Live blog using G-Snap!'s Wordpress plugin today. G-Snap! is the premier live blogging experience for Wordpress as it gives content publishers like yourself a better way to engage and connect with your audience. Whether you're a mainstream media journalist or a blogger looking to go big, G-Snap! makes it easy for you to live blog news and events as they are happening.
G-Snap!'s interactive live blogging platform will let you post updates, interact directly with your readers and their comments, add pictures and video imagery to your reporting, polls, tweets, post to Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo, and much more - all in real-time. Most importantly, you will have access to G-Snap!'s advanced moderation controls that give you the power to choose what is published into your live event.
Note: G-Snap! Premium users also have the ability to theme their live blog and add
custom in-stream advertising from their sponsors. To learn more, go to
http://gsnap.com/learnmore.html.
- Download and unzip the plugin in the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
- To start live blogging, go to http://gsnap.com and create your live event. Once you've done that, take note of the ID in the browser bar, e.g.:
gsnap.com/your_gsnap_login/id
- Next, start a new post on your blog and add the shortcode, like this:
[snaplet id="1234" width="350" height="550"]
where 1234 should be replaced with the ID of your event. You can also adjust the width and height from the default to whatever best suits your design.
- Once you publish your post, your viewers will be able to see your live blog. In order to run your live blog, stay on the event console on gsnap.com. The console provides you with all the tools necessary to make for a successful event.