After bumbling around with it for a bit and submitting the fine folks at KJSR.net and others with some unapproved, impromptu testing (as they started following the tweets), I think it's nearly ready.
At this time, I'm testing whether reminders set by the event "holders" will also be processed correctly. This way if there are any changes they need announced, this is another method at their disposal.
From what I gather so far, the system doesn't allow for a whole lot of customization, but it should be sufficient to let subscribers know when things are happening. If you have any tips, suggestions, please post them here.
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At Gothess' suggestion, I've added the fact that times are EST to the profile's note.
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Ah-HA! THAT'S what that is.
I got an e-mail that said "@COHProtector is now following you on Twitter!" and it confused me because I couldn't figure out who the heck would set up a Twitter account for the whole dang server.
Carry on, good sir! :3
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Yeah - I should have let you guys know ahead of time I was going to "follow" your Twitter profiles using that account, but I got so psyched at finally getting it to work as I wanted that I skipped a part of my process. |
Originally Posted by DJKyo
Ah-HA! THAT'S what that is.
I got an e-mail that said "@COHProtector is now following you on Twitter!" and it confused me because I couldn't figure out who the heck would set up a Twitter account for the whole dang server. Carry on, good sir! :3 |
9 followers so far - not a whole lot, but if it's useful for a few people then it's existence is justified.
Also, Facebook users can use Twitter apps to receive the updates, so that's another method people can use to keep track of happenings, unplanned changes, etc.
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While chatting about the RtR scheduling with Drake Crator this past Wednesday night, he suggested something that I was immediately jealous for not thinking of first.
So if you access Twitter, whether directly or via another system (such as Facebook, or a smartphone), feel free to follow @COHProtector.
The updates come directly from reminders issued by the Protector Activity Calendar (link in my sig).
The reminders are set at default for 48 hours and then 12 hours before the event's occurrence.
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