Three Tiny Tricks for Cooler Interfaces

Firstly, we all now how important it is to keep our readers engaged. Here is a bit of liquid to show related categories. A great way to get more clicks!

 {% if story.categories != empty %}
<h4>Related Categories</h4>
        <ul>
          {% for category in story.categories %}
            <li>{{ category.link }}</li>
          {% endfor %}
        </ul>
  {% endif %}

Did you now PublicSquare generates a tiny url for every story? You can find it for your newsletters in the lower right sidebar. But sometimes you want to offer your users an easy way to share your stories too. Try sticking this bit of code in your sidebar.

<p>Use this when sending links by email.</p>
        <p><a href="{{ story.tiny_url }}">{{ story.tiny_url }}</a></p>

Finally, a goodie for your geekier users: rss on comments on each and every story (authors love it too!).

<h4>Comments Feed</h4>
        <p>Follow the comments on this story via RSS:</p>
        <a href="{{ story.comments_rss_url }}">
            <img alt="Feed-icon-16x16" height="16" src="{{ 'feed-icon-16x16.gif' | asset_url }}"  width="16" />
            </a>
        <a href="{{ story.comments_rss_url }}">Comments RSS feed</a>