WordPress Aggregator Blog … I’ve Beeen Looking for This!
Posted by Cole Camplese in Emerging Technologies, Thoughts, WordPress StuffMar 23rd, 2005 | 3 responsesFinally … being able to do this, opens up lots of good possbilities! Check out the post on the WordPress Aggregator Blog. I know there are multi user blog tools out there — and are certainly a better choice for a large scale blogging project, but for simple things, this is perfect. I know a few people who will be able to use this.
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Hey Cole,
I’ll be zipping up the files and instructions for what I did during the coming week for anyone to download and modify to their/your needs.
I’d love to hear any ideas you have for using it. The tools for creating one have been out there for awhile, but rather inconspicuous, I guess. Certainly took me awhile to find them. So, I relate to your “I’ve been looking for this” feeling. I’ve had it for awhile, too.
How would those “people” you refer to want to use it? It would be interesting to know.
There is still a bug re: Atom feeds. Marks them all with the date “December 1969″. Still looking for a fix of that lil’ quirk.
Thank you for the mention.
All the best.
Robert
Hey Cole,
OK Cole, I’ve put the zip files up – finally.
Hope you can give it a try and let me know how it goes for you.
Visit the WordPress Aggregator Blog :: Want one? and you’ll find the links.
One .zip for doing an entire blog. One .zip for just adding the php script and magpierss to an existing blog.
All the best.
Robert
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