I’ve added a subscription plug-in to my blog software. There are two levels of functionality:
General public: Subscribe without becoming a registered user to receive a notice whenever something new is posted to the site.
Registered users: If you become a registered user of the site, you get a few more options. You’ll be able to manage your subscription profile to receive HTML* or plain-text notifications, excerpts versus full posts, and specify the categories about which you’d like to be notified.
You can also now keep up with the discussion of a particular article by clicking the “Notify me of followup comments via e-mail” button when you leave a comment. It’s not necessary to be a subscriber or registered user to make use of this feature. You can also “subscribe” to a discussion without leaving a comment.
So many options!
Note: Your registration or subscription on this site is entirely private. Your information is available to me and me alone, because this blog is privately hosted, not offered through one of the big blog-hosting services. So you won’t get any spam or advertisements as a result of subscribing or registering here.
*I don’t recommend the HTML option. You’ll receive the complete initial text of each posting, but I almost always find some typos and make a few edits AFTER I post the articles online, so if you want the edited versions, you should visit the site and read the articles here.
Ed,
Thanks for adding this feature. I’ve been wondering about how nice it would be since you first told me you were blogging. 🙂
You wish is my command!