WP-o-Matic - RSS Feeds

DaddyV · 2009-07-03, 01:23 PM

Hey all you WP-o-Matic users... I've been scouring the net today but can't find what I'm looking for. Can anyone shed any light on how to use the Custom Template section?

Most of the RSS feeds I am getting from sponsors are set up in such a way that the "Content" includes a thumbnail of some description + the long text content. Is there a way to extract the image from the content, so that it can be incorporated in to a custom template?

Any info would be great. Thanks

nate · 2009-07-11, 12:36 AM

I would think this might do it. Theres a free version you can try.

http://ba.cheapestwebsoftware.com/

DaddyV · 2009-07-11, 06:41 AM

Thanks Nate, I'll check it out.

FuckingBastard · 2009-07-11, 08:32 AM

i didn`t try yet BA , only Blog Organizer.
However daddyv , it depend on what you need.If you wanna build fast some blogs and put them to autopilot than bo is for you.If you wanna just manage created blogs , than BA is your chose.

nate · 2009-07-11, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FuckingBastard

i didn`t try yet BA , only Blog Organizer.
However daddyv , it depend on what you need.If you wanna build fast some blogs and put them to autopilot than bo is for you.If you wanna just manage created blogs , than BA is your chose.

This is what I think he wants to do: Pull a sponsor feed into a database then output a new feed based on a template that is only a thumbail linked to something like a gallery... no text.

I've been using the free version of gallery scraper to yank FHGs, build a thumbail, add some text then output that to an xml which I then am using to stock a fake TGP. I always wondered how to use those thousands of FHGs. :-)

FuckingBastard · 2009-07-12, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nate

I've been using the free version of gallery scraper to yank FHGs, build a thumbail, add some text then output that to an xml which I then am using to stock a fake TGP. I always wondered how to use those thousands of FHGs. :-)

Sound like a good idea.The only thing that sucks is to sending blogs traffic to FHGs where ratios is so damn crappy, like all rss feeds

DaddyV · 2009-07-12, 10:05 AM

Hey thanks for the replies. Really all I want to do is change the layout of the way the content is displayed... generally in my experience most feeds come in like so:

{content}<A HREF='blah'><img src='blah.jpg'></A><BR>Blah blah blah blah blah{content}

At the moment I've either been pulling the content apart using php string functions and displaying the content in whatever format I require... however WP-o-Matic has a "custom template" section that I thought might automaticaly achieve what I want.

I've had a quick look at ba, but I'll check both ba and bo out soon

thanks for the info

nate · 2009-07-12, 11:48 AM

If you know enough php, just hack the wp-o-matic plugin to do what you want. I dont think the custom templates will work, because they dont split up the content of the post in the rss feed, which is what you are wanting to do.

If you are good with string functions and regex, it should be trivial to put in 2 lines of code in the while loop to do exactly what you want to each "post" in the array before it goes into your blog. I'm not all that great at php syntax or I'd offer to be more helpful. Really all you need is to do is delete the text inside the content before and after each linked image instead of trying to "extract" the image.

dunc · 2009-07-12, 05:37 PM

I've always WP-o-Matic never works as it is supposed to.

One of the scripts at http://www.cheapestwebsoftware.com/ has a temaplte feature... can't think of which one, sorry

2009-07-03, 01:23 PM	#1
DaddyV Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 24	WP-o-Matic - RSS Feeds Hey all you WP-o-Matic users... I've been scouring the net today but can't find what I'm looking for. Can anyone shed any light on how to use the Custom Template section? Most of the RSS feeds I am getting from sponsors are set up in such a way that the "Content" includes a thumbnail of some description + the long text content. Is there a way to extract the image from the content, so that it can be incorporated in to a custom template? Any info would be great. Thanks

2009-07-11, 12:36 AM	#2
nate I can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Merica! Posts: 543	I would think this might do it. Theres a free version you can try. http://ba.cheapestwebsoftware.com/ __________________ Its just a jump to the left.

2009-07-11, 08:32 AM	#4
FuckingBastard Ahhh ... sweet pity. Where would my love life be without it? Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Fluffy Land Posts: 200	i didn`t try yet BA , only Blog Organizer. However daddyv , it depend on what you need.If you wanna build fast some blogs and put them to autopilot than bo is for you.If you wanna just manage created blogs , than BA is your chose. __________________

2009-07-12, 11:48 AM	#8
nate I can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Merica! Posts: 543	If you know enough php, just hack the wp-o-matic plugin to do what you want. I dont think the custom templates will work, because they dont split up the content of the post in the rss feed, which is what you are wanting to do. If you are good with string functions and regex, it should be trivial to put in 2 lines of code in the while loop to do exactly what you want to each "post" in the array before it goes into your blog. I'm not all that great at php syntax or I'd offer to be more helpful. Really all you need is to do is delete the text inside the content before and after each linked image instead of trying to "extract" the image. __________________ Its just a jump to the left.

2009-07-11, 06:41 AM	#3
DaddyV Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 24	Thanks Nate, I'll check it out.

2009-07-12, 10:05 AM	#7
DaddyV Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 24	Hey thanks for the replies. Really all I want to do is change the layout of the way the content is displayed... generally in my experience most feeds come in like so: {content}<A HREF='blah'><img src='blah.jpg'></A><BR>Blah blah blah blah blah{content} At the moment I've either been pulling the content apart using php string functions and displaying the content in whatever format I require... however WP-o-Matic has a "custom template" section that I thought might automaticaly achieve what I want. I've had a quick look at ba, but I'll check both ba and bo out soon thanks for the info

2009-07-12, 05:37 PM	#9
dunc You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 658	I've always WP-o-Matic never works as it is supposed to. One of the scripts at http://www.cheapestwebsoftware.com/ has a temaplte feature... can't think of which one, sorry