=== Plugin Name === Contributors: linickx Donate link: http://www.linickx.com/donate Tags: lifestream, feed Requires at least: 3.2.1 Tested up to: 3.4.1 Stable tag: 0.3 A WordPress Plug-in which allows you to lifestream any Feed! == Description == LINICKX LifeStream is a plugin which allows you to lifestream any feed. Simply load up your RSS feeds into the plugin and posts will be created in wordpress. A new post is created for each lifestream entry you can then use standard WordPress themes & plug-ins to customize these posts anyway you like. == Installation == 1. Unzip `linickx-lifestream.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 1. In the WordPress dashboard, Settings -> Lifestream fill in the feed you want to stream, e.g. http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/5902742.rss 1. Wait :-) ....posts will be created in WordPress when the feed is updated. == Frequently Asked Questions == = How often are feeds checked ? = By default every 5 minutes, but you can change that. = Some users experience slowness on my website! = By default at the end of the 5minute period the next user to visit your site kicks off a "feed check" for that user it can take some time for your site to load as they have to wait for this to complete. Don't worry tho', by enabling *cron mode* you can fix this. = What is Cron Mode ? = You can configure Unix Cron to update your feeds, in the WordPress dashboard, Settings -> Lifestream, enable Cron updating, then configure cron to download http://you.com/WordPress/wp-content/linickx-lifestream/run.php = How do I configure Cron to update my Feeds ? = I've got a file called *linickx-lifestream* in /etc/cron.d with this in it... `*/5 * * * * nick wget -q --spider http://www.linickx.com/wp-content/plugins/linickx-lifestream/run.php` your mileage may vary tho. = What is the "Database Size / Expiry" option ? = LINICKX LifeStream downloads your feeds and saves them to a database, you get to decide how much is stored = Where is the Feed Database ? = By default it goes into WordPress, but if you have lots of big feeds this could slow things down. To speed things up, change to a *file* database, **make sure wp-content is writable** and you'll see your feeds saved in `lnx_lifestream_feeddb.txt` get created. = What does "To Use Cron Updating you must create config.php, see FAQ or Config.Sample.php for more details" Mean? = If you want to run linickx-lifestream from cron then the plugin needs to know how to find WordPress. To find WordPress the plugin looks for config.php in ~/wp-content/linickx-lifestream , with the package there is an example config.sample.php. Rename config.sample.php to config.php and change the variable $WPDIR to where your wordpress is instlled, there are a couple of examples in there. = What is the Post Fail-Safe ? = Version 0.1.x had a frustrating double-post bug where by some feed items would not be saved in the feed DB thus be posted to WP multiple times. I cannot work out if this is a Bug in my plugin, wordpress, simplepie or even PHP so I cam up with this fail-safe mechanism. As of 0.2 Lifestream posts will be created with some meta_data in a key called `lnx_lifestream_id` if a feed ID matches this key then a new post will not be created. = Can the Post Fail-Safe be overridden? = Just like in your fav action movie there is a manual override where by you can force these skipped posts to be created. You will need to be using Cron mode and web-broswe to domain.com/wp-content/plugins/linickx-lifestream/run.php?fsoverride=1 ... remember to see what cron mode is doing enable the `Verbose` option in the dashboard. = Can I post the Full Content, not just links? = What you need is [FeedWordPress](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feedwordpress/ "FeedWordPress by Charles Johnson") ;-) == Screenshots == 1. The Admin interface, where you set up the magic ! == Changelog == = 0.3.1 = * fix beer display issue in admin page * test oEmbedded enabled feeds * tested on WP 3.4.1 = 0.3 = * Admin Pg Updates, including Context Help. * Fail without Bail for RSS Feeds. * Post Format Support = 0.2 = * Troubleshooting Feature-Pack * Factory Reset * Datadump - URL/Feeds * Datadump - Lifestream DB * Verbose Cron Mode * Double-Post Fail-Safe = 0.1.3 = * Fix WordPres AutoMagic Updates broken by 0.1.2 * Try to fix execution issues with max time and is_running check * Introduce config.php to resolve upgrade issues = 0.1.2 = * Patch to fix cron error in dashboard = 0.1.1 = * Patch to fix error - include_once error = 0.1 = * Initial Release == Upgrade Notice == = 0.3 = Optional Upgrade, worth it for TwentyEleven users.