How My Links Page Works
Today I got an email enquiring about my automatically-generated links page. To turn an OPML file into bulleted links, add the following to a PHP file:
<?php
include("opml_class.php");
$file = [path to your OPML file];
$blogroll = new Blogroll($file);
$output = $blogroll->html;
echo $output;
?>
I use a modified version of this PHP class.
How do I get that OPML file? I have a crontab that does: wget -q -O [path to OPML file] http://www.bloglines.com/export?id=josephgrossberg every day.
update Rasheq Rahman has a version that's less bloglines-specific, and a more easily-customized display.
OMG. At least do this:
wget -q -O /path/to/OPML/file http://www.bloglines.com/export?id=josephgrossberg
Yow! :-)
Posted by: Dossy on February 23, 2005 11:19 AM | permalinkJoe: Thanks for providing the php mojo to turn OPML -> HTML. I've successfully followed your instructions and you can see the results at: http://wait4it.blogspot.com/
Thanks again!
Posted by: Vince on February 23, 2005 11:27 AM | permalinkAh, didn't know about -O.
Let me guess ... you're one of those guys who never does a:
cat filename | ...
Posted by: Joe Grossberg on February 23, 2005 12:03 PM | permalinkPlease keep it on-topic. Don't spam or advertise. Don't pretend to be someone else. Anonymity is OK, but less credible.
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