{"id":7611,"date":"2017-07-06T12:26:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T16:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.litespeedtech.com\/?p=7611"},"modified":"2017-07-06T12:26:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T16:26:29","slug":"clever-ways-to-get-your-litespeed-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lswp.store\/index.php\/2017\/07\/06\/clever-ways-to-get-your-litespeed-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Clever ways to get your LiteSpeed fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lswp.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/null.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Internet is big. And we all hang out in our own corners of it. It\u2019s not always easy to keep up with all of the update-and-release news that you need to keep your business systems running as smoothly as possible. We announce all of our software updates on a handful of public channels, and then after a few days of letting potential bugs shake out, we spread the word to the admins who have provided a valid email address. The majority of our customers are content to wait for that email announcement or the notification that appears on their control panel plugins, and that\u2019s ok!<\/p>\n<p>But what about the rest of you? <strong>We know some of you crave adventure, and you want to install those updates the second the paint is dry.<\/strong> You have a <i>need<\/i> to be hooked into the latest announcements, but if you don\u2019t know where to look for them (or, more importantly, don\u2019t know how to fit them seamlessly into your workflow), you could miss something important!<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s address that. First, I\u2019ll tell you where you can go around the web to find our update announcements. Then, I\u2019ll share a few nifty tips and tricks for getting our news to come to <i>you<\/i> in the places that are most convenient for the way you work.<\/p>\n<h2>Where you can go to get the news<\/h2>\n<p>We are all over social media, but for product updates in particular, these are the sources that are updated with <i>every single new release<\/i>. Visit any of these links to get the latest scoop:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Twitter<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/litespeedtech\">@litespeedtech<\/a> for all product announcements and general news\/links<\/li>\n<li><b>Twitter<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lswsrelease\">@lswsrelease<\/a> for LiteSpeed Web Server announcements only<\/li>\n<li><b>Twitter<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/openlswsrelease\">@openlswsrelease<\/a> for OpenLiteSpeed announcements only<\/li>\n<li><b>Google Groups<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=footer#!forum\/litespeed-edge-users\">LiteSpeed Edge<\/a> for all product announcements and pre-releases except OpenLiteSpeed<\/li>\n<li><b>Google Groups<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=footer#!forum\/openlitespeed-development\">OpenLiteSpeed Development<\/a> for announcements and discussion<\/li>\n<li><b>Our Forum<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.litespeedtech.com\/support\/forum\/forums\/news.8\/\">News<\/a> for all product announcements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How you can make the news come to you<\/h2>\n<p>Knowing where to look is all well and good, but you can work more efficiently if you have the updates meet you where you are. There are three primary ways to accomplish this: Email, RSS feeds, and push notifications. Each of our announcement mechanisms may be configured to use at least one of these methods.<\/p>\n<h3>Email<\/h3>\n<p>If email is your preferred means of communication, you\u2019ll want to subscribe to one (or both) of the <b>Google Groups<\/b>. When you join the group, you are given four email options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t send email updates<\/li>\n<li>Send daily summaries<\/li>\n<li>Combined updates (25 messages per email)<\/li>\n<li>Every new message<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our groups are low-volume enough that you should be able to subscribe to \u201cEvery new message\u201d without being overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<h3>RSS<\/h3>\n<p>RSS is not as well-supported as it once was, but you can still find feeds here and there if you look for them. You\u2019ll need an RSS reader (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/feedly.com\">Feedly<\/a>) to access these feeds. Here are some feeds from the above sources:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/feed\/litespeed-edge-users\/msgs\/rss_v2_0.xml\">LiteSpeed Edge <b>Google Group<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/feed\/openlitespeed-development\/msgs\/rss_v2_0.xml\">OpenLiteSpeed Development <b>Google Group<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.litespeedtech.com\/support\/forum\/forums\/news.8\/index.rss\">News on our <b>Forum<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Push notifications<\/h3>\n<p>If a mobile device is an important part of your workflow, you may find push notifications more your speed. All of our <b>Twitter<\/b> accounts support push notifications.<\/p>\n<p>To enable notifications, first follow the relevant account on Twitter. Then, (on desktop) next to the Following button, click on the 3-dot menu and select \u201cTurn on mobile notifications.\u201d Or (on mobile) next to the Following button, tap the little bell icon and select \u201cAll Tweets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For those not on mobile devices, the Chrome and Firefox browsers allow browser notifications for any site that has enabled the functionality. <b>Twitter <\/b>is one such site. To enable browser notifications for Twitter, click on your own profile icon, select Settings from the drop down menu, click on Web Notifications from the settings sidebar and check the appropriate boxes for the notifications you want to see.<\/p>\n<h2>A couple of clever ideas<\/h2>\n<p>Here are a few outside-the-box ideas that may fit nicely into your workflow.<\/p>\n<h3>Import into Slack<\/h3>\n<p>If your team uses <a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\">Slack<\/a> to communicate, why not set up a <u>#software_updates<\/u> channel, and import vital release announcements from your favorite vendors (including LiteSpeed, of course!) into that channel?<\/p>\n<p>Slack integrations are available for Twitter and RSS, so you can either import our <b>Twitter <\/b>feeds via the Twitter integration, or import our <b>Google Groups<\/b> or <b>Forum <\/b>feeds via the RSS integration.<\/p>\n<h3>Use IFTTT<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ifttt.com\">IFTTT <\/a>(or, If This Than That) is a really cool application that lets you connect a wealth of things that wouldn\u2019t normally be connected. For instance, you can create an applet that says \u201cif there is an update to OpenLiteSpeed, turn the Philips Hue lights in the office blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s somewhat of a silly example, but you get the point.<\/p>\n<p>A more practical application would be to connect our <b>Google Groups<\/b> or <b>Forum <\/b>RSS feeds or our <b>Twitter <\/b>feeds with an application your company uses extensively (Skype, Telegram, Trello and more). For example: if there\u2019s a new LiteSpeed tweet, send the tweet via Skype to your server admin.<\/p>\n<p>Or, if you <i>do<\/i> like the traditional route of email or push notifications, you can use IFTTT to make the sources that are not available that way <i>become <\/i>available that way. For instance, you can use IFTTT to send Twitter updates through email. Or you can get an IFTTT push notification when there\u2019s an update to the Google Group RSS feed.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s very powerful. (And it\u2019s fun to play with, so don\u2019t fall down that rabbit hole when you should be working!)<\/p>\n<h2>In conclusion&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>We want you to get your LiteSpeed updates in a timely fashion and through a medium that fits into the way <i>you <\/i>work. We hope some of these ideas can help you keep as informed as possible! 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