[.php coders] I have an Idea, Is this possible??

ok so i was brainstorming today or had a brainstorm today or whatever smiley


i was told that this may be possible via php.

now almost all of the good blogs out there have RSS feeders, right? right.


now just like URA which takes data from the RSS and organizes it neatly on a website, I'm using URA HERE.

now so what i have in mind is to create a similar code, which will also pick data from RSS from other blogs and organize them on my blog, ofcourse giving the original author proper credits.

did i make any sense?

I know i'll have to use cronjobs for that and i have those on my paid server.

so what do you guys think huh

good idea, am i the first or has this been already done

 

Wrong section. Reported to be moved.

 

I think they already have a script like what you said. at least for auto update video blog and i think they have a similar script for content blog too. ^^

 

So basically you want to create a site that aggregates other feeds into a single feed, right?

If so, you're thinking of a 'planet feed'. Although it's not in PHP, there's a sample implementation at http://www.planetplanet.org/ .

 

It can be done. And has been done.

There is even several plugins for Wordpress, that does it semi-automaticly.

 

so by now we know that it can be done, thats good.

can any one please give me a more detailed reply,

and can anyone please direct me to the plugins im looking for


edit: planet feeder is not what i want, i want something that will make a seperate post on my blog for every post from the RSS feed, also it should post in its own category like in technology has its own feed, games has its own feed.

 

There is a script for that..

 

dude, your post would have been more useful if you provided a name or a link to that script..

 

The first wordpress-plugin was called Autoblog. You supplied the plug-in with a list of feeds, and it made post based on the feeds.

Try doing a search for Autoblog aternatives. The author of Autoblog disconetinued it some time ago as he found out it was mostly being used to make splogs.

 

I can write such a plugin for u if u want. Excatly like Autoblog does.