Sunday, January 22, 2006
Quick tutorial on translating search results from Technorati as a news feed
- Create a new feed on Feed43 web site.
- In Address field set the following URL: http://technorati.com/search/test?mini=1 (replace test with actual search term you need).
- Press [Reload] button.
- Set the following Item Search Pattern:
<h3>{*}href="{%}"{*}>{%}</a>{*}<blockquote{*}<a{*}>{%}</a></p> - Press [Extract] button to see it works.
- Set 'Technorati Search / test' as a Feed Title.
- Set 'Technorati Search / test' as a Feed Description.
- Set {%2} as Item Title Template.
- Set {%1} as Item Link Template.
- Set {%3} as Item Content Template.
- Press [Preview] button to see your feed.
- Rename feed to something like 'technorati-search-test'.
- Don't forget to password-protect your feed so no one could alter it.
- Now you can point your aggregator to http://feed43.com/technorati-search-test.xml and enjoy your life.
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