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WordPress Fans:Make My Feed Better Plugins

author Topmaker | timestamp July 27, 2010 | categories 14 Comments

First; let me admit: The idea behind this post is not mine!Blog Feed

One of my readers typed in Google:”make your feed better” as a search term, which made me think and take a second look at my own blog feed:
How would I improve on it?
What would make my Blog Feed really Better?

Your blog feed is your broadcasting station on the web: You allow us to display your content on our blogs via your feed,and we rewrad you back by spreading the word about your blog and subscribing to it. In the age of speed reading, blog surfing and “give me info now“, it is a badge of honor to have more subscribers, more trafic to your blog is a good result too!

Your typical Blog Feed is a stripped down version of your blog: Blog Title, Blog Slog, Post(s) headings and an excerpt of each of your posts, Simple, and to the point reading material.

But:

  • What if your post image is a part of your post and you want to display it just right?
  • What if you want to include your blog pages in your feed?
  • How about if you want to share your content but not give it away to content thiefs?
  • And what if you want your feed to be not so borring 1, 2, 3 kinda list?
  • Copyright…Anyone?

Here are a few plugins that would let you do just that (and more),  I would have called them: Better Feed Plugins; but the name is taken already:

MediaRSS

Author Description

“MediaRSS is a way of embedding media into your feeds….. provides for many kinds of media: audio, video, etc. This plugin is equipped to locate img tags in your posts and generate XML code that can be used by feed readers..”

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RSS Includes Pages

Author Description

“Modifies RSS feeds so that they include pages and not just posts. Deactivating the plugin restores RSS feeds to their default state.Including pages in your feed is particularly useful if you’re using WordPress as a CMS where pages represent a good portion of your content..”

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RSS Add Image Header

Author Description

“This plugin will allow you to add one image or logo of your choice (defined in settings) to your RSS feed header. It is very simple to install/maintain and will add your website’s presence to your RSS feeds by giving it this personal touch..”

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RSS Just Better

Author Description

“It displays a list of feed items from a given feed URL. You can select the number of displayable items, whether you want publication date, time and/or excerpt (and how many chars of it). The user can choose to have a ordered (numbered) or unordered (bullet-point) list and to open a new windows or not, when clicking on the linked items..”

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FD Feedburner Plugin

Author Description

“Redirects the main feed and optionally the comments feed to Feedburner.com. It does this seamlessly without the need to modify templates, setup new hidden feeds, modify .htaccess files, or asking users to migrate to a new feed. All existing feeds simply become Feedburner feeds seamlessly and transparently for all users. Just tell the plugin what your Feedburner feed URL is and you’re done..”

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Anti Feed-Scraper Message

Author Description

“Helps prevent your RSS feed from being “scraped” (copied and reposted elsewhere), by adding a customizable message with a link to your original post. When the plugin is activated, a default message is shown. This message can then be configured in the options page..”

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WCM Page Feeder

Author Description

“WCM Page Feeder lets you easily create and customise an RSS feed for your pages. Customize your feed using the settings page or via URL parameters. This plugin is great for those who use WordPress as a CMS solution and want to pull content into their site other than using the WordPress environment. The latest release now feeds single pages.

Customise the following options:

  • Feed single pages
  • Define the maximum number of pages to show in your feed
  • Get child pages
  • Get parent pages
  • Order ascending/descending
  • Sort by column page_title etc..
  • Filter Authors
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Feed Layout

Author Description

“Feed Layout lets to modify the feed contents adding headers, footers, copyright notices. You can add a copyright notice to every post, a link in the bottom like a “continue reading”, link to specila contents your reader can access only subscribing the feed, ads form ads servers like Tradedoubler, Zanox and so on..”

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WordPress Meets Marketing:Shopping Cart Part 3

author Topmaker | timestamp December 7, 2009 | categories 1 Comment

This entry is part 2 in the series WordPress Meets Marketing

The last but not least part of Shopping Cart Plugins for WordPress is all about adding Widgets to your Sidebar, or snippits of code to your blog pages or posts. The end result is still a way for you to sell your products, but not as a full BlogShop:

Widget Based Shopping Cart Plugins

QuickShop

Author Description:

“QuickShop supports any WordPress that has the Sidebar Widgets installed, really. It adds a SideBar widget that shows the user what they currently have in the cart and allows them to remove the items, not to mention a TinyMCE button to easily allow you to add products to your posts/pages.”

Features:

  • Inventory listing tied in to TinyMCE
  • Form method automatically included. No need for CFormsII or WP-GBCF anymore!
  • Full range of formatting for widget layout in Admin -> Options -> Quickshop
  • Widget
  • Checkout page
  • Ability to create different product options in a drop-down

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    Copy&Paste Shopping Cart Plugins

    WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart

    Author Description:

    “WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart allows you to add an ‘Add to Cart’ button on any posts or pages. It also allows you to add/display the shopping cart on any post or page or sidebar easily. The shopping cart shows the user what they currently have in the cart and allows them to remove the items. It can be easily integrated with the NextGen Photo Gallery plugin too.”

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    Ecwid Plugin

    Author Description:

    “Ecwid is free full-fledged shopping cart that can be easily add to any blog. It offers the performance and flexibility you need, with none of the hassles you don’t.”

    Features:

  • It’s SaaS
  • It’s free
  • It takes minutes to add to your site
  • It supports drag-and-drop
  • It has AJAX everywhere
  • Upgrades are seamless
  • It requires little to no technical support

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    The SimpleAAWS

    Author Description:

    “The SimpleAAWS framework makes it very simple to integrate the Amazon Associates Webservice (AAWS) into your PHP-Site. You can build a complete online shop with all Amazon articles, a shopping cart, product details, customer reviews etc. and of course you can earn money using the Amazon Assiciates Program. It is an official Amazon Webservices Solution.

    Features:

  • extrem simple integration into your website or PHP application, just about 10 lines of code are needed
  • works with Amazon US, UK, DE, CA, FR and JP
  • multi language support – languages are extendable
  • changing the layout with PHP templates
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    Wishads Cafepress Store Plugin

    Author Description:

    “This plugin replicates a cafepress store section. Enter a full section url in the shortcode and let it do the rest. Fully CSS’d and able to display normal, CP affiliate or Commission Juntion affiliate links.”

    Features:

  • No REV SHARE. All commissions are yours. 
  • Option to use the Commission Junction-styled links or CafePress-styled links
  • Fields for your Commission Junction PID, SID and XID information
  • Display is fully customizeable with CSS
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    FatFreeCart Plugin

    Author Description:

    “FatFreeCart Plugin allows you to add “Add to Cart” and “View Cart” buttons on your blog posts so that you can sell your products straight through your blog post. The shopping cart plugin is designed to work within your WordPress post editor. With FatFreeCart you can create your own e-commerce store. FatFreeCart plugin has all the features of FatFreeCart such as easy integration with PayPal and Google Checkout, product variations, Shipping handling, and Sales Tax.”

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    MiniCart

    Author Description:

    “MiniCart will implement a mini-shopping-cart. The users will be able to buy one item at a time. You can embed the items into posts. This can also be used as a donation plugin.”

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    There you have it; You want a BlogShop…you can have it in so many ways and flavores!

    The Shopping Cart Plugins list is growing with new plugins added and updated. WordPress is now a CMS  (Content Management System) and have the 2009 CMS Award to prove it so beware Drupal and OScomm…where else can you blog about your passion and Sell it at the same time?



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