How To Replicate Techchuck AutoBlog

[Papa Midnight]

Hey guys, I used alot of autoblog info from this thread to make a new blog.
I used a different theme, but implemented similar ideas.

I think the biggest secret to making these look legit is to be willing to get messy with the themes PHP code. Dont be afraid. You have back ups. I modded the theme I used a ton.

If you have any questions about how I did stuff just let me know and I'll try to help you do it too.

Hi shapeshift3r,

Being to your site very nicely done!

May i know if your using autoblogged or wp o matic?

Also how did you create read more for the main index.php.

And how did you create excerpt page with link to original post in the single.php page?

Mine only shows the whole feed and link to source. Unable to make it into excerpt format with link to source.

I am searching high and low for a solution in the forum or google on how to do it correctly to no avail, hope that you can help me solve this issue.

Btw i am using wp o matic.

Thanks & Regards...
Papa Midnight

 

[Rubbersoul]

Just want to thank you for your hard work and persistence...

I really appreciate it...

 

[phuningenji]

Extremely useful post, Thanks! But I have a problem, the pics next to the excerpts don't have the borders or spacing that yours have, how can I get that?

 

[omoxx]

I can't add the images in the posts with Nextgen, can anybody please explain how to do that?
Thanxxx

 

[omoxx]

I don't get either the names of the autoblogs: Techchuk, Mashget, etc.
What do those names got to do with SEO and what we've read in millon IM books?
Thanxxx

 

[shapeshift3r]

@speccopkirbs
Thanks man

@Papa Midnight

May i know if your using autoblogged or wp o matic?

I used autoblogged. I was using wp-o-matic but then I switched. It doesnt take long.

Also how did you create read more for the main index.php.

I made the graphic myself using GIMP. (it has a nice auto button generating feature)
I added this to my Main Index.php right after this tag "<?php the_excerpt();?>"

<div>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><div style="border: 0px solid #000;">
<img src="/wherever/yourpicture/islocated/readmore.jpg";>
</div> </a>

And how did you create excerpt page with link to original post in the single.php page?

Autoblogged does this for you. Thats the reason I switched.

Hope that helps.

~Shapeshif3r~

 

[Papa Midnight]

@speccopkirbs
Thanks man

@Papa Midnight

I used autoblogged. I was using wp-o-matic but then I switched. It doesnt take long.


I made the graphic myself using GIMP. (it has a nice auto button generating feature)
I added this to my Main Index.php right after this tag "<?php the_excerpt();?>"

<div>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><div style="border: 0px solid #000;">
<img src="/wherever/yourpicture/islocated/readmore.jpg";>
</div> </a>

Autoblogged does this for you. Thats the reason I switched.

Hope that helps.

~Shapeshif3r~

Thanks Shapshif3r for the insight!

Think i will shift to autoblogged too, wasted too much time trying to do it with wp o matic without much success. =/

 

[dexterfly]

@specopkirbs

any answer on that PM I sent you?

thanks

 

[zesty]

is anyone having difficulty seeing plugins on your posts when pulling feeds?

It seems I have to make a new post everytime i activate or deactivate a plugin in order to see if it works....
i never had to do this before, maybe its this certain theme?

like i edited the exceprt thing, after i made a post, and they still showed full posts until i made a NEW post, then they both 'switched'

the same goes for several other plugins (like the youtube thing)

I hit ctrl+f5 and that didnt help.

 

[affiliate.solutions]

Great post

 

[Fudnut]

Ok, been messing around a bit with WP, "Elegant Theme" & W-O-M.
Firstly, in the Main Index Template I replaced

<?php the_content(__('Read more...', 'elegantbox')); ?>

with

<?php the_excerpt(__('Read more...', 'elegantbox')); ?>

Then to put some space around the thumbnails generated by "Thumbnail For Excerpts" I added the following to style.css

.imgtfe {
             float: left;
             margin-top: 7px;
             margin-right: 7px;
             margin-bottom: 7px;
          }

Then to remove the '[...]' at the end of the excerpt & align the hyperlink with the last line, I edited 'formatting.php' in the wp-includes folder.
I changed line 1495 from:

array_push($words, '[...]');

to

array_push($words, '<a '.'href="'.get_permalink().'">'.'Read More...'.'</a>');

Worked a charm. What I did notice was that for some reason when I edited the file in EditPad Pro it would break the WP editing after saving. As soon as I did the edit in Zend Studio on a new copy, all was good. Something to do with the encoding, but nothing I could readily pick, as all looked good.

 

[omoxx]

I can't add the images in the posts with Nextgen, can anybody please explain how to do that?
I don't get either the names of the autoblogs: Techchuk, Mashget, etc.

What do those names got to do with SEO and what we've read in millon IM books?
How targeted should your keyword phrases be to work for autoblogs?

I do not think this formula for regular Affiliate sites: "Avg monthly search in G >2000 and competence "" and intitle <10,000" works for Autoblogs.

I don't get the repetition of similar plugz, like CC and Wp-o-matic , Autoblogged, Yahoo answers!
Is it possible and convenient to use them at the same time, maybe with different functions or not?

How often do you submit each autoblog to Social Ntwks., Rss, etc?
Are you using them at the same time?

Thank you

 

[rango]

is anyone having difficulty seeing plugins on your posts when pulling feeds?

It seems I have to make a new post everytime i activate or deactivate a plugin in order to see if it works....
i never had to do this before, maybe its this certain theme?

like i edited the exceprt thing, after i made a post, and they still showed full posts until i made a NEW post, then they both 'switched'

the same goes for several other plugins (like the youtube thing)

I hit ctrl+f5 and that didnt help.

wat r u using wmatic or autoblo.. ?? if autoblogged change the folder permission to 744 should do the trick.

 

[useit4u]

whay do you want to reduplicated the content use the auto blog it is great tool to post something it is not just the thme tyou know what i mean ???,... way to go

 

[spikyy]

what plugin should i use for Related tweets from Twitter:?

 

[specopkirbs]

kish twitter for related tweets spiky but you need to seriously fuck around with the CSS in the theme and the plugin to get it working properly.
ill download all my theme files already edited guys and all the plugins ive used ready formated then upload them to rapidshare or something for ya to download makes life a little easier

 

[spikyy]

kish twitter for related tweets spiky but you need to seriously fuck around with the CSS in the theme and the plugin to get it working properly.
ill download all my theme files already edited guys and all the plugins ive used ready formated then upload them to rapidshare or something for ya to download makes life a little easier

Thank you. It would be nice if you share your files.

 

[specopkirbs]

no probs im just sorting it out now

 

[specopkirbs]

heres the download and a quick guide for all the files already edited to include related tweets. it also includes a video bar not the best but its not bad.

okay heres the download link:
<quote>http://rapidshare.com/files/222017609/technic_news.rar</quote>

quick guide:
1. install the plugins and theme
2. activate all the plugins
3.Kish Twitter: tick all the boxes except for - enable followers say and delete the message
4. categroy icons: all the icons in the icons folder upload to wp-content/uploads if the folder isnt there on your hosting create it!
5. use category icons settings to select the icons for each category
6. ill let you work the rest out its not brain surgery people!!!

enjoy

 

[specopkirbs]

oops fucked my quotes up