Configuration

Once installed, this plugin appears under the Manage menu in each blog in two places:

Manage > Reblog
Manage > Sourcefeeds

Setup

Set up the Reblog settings found under Manage > Reblog:

• Display Editor: Provide an 'edit reblog details' interface on the edit entry screen
• Reblog Author: Author assigned to posts loaded by Reblog
• Load Frequency: How often feeds for this blog are reloaded; default is every 12 hours
• Failed Load Threshhold: After this many consecutive failures to load a given feed, the feed will be disabled; default is 5 failures.
• Import Categories: Preserve categories found in imported entries
• Rebuild Individual Archives: Build individual archive for each new entry after importing

In addition, Reblog will obey the "Entry Status" setting under "New Entry Defaults" in Preferences > Entry Settings. If set to unpublish, Reblog will set imported entries also to unpublished. This is useful if you would like an editor to selectively publish some entries but not others or edit title or body before publishing.

Usage

Set up the feeds you'd like Reblog to import by going to Manage > Sourcefeeds:

1. Click on "Add a sourcefeed to this blog"
2. Give the feed a label, enter the URL of the feed (fully formed with filename), and optionally, you may specify that the feed is active (meaning Reblog should import the feed) or inactive (Reblog should ignore the feed), whether Reblog should use excerpts found in the feed or if it should ignore errors.
3. Once you've added details about the feed, click "validate" to have Reblog check the feed to make sure it's ready to be imported. If the validate button turns green, you may proceed.
4. Save changes.

After you have successfully added a feed, have Reblog import the feeds by checking the box next to each feed you'd like to import, and selecting the "Import" button.

Reblog will process the feeds you have chosen, turning each new item in the RSS/Atom feed into a new entry.