How To Replicate Techchuck AutoBlog

[dynamicvb]

Okay for those still having issues with linking back to the original article with wp-o-matic. Just add a post template for the feed and put the following in it.

{content} <p><a href={permalink}>Link to the original site</a></p>)

 

[zesty]

how do we add a post template?

 

[entreprenuer]

wow bro that is a serious autoblog. I bookmarked this thread hoping to study it later.

cheers

 

[dynamicvb]

After you save the feed. Edit it and look under options and you will see the post template function. Just enable it and put the above code in for the template.

It will only affect new posts and won't add it to any ones you may already have pulled in.

 

[mark9510]

Everybody post your link to your blog. I wanna take a look at how you all are doing. THen compare to my blog and me and specobkirbs will keep editing until we have the blog 99% like Techchuck or even better 100%

 

[Fudnut]

After you save the feed. Edit it and look under options and you will see the post template function. Just enable it and put the above code in for the template.

It will only affect new posts and won't add it to any ones you may already have pulled in.

this should work too.. on old & new posts. Place under the

<?php the_content(); ?>

tag in single.php

<?php $source = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'wpo_sourcepermalink', true);
$urlsource = '<a '.'href="'. $source .'"target="_blank">'.'Read More...'.'</a>';
echo $urlsource; ?>

lol.. 1 more post before I can post links...

 

[dexterfly]

@specopkirbs

I wonder why you are not answering my PMs. You can't say that you are not online because I see you online during the day all the time.
If you can't do the service just tell me. but don't try to hide because I won't forget the deal.

if you can't read your PMs just answer here in the comments. I don't care.

thanks

 

[zesty]

Everybody post your link to your blog. I wanna take a look at how you all are doing. THen compare to my blog and me and specobkirbs will keep editing until we have the blog 99% like Techchuck or even better 100%

i think people should make their stuff unique... the point is the learning experience so that you can modify it how you would like, not to just rip off some guys work that he worked hard to customize.

 

[zesty]

by the way, im new to this forum and a lot of people say how they can do so & so after this many posts. is there a tier of privileges we gain after we post a certain amount of times?

 

[zesty]

does anyone know how I can change where sociable inserts its toolbar? i want it below related posts

 

[Fudnut]

does anyone know how I can change where sociable inserts its toolbar? i want it below related posts

Think you change order here... in the sociable.php.. but have no time to check

// Load the post's data
	$blogname 	= urlencode(get_bloginfo('name')." ".get_bloginfo('description'));
	$post 		= $wp_query->post;
	
	$excerpt	= urlencode(strip_tags(strip_shortcodes($post->post_excerpt)));
	if ($excerpt == "") {
		$excerpt = urlencode(substr(strip_tags(strip_shortcodes($post->post_content)),0,250));
	}
	$excerpt	= str_replace('+','%20',$excerpt);
	
	$permalink 	= urlencode(get_permalink($post->ID));
	
	$title 		= urlencode($post->post_title);
	$title 		= str_replace('+','%20',$title);
	
	$rss 		= urlencode(get_bloginfo('ref_url'));

	$html .= "\n<div class=\"sociable\">\n";
	
	$tagline = get_option("sociable_tagline");
	if ($tagline != "") {
		$html .= "<div class=\"sociable_tagline\">\n";
		$html .= stripslashes($tagline);
		$html .= "\n</div>";
	}
	
	$html .= "\n<ul>\n";

	foreach($display as $sitename) {
		// if they specify an unknown or inactive site, ignore it
		if (!in_array($sitename, $active_sites))
			continue;

		$site = $sociable_known_sites[$sitename];

		$url = $site['url'];
		$url = str_replace('PERMALINK', $permalink, $url);
		$url = str_replace('TITLE', $title, $url);
		$url = str_replace('RSS', $rss, $url);
		$url = str_replace('BLOGNAME', $blogname, $url);
		$url = str_replace('EXCERPT', $excerpt, $url);

		if (isset($site['description']) && $site['description'] != "") {
			$description = $site['description'];
		} else {
			$description = $sitename;
		}
		$link = "<li>";		
		$link .= "<a rel=\"nofollow\"";
		if (get_option('sociable_usetargetblank') && $site['url'] != 'javascript:window.print();') {
			$link .= " target=\"_blank\"";
		}
		$link .= " href=\"$url\" title=\"$description\">";
		$link .= "<img src=\"".$imagepath.$site['favicon']."\" title=\"$description\" alt=\"$description\" class=\"sociable-hovers";
		if (isset($site['class']) && $site['class'])
			$link .= " sociable_{$site['class']}";
		$link .= "\" />";
		$link .= "</a></li>";
		
		$html .= "\t".apply_filters('sociable_link',$link)."\n";
	}

	$html .= "</ul>\n</div>\n";

	return $html;
}

there, done it.. 15th post..

 

[playercool]

@OP Very nice write up.

Here is a couple questions for you.

First: What is the plugin for Amazon you are using?

Second: How do you automatically add a link back to the site you are getting the rss feed from? For example on your blog it might say "Read the Original Article" which links back to the rss site. I would like to add this to my blog as well.

Thanks

 

[monsterx]

does anyone know how I can change where sociable inserts its toolbar? i want it below related posts

use sociable plugin..wola done

 

[zesty]

thats what i have, but it puts it RIGHT at the end of the post rather than further down

 

[dynamicvb]

People should modify their blogs. I bet you everyones blogs here looks the same, Atleast change the backgrounds of yalls.

I'm not ready to show mine yet, but it looks nothing the same as any of the ones I've seen. I started working with the Elegant box at first just so I could understand what needed to be changed, but then I killed it off and grabbed another theme to modify.

I'm not there yet with everything, but its coming along and considering I just bought the domain yesterday and installed WP, its pretty cool that without building any links or promotion at all, Google has already sent me traffic

 

[dynamicvb]

Second: How do you automatically add a link back to the site you are getting the rss feed from? For example on your blog it might say "Read the Original Article" which links back to the rss site. I would like to add this to my blog as well.

Thanks

Take a look at the first post on page 6

 

[Namun]

thats what i have, but it puts it RIGHT at the end of the post rather than further down

Insert this code in single.php from your template folder where you want sociable to appear.

<?php if (function_exists('sociable_html')) { 
  echo sociable_html(); 
} ?>

 

[specopkirbs]

First: What is the plugin for Amazon you are using?

im not usin a plugin ive added the items using amazon data feeds you can add a complete store to your site using them and all items will link ot your affiliate id.

 

[mark9510]

i think people should make their stuff unique... the point is the learning experience so that you can modify it how you would like, not to just rip off some guys work that he worked hard to customize.

Yes Zesty that is true but we need the base of the site to be the same. then when it is close to techchuck you can modify it and go on to the next site

 

[Fudnut]

Think I'll eventually pay a WP/plugin specialist to code up all the tweaks etc into one script, plus some extra mods. WP-O-Matic is a great script, but I think it can be made a whole lot better. Will run with this when I get back from SE Asia in a months time