get involved

there are many ways you can get involved with myherefordshire.com.

this page details some methods you can use if you are website owner or designer to incorporate myherefordshire.com content and increase the richness, audience and diversity of your own site. Don't forget, the simplest way to get involved is to register and then add your own events and photos to the site.

if you are unsure where to start with creating or ammending your website you may wish to view the guidance page which has some useful hints and tips. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to get in touch and let us know.

getting your site included

If you are already involved with a non-for-profit, charitable or parish website then get in touch. If suitable we can add your site to our search engine so that your pages will appear in our search results. This will help to push much larger numbers of visitors back to your site and aid you in reaching a wider and more varied demographic. See the about us page for details on some of the sites already involved and then contact us.

linking to myherefordshire.com

please feel free to include a link to myherefordshire.com on your own website and below is a selection of logos you may use.

please note, logos must not be changed, re-created or distorted in any way, and please also ensure you include alternative text, have no border and that the image is linked to the myherefordshire.com homepage only. For example your code might look something like this to include the large white logo on your site;

<a href="http://www.myherefordshire.com"><img src="myherefordshire_260white.gif" alt="myherefordshire.com - Herefordshire's public services community portal" border="0"></a>

Gold logo 180 x 55 pixels

Grey logo 180 x 55 pixels

White logo 180 x 55 pixels

Gold logo 260 x 76 pixels

Grey logo 260 x 76 pixels

White logo 260 x 76 pixels

adding innovative features to your website

we have created a 'Google Gadget' that will allow you to search myherefordshire.com from within your own personalised Google homepage, just click the button below. Please note, you will need a Google account for this to work correctly.

if you are a website owner you can also have a simple feature box on your site allowing your visitors to easily search myherefordshire.com.
myherefordshire.com Google Gadget

simply include the following line of code somewhere on your website: (copy and paste is the easiest method).

<script src="http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.myherefordshire.com/gadgets/myherefordshire
googlegadget.xml&synd=open&w=260&h=165 &title=Search+
myherefordshire.com&nocache=1&border=http%3A%2F%2F
gmodules.com%2Fig%2Fimages%2F&output=js>

utilising our RSS feeds

RSS feeds are also available for use on your own websites or in your own chosen RSS reader. Please see the help page for information on what RSS feeds are, and how to view or read them..

re-using our RSS feeds

we encourage the use of myherefordshire.com RSS feeds as part of an external website, however, we do require that the proper format and accreditation is used when myherefordshire.com content appears. The accreditation text should read 'myherefordshire.com RSS feed' or 'myherefordshire.com Events' as appropriate. If you wish to include a myherefordshire.com logo, please see the information above, where we have a range of logos available for download.

please note: We reserve the right to prevent the distribution of myherefordshire.com content and myherefordshire.com does not accept any liability for the use or accuracy of it's feeds.

adding RSS feeds to other websites

We have made it even easier to add our frequently used events feeds to popular other websites. Just select the feed and website your would like below. Please note, these are default feeds so will provide all events for all location and all categories, and you will need an existing account for the service you are chosing. If you wish to filter the feeds then please visit the events page and use the filters/feeds on there.

Herefordshire events happening in the week ahead

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Herefordshire events happening in the month ahead

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automatically get your events, news and jobs onto myherefordshire.com

got an existing database of events ?? how about a list of news articles or job vaccancies ??

You can automatically get all your website content featured on myherefordshire.com using the XML schema and example XML files provided below. As can be seen on many of the pages, Brilley Village, Weobley, Lyonshall and Kingstone parishes all have their events on the site, Herefordshire Voluntary Action, West Mercia Constabulary, the NHS, Rural Media and Herefordshire Council have their jobs and news on myherefordshire.com, so why not get involved ??

events XML schema and example events XML file

news XML schema and example news XML file

jobs XML schema and example jobs XML file

you will need to export your events, news or jobs using the schema as a validator so the finished files look the same as the example XML file. The best method is to 'Right click' and 'Save Target As' to save the example files on your computer. Then open them in a text editor such as Notepad and include your news or job details. Please note, if you wish to use '£' signs or '&' then these need to be encoded. In the XML file these should look like £ for a '£' and a & for '&' and you can see examples of these in the example XML files.

Then get in touch and let us know where we can pull the file from your server and your content will automatically be read into myherefordshire.com

add your parish carbon footprint graph

do you want to see a graph of your parish carbon footprint average on your site? Then simply add the following image tag to any page you like. Change the parish to any you like and then the graph will be updated as more people complete their personal footprints.

This will then display on your site like this: