how do sites grab content and format it so nice

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by swaggerer, Jun 3, 2009.

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    There are many sites that can grab content and format it in a manner that looks entirely legitimate. As if they aren't grabbing from other sites.... can anyone please walk me through how this is done? My attempt at auto blogging makes it obviously that I'm getting feeds.
     
    swaggerer, Jun 3, 2009 IP
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    mrhrk01 Well-Known Member

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    Most wordpress blogs that grab data from feeds, can just automate the process of grabbing a feed from any site and the frequency of the grab as it were. I have tried this on a test blog of mine to grab data from a feed of my actual site using a plugin named "feedwordpress". Using this plugin for wordpress, i did not need to format the data which had been grabbed, as the plugin pulled the data(each post from a certain category) and formatted the data itself(just like when you create a new post on your wordpress site for e.g.), so that i did not need to format the data or anything, which i found quite good.

    If i have digressed from you question, i do apologise lol.

    Kind Regards
    ~ mrhrk01
     
    mrhrk01, Jun 5, 2009 IP