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Buildinga news aggregator with WordPress Why and how!
Mirko HumbertDesigner, Web Developer, Bloggertwitter.com/mirkohumbertMirkohumbert.chWp-expert.ch
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What is an aggregator?
Definition: a website or program that collects related items of content and displays themor links to them.
Sources of items / news Collection / Edition Template / Display
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Why?• Monitoring information• Curating news• Creating archives• Listing Jobs/Events/…• Creating dashboards• …
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• Individuals• Bloggers• Consulting firms• Professional associations• Community managers• Editors• …
ForWho?
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HOW?HOW?
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1. Install WordPress2. Install and setup plugin
(WPeMatico)3. Find and add sources (feeds)4. Install theme (or create it)5. Edit news daily (optional)6. Take it further (optional)
The Process
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• Easy set-up• Free version good
enough for 90% of projects
• Campaigns/Categories• Images/Videos
management• Fetching/TimeOut/Cron
management• Filtering options• Eliminate duplicate posts
WPeMaticofeatures
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1. WP RSS Aggregator2. WP Pipes3. Feedzy RSS Feeds Lite4. Super RSS Reader5. RSS Import
Alternative plugins
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Sources• RSS Feeds• Google Alerts (feeds)• Emails (converted to feed)• Web Pages (converted to
feed)• Zapier, IFTTT,…• Twitter, Facebook,…
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Custom themeWhat we did for ActuElles
ThemesDedicated themesFree & Premium
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Editing the news
• Works like editing regularposts
• Eliminate irrelevant posts• Update feeds• Source URLs come as
custom meta fields
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Take it furtherNewsletter builder Report builder
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