Vnertia.com

In a post on blogcatalog.com I stated that I would share how I incorporated a Yahoo Pipe “Mashup” into my vnertia.com/mnap (Music and Artist Project site).

First: I needed a way to show relevant datasets from multiple RSS feeds in posts on my site. Certainly there are a ton of rss feeds - but I needed a specific feed based on criteria that I submitted. I wanted full control over what ended up in my post(s).

1) I wanted music news only.
2) I wanted music news from different RSS sources.
3) I wanted to prevent duplicate news items.
4) I wanted only news about a specific artist (as each post is only about one musical artist).
4) I wanted the feed to take up as little real estate as possible while still being functional.

This of course meant that I would need to mashup several data-sources and find a way to script that into my blog.

Enter from Stage Left: Yahoo Pipes.

Step 1: Find “Sign In with your Yahoo! ID or Join Now” at the top right.
Step 2: After completing the register process - start browsing existing pipes - Id suggest you view my pipe (since you know the results as they appear on MnAP).
Step 3: Click Edit Source (No worries - it’s just a copy).
Step 4: You’ll see that my pipe is pulling datasets from 4 different URLs based on Artist Name. (See image below).

Now your turn:

Start inputting RSS feeds that make sense to your blog into the URL builder - AND - be sure to browse existing pipes - Not only do they train you, you may find one that closely matches what you need and with a bit of tweaking - you’ll be on your way to offering relevant information to your visitors.

Last Step:

Place the pipe into your blog…Once you have the pipe outputting the desired data:

1) Give it a name (top left),
2) Save it,
3) Click Run Pipe at the very top.
4) After it loads - select “Get as a Badge”,
5) Select your type of blog,
5) Paste the code provided on a page or post and you’re done.