iFeedReaders

I read on TechCrunch this morning that Earthlink has opened a social bookmarking service and an online feed reader. I had to sign up for an account and figured out the code to bring the myEarthlink buttons to iFeedReader’s bookmark and subscribe page.

The only downside is that it seems that you have to be logged into myEarthlink for the feed button to work. If you’re not, they’ll throw an error. Hopefully Earthlink will fix that soon.

On a separate note, I updated the subscription buttons to make them load faster and look a little better.

News Alloy is a free Ajax Web Based Feed Reader for discovering, reading, and sharing news and information. They even offer a mobile area for those who want to read feeds on their phones or PDAs.

The News Alloy button has been added to the subscribe page.

First off, welcome Performancing.com readers. I’m glad to see you checking out the site.

I wanted to respond to the two comments that are currently on the Performancing post.

“Why not make a little plugin in the form of a drop-down menu instead of using an icon that redirects to another page?”

Well there are a number of reasons I choose to do it this way.

1. The more buttons or mode code we give, the bigger the chance it’ll get messed up or look to complicated. This is quick and simple.
2. A plugin is thinking small. I’d have to make one for Wordpress, Movable Type, Blogger, TypePad and so fourth. One plugin wouldn’t be enough as everyone would want one.
3. With a plugin, the buttons would only be updated when the user takes time to upgrade the plugin. By sending visitors here, we are in control of the buttons. I can add any RSS or Bookmark button at any time and it’ll immediately be available for your users.
4. With a plugin, I’d have to offer support. Support takes time and everyone’s individual problem is different. I guess it goes back to number one, this is just simpler.
5. Who knows, maybe that’ll come in the future. But this is where it starts.

Ohh and regarding “A subscribe icon that, when clicked, expands to reveal a rss icon, a gator icon etc…” that’s in the works. It’s in beta mode right now and will show up hopefully this month.

Taggly has been added to the list of social bookmark options on the bookmark page.

I’m hoping to get time to re-work the plugin and update the Social Bookmark Creator in the next week or two to include the new buttons.

A quick button addition this morning. My-Tuts.com is now offered on the iFeedReaders bookmark page.
My-Tuts.com is…

A social tutorial tagging and publishing website that allows you to tag whatever your reading to share with others, search what everyone has already read and even publish your own tutorials for others to read.

The Social Bookmark Creator and Wordpress plug-ins will get My-Tuts.com added as I get time.

I’ve updated the bookmark page to include graphic buttons for each service.

Since some may not always remember the name of their social bookmarking service, but they know it’s light green and purple, now they can recognize it.

del.irio.us was also removed as it’s since joined with another service and has removed their site.

Enjoy!

FeedBlitz is now an option available on the tools page. When you send a visitor to iFeedReaders subscribe page, and you have a FeedBlitz account, we can create a subscription box for you. That way, if people aren’t up on the whole feed reader idea, they can subscribe via email.

All you have to do is make sure to create your iFeedReaders URL with your FeedBlitz ID in it. We’ll do the rest.

Need to know how to find your FeedBlitz ID?

1) Login to your FeedBlitz account. If you don’t have one, get one and add a feed.
2) Click on My Feeds.
3) Click on the Generate HTML button.
4) You’ll then be presented with HTML code to add to a website. Look for the FEEDID value. See below for the reference.

Forget where you came from? No problem, iFeedReaders will now send you home.

I added a snippet of code to remember where you came from. That is if you entered the site via an iFeedReaders button to the subscribe or bookmark page.

That way, if you came to iFeedReaders from a Joe’s blog post on the his new iPod nano, we’ll make sure to remember that in case you want to go back when you are done.

Like always, iFeedReaders.com only remembers any information as long as you keep your browser open. Once it’s been quit, we forget everything.

I’m always amazed at how much time I spend fixing things for Internet Explorer. I’m hoping IE 7 brings the many advances it needs in CSS. Standards would be nice.

I’m still not positive how great the site renders in Internet Explorer, but I’ve fix the major issues. If you are using Firefox, Safari or Opera then it looks beautiful.
Let me know what design issues you come across and I’ll see what I can do.