UK Sex Post RSS Guide
Integrating Our RSS Feeds Into Your WordPress Blog
1. Introduction
- Integration Requirements
2. The Integration Script
- Download FeedWordPress
- Script Installation
3. Choosing Your Feeds
- Full RSS Feed - All Posts
- Category RSS Feed
4. Putting It All Together
- Feed Activation
- Feed Setup
- Syndication Settings
- Initial Syndication
5. Extra
- Automatic Updates
- Syndicated Post Categories
- Deleting A Feed
Introduction
Welcome to the UK Sex Cash Blog Integration Guide. This guide will take you through the process of integrating our RSS feeds into your existing WordPress blog.
Integration Requirements
RSS technology allows users to syndicate content on their sites, browsers and more. When successfully integrated, you can have your site updated daily, hands-free, with fresh content from UK Sex Post including your referral code for tracking sales.
To use our RSS Feeds you'll need the following:
The WordPress software requires PHP, FTP Access and a MySQL database. The script itself is very simple to install and can be done in just a few minutes. For help installing, see WordPress.org's Installation Guide.
The Integration Script
For RSS integration into WordPress, we highly recommend FeedWordPress. There are other tools available, but FeedWordPress works well and is the easiest to use. It's also free. FeedWordPress is compatible with BOTH WordPress 1.5 and 2.0. This section helps with installing a setting up the script.
Download FeedWordPress
FeedWordPress 0.98 in ZIP Format or FeedWordPress 0.98 in TAR.GZ Format
Script Installation
After you complete the download and extract the archive, find these files:
- wp-content » update-feeds.php
- wp-content » plugins » feedwordpress.php
1. Upload these files to your server.
update-feeds.php goes in your wp-content/ folder.
feedwordpress.php goes in your wp-content/plugins/ folder.
2. Login to your WordPress Admin and Activate the plugin.
Choosing Your Feeds
It is very important that you choose appropriate feeds for your blog. In this are you will learn how to choose the correct feed for your blog. UK Sex Post is our first Free Hosted Blog and is currently doing very well for our affiliates. The majority of UK Sex Post posts are in categories UK Amateur, British Hardcore & Homemade Porn. We currently have full RSS feeds available.
Full RSS Feed - All Posts
Use this feed if you have a general hardcore niche blog. I have recieved quite a few comments from affiliates about this general feed working well on teen niche blogs as well, but every blog is different. I will create niche categories on the blog for you if needed, upon request.
Feed URL: http://www.uksexpost.com/rss-feed.php?aff=XXXXXX
Note that Feed URL. Make sure to replace XXXXXX with your CCBill ID. If you do not have one, Click Here .
Putting It All Together
In this section we will be wrapping up the integration and going over some key considerations.
Feed Activation
Now that you have selected a feed to use, we can now activate it on your blog and bring in the first wave of posts.
- Login to your WordPress Admin
- Navigate to Links » Syndicated
- Paste your selected feed URL and click "Syndicate"
- On the next page, click "Use This Feed"
Feed Setup
We will now configure your blog to use this feed. You must first ask yourself if you want the syndicated posts to post to their own set categories, or a specific category of yours. I recommend allowing the plugin to create categories as it sees fit, and post them in the appropriate section. You can read about how to do that in the Extra section of this guide. This section will cover the basics of getting your feed in your blog.
Syndication Settings
- Login to your WordPress Admin
- Navigate to Options » Syndication
- Make sure your settings are set correct by referencing the image below
- Click "Save Changes"
Initial Syndication
We can now bring in the first wave of posts. Please refer to the Extra section of this guide for important information about updating.
- Run update-feeds.php: http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/update-feeds.php
- Select the feed you added and click "Update"
Doing this will add the posts to your blog. Check your blog to make sure it went smooth. If it did not, make sure your Settings are correct and contact me for help.
Extra
This section covers various topics not addressed above, including scheduling updates with cron, organizing syndicated posts and more.
Automatic Updates
The FeedWordPress plugin by default will NOT update feeds automatically, meaning if you do not schedule updates then you will have to run update-feeds.php everyday. To do automatic updates you need cron access, or contact your host to set it up.
If you can create a crontab on your web host, then the best thing to do is to create a cron job that will run update-feeds.php through the PHP command-line interface. For example, if you have WordPress installed in ~/www/wp (where ~ is your home directory), you might insert the following line into your crontab:
25 * * * * cd $HOME/www/wp/wp-content ; php -q update-feeds.php
Syndicated Post Categories
Using the default setup you did in the Syndication Settings section of this guide, the feed will be posted in categories that are automatically created by the plugin depending on what the original post's category was. For example, a post about Creampie Surprise was posted in the Creampie category on HardSexBlog.com, and will be posted in the Creampie category on YOUR blog. The category would be created automatically if it does not exist.
You can also set up the plugin to post the feed to one set category:
- Login to your WordPress Admin
- Navigate to Options » Syndication
- Select "Don't Create Categories"
- Select the categories you want the feed posted to
- Click "Save Changes" and run update-feeds.php
Deleting A Feed
You can choose to delete any feed you add. Deleting a feed will both unsubscribe from the feed and delete ALL posts from that feed.
- Login to your WordPress Admin
- Navigate to Links » Syndicated
- Click the checkbox next to the feed(s) you want to delete
- Click "Unsubscribe From Checked"
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