=== FeedWordPress === Contributors: Charles Johnson Donate link: http://projects.radgeek.com/feedwordpress/ Tags: syndication, aggregation, feed, atom, rss Requires at least: 1.5 Tested up to: 2.8.1 Stable tag: 2009.0707 FeedWordPress syndicates content from feeds you choose into your WordPress weblog. == Description == * Author: [Charles Johnson](http://radgeek.com/contact) * Project URI: * License: GPL 2. See License below for copyright jots and tittles. FeedWordPress is an Atom/RSS aggregator for WordPress. It syndicates content from feeds that you choose into your WordPress weblog; if you syndicate several feeds then you can use WordPress's posts database and templating engine as the back-end of an aggregation ("planet") website. It was developed, originally, because I needed a more flexible replacement for [Planet](http://www.planetplanet.org/) to use at [Feminist Blogs](http://feministblogs.org/). FeedWordPress is designed with flexibility, ease of use, and ease of configuration in mind. You'll need a working installation of WordPress or WordPress MU (versions [2.8][], [2.7][], [2.6][], [2.5][], [2.3][], [2.2][], [2.1][], [2.0][] or [1.5][]), and also FTP or SFTP access to your web host. The ability to create cron jobs on your web host is helpful but not absolutely necessary. You *don't* need to tweak any plain-text configuration files and you *don't* need shell access to your web host to make it work. (Although, I should point out, web hosts that *don't* offer shell access are *bad web hosts*.) [2.8]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8 [2.7]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.7 [2.6]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.6 [2.5]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.5 [2.3]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.3 [2.2]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.2 [2.1]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.1 [2.0]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.0 [1.5]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_1.5 == Installation == To use FeedWordPress, you will need: * an installed and configured copy of WordPress version 2.x, or 1.5.x. (FeedWordPress will also work with the equivalent versions of WordPress MU.) * FTP or SFTP access to your web host = New Installations = 1. Download the FeedWordPress archive and extract the files on your computer. 2. Create a new directory named `feedwordpress` in the `wp-content/plugins` directory of your WordPress installation. Use an FTP or SFTP client to upload the contents of your FeedWordPress archive to the new directory that you just created on your web host. 3. Upgrade the copy of MagpieRSS packaged with WordPress by installing the new copies of `rss.php` and `rss-functions.php` into the `wp-includes` directory of your FeedWordPress installation. These files are stored in the `MagpieRSS-upgrade` directory of your FeedWordPress archive. Strictly speaking, upgrading MagpieRSS is optional; FeedWordPress will run correctly without the upgrade. But if you hope to take advantage of numerous bug fixes, or support for Atom 1.0, multiple post categories, RSS enclosures, or multiple character encodings, then you need to install the upgrade. 4. Log in to the WordPress Dashboard and activate the FeedWordPress plugin. 5. Once the plugin is activated, you can go to **Syndication --> Options** and set (1) the link category that FeedWordPress will syndicate links from (by default, "Contributors"), and (2) whether FeedWordPress will use automatic updates or only manual updates. 5. Go to the main **Syndication** page to set up the list of sites that you want FeedWordPress to syndicate onto your blog. = Upgrades = To *upgrade* an existing installation of FeedWordPress to version 2008.1030: 1. Download the FeedWordPress archive in zip or gzipped tar format and extract the files on your computer. 2. If you are upgrading from version 0.98 or earlier, then you need to create a new directory named `feedwordpress` in the `wp-content/plugins` directory of your WordPress installation, and you also need to *delete* your existing `wp-content/update-feeds.php` and `wp-content/plugins/feedwordpress.php` files. The file structure for FeedWordPress has changed and the files from your old version will not be overwritten, which could cause conflicts if you leave them in place. 3. Upload the new PHP files to `wp-content/plugins/feedwordpress`, overwriting any existing FeedWordPress files that are there. Also be sure to upgrade the MagpieRSS module by uploading `rss.php` and `rss-functions.php` from the `MagpieRSS-upgrade` directory in your archive to the `wp-includes` directory of your WordPress installation. 3. If you are upgrading from version 0.96 or earlier, **immediately** log in to the WordPress Dashboard, and go to **Options --> Syndicated**. Follow the directions to launch the database upgrade procedure. The new versions of FeedWordPress incorporate some long-needed improvements, but old meta-data needs to be updated to prevent duplicate posts and other possible maladies. If you're upgrading an existing installation, updates and FeedWordPress template functions *will not work* until you've done the upgrade. Then take a coffee break while the upgrade runs. It should, hopefully, finish within a few minutes even on relatively large databases. 4. If you are upgrading from version 0.98 or earlier, note that the old `update-feeds.php` has been eliminated in favor of a (hopefully) more humane method for automatic updating. If you used a cron job for scheduled updates, it will not work anymore, but there is another, simpler method which will. See [Setting Up Feed Updates](http://projects.radgeek.com/feedwordpress/install/#setting-up-feed-updates) to get scheduled updates back on track. 5. Enjoy your new installation of FeedWordPress. == Using and Customizing FeedWordPress == FeedWordPress has many options which can be accessed through the WordPress Dashboard, and a lot of functionality accessible programmatically through WordPress templates or plugins. For further documentation of the ins and outs, see the documentation at the [FeedWordPress project homepage][]. [FeedWordPress project homepage]: http://projects.radgeek.com/feedwordpress/ == License == The FeedWordPress plugin is copyright © 2005-2007 by Charles Johnson. It uses code derived or translated from: - [wp-rss-aggregate.php][] by [Kellan Elliot-McCrea](kellan@protest.net) - [MagpieRSS][] by [Kellan Elliot-McCrea](kellan@protest.net) - [HTTP Navigator 2][] by [Keyvan Minoukadeh](keyvan@k1m.com) - [Ultra-Liberal Feed Finder][] by [Mark Pilgrim](mark@diveintomark.org) according to the terms of the [GNU General Public License][]. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the [GNU General Public License][] as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. [wp-rss-aggregate.php]: http://laughingmeme.org/archives/002203.html [MagpieRSS]: http://magpierss.sourceforge.net/ [HTTP Navigator 2]: http://www.keyvan.net/2004/11/16/http-navigator/ [Ultra-Liberal Feed Finder]: http://diveintomark.org/projects/feed_finder/ [GNU General Public License]: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html