I’ve added this post to act as a support document for my Auto-Blog Formula. What I do is title an issue that may occur, and then add my fix for it.
Giving Bloggers Their Links
The link back to the original is controlled in the WP-O-MATIC settings.
Campaigns –> Edit —-> Options Scroll to bottom.
If You Ever Have Duplicate Posts
Sometimes specific feed type will cause the odd duplicate post. There is a way to fix that;
- When you set up your WP-O-MATIC I recommend setting it to to only pull ONE new post each time the cron runs, and make sure the cron runs only once a day. This puts an end to any duplicate posting I have ever had.
- This means you have to add more feeds to pull from, but that’s OK. More variety.
- This fix should put an end to duplicate posts, BUT there might still be the odd feed that still “dups” (I have not had one since this fix, but it’s possible) If so, just remove that feed.
Setting Your Hosting Account Cron Jobs
Some users have problems getting their crons jobs working for WP-O-MATIC. Unfortunately, almost every post online that attempts to help people get their crons working with WP-O-MATIC (or other scripts) forgets to mention the most critical factor, and this how to set the file permissions (chmod settings) on the path to the cron.php file. Here it is.
Here is the first important TIP: Make sure you use the cron URL and parameters exactly as WP-O-MATIC sets up for you in the options area – example;
/usr/bin/curl http://yourdomain.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cron.php?code=8b123h2
Don’t forget the parameters /usr/bin/curl
Depending on your hosting account this will be different. It may be a wget parameter or something else.
So once you have your your cron set up you must make sure your CHMOD setting are correct for access via the server. Do this is as follows;
Open your FTP client (FILEZILLA or CYBERDUCK etc) and make sure that every folder en-route to the cron.php file is set to 755. Below is a typical path to the WP-O-MATIC cron.php file;
http://yourdomain.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cron.php
…..SO MAKE SURE that these folders are set to CHMOD (permissions) 755;
folder 1 – wp-content (set to 755)
folder 2 – plugins (set to 755)
folder 3 – wp-o-matic (set to 755)
…..and of course make sure that the cron.phpfile found inside your wp-o-matic folder is ALSO set to 755.
If you follow these steps, you should have no problem getting your cron working from your own hosting account and not have to use a third party cron.
For absolute beginners who need to understand how to even setup a cron job, watch this video;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVN0JlLLwBs
In the command field you paste the path and parameters you copied from the WP-O-MATIC Options page in the backend of your blog.
Hope this helps newbies and “not-so-newbies” alike.
Using Global Synonym Plugin
Some folks are having trouble with my re-writing plugin, and I want to show how easy it is to use. Don’t let the code scare you. It’s easier to make up your list when you can see it all in front of you.
One important note: Don’t use apostrophes in the FIND array. Use them in the REPLACEMENT array.
For example;
You CAN’T replace wouldn’t with would not. —— You CAN replace would not with wouldn’t.
Go;
- Start in your Dashboard
- Click on Plugins (left sidebar)
- Click on the EDIT link for Global Synonym
When you see the editor window for the GS plugin go to this part of the code – you are looking at the FIND array and the REPLACEMENT array. This is what it looks like the when you first open the plugin editor;
function globalsynonyms($content)
{
$find = array(‘/\bword1\b/i’,
‘/\bword2\b/i’,
‘/\bword3\b/i’);
$replacement = array(
“word1″,
“word2″,
“word3″,
);
This is what it looks like when the plugin is in use when the user only wants three words changed. Of course, you would do more words and phrases.
function globalsynonyms($content)
{
$find = array(‘/\bmom\b/i’,
‘/\bdad\b/i’,
‘/\bchildren\b/i’);
$replacement = array(
“mother“,
“father“,
“kids“,
);
Take note of the ending bits, such as the ); at the end of the replacement array call (after kids).
Take note of and the ); after the find call (after children).
You don’t want to change the ending bits of code. All you want to do is add changes. Like this for example;
function globalsynonyms($content)
{
$find = array(‘/\bmom\b/i’,
‘/\bdad\b/i’,
‘/\bwhat is for dinner\b/i’,
‘/\bneed to get\b/i’,
‘/\bchildren\b/i’);
$replacement = array(
“mother“,
“father“,
“what’s for supper“,
“have to get“,
“kids”,
);
Hope this helps all. Leave comments if there are more questions please.
Why Your Posts are Short and Not Full Posts
You are importing a feed that is only set for partial posts. All feed owners choose different settings for how much of the post gets out on the feed.
If You Don’t Use the Theme I Gave You
If you don’t use the theme I gave you, you won’t have the Continue Reading…. link below the post excerpts, and this will also mess up your autoblog by not giving visitors access to YOUR permalink with YOUR ads, and if you are choosing to give the original bloggers their links, then you will just lose all your visitors from the home page. So stick with the theme I give you unless you know how to configure all your posts on a theme of your choice to create excerpts on your home page.
