Recommended Reading: Google Reader Shared gets the shared items from your Google Reader account.<\/p>\n\n
Want to easily share posts you recommend from other blogs? Want to share selected posts from your business \npartners' news feeds or friends' blogs? The \"Recommended Reading\" plug in is the easy way to do it! All \nyou need is a free Google Reader account.<\/p>\n\n
It includes an easy to use configuration panel inside the WordPress settings menu. From this panel you \ncan control every aspect of the plug-in, including:<\/p>\n\n
Use the sidebar widget, embed in a page or post with simple shortcode, or, for advanced users, call the list \nby a function in your template.<\/p>\n\n
Precise CSS classes throughout the output (with common WordPress conventions) allows granular control over \nthe look within templates. Powerful caching stores and compares the the feed's provided update information, \ngiving you fast performance with a feed that's always up to date.<\/p>\n\n
Version 4.0 is a major update that introduces dramatic changes and improvements \"under the hood\". Key \ncomponents, including feed loading and parsing, were rewritten to take full advantage of the latest WordPress \nAPI and to improve performance. As a result of the re-writes, 4.0 introduces dramatic performance improvements \nacross the board, as well as PHP4 and broader host compatibility. Best practices, including a plug-in \nuninstall script, contextual help, and a dramatic reduction in option table rows have all been introduced.\nWhile there are no new \"visible\" features for your readers, significant fit and finish has been added to the \nplug-in configuration page.<\/p>\n\n
All told, 4.0 represents a \"code maturity\" milestone, that will facilitate the addition of new features in\nthe coming months. We will address any issues that result from the broader rollout of this major update \nquickly: please report them in the comments section on our website.<\/p>\n\n\n
\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n
- Configure the plugin by going to the \"Rec. Reading\" menu item under \"Settings\"<\/li>\n
- Widget users can add it to the sidebar by going to the \"Widgets\" menu under \"Appearance\" and adding the \"Rec\nReading\" widget<\/li>\n
- If you want to display the output on a page or post, just type
[recreading]<\/code> into the page or post content.<\/li>\n- Template authors can output the list anywhere in by calling the function:
google_reader_shared()<\/code>; pass the\nvalue \"true\" - google_reader_shared(true)<\/code> - to replicate shortcode output.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n- How do I set up a Google Reader account?<\/dt>\n
Everything you need to know: http:\/\/reader.google.com<\/p><\/dd>\n
- How do I share posts?<\/dt>\n
Click the \"Share\" button at the bottom of any post inside Google Reader.<\/p><\/dd>\n
- How do I make shortcode based posts only show items shared before I published my post?<\/dt>\n
In the ?Display on page \/ post (shortcode)? controls at the bottom of the Rec Reading settings page check off the \nfirst item, in bold, ?As of publish date?, to show items published before you published your post!<\/p><\/dd>\n
- I want to regularly share my latest items with my readers. Can Recommended Reading automatically show all the<\/dt>\n
shared posts between the publication date of the current post and the last post to use the shortcode? =<\/p>\n\n
Yes! First, check off the \"As of publish date\" option (discussed in the question). You can now check the next option, \n\"up to last post\" to do just that!<\/p><\/dd>\n
- Do I need to be at my computer to update my recommended reading?<\/dt>\n
Nope! Since the plug in gets posts from the Google Reader shared feed, you can update your website's \/ blog's feed\nfrom any Google Reader interface that supports shared items. Google has a free mobile version of Google Reader...\nrecommend items from your mobile phone! http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/m<\/p><\/dd>\n
- Additional frequeuntly asked questions are covered in the plug-in help. Just click the help tab near the header<\/dt>\n
on the plug-in configuration page. =<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n
=v1.01=\nAdded \"Quick Set\" option to display settings\nVastly improved handling of ID validation\nFixed source post links<\/p>\n\n
=v1.02=\nFixed description of \"Trim Post Content\"\nOption for opening links in a new window\nImproved output error checking for config saved with invalid feed ID\nJavaScript and PHP code optimizations throughout<\/p>\n\n
=v1.5=\nAdded caching based on feed update tag\nAdded control over display of shared item notes\nAdded control over widget title\nMore standard widget output\nAdded more help to plugin options\nAdded options to support plugin author<\/p>\n\n
=v1.51=\nFixed path issue causing validation and lookup issues<\/p>\n\n
=v1.52=\nImproved path handling for validation and lookup\nAdded check for PHP 5<\/p>\n\n
=v1.522=\nFixed mistake in PHP check<\/p>\n\n
=v1.530=\nImproved error handling and requirements check\nMinor XML parsing changes attempting to address rare object error<\/p>\n\n
=v1.540=\nSmarter requirements checking\nModified code causing fatal error upon attempting activation in PHP4<\/p>\n\n
=v1.541=\nFixed additional fatal error upon attempting activation in PHP4<\/p>\n\n
=v2.0=\nEasily embed in a page or post with shortcode; includes special settings!\nOption to hide stand alone notes\nAdd rel=\"nofollow\" to links\nControl the preface text for item source and publish date\nImproved built in help\nMisc code improvements and clean up<\/p>\n\n
=v2.0.1=\nUpdated options code for compatibility with future versions and Wordpress MU<\/p>\n\n
=v3.0=\nAbility to show items prior to post publication date when using shortcode\nMajor performance improvements across the board, from caching to ID verification\nElimination of \"cURL\" PHP module requirement; uses file_get_contents<\/code> instead\nAdministrative interface clean up and polish, including subtle jQuery-powered animations\nQuickly access Rec. Reading settings page from plug-in list\nBetter error handling\nValidated compatibility with WordPress 2.8<\/p>\n\n=v3.1=\nMay now specify number of items in shortcode via 'items' attribute\nNew option to show all shared items since last use of shortcode\nImproved date\/time handling, including GMT offset<\/p>\n\n
=v3.1.1=\nFixed ability to call in template by google_reader_shared()<\/code> function<\/p>\n\n=v3.1.2=\nDisplay friendly \/ descriptive error message when host does not have fopen enabled<\/p>\n\n
=v3.2=\nWill now support hosts with either cURL or fopen enabled\ncURL now used as primary method for retrieving feed based on performance testing\nImproved validation of ID when using fopen method (PHP offset bug)<\/p>\n\n
=v3.2.1=\nWhen checking item date against post date, now uses date item shared, not published\nFixes to time zone handling; correctly determines precise date\/time values\nWorkaround for broken conversion of publish date in earlier versions of PHP<\/p>\n\n
=v3.3=\nNew option for a \"read more\" link back to your shared items page at Google\nSet the \"read more\" link to the shared items Atom feed instead of the page\nPlug-in cache automatically cleared when re-activating or auto-upgrading plugin<\/p>\n\n
=v4.0=\nVersion 4.0 is a major update that introduces dramatic changes and improvements \"under the hood\". Key \ncomponents, including feed loading and parsing, were rewritten to take full advantage of the latest WordPress \nAPI and to improve performance. As a result of the re-writes, 4.0 introduces dramatic performance improvements \nacross the board, as well as PHP4 and broader host compatibility. While there are no new \"visible\" features \nfor your readers, significant fit and finish has been added to the plug-in configuration page. Too many\nchanges under the hood to list!<\/p>\n\n
=v4.0.1=\nFixes bug related to shortcode pages that don't use the \"as of publish date\" feature not loading cache\nChange HTML filtering to use built in and more precise wp_kses filter instead of PHP strip_tags function<\/p>\n\n
=v4.0.2=\nFixed issue with source preface not appearing.<\/p>\n\n
=v4.0.3=\nFix long caching issues due to switch to SimplePie and WP default cache period<\/p>\n\n
=v4.0.4=\nMore caching fixes<\/p>\n\n
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