Today we launched a small new feature called claimrolls. A claimroll is simply a set of recent claims that you may embed on an external webpage or blog. It’s a way to spread Jyte and get the people who are looking at your sites to participate in the claims that are important to you. The claimroll comes in two flavors:
Personal Claimrolls
Below is an example of a personal claimroll in which I’ve listed the latest claim others have made about me. You can create personal rolls that include claims that are about you, that you’ve made, commented on, voted on, or are watching.
Adding a claimroll to your blog sidebar is a fun way to engage your website readers, and for them to learn more about you.
Tag Claimrolls
A tag claimroll is not associated with a particular user like personal rolls. Instead, a tag claimroll lists the most recent claims that match a certain set of tags. For example, below I’ve rolled the two most recent claims tagged “politics”.
If you look in the sidebar to the right, you’ll see I’ve added a roll for recent claims tagged with “Jyte”.
Tag claimrolls are especially cool for sites that discuss specific topics, or want to allow their readers to participate and add polls to the site. For example, a blog about monkeys may add a tag claimroll to its sidebar for claims about “monkeys” OR “monkeyblog”. Readers would see claims about monkeys and also be able to create Jyte claims tagged with “monkeyblog” and have them show up on the blog for other readers to vote on.
Creating a Claimroll
To create a personal claimroll, log into Jyte and click the “Home” link at the top. From there, click the “widgets” link, and then follow the steps to create your roll.
To create a tag claimroll, browse to the list of claims with that tag and click the “Claimroll” link to the left. Here’s a quick link to the Tag Claimroll Creator tool.
