RSSdoodle
*** On October 25, 2009 Technorati has temporarily disabled their API to upgrade and add new functionality. RSSdoodle uses the Technorati API and until Technorati updates and releases their new API (they say in 4 to 6 weeks) RSSdoodle will not function. As soon as the new API’s parameters are released, RSSdoodle will be updated to work with the new API and a new version will be released. Sorry for this inconvenience – John Lessnau ***
RSSdoodle WordPress Plugin
The Lessnau Lounge offers you yet another plugin that will bring relevant content to your blog in an automated fashion. The new RSSdoodle Wordpress plugin will allow you to have automatic mashup of blog post feeds from across the web. As an example, if your WP Blog is about SEO, you can have mashup RSS blog feeds that talk about Search Engine Optimization. This allows you to have some of the latest relevant information on your blog that is happening in near real-time in the Blogosphere.
RSSdoodle has a feature you can turn on so the mashup posts go only to your category archives and not the front page. This is how I use the plug-in on this site.
For examples of RSSdoodle posts at The Lessnau Lounge look at this post and this post.
If you need relevant content to supplement your blog, RSSdoodle can help you out.
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=== RSSdoodle ===
Contributors: scompt
Donate link: http://www.lessnau.com/rssdoodle/
Tags: rss, technorati, posts
Requires at least: 2.6
Tested up to: 2.7
Stable tag: 1.2
RSSdoodle allows you to have automatic mashup of blog post feeds from across the web.
== Description ==
Allows a user to create posts and categories based on RSS keyword searches via [Technorati]. Each post is a mashup of search results.
== Installation ==
1. Upload the `rssdoodle` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the settings menu in your WordPress admin
== Configuration ==
1. Go to WordPress settings, and select the RSSdoodle page.
2. Apply for a [Technorati API key] ( http://technorati.com/developers/apikey.html ) and enter it at the bottom of the page.
3. Set the general Options that will be applied to all RSSDoodle posts.
4. Set up up your auto posts based on keyword, keywords, or keyword phrase.
5. Pick a general title for your keyword mashup posts.
6. Pick the category for the RSSDoodle posts.
7. Select the interval or timing of when keyword posts go up automatically.
8. Select whether or not you want the RSSdoodle post to appear on the front page of your blog or only in the category.
9. Select whether or not you want to ping the sites you list in your mashup posts.
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
1. I’m only getting English-language posts!
Change the `RSSDOODLE_TECHNORATI_LANGUAGE` defined on line 11 of `rssdoodle.php` to be the language you want.
2. What are the Technocati search operators?
- I could not find a page the spells out the exact search operators but you can create your query in advance search at Technocrati to learn how to get the results you want.
- As an example of a complex post search you could do would be:
money AND “money maker” AND (earn) NOT euro
- Operator commands should be in caps
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