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 Posted 8/14/2009 12:20:18 PM |
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I have several NewsGator accounts in which I use the Headlines function to do some basic tweaking/customization of the feeds in my list, and republish them as an RSS.
An example? I read in my blog comments RSS feed, put a small balloon icon before each comment, delete the date and move the linkback to the comment at the end...
Or: I feed in my Twitter public timeline, throw out some junk and prefix each tweet with a small Twitter icon...
The most handy feature of NewsGator Online's Headlines function was the headlines customization.. And it was easy to use.
I have been pretty dependent on this feature for several newsfeeds, aggregators of blogs, news sites etc...
Is there any other alternative out there? I looked at Google Reader's clip function, but that customizes a script. I would like a new RSS to be generated.
Plus I have several aggregators. There is only one Google Reader's account one can use without getting missed up with cookies etc etc etc..
I worked with Yahoo Pipes, but there the tweaking of the feeds is quite a bit more complex and their re-publishing feature is very slow..
What would you, webgurus suggest as an alternative to RSS manipulation/formatting/customization...?
PS: I regret very much the NewsGator free services go offline... I relied on it very much.. I will need to work through the weekend migrating hundreds of feeds to something else... but still, I appreciate the 3 years of faithful and reliable, free online services. Thank you..!
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Peter
The Road to the Horizon - Life as a serial expat, addicted traveller and passionate aidworker
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