[wp-hackers] RE: invitation develop a reBlog plugin for WordPress

Tue Sep 28 03:41:53 UTC 2004

Kim,

Before you go any further with your hacking on feed on feeds, please
install the f-o-f derivative from the reblog distribution (see
www.reblog.org) -- we've basically done that already.

That component, called ReceSS, takes in RSS feeds (i.e. what f-o-f does)
and lets you make selections (and modify them too if you want).  It then
published its own RSS feed, using various dc: fields (part of RSS 1.0)
to convey the metadata of where the post originally came from and who
authored it.  

the one thing I really want to add is category assignment.  And having
the huge WP userbase could be a good motivator.

The way I tied it into MT was by writing a plugin that did 3 main
things:

1) add a table to the MT database to store this attribution metadata

2) intelligently import posts from from the ReceSS feed into the MT
database

3) implement MT template tags to allow for publishing reBlog posts
appropriately, with the attribution metadata.

If you are already familiar with wordpress, I could just give you a tour
of the ReceSS system and the logic I used for MT, and you should be able
to to the WP plugin no problem.  If you don't have a ton of time and it
happens slowly, that's a lot better than not at all.

Awesome,
mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kimmo Suominen [mailto:kim at tac.nyc.ny.us]
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:11 PM
> To: Michael Frumin
> Subject: Re: invitation develop a reBlog plugin for WordPress
> 
> Michael,
> 
> Just to followup -- I guess I should start by installing reBlog on
> my system.
> 
> Not being familiar with Movable Type, what is the exact way you tie
> into MT?  Do you just provide the initial content for a post, or do
> you actually create posts (or drafts?) for all the items selected
> for publishing?
> 
> I see (at least) the following options:
> - publish all entries
> - make drafts for all entries
> - start posting for a single entry
> 
> Possibly these could be choices when selecting articles from reBlog,
> if that's a possibility on that side.
> 
> To reiterate, I'm very interested.  However, I must point out that
> I don't have a lot of time during weekdays for coding, as my daytime
> job is not centered on the web or coding.  :-)
> 
> By way of background:  I'm a NetBSD developer, maintaining a number
> of 3rd party packages.  I've been porting code to a good variety of
> UNIX platforms since 1988, both for a living and as a hobby.
> 
> Regards,
> + Kim
> --
> <A HREF="http://kimmo.suominen.com/">Kimmo Suominen</A>
> 
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 10:58:55PM -0400, Kimmo Suominen wrote:
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > This is sort of what I'm currently doing with a modified version of
> > Feed on Feeds that adds "clipping" of articles, and a script I put
> > together to publish the clipped articles.
> >
> > I see several benefits in tying that into WordPress:
> >
> > - publishing in more than one category, e.g. to highlight articles
> >   I found especially interesting
> > - additional commentary
> > - (outbound) RSS feed: I see that reBlog already has this, but I
also
> >   like the idea that the feed could be combined with other
categories
> >   from a blog
> > - searching
> >
> > I'd be interested in writing a plugin for WordPress.  I'm no guru,
> > so this should not hold anyone else back from volunteering as well.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > + Kim
> > --
> > <A HREF="http://kimmo.suominen.com/">Kimmo Suominen</A>
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 01:23:30AM -0400, Michael Frumin wrote:
> > > The reBlog software is bipartite.  The first part is an online RSS
> > > reader, where you either "publish" or "delete" each post.
> > >
> > > The MT plugin allows you to import into MT (via an RSS feed from
the
> > > first part) the posts that you have selected to "publish". It also
> > > implements certain functionality in MT to store and display the
> > > necessary metadata for attribution of each republished post (i.e.
this
> > > post was originally written by AUTHOR at ORIGINAL BLOG, etc.).
> > >
> > > Interested to help copy the functionality for wordpress?
> > >
> > > -mike
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > To: mfrumin at eyebeam.org
> > > > Subject: [wp-hackers] invitation develop a reBlog plugin for
> WordPress
> > > >
> > > > What does the plugin allow you to do in MT?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:16:07 -0400, Michael Frumin <mfrumin at
> > > > eyebeam.org> wrote:
> > > > > Hello WordPress hackers,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am the developer behind the reBlog project.  As described at
> > > > > http://www.reblog.org: A reBlog facilitates the process of
> filtering
> > > > and
> > > > > republishing relevant content from many RSS feeds. reBloggers
> > > > subscribe
> > > > > to their favorite feeds, preview the content, and select their
> > > > favorite
> > > > > posts. These posts are automatically published [with
attribution]
> > > > > through their favorite blogging software.
> > > > >
> > > > > Eyebeam has successfully used this system to easily build a
great
> > > > > new-media-arts-and-technology site with good readership that
has
> > > been
> > > > a
> > > > > boon for our organization (http://www.eyebeam.org/reblog).  A
fair
> > > > > number of people are using the system to create their own
reBlogs,
> > > but
> > > > > currently the only plugin we have is for MovableType.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have received numerous requests for a WordPress plugin, so I
was
> > > > > wondering if anyone might desire to collaborate on this.
> WordPress
> > > > > seems like a great tool with really widespread usage, and I'd
love
> > > to
> > > > be
> > > > > able to get WordPress users reBlogging.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Michael Frumin
> > > > > Research Fellow
> > > > > Eyebeam
> >
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