New Newsdesk Features Live Now

Newsdesk now in German and French. Commensurate with our growing presence in international markets, we are very pleased to announce that Newsdesk now comes in 4 languages: French, German, Spanish, and English. You can switch to your preferred language via the Settings page which is in the dropdown menu top-right of the screen.

Much improved article clippings feature. It’s considerably faster to copy (‘clip’) articles from one feed to another, thanks to Newsdesk now remembering which feeds you have recently clipped to. The Clip/Email/Delete buttons now also stay visible on the page as you move down the list of articles so you no longer have to scroll back up to the top of the page to email, remove or copy an article.

Cleaner User Interface. The links that appeared top-right on the screen are now inside a neat dropdown menu, so the screen looks much less cluttered.

Enhancements and bug fixes.

• We have updated the feed dropdown menu so it no longer remains visible after moving the mouse away.
• The analytics download button now appears for all browsers again.
• Articles can now be clipped over to regular, non-clippings feeds.
• When you hit enter after typing in keywords, it runs the search as opposed to producing a carriage return.

Let us know what you think about the new features in the comments.

Leave a Comment October 3, 2012

Managing Clippings Feeds Is About to Get Easier

Do you use Newsdesk’s clippings feeds? Upcoming changes are about to make your life much easier. If you don’t use them yet, here’s why you should give them a try.

Clippings feeds are manually-managed collections of articles that can be created from any number of automatic searches. The problem with “any number” is that lists of saved feeds can get very long and unwieldy.

With this latest update, it’s just a simple click to add an article to a clippings feed. No more having to drag and scroll through the list.

While you can still drag and drop like before, the clickable list of recently used feeds gives more flexibility.

Why Clip?

For those of you unfamiliar with clippings feeds, they are a good way to editorially manage which articles get distributed by RSS or Email alerts. While Newsdesk lets you create tightly-focused searches, occasionally there will be bad articles that get by. A trusted source could be hacked or slang could cause previously innocuous words take on new meanings. By using automatic searches to cut through the chaff and clippings feeds to manually select the best, you know exactly what your clients or colleagues are going to see.

This feature idea came directly from customers. We are always interested in hearing about how Newsdesk can be improved. If you have any suggestions, please contact us.

Leave a Comment September 28, 2012