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Twitter / Identi.ca support
As per a discussion on Twitter, I really think that oscatholic should add support for Identi.ca alongside Twitter!
It's bit odd for an explicitly "open source" site to support a proprietary web service, but not its open source alternative. Identi.ca may have a smaller audience, but that audience is the open source community.
Plus, Identi.ca has the same API as Twitter. The Identi.ca project page on drupal.org just links to the Twitter module, which supports both services. It shouldn't be that hard to add support.
This is a perfect opportunity for oscatholic to...
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Mining the Catechism with Perl
There are a few copies of the Catechism of the Catholic Church online, and they all have a very simple search interface. While this might be helpful when looking up words like "Incarnation" or "Purgatory", these search interfaces are not very robust. What's more, they don't enable readers to identify paragraphs of the Catechism which make reference to a particular passage of Scripture.
Enter the Catechism Search Tool made available at The Cross Reference. This utility, approved for use by the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism, enables Catholics (and...
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How to make "Tweet This" or "Post to Facebook" links
If your website has an audience comprised of many Facebook and/or Twitter users, you might be thinking of ways you can get them to share your postings on Facebook and Twitter.
Currently, most blogs, sites, etc. either do this one of two ways: They require the user to copy out the URL from the address bar, then paste it into a Facebook status update or a Twitter posting (sometimes also having to go through the TinyURL service as well!), or they have a 'share this' or 'add...
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Priests and New/Social Media
Seen recently in The Catholic Spirit, a publication from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis:
Continue reading"To their parishioners, they are known simply as “Father Jay” and “Father Bill.” But to many others, Father Jay Finelli and Father Bill Kessler are “iPadre” and the “Technopriest.”
The two diocesan priests are among a growing number of Catholic clergy using podcasting and other new media to spread the message of the church...
...Father Kessler believes that podcasting and other new media technology can serve as a powerful tool...
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WordPress vs. Drupal
I'm thinking about taking the plunge into Drupal. I've been using WordPress for a couple years now and recently started creating custom themes for WordPress. How is Drupal simlar to WordPress, and how is it different?
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Live-Blogging Steubenville 2009
Seen in St. Louis: The Office of Youth Ministry is live-blogging the 2009 Steubenville St. Louis Mid-America Youth Conference! Pretty snazzy - pictures, videos, audio clips, etc., and viewers can rate their favorite content!
Check it out, and leave feedback for @archstl on Twitter, or in the comments here. Have you live-blogged an event before? Are there any other events that are being (or have been) live-blogged by a Catholic group? It's definitely a way to increase visibility and 'branding.'
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