Title: Random Blog Article
Author: rb-cohen
Published: <strong>October 11, 2007</strong>
Last modified: October 18, 2007

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# Random Blog Article

 By [rb-cohen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rb-cohen/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/random-blog-article.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/random-blog-article/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/random-blog-article/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/random-blog-article/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/random-blog-article/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/random-blog-article/)

## Description

The random blog article was written to display links to some of my favourite blogs
on the homepage of my site.
 I decided the blogroll took up too much space and wanted
article titles on the site too.

When the page loads the first blog and article is picked random and displayed. After
this, every 15 seconds
 (by default) a new blog and article are randomly picked 
from your favourite blog list. The RSS feeds are cached so no need to worry about
bandwidth usage or your blog being slowed down!

The plugin just needs to be activated and a small peice of code put in a template
file for where ever you’d
 like it to appear. All settings can be controled in the
wordpress admin panel and there is no need to edit any code.

## Installation

 1. Upload the “rbarticle” folder to your wp-content/plugins/ directory.
 2. Chmod the cache folder 777.
 3. Copy `<?php rbarticle_tpl_init() ?>` to where ever you would like the random article
    to appear.
 4. Add and modify these styles in your template’s styles.css file #rbarticle_result(
    the div container that the article is updated in to) #rbarticle_result .blog (the
    class for the blog title) #rbarticle_result a (the article link) #rbarticle_result.
    separator (a span class around the separator (if specified))
 5. Activate the plug-in
 6. Browse to Options > RB Article
 7. Add rss feeds to your list of favourites
 8. Enjoy

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Random Blog Article” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ rb-cohen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rb-cohen/)

[Translate “Random Blog Article” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/random-blog-article)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/random-blog-article/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/random-blog-article/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random-blog-article/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/random-blog-article/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

v1.01 – Moved javascript initialise code to php init function (stops js errors on
pages without the random blog div)

## Meta

 *  Version **1.01**
 *  Last updated **19 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.0.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.1**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/random-blog-article/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ rb-cohen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rb-cohen/)

## Support

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## Donate

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