geeky tutorials, tips, guides and reviews
Google Buzz, thus far, has been another example of them not exactly having Midas’s golden touch when it comes to new ideas (the other modern one being Google Wave). However, to make sure you have your bases covered – it might not be a bad idea to start syndicating your content through this wacky service to make sure those who want to follow you using Google Buzz can.
FeedMingle is an interesting tool that will combine multiple feeds into one to produce a combined RSS, Atom, JSON, or widget. This can come in handy when you need to track multiple feeds, however you would like to have them all in one general location.
The tool itself is easy enough to use. No need to login for now. All you do is plug your feeds into the web site, and you are done. For example, I merged together the feeds for the Web Hosting Show, Firefox Facts and Mitchelaneous into one super Mitch-loving feed here:
The widget that the script produces (which could be copied and pasted onto your own site or profile) is a little on the simple side – but there is still plenty of room for improvement.
Overall, FeedMingle is worth giving a shot if you need to merge multiple feeds into one huge feed. It is there to make life simpler for web designers, developers, feed readers, bloggers or anybody else who may need a new way to deliver their content. I am very excited to see what they do with this service down the road.
Not many web sites out there are region specific, so we have to realize we are aiming our content out there to the world, and not just one niche audience.
With that in mind, you might think to yourself, “How can I do multiple translations of my web site for everybody?”
Well with ConveyThis.com, you do not have to. ConveyThis.com takes the AddThis.com or ShareThis.com aspect of bookmarking and puts a translating twist to it. By simply adding one button to your web site, you can quickly offer translations into 29 different languages.
Think of it as a quick and easy way to access some of the most popular translation services out there such as Google translate, BabelFish, Live Translator, and more! It is easy to register, and once you do – all you need to do is embed your code into your site. It is just that easy!
There is no doubt that there are many places to grab widgets of your RSS feed to display on other pages as a badge in flash or javascript form. The newest resource to toss into this endless bucket would be WidgetEasy. Playing a little ‘bit with the site this morning – I do have to say it is easy. All you do is put in your RSS feed address into the box, they they spit back out a javascript box with all your links.
Then all you have to do is copy and paste the widget code onto any web page out there to display the widget on that specific web site. Ranks high in the pretty neat category. Doesn’t give a bad presentation. I would give this one two freaky Mitchelaneous thumbs up.
When in Google Reader you can choose to create a widget where you can display the stories or links you have wanted to share with others. That is how I created the Mitchelaneous Links Web page I told you about yesterday. I have been getting a few E-mails though from folks wanting to know how I got it to display more than ten items at a time.
Take a look at the javascript code Google gives you to post on your own Web site. The specific part you want to look for is broadcast?n=5. Change the number five to any number you wish, and that is how many shared stories that you will display.
Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter to receive updates.
Mitch Keeler is nothing more than your average Joe trying to leave his mark on the world though both his professional work and his online projects, articles, podcasts and more.
