Comments on: Posts from my blog tend to appear on other sites http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/20/posts-from-my-blog-tend-to-appear-on-other-sites/ Random things that interest me that I may want to remember later. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:20:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: matthew http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/20/posts-from-my-blog-tend-to-appear-on-other-sites/#comment-1881 matthew Tue, 13 May 2008 21:25:24 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=60#comment-1881 I've had this up for several weeks, and I have been thinking about it. For me, this is probably overkill, so I'm disabling the plugin. I’ve had this up for several weeks, and I have been thinking about it. For me, this is probably overkill, so I’m disabling the plugin.

]]> By: matthew http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/20/posts-from-my-blog-tend-to-appear-on-other-sites/#comment-831 matthew Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:48:26 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=60#comment-831 I agree. That would be great. I agree. That would be great.

]]> By: Sridhar Dhanapalan http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/20/posts-from-my-blog-tend-to-appear-on-other-sites/#comment-830 Sridhar Dhanapalan Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:36:31 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=60#comment-830 I've now got my footer.php and Simple Feed Copyright plug-in to state the exact licence I'm using. It would be nice if Wordpress had some licence management functionality, so that you could manage licences for your blog or even for individual posts/pages. Then I could just define a parameter like get_bloginfo('licence') in the php, and have the licence name show up on the page. I’ve now got my footer.php and Simple Feed Copyright plug-in to state the exact licence I’m using. It would be nice if Wordpress had some licence management functionality, so that you could manage licences for your blog or even for individual posts/pages. Then I could just define a parameter like get_bloginfo(’licence’) in the php, and have the licence name show up on the page.

]]> By: matthew http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/20/posts-from-my-blog-tend-to-appear-on-other-sites/#comment-823 matthew Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:01:13 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=60#comment-823 Sridhar: to put the info in the page footer, I just modified the footer.php file for the current theme. From the Admin control panel, choose: Design -> Theme Editor -> footer.php and when done, click "update file." You probably know what you are doing, but others reading who may not be comfortable or skilled with this, just make a backup of the file first so you can restore it if you make a mistake. :) Sridhar: to put the info in the page footer, I just modified the footer.php file for the current theme.

From the Admin control panel, choose:
Design -> Theme Editor -> footer.php

and when done, click “update file.”

You probably know what you are doing, but others reading who may not be comfortable or skilled with this, just make a backup of the file first so you can restore it if you make a mistake. :)

]]> By: Sridhar Dhanapalan http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/20/posts-from-my-blog-tend-to-appear-on-other-sites/#comment-820 Sridhar Dhanapalan Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:41:57 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=60#comment-820 Thanks Matthew. I misunderstood what the plug-in was supposed to do. I should've just looked at the source :) I think I'll hack it to mention the exact licence I want to use (CC BY-SA). Cheers! Thanks Matthew. I misunderstood what the plug-in was supposed to do. I should’ve just looked at the source :)

I think I’ll hack it to mention the exact licence I want to use (CC BY-SA).

Cheers!

]]> By: matthew http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/20/posts-from-my-blog-tend-to-appear-on-other-sites/#comment-817 matthew Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:46:53 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=60#comment-817 In your admin panel, click "plugins." Look at the list and find this plugin. Make sure it is deactivated, then click "Edit." In the edit window, adjust the message in the html/php to include what you want. Click "Update File" to save. Go back to the plugins page and activate the plugin. You won't see anything different on your site, only in the rss/atom feeds, so load one of those to check and see that it is working. In your admin panel, click “plugins.” Look at the list and find this plugin. Make sure it is deactivated, then click “Edit.”

In the edit window, adjust the message in the html/php to include what you want. Click “Update File” to save.

Go back to the plugins page and activate the plugin. You won’t see anything different on your site, only in the rss/atom feeds, so load one of those to check and see that it is working.

]]> By: Sridhar Dhanapalan http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/20/posts-from-my-blog-tend-to-appear-on-other-sites/#comment-816 Sridhar Dhanapalan Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:30:39 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=60#comment-816 I've installed and activated the plug-in, but it doesn't seem to do anything. How can I tell it what licence I want to put on my posts? Thanks. I’ve installed and activated the plug-in, but it doesn’t seem to do anything. How can I tell it what licence I want to put on my posts? Thanks.

]]> By: matthew http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/20/posts-from-my-blog-tend-to-appear-on-other-sites/#comment-677 matthew Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:17:32 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=60#comment-677 Thanks for the info! Thanks for the info!

]]> By: RainCT http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/20/posts-from-my-blog-tend-to-appear-on-other-sites/#comment-675 RainCT Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:54:21 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=60#comment-675 I just wanted to let you know that "©" by itself has no legal value (but "Copyright" does). I don't know if it matters though as afaik everything you write is copyrighted unless you state the opposite. I just wanted to let you know that “©” by itself has no legal value (but “Copyright” does). I don’t know if it matters though as afaik everything you write is copyrighted unless you state the opposite.

]]> By: matthew http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/20/posts-from-my-blog-tend-to-appear-on-other-sites/#comment-642 matthew Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:02:47 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=60#comment-642 You are helping me support what I am doing. Why? Well, you confirm that there isn't much that can be done to stop this, and that it isn't likely that any of these owners are going to ask for permission. You also note they are not likely to stop unless the content is poisoned and that they do it to help their own SEO. Okay, so by putting a link here in each post that is "borrowed," I get a link back to my own site. That helps my search ranking. If the "borrower" don't like that I have done that, they can remove my blog from the list of the ones they aggregate content from. Either way, I win. You are helping me support what I am doing. Why?

Well, you confirm that there isn’t much that can be done to stop this, and that it isn’t likely that any of these owners are going to ask for permission. You also note they are not likely to stop unless the content is poisoned and that they do it to help their own SEO.

Okay, so by putting a link here in each post that is “borrowed,” I get a link back to my own site. That helps my search ranking. If the “borrower” don’t like that I have done that, they can remove my blog from the list of the ones they aggregate content from. Either way, I win.

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