Full Data Controlled Web-Based Feed Aggregator
This work addresses feed aggregation for users seeking control over data without email spam, but it is incremental as it builds on existing WordPress technology.
The paper reviewed feed aggregation technology and developed a locally hosted web-based feed aggregator using WordPress core features, enhanced with plugins for dynamic content publishing, caching, social syndication, and maintenance. It highlights how open-source content management systems enable feed control and sharing, allowing developers to extend built-in libraries rather than reinvent solutions.
Feed syndication is analogous to electronic newsletters, both are aimed at delivering feeds to subscribers; the difference is that while newsletter subscription requires e-mail and exposed you to spam and security challenges, feed syndication ensures that you only get what you requested for. This paper reports a review on the state of the art of feed aggregation technology and the development of a locally hosted web based feed aggregator as a research tool using the core features of WordPress; the software was further enhanced with plugins and widgets for dynamic content publishing, database and object caching, social web syndication, back-up and maintenance, among others. The results highlight the current developments in software re-use and describes; how open source content management systems can be used for both online and offline publishing, a means whereby feed aggregator users can control and share feed data, as well as how web developers can focus on extending the features of built-in software libraries in applications rather than reinventing the wheel.