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Can you make your own Netcenter Channel?
PhoneBoy asks:
"The recent additions of Slashdot and MozillaZine
have prompted the question: what does it
take to make your own channel at Netcenter?
Netscape's website does not make this
information very available."
One option I would see on the netcenter is an option to move the "mid collum" channels as well, if that is possible.
Why don't they allow anyone to create a Netcenter channel? Netscape could define a protocol for regular submissions. It would increase Netcenter usage, since people could get all their regular news from a single portal. Word of mouth on people's favorite micro-portals would push Netcenter as well. What a win-win situation that would be... any hope for it?
The official answer is: "right now, you can't make your own Netcenter Channels."
= newsfornerds = freshmeat = mozillaorg = mozillazine = linuxtoday = benews
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That said, I have worked with sites (like freshmeat, mozillaZine, mozilla.org, Linux Today, and BeNews) to create new channels.
If you are interested in other channels, let me know. I can't guarantee that a channel will get created, but I can try.
Keep the following in mind when suggesting new channels:
1) I will need the to work with the people who run the web site that you want to see turned into a channel. I can't turn sites into channels with out the site's permission.
2) some sites are more likely to become channels than others. I can't turn big named high dollar sites into channels as easily as open source project sites or noncommericial sites.
3) good channels are more likely to be done first. If a site has content that updates often, then it would make a good channel. freshmeat and slashdot are excellent channels for this reason.
Disclaimer:
There no guarantees that a given channel will get created, or once created, a given channel won't be removed. These new channels aren't something Netscape officially supports.
To add the channels I mentioned at the top of this reply, go to one of these links:
http://my.netscape.com/addpreview.tmpl?services
http://my.netscape.com/addpreview.tmpl?services
http://my.netscape.com/addpreview.tmpl?services
http://my.netscape.com/addpreview.tmpl?services
http://my.netscape.com/addpreview.tmpl?services
http://my.netscape.com/addpreview.tmpl?services
My email is sspitzer@netscape.com
For other unofficial channel news, see
http://people.netscape.com/sspitzer/channels.ht