WordPress Plugins Presentation

WordPress Plugins IEEE LA Council Syndicate Press Plugin Postie Plugin

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Prepared by Tom Snyder

Table of Contents Syndicate Press Plugin on slide:

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References on slide:

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Syndicate Press Plugin Provide a convenient method for gather information from many different websites with options on displaying the information. Minimum programming effort required. Minimum to no upkeep required after initial setup is complete. – No time need be spent looking for new posts or update on the sites selected. – Changes on source sites are automatically implemented. – Saves time and effort for webmasters. Free plugin

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Syndicate Press

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Syndicate Press

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Syndicate Press

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Syndicate Press

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RSS Feeds defined:

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RSS Feeds defined:

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WordPress page programming:

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WordPress page programming:

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This is what the results looks like:

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http://www.ieee-region6.org/news-andposts/

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Region 6: Side by Side

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LAC: Active Region 6 Page:

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Page programming:

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For example:

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San Fernando Valley Section:

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Multiple RSS feeds

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(example 1)

Multiple RSS feeds

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(example 2)

Example Help Information:

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RSS: Any number of feeds/names Computer_Northwest|http://ieeeboise.org/chapters/pe is/feed/ Computer_Southern|http://www.ieeebv.org/category/chapters/computer/feed/ Computer_Southwest|http://sites.ieee.org/lannm/ourgroups/feed/

Northern_Nevada|http://www.unr.edu/ebme/ieeenns/ Oakland_East_Bay|http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/oeb/ Orange_County|http://sites.ieee.org/ocs/chapterannouncements/feed/ Orange_County|http://sites.ieee.org/ocs/feed/ Oregon|http://www.ieee-oregon.org/

Alamogordo|http://sites.ieee.org/mgasac/2012/06/22/control-systems-society-organizesbest-student-paper-awards/feed/

Palouse|http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/palouse/ Phoenix|http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/phoenix/Calendar.htm

Alaska|https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_calend ar/index/R60005/ Albuquerque|http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/albuquerque/inde x.html Boise|http://ieeeboise.org/feed/

Region6|http://www.ieee-region6.org/feed/ Richland|http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/richland/index2.php?o ption=com_rss&no_html=1 Sacramento_Valley|http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/sacramento /events.htm

Buenaventura|http://www.ieee-bv.org/feed/ Central_Coast|http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/central_coast/

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San_Diego|http://www.sdieee.org/cgibin/WebObjects/ieee.woa/wa/category?key=1

Central_Montana|http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/montana/

San_Diego|http://www.sdieee.org/cgibin/WebObjects/ieee.woa/wa/chapters/

China_Lake|http://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_ho 06/07/13 me/announcements_rss/R60111/feed/

San_Fernando|http://ieee-sfv.org/feed/

Costal_LA|https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_ho

San_Francisco|http://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_

Postie Plugin Authors of posts do not need website credentials. Posts can be sent from anywhere, anytime via an email message. – Smart phones, laptops, home, etc. – Send via Internet or cell phone data connections.

Documents and images, attached will appear in the post. – Settings allow for images to be added to media file. – Posting can be delayed, if desired, prior to posting. Free plugin.

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Postie

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Postie

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Postie

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Postie offers many advanced features for posting to your blog via e-mail, including the ability to assign categories by name, included pictures and videos, and automatically strip off signatures. It also has support for both imap and pop3, with the option for ssl with both. 06/07/13

Postie setup: Needs an email account to receive the post from the senders.

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Postie setup: Needs an email account – unique to each WordPress installation.

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How to create an email account linked to your WordPress account: http://www.webhostinghub.com/support/edu/everythingemail/101-an-introduction-to-email/create-email

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Postie Security:

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Postie Security:

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Postie Security:

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How to email a post: http://www.ieee-bv.org/index.php?s=email

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How to email a post: http://test.ieee-lac.org/2013/04/28/set-up-for-cleanpostings-2/

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Demonstration

(if there is time)

Audience to supply text to be emailed May include an image Postie sends a confirmation email to sender Postie, currently, is checking once every 5 minutes so turn around is not immediate. Check for mail interval is set by drop down choices in settings.

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Q&A Syndicate Press Postie Both are easy to setup and use with training

Thank you for your time

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References Wordpress: – http://wordpress.org/

Syndicate Press: – http://wordpress.org/plugins/syndicate-press/

Postie: – http://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/

How to write a Postie email: – http://www.ieee-bv.org/index.php?s=email – http://test.ieee-lac.org/2013/04/28/set-up-for-clean-postings-2

How to add email to Wordpress: – http://www.webhostinghub.com/support/edu/everything-email/101-an-introduction-to-email/create-email

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