posted 08/06/10 01:33 PM | updated 08/09/10 07:14 PM
Featured Post! | Views: 237 | Comments : 2 | Dan Weisman, editor

How to have fun at Ah-Ha Rancho Santa Fe News, http://ahharsfnews.com -- cool, free stuff

Ah-Ha Rancho Santa Fe News, http://ahharsfnews is a state-of-the-art online journalism source for Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. As such, the site has lots of fun, user-friendly, interactive and community resources, all free and simple to use, yet highly effective.

This video with founder/editor Dan Weisman walks you through some of the free features, and new, easy-to-use tools available on the site.

These are some of the features we explore:

Free Classifieds: Don't get lost on Craig's List. Post free classifieds to sell items, trade information, whatever you want. Go to the "post" tab, drop down the menu and post a free classified.

Free business reviews: Post reviews about favorite businesses, or even your own. Tell your friends and neighbors about great places to visit, shop and enjoy. Again, the post drop-down menu takes you there and it only requires a few minutes, at most, to post and share.

Post stories, photos, videos: Sign up as a user/member in the top right-corner below the banner. It takes maybe 15 seconds and requires a valid e-mail address, which will not be used for spam or any reason, simply as a way to verify you're a real person. Then, go to drop-down post menu and have fun.

Forums: Start discussion and forum threads, discussing anything you want with friends and neighbors about the community. Suggest places to go, activities to do, even friendly gossip.

Links: Section has aggregated feeds of all sorts of information, stories and photos about Rancho Santa Fe and the world.

Map: An interactive map showing where all the stories come from giving numerous ways to access stories and information.

Categories: All stories go on to category pages. These are listed on the right margin with blue links. Categories also are highlighted with blue links at the bottom of stories.

Home Page: Similar to a front page in a newspaper, or top of the show news story. Highlighted stories go there, dropping down in chronological order, then continuing on the following pages.

Story Page: Next to the Home Page, all stories go on this page with fuller displays, then scroll down in chronological order, continuing on to additional story pages.

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Great description of Site benefits to users. Wonderful ability for all residents to access, participate, educate, and enjoy. Well done. A beneficial, economical, and important way to stay in touch with events and thought in the community, and the video(s) tell you how.
Comment by rosaliecushman
August 07, 2010
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Thanks so much Rosalie
The concept and this type of system is so new with so much to offer, my feeling is people don't realize what options are freely, and easily, available. Most systems, at best, are offering comments and some ability to buy classifieds, that's about it. Even those systems usually present hassles, such as complicated sign-in procedures to post or filing bizarre forms even for the classifieds, then scrolling through screens of pay add-on options. This site is simple, easy and direct. I've posted the videos permanently on the Stories Page next to the Home Page for future reference.
Comment by dweisman23
August 07, 2010
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