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Blog Binders and ExpressionEngine
Blog Binders looks like an interesting tool which will let you import your blog entries using a variety of formats to create a bound, printed version of your weblog. Of course they don’t have a specific way to tap into ExpressionEngine, but there’s an easy enough round-about way to get there.
1. Create a template using the following code. Note you might need to change the weblog and limit parameter in the weblog:entries tag and the body and extended variables if you use something else.
{exp:weblog:entries orderby="date" sort="asc" weblog=”blog“ limit=”1500“ rdf="off"}
<Entry>
<EntryDate>{entry_date format="%m/%d/%Y %g:%i:%s %A"}</EntryDate>
<EntryTitle>{title}</EntryTitle>
<EntryText>{body} {extended}</EntryText>
</Entry>
{/exp:weblog:entries}
</blogbinders>
2. Go to the URL of your newly created template, view the source and save it on your hard drive as an XML file.
3. On the Blog Binders site, go into Make a Book and choose “Blogbinders Interchange Format" from the dropdown menu. Hit the Browse button and navigate to the XML file you just created.
4. Follow the rest of the Blog Binder instructions.
I’ve been thinking about printing a hard copy of my journal entries and it would be neat to have yearly volumes. The downside is that it doesn’t seem to transfer pictures over to the PDFs generated to create your book. CafePress might be a little more difficult, but better all around option. [[ExpressionEngine|]]
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Lisa |
This is very cool. I added a link to it from the wiki. Thank you for posting about it and how to make a template for EE that would work. =) (btw: I’m happy to see you posting back here!) |
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Posted: 03/31/05 at 06:38 PM | Link to Comment
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Carla Location: Seattle, WA comments Send PM to Carla |
It’s an interesting concept, but I’d only do it if I were REALLY desperate to have some sort of archive. Although it would be neat to have my own book. |
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Posted: 03/31/05 at 11:33 PM | Link to Comment
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ms. macLocation: Zurich |
Hi Lynda, Thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving a comment! Come back soon.
I’d love to comment on your post but I don’t understand most of it! |
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Posted: 04/01/05 at 06:58 AM | Link to Comment
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jadecomments Send PM to jade |
It looks very cool, but then I read that it strips out all HTML and images. That’s not so cool. If I made something bold or whatever, I want it bold. And if there’s a picture in the entry, it’s there for a reason. Shame, otherwise I would have totally been buying one. |
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Posted: 04/01/05 at 06:25 PM | Link to Comment
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Lynda Location: Duluth, GA comments Send PM to Lynda |
Exactly. It’s easy-peasy to do, but not really something I want as an archive. I think I’d rather take the effort to make a pretty Word document for Cafe Press, although I haven’t looked into the options Cafe Press offers in probably a year. "Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it’s the moments that take your breath away.” |
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Posted: 04/01/05 at 06:27 PM | Link to Comment
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Lisa |
You know, you can make a PDF from RSS using Acrobat 7 Pro. Then you could print/bind it however you want. It’s pretty nifty. =) |
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Posted: 06/11/05 at 11:38 AM | Link to Comment
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