On 11/9/05, Anil Gangolli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't quite understand the intended functionality. Extending Planet > to allow it to aggregate loosely affiliated sets of blogs rather than > only specifically configured communities seems like it a valuable > addition. Spam becomes a concern immediately in this model though, so > you may need to consider mechanisms to filter/edit/manage pulled content.
Thanks for the info Anil. I'll look into the code and Weblogs.com XML-RPC with the feed option. You're right, spam is a concern - I need to think about this. My particular application is to aggregate posts with disaster information, containing GeoInfo and other details. Here's an intro: http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/09/05/recovery-20-a-call-to-convene And fortunately, Roller also has much of the base functionality.
