A presentation at Yireo in in Amsterdam, Netherlands by Hans Kuijpers
RSS => Twitter and more a few steps to a full automative proces Hans Kuijpers 2Value & Jira ICT hans2103 donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
Why connect RSS to Twitter? • People following you on Twitter get updates about new post on your website. • It saves time, because you post it once and it will be published on multiple sites. donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
The proces in pictures • RSS feed • Yahoo pipes • FeedBurner • Twitterfeed • Ping.fm • Twitter / FaceBook / LinkedIn / more donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
RSS feed • Go to the website you want to use as input • Find the RSS icon on the page or location-bar • • Copy the link (https://www.yireo.com/blog?format=feed&type=rss) The URL is needed in the next step. donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
Yahoo pipes • Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mash-up content from around the web. • Learn How to Build a Pipe in Just a Few Minutes Pipes only sounds hard.Yahoo made a video tutorial. Watch it and see how you can quickly turn your idea into a usable, working feed. (http://video.yahoo.com/watch/5260536/13878389) • The output of Yahoo pipes is a new RSS feed, to be used in the next step. donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
FeedBurner • Use FeedBurner to get a SEO RSS link • Use FeedBurner so others can signup for mail • Use FeedBurner to get statistics • Read the Crash course #FeedBurner written by Dae Punt • The output of FeedBurner is a new RSS feed, to be used in the next step. (http://www.daepunt.com/en/crash-course-feedburner/) donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
TwitterFeed • To automatically feed Ping.fm or Twitter I’ve chosen for Ping.fm, so I can automatically can feed LinkedIn, FaceBook and others as well • Before using feeding to Ping.fm from Twitterfeed, we’ll have to do some work in Ping.fm • Twitterfeed will come back after two slides donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
Ping.fm • Ping.fm can be used to feed multiple social networks at once. FaceBook, LinkedIn, Twitter and more • • Login to Ping.fm • Go to http://ping.fm/key and copy your application key. (To be used in the next step,Twitterfeed) Add Twitter as a service, make sure “status updates” is enabled. donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
Bit.ly • Use bit.ly to shorten URL • Use bit.ly to get statistics • Log in and add your Twitter details to “Linked Accounts” • Use the “API login” and “API key” in Twitterfeed donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
Twitterfeed • Login to Twitterfeed and create a new feed to Ping.fm • Use the application key from Ping.fm • Click ‘get available methods’ and set methode to ‘status’ • Paste your feed from FeedBurner at ‘RSS Feed URL’ • Go to “Advanced Settings” and set “Update Frequency”, “Post Content”. Shorten URL using bit.ly. Use the application login and key from Bit.ly donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
Final • It can take a while before Twitterfeed add your newly created feed into their process. After that it will proceed on your given frequency. • Don’t post on the pages you get your input from. It will turn into a loop. • We’ve used our own website as input in Yahoo Pipes. You can take any website you like, as long as it generates RSS feeds. • Good luck and have fun donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
this tutorial was written for blog.opensourcenetwork.eu more tutorials about MageBridge, Magento or Joomla! on www.yireo.com donderdag 6 augustus 2009 (wk )
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