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BloglinesReader v0.1

I’m pleased to announce the first release of BloglinesReader, a new WordPress plugin. It allows you to display your Bloglines feeds on your WordPress blog, formatted exactly how you want them. It also caches that data, so it doesn’t take forever to display your page (and both your bandwidth quota and the Bloglines servers stay safe).

Check it out: BloglinesReader v0.1

A lot of credit goes to my friend, Peter Dolan, who worked on this plugin first and talked me down from making it Ajax-y (”Why does it need Ajax?” “Well… umm… man, just check out Dojo!” “Yeah, but why does it need Ajax?”). He’d be the one making this plugin, but he’s got a day job.

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3 Responses to “BloglinesReader v0.1”

  1. ara pehlivanian » Blog Archive » BloglinesReader v0.1 Says:
    October 29th, 2005 at 6:55pm

    [...] So I searched the web for a plugin that would allow me to sync my aggregator’s feeds with WP. I found all kinds of gadgets that would randomly display a few links, or require you to keep a copy of your OPML locally until I came across BloglinesReader v0.1 by Coda Hale. This little gem does exactly what I need it to. It just goes and grabs my feed list and incorporates it wherever I want—in this case my links page. It even caches the list locally so I don’t kill my bandwidth quota or hit Bloglines every time someone hits my links page. [...]

  2. Rebe Says:
    January 20th, 2006 at 6:55pm

    Where exactly do you put the code? You just say to add it the the template, but no matter where I put it, it either bombs out (shows errors, straight code, etc), or does nothing. Directions are super vague for those of us php challenged.

  3. Coda Says:
    January 20th, 2006 at 7:07pm

    Hi Rebe!

    First off, if you’re running WordPress 2.0, I have no idea if this plugin will work, and your problems may be an answer to that question.

    Second, do you have the plugin installed (i.e., visible and marked as enabled in your Plugins page in the Admin interface)?

    Third, what errors are you getting? If you post an error message I’ll be able to tell you what’s going on (hopefully).

    Finally, I’m sorry if the directions aren’t clear, but understanding at least the basics of PHP is unfortunately a requirement for fiddling about with plugins and such. There’s nothing in WordPress which would allow me to write a plugin which would magically put your Bloglines feeds in your blog without zero intervention on your part. It’d be awesome if there was, but PHP’s a bastard when it comes to mixing code with display.