Thread Starter
Mark
(@encryptdesigns)
Would an “aggregator” do what I am looking to do? Maybe this isn’t possible? Anyone?
Newsgator has a “headlines” feature you could use. I’ve got one set up here that pulls feeds from local blogs where I’m from.
http://meeciteewurkor.com/wp/local-headlines/
But it may not update as much as you’d like.
I’m not sure exactly what you’re needing.
An RSS feed is for newsreaders. If someone clicks a link in the feed, they will go to your site.
Thread Starter
Mark
(@encryptdesigns)
What my client is looking for is something that will keep all the content on his site, and not take you some place else. I see that when I click on the first link of yours it takes me to the Tulsa site…my guy is looking for a program or something that will keep everyone on his website instead of sending people some place else.
Maybe there is a way to make the RSS links open in a small popup? Or I guess I could use iframes if I needed to right?
That’s kinda nonsense… plus if s/he shows other sites’ full content – that might involve copyright issues, too.
That’s kinda nonsense… plus if s/he shows other sites’ full content – that might involve copyright issues, too.
Exactly, Fair Use generally means pulling excerpts for another source into your site with a direct link back to the original not entire articles.
There is a WP plugin that will work for what you desire and can be set up for displaying excerpts.
You could also use the RSS-to-Javascript service to accomplish the same thing.
That’s kinda nonsense… plus if s/he shows other sites’ full content – that might involve copyright issues, too.
Moshu, I assure you, I have the full permission to pull those feeds. All those feeds belong to a group called the Tulsa Bloggers. Of which I am a member.
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on another note, encrypteddesigns, RSS accounts for about 1/4 of my total hits that I would probably otherwise not have. You’ll pull more traffic by offering a feed, not deter traffic.
Sometimes it’s almost impossible to explain things to clients, though…. They want what they want.
Good luck!
I was talking about the OP’s client, not about you, citeewurkor!
And no, what is on your site is not the same what that client wants: you are doing the right thing – showing an excerpt on your feed page and if I click on the article’s title I am taken to the original blog. Which is fine, that’s how it is supposed to work.
What that uneducated client wants: to show the whole article on his site, “not to let” the visitor to go to the original site. In my books that’s called stealing content.
aaahh… ok. I get it now…
Yeah, I believe that would be stealing content. I’ve seen some blogs where that is all they do, pull content from other blogs without their permission. A big no no.
Sorry moshu š
Thread Starter
Mark
(@encryptdesigns)
Well I wasn’t going to “steal” it. I was planning on having an original link near the title of the post and ask permission from the source too. My client doesn’t want to steal anything, at least he hasn’t told me that yet š š
Thank you Marc for your idea. I may end up doing just that. I did find a program, Feed For All, that I think might do what I am looking at doing but I am still researching it.
Thanks all of you and I’ll let you know what happens in the end š
I use simplexml for php5 to parse through XML files, form array variables and push the content to the site. To get the files, I’ve used Curl mostly.
Good luck!
