Quikonnex for Publishing
Now my subscribers receive instant notification each time I add something new, and never get email from me unless they write to me through the feed.
I am a Founding Publisher at Quikonnex.
Contents at a Glance
What is Quikonnex?

Quikonnex is an rss publishing service, created and developed by master coders, Jim Gray and Carolyn Peltier. They are two very awesome and creative people.
Quikonnex began simply as a way to syndicate content, but has become much more over the years. They have expanded their direct to desktop communication service to include private messaging, chat, conferencing and many, many other services through their creation of what is called Desk View.
Quikonnex is the best communication and content management service going. You don't need to be technical to use it. There is no need to have your own hosting or servers because they take care of all that jazz. There is no need to know how to write an xml file, because everything posted is converted for you.
Quikonnex has been around longer than Blogger.com and is far and away a better service.
Quikonnex membership is free, and their DeskView and QuickView readers are insanely easy to use. To publish on Quikonnex is not free, but the cost is nominal. The benefits to publishing on the Q are far greater than any cost involved. Simply put, you can do more with Quikonnex than with Blogger, Word Press, or any other blogging system available today.
A free Quikonnex membership will allow you to subscribe to any feed on their service and their readers will read any feed available regardless of what service publishes it.
Content Management
More than a Blog
As a Quikonnex publisher, I can publish as many channels as I like. I have more than ten Quikonnex channels, each pertaining to a different topic and all are linked together.All of the feeds are converted into web pages, so that one does not even need a feed reader to view any of the Quikonnex channels published. They have even converted the xml pages to look like a regular web page.
Have a look:
Trii Zine Ezine (regular page)
Trii Zine Ezine (converted xml)
You can even post pod casts to your channels.
QMTP
A Whole New System of Commuication
QMTP is Quikonnex Message Text Protocol
This is a program to allow all Quikonnex users to send and receive instant messages through the rss feed. No more email with subscribers. No more need for opting in to receive messages, because Quikonnex channels work like cable TV subscriptions. You will only receive updates from the channels you're subscribed to and can unsubscribe by deleting a channel from your list.
QMTP is way better than other programs like Yahoo messenger. The application is web based; therefore there is nothing to download. There is nothing to screw up your computer.
Every time I have installed Yahoo messenger, I have had major problems with my system.
Try it out and send me a message: QMTP Me!
DeskView
The Ultimate Communication and Content Management Tool
DeskView is the application created to make direct to desktop communication easy. Not only can a Q publisher brand their DeskView, but it can be used to send and recieve QMTP messages, to post to channels and to keep track of your contacts, reminders and your calendar. All subscribers to Q channels can download a copy of DeskView for use for free and I have created a user's guide to help others learn how to use its myriad of functions.Download the User's Guide Here, it's free and you can even download the application from inside the book.
Ezines
What Wiki Says...
RSS on Wiki
RSS (most commonly translated as "Really Simple Syndication" but sometimes "Rich Site Summary") is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works?such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video?in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed",
"Web feeds | RSS | The Guardian | guardian.co.uk",
The Guardian, London, 2008, webpage:
GuardianUK-webfeeds.
or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place. RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator", which can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based. A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs. The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's URI or by clicking an RSS icon in a web browser that initiates the subscription process. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.
RSS formats are specified using XML, a generic specification for the creation of data formats. Although RSS formats have evolved from as early as March 1999, it was between 2005 and 2006 when RSS gained widespread use, and the ("Category: File - :Feed-icon.svg|16px") icon was decided upon by several major Web browsers.
Q Links on the Web
- Quikonnex.com
- The Quikonnex Home Page
- Jim Gray's Address to Q Members
- Comments on Q by its Co-Creator, Jim Gray.
- Deskonnex
- Connecting with your audience, employees, or private group directly on the desktop raises your critical communications to the level they require, escaping your dependency upon email or other in-browser options.
- RSS, Blogs and Syndication
- Download this ebook by, Trina L.C. Schiller (Sonnenberg)
Get The Facts About RSS
Everyone Wants to Know About RSS
Now You Can Be The One To Tell Them!
This is the book that demystifies RSS in easy to understand English. No Geek-Speak!
Understanding RSS has never been easier!
FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT RSS AND READ THIS BOOK!
RSS, Blogs and Syndication...
The Facts vs The "guruese"
Instant Download! - Get QuikView
- The browser side bar for bookmarks. Save your favorite web sites, RSS feeds and more...
Grayscales
Q channel by Jim Gray
Fetching RSS feed... please stand bySyndication: What's the Big Deal?
What is so important about syndicating content?

Syndication is what put Dear Abby on the map. It is the capability to write once and publish in multiple locations. Without syndication Dave Barry, Abigail Van Burnen, The Peanuts and Garfield would not be famous today.
Quikonnex allows writers to syndicate their content, reaching far more people than a simple email. Search engine spiders love rss feeds because they are updated regularly (in theory).
Static web pages are crawled once a month, but rss feeds are capable of pinging web servers like Google to notify them of updated content to crawl. Therefore, feeds are crawled as often as they are updated, rather than on the search engine's crawling schedule.
Syndication allows other webmasters to add your content to their pages through placement of a few lines of code (java script or PHP). Once there, the webmaster need do nothing to get updates on your content because the code updates it for them.


Get Creative
The Trii Zine Ezine
One of my many Q channels
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byHealthy Living
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byFeatured Lenses
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These Are A Few of My Favorite Things
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I'm sure that you've been asked the question, "What's your favorite_____?" We all have a favorite something, so I decided to write about some of my favorites. Perhaps we'll share some common interests. Perhaps we can become friends and share stuff. P...
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Writers Writing and Publishing
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What to write; who to write for; how to publish? There are many facets to writing and getting published, including rejection. Here are some tips and locations to check out on your journey into the writing life. Tip #1 - Write everyday. It doesn't ma...
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Building your very own web site from scratch
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So you want people to know about you, or your products. Or perhaps you're an affiliate marketer who needs to put everything in a single location. You need a web site of your own, to showcase who you are and what you are about. This lens will hel...
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Your Online Advertising Solution
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AdsOnQ stands for: Article Distribution and Syndication On Quikonnex. For those who are not familiar with Quikonnex, Quikonnex is the RSS feed server that powers AdsOnQ. It is the system which allows AdsOnQ to syndicate content all over the Internet,...
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Art and Photography by Jeff Sonnenberg
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My husband, though he won't admit it, is a very talented artist and photographer. He doesn't draw often, as he claims he is not good at it, but I beg to differ. This lens is about the drawings that I have secured from him and have used to cre...
My Squidoo Feed
Fetching RSS feed... please stand bySonnenbergs on Lulu
My Journey
ISBN: 978-0-6151-6405-2 The perfect marriage of a lifetime of thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and the beauty of southwestern Colorado, as seen through Jeff's lens.
Lulu Price: $5.00 to $21.24
AdsOnQ
Another Quikonnex Channel
Article Distribution and Syndication On Quikonnex
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byCan You Spare for My Favorite Charity
My Footsteps
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byReader Feedback
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- andreaberrios andreaberrios Aug 7, 2009 @ 3:42 pm
- Thank you, this sounds very interesting, I have to take a look at it! 5*
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- BarbRad BarbRad Aug 6, 2009 @ 4:01 pm
- Thank you for this information. As soon as I have a large enough block of time I will definitely look into this. I also see that I'll have to come back an read more of your lenses when more time appears. I appreciate that your lenses are well-researched and provide a wealth of informationm-- at least all the ones I've read so far. .
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- sandyspider sandyspider Aug 6, 2009 @ 11:01 am
- This is the first time I have seen Quikonnex. I will have to look into it thanks. 5*
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- Jim Gray Jim Gray Jul 18, 2009 @ 7:23 pm
- Trina, thank you for creating this Lens on Quikonnex. You, above all, have really been able to maximize the power of Q. Plus, it's quite an accomplishment to have moved from being an Ezine publisher to a writer and publisher of books that mean something. Keep on writing, you've got a real talent for it. Jim
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