Title: Kinda off topic… Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Kinda off topic… * [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/encryptdesigns/) * (@encryptdesigns) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/) * Has anyone had a client that wants RSS feeds on their site, but doesn’t want their readers to leave their site? I have a client that wants his customers to stay on his site and read the content there vs clicking on a RSS’d link and going directly to the source. * Is there anything that I can do for him? Is this something that WP can handle? I was thinking maybe if I gave a “original source” link or something like that would be suffice in giving credit where credit is do. * Any thoughts? Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Thread Starter [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/encryptdesigns/) * (@encryptdesigns) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306302) * Would an “aggregator” do what I am looking to do? Maybe this isn’t possible? Anyone? * [citeewurkor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/citeewurkor/) * (@citeewurkor) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306303) * [Newsgator](http://www.newsgator.com/home.aspx) 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/](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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/encryptdesigns/) * (@encryptdesigns) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306306) * 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? * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306307) * That’s kinda nonsense… plus if s/he shows other sites’ full content – that might involve copyright issues, too. * [Marc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc/) * (@marc) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306309) * > 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](http://adam.404.org/projects/friends-rss) that will work for what you desire and can be set up for displaying excerpts. * You could also use the [RSS-to-Javascript ](http://www.rss-to-javascript.com/) service to accomplish the same thing. * [citeewurkor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/citeewurkor/) * (@citeewurkor) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306315) * _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. 🙂 * [citeewurkor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/citeewurkor/) * (@citeewurkor) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306316) * 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. * [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/) * (@vkaryl) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306317) * Sometimes it’s almost impossible to explain things to clients, though…. They want what they want. * Good luck! * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306318) * 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_. * [citeewurkor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/citeewurkor/) * (@citeewurkor) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306319) * 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 🙂 * Thread Starter [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/encryptdesigns/) * (@encryptdesigns) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306327) * 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 😉 😉 * 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 🙂 * [emgee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emgee/) * (@emgee) * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306544) * 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! Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Kinda off topic…’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [RSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 12 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [emgee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emgee/) * Last activity: [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/kinda-off-topic/#post-306544) * Status: not a support question ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics