Comments on: Recommended Reading: Google Reader Shared (WordPress Plug-in) http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com Web Development and Strategy Experts located in Providence, Rhode Island Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A mighty struggle with embedding Google Reader shared items on my blog and glorious, oh glorious, victory http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/google-reader-shared-wordpress/#comment-3745 A mighty struggle with embedding Google Reader shared items on my blog and glorious, oh glorious, victory Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:59:37 +0000 http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/?page_id=30#comment-3745 [...] looking for are “Recommended Reading.” Such delights await your gaze! Thanks to C. Murray Consulting for the [...] [...] looking for are “Recommended Reading.” Such delights await your gaze! Thanks to C. Murray Consulting for the [...]

]]> By: Jake Goldman http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/google-reader-shared-wordpress/#comment-3608 Jake Goldman Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:41:07 +0000 http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/?page_id=30#comment-3608 Jeffrey - thanks for the question. The options to enable HTML tags like images are only available if truncating is *not* enabled. The reason for this is that the truncating code is pretty simple right now.. It simply cuts the tag free content off at the specified point. If tags were allowed, it could conceivably cut the content in the middle of an image (or other) tag and break your page. Enabling truncating *and* tags would require a much more complex analysis of the content to avoid breaking things. Maybe in the future, but not high up on the immediate change list! Jeffrey – thanks for the question. The options to enable HTML tags like images are only available if truncating is *not* enabled.

The reason for this is that the truncating code is pretty simple right now.. It simply cuts the tag free content off at the specified point. If tags were allowed, it could conceivably cut the content in the middle of an image (or other) tag and break your page.

Enabling truncating *and* tags would require a much more complex analysis of the content to avoid breaking things. Maybe in the future, but not high up on the immediate change list!

]]> By: Jeffrey http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/google-reader-shared-wordpress/#comment-3586 Jeffrey Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:07:46 +0000 http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/?page_id=30#comment-3586 When checking leaving do not truncate post unchecked in the short code settings and with the truncate characters set to 1000, the plugin still excludes the post images. Can you help me with this? I dont want to duplicate content by showing the entirety of shared posts, but still want the post images to be seen. fyi, i DO have show html checked, but do NOT have only simple tags or hide images checked. Thanks for the future help. When checking leaving do not truncate post unchecked in the short code settings and with the truncate characters set to 1000, the plugin still excludes the post images. Can you help me with this? I dont want to duplicate content by showing the entirety of shared posts, but still want the post images to be seen.

fyi, i DO have show html checked, but do NOT have only simple tags or hide images checked.

Thanks for the future help.

]]> By: Jake Goldman http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/google-reader-shared-wordpress/#comment-3430 Jake Goldman Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:07:29 +0000 http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/?page_id=30#comment-3430 Matthias - you must be running WordPress 2.8 or newer (fetch_feed is a built in function since 2.8). Matthias – you must be running WordPress 2.8 or newer (fetch_feed is a built in function since 2.8).

]]> By: Matthias Weber http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/google-reader-shared-wordpress/#comment-3427 Matthias Weber Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:19:17 +0000 http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/?page_id=30#comment-3427 Hi, I run Word Press 2.7 with your plugin and the following error occurs: http://www.checkdisout.com/2010/02/dadada.html Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetch_feed() in /homepages/41/d240792086/htdocs/wsb4884357502/wp-content/plugins/recommended-reading-google-reader-shared/googlereader.php on line 246 Can you help? Thank you very much Matthias Hi,

I run Word Press 2.7 with your plugin and the following error occurs:

http://www.checkdisout.com/2010/02/dadada.html

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetch_feed() in /homepages/41/d240792086/htdocs/wsb4884357502/wp-content/plugins/recommended-reading-google-reader-shared/googlereader.php on line 246

Can you help?

Thank you very much

Matthias

]]> By: Gregg Morris http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/google-reader-shared-wordpress/#comment-3307 Gregg Morris Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:19:09 +0000 http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/?page_id=30#comment-3307 Sure. And kudos to you for not bucking up. I went to do my daily post, added a picture to the top of the post as per the usual, added [recreading], published, and bam!, sidebar gone (using thesis) on home page, shows up on all other "pages". I understand that you are actively using it without problem from the sounds of it. I can only tell you that I wish I had a nickel for every time I've heard one of my devs say "Well, it works fine for me." Here are the problems I've encountered as listed in comments above. Change the settings and post content disappears. No matter the settings, when using the shortcode only 20 shared items appear and sometimes not even that, even though there are many more in the Google Shared Items list. The shortcode does not pick up where it left off in terms of date/time. If you post at 6 PM on one day and then post at 6 PM the next day, only the posts that are dated that second day appear in the post. Anything dated between 6PM of the first post and midnight are ignored. Thanks for responding and thanks for listening. Sure. And kudos to you for not bucking up. I went to do my daily post, added a picture to the top of the post as per the usual, added [recreading], published, and bam!, sidebar gone (using thesis) on home page, shows up on all other “pages”. I understand that you are actively using it without problem from the sounds of it. I can only tell you that I wish I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard one of my devs say “Well, it works fine for me.”

Here are the problems I’ve encountered as listed in comments above. Change the settings and post content disappears. No matter the settings, when using the shortcode only 20 shared items appear and sometimes not even that, even though there are many more in the Google Shared Items list. The shortcode does not pick up where it left off in terms of date/time. If you post at 6 PM on one day and then post at 6 PM the next day, only the posts that are dated that second day appear in the post. Anything dated between 6PM of the first post and midnight are ignored.

Thanks for responding and thanks for listening.

]]> By: Jake Goldman http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/google-reader-shared-wordpress/#comment-3306 Jake Goldman Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:01:42 +0000 http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/?page_id=30#comment-3306 Gregg - I appreciate the candid feedback and I intend to support the plug-in. The only issue I'm aware of is (as Kelle highlighted) -- on *some* sites -- disappearing lists on older posts when using the shortcode feature. I'm not sure why it hosed your sidebar. This is the first time I've heard of an issue with the widget. I'm using it actively on my own personal site as a sidebar widget, without issue. Can you provide any detail? Gregg – I appreciate the candid feedback and I intend to support the plug-in.

The only issue I’m aware of is (as Kelle highlighted) — on *some* sites — disappearing lists on older posts when using the shortcode feature.

I’m not sure why it hosed your sidebar. This is the first time I’ve heard of an issue with the widget. I’m using it actively on my own personal site as a sidebar widget, without issue.

Can you provide any detail?

]]> By: Gregg Morris http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/google-reader-shared-wordpress/#comment-3305 Gregg Morris Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:55:23 +0000 http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/?page_id=30#comment-3305 Jake, please don't take offense at this, but no response from you in over a week, paid customers or not, sucks! If you aren't going to support the plugin man, do everyone a favor and get rid of it. It just hosed my sidebar on the main page. I had to disable the plugin to get the sidebar back. We are entrusting our blogs to you and you aren't delivering man. That doesn't work. Here's the thing that's so frustrating, other than you being to busy to respond, and the problems with the plugin, you've got the best plugin out there for this in terms of Ui , etc. You seem to understand what this should look like. I've developed software since the middle 80s and been the president of two pretty good sized software development firms for over 20 + years and honestly, free or not, whether you feel imposed on or not, this just doesn't work. Jake, please don’t take offense at this, but no response from you in over a week, paid customers or not, sucks! If you aren’t going to support the plugin man, do everyone a favor and get rid of it. It just hosed my sidebar on the main page. I had to disable the plugin to get the sidebar back. We are entrusting our blogs to you and you aren’t delivering man. That doesn’t work. Here’s the thing that’s so frustrating, other than you being to busy to respond, and the problems with the plugin, you’ve got the best plugin out there for this in terms of Ui , etc. You seem to understand what this should look like. I’ve developed software since the middle 80s and been the president of two pretty good sized software development firms for over 20 + years and honestly, free or not, whether you feel imposed on or not, this just doesn’t work.

]]> By: Kelle Cruz http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/google-reader-shared-wordpress/#comment-3302 Kelle Cruz Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:43:47 +0000 http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/?page_id=30#comment-3302 Sorry Jake but I'd like to let people know that I've switched to Shared Items Post: http://www.googletutor.com/shared-items-post/ I'm really happy with it...it generates the HTML which you can then edit. More control and most importantly, NO EMPTY POSTS. Sorry Jake but I’d like to let people know that I’ve switched to Shared Items Post: http://www.googletutor.com/shared-items-post/

I’m really happy with it…it generates the HTML which you can then edit. More control and most importantly, NO EMPTY POSTS.

]]> By: Scot Newbury http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/google-reader-shared-wordpress/#comment-3261 Scot Newbury Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:58:26 +0000 http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/?page_id=30#comment-3261 I've got an interesting issue, my post is being replicated - three instances are showing up each time I sue this plug-in to create a posting. I'm using version 4.04 of this plugin with version 2.9.1 of Wordpress. Thanks in advance for the help. I’ve got an interesting issue, my post is being replicated – three instances are showing up each time I sue this plug-in to create a posting.

I’m using version 4.04 of this plugin with version 2.9.1 of Wordpress.

Thanks in advance for the help.

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