: if you have created a custom blog page with a specific blog, use that page if you want to connect your editor to that blog)

For other online services, like HipCast, you can use this URL: http://[your-website.com]/xmlrpc

I would like to extend a special thank you to Bo Kauffman of http://winnipeghomefinder.com/ who seeded the idea for this feature. Thanks Bo! I hope your HipCast account works as expected now. If you have a suggestion or comment, post it here to send it to us at support-at-myrealpage.com.

(Oh, and by the way, I have authored this post with Windows LiveWriter! :) )

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• Testimonials
• Awards
• Reports
• Links
• Snippets (the new addition)

1. You have a feed-enabled page, such as your Testimonials page, Awards, Reports, or your special custom page with the Snippets weblet (that contains favorite quotes, for example); OR you have your own listings, office listings, or predefined public searches.
2. You add a "News Weblet" to the page where you would like to "feature" your content and connect the "News Weblet" to the feed-enabled page or listings in step 1.