2 Helpful Things to Know About Hootsuite 5
Woke up this morning to a new and improved Hootsuite 5! I’ve been playing with it all day and love the new features. Although I had trouble with a few things at first – I think I have it all figured out now. Noticed a lot of others having the same issues, so save yourself some time by checking them out below.
1. “RT” vs. Native RT: Hootsuite added the Native “Auto” RT functionality (in addition to the original “RT @username”) to their platform. However as of this morning the RT button defaults to Auto RT instead of the original ”RT @username.” Hootsuite addressed the RT Settings issues. The screen shot below pretty much sums it up though. So just make sure to uncheck the box marked below in red if you want to go back to the original settings.
2. How to Add Links to Your Facebook Page Posts: One of Hootsuite’s most requested features was finally added. Now you can schedule AND add images to your Facebook page posts. I love this feature, but it was a little difficult to figure out how to get the images in the post at first.
There are lots of new features available thanks to the new HTML5 user interface, including:
- Geo-located Search: Search for tweets by proximity
- New Themes: Choose the classic green & blue “Classic,” the sleek & stunning “Blue Steel,” or the darkly cool “Magnum.” Obviously the designer had Zoolander on the brain while making these.
- Integrated Google Analytics in the Dashboard
- Drag & Drop photos
- Faster refresh for tabs and streams
- Key board shortcuts (SHIFT+ ENTER = SEND). More to come says Hootsuite…
- More languages – Japanese
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on June 24, 2010 at 7:56 pm
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Great screenshots and instructions! Thanks for spreading the news about HootSuite 5 with HTML 5. What would you like to see added next?
on June 25, 2010 at 1:37 pm
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Thanks! I would love to have an option to upload my own thumbnail image for a Facebook post – the way Vitrue lets you. As opposed to only being able to choose from the thumbnails attached to the web page URL – because sometimes there are no thumbnails or the thumbnails available are unrelated to the post. That would be an great feature to have!
on June 25, 2010 at 1:59 pm
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Since LinkedIn use the same 'wall' functions as Facebook, I'd like to see the same function on Hootsuite for LinkedIn as made for Facebook
on June 25, 2010 at 7:53 pm
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Interesting idea — please consider submitting it to the feature request channel http://feedback.hootsuite.com — this allows others to vote for your idea and helps us plan our roadmap.
on June 25, 2010 at 7:55 pm
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Ahhh, we're glad to have this Facebook media preview ability added but this is another interesting idea. Please consider adding to the feature request channel — http://feedback.hootsuite.com