WP FeedBurner v2.1 Beta
The Beta Testing is closed. But you can check out the final version.
I’m in the final stages of developing the newest version of the FeedBurner plugin, and need a few people to test it out before I release it. If you’re interested in beta testing the plugin, leave a comment.
It’s a much more simple approach to the whole process, one that I’m not quite sure why I didn’t think of earlier. The benefit is that it now has nothing to do with .htaccess, so it should work on Windows boxes, and with people who are using the default url structure.
So let me know if you’re interested.
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Published August 22, 2006 by:
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I won’t mind giving this a shot :)
August 22nd, 2006
Me neither!
August 22nd, 2006
Ronin and Kalle: Sent.
August 22nd, 2006
Pick me! Pick me!
August 22nd, 2006
I’ll do it!
August 22nd, 2006
I’d be glad to.
August 22nd, 2006
Volunteering too.
August 22nd, 2006
It’s my honor to test this nice plugin :)
August 22nd, 2006
I would love to test it. I’m looking forward to it.
August 22nd, 2006
Josh, Adam, Shawn, Franky, and Shaka: Sent.
August 22nd, 2006
I hope I’m not too late…
August 22nd, 2006
yea i’m looking to test out the new version myself. hope its not too late
August 22nd, 2006
I’ll give it a spin if you need more people to try it out..
August 22nd, 2006
i want to test it
August 22nd, 2006
Sign me up if you need another!
August 22nd, 2006
Uh… I hope this isn’t a dumb question. BUT…how do I get my own icon to appear next to my comment?
August 22nd, 2006
@Jason You have to get a Gravatar and use that email address when commenting.
Steve, could you please fill me in on what exactly this does? I wanted to install it but I wasn’t sure if it just redirected feeds or actually installed feedburner in Wordpess.
August 22nd, 2006
Deryl, Eric, David, FunPager, Goob: Sent
Rosano: It simply redirects the feed traffic from your main posts feed and optionally your main comments feed (other than FeedBurner itself) to your FeedBurner feeds instead of the WordPress versions. The plugin only handles redirection, it does not create additional feeds in WordPress, nor does it create anything with FeedBurner.
August 22nd, 2006
I’d love to help out. If you need extra bodies, please let me know.
Thanks.
August 22nd, 2006
I’m down. I use WP-FeedBurner on a few sites.
August 22nd, 2006
Ryan and Travis: Sent
August 22nd, 2006
I too would like to test it out.
August 22nd, 2006
If you still need any, I’m interested.
August 22nd, 2006
Bharath and Elliot: Sent
August 22nd, 2006
If you need any more testers…
August 22nd, 2006
i want to be a tester ;) !! Thanks!
August 22nd, 2006
Okay, I want to try it out.
August 22nd, 2006
Hello, I’d like to try this new version. Thank you !
August 23rd, 2006
What is different in this version?
August 23rd, 2006
It doesn’t use the .htaccess file to redirect your users. This means two things for bloggers: 1 – servers running on windows can use the plugin 2 – it’s compatible with the latest wordpress 2.0.4
August 23rd, 2006
I want to try it out. Thank you!
August 23rd, 2006
Hook me up Steve :)
August 23rd, 2006
I want to take a test of FeedBurner PI. Keep me in touch :)
August 24th, 2006
Count me in…thanks.
August 24th, 2006
WP FeedBurner v2.1 Beta for wp 2.1alpha2 ?
August 24th, 2006
I’d love to beta test- if you’re still looking for testers.
August 24th, 2006
Since version 2.0 never worked for me (I only recieved 404 errors for the “randomly generated” feedburner url) I am very, very interested.
August 24th, 2006
I’d love to try this, thanks.
August 24th, 2006
I’d like to try it. I’m very interested if the offer is still open.
Thanks!
August 24th, 2006
I’d like to try it out if you’re still looking for testers…
August 24th, 2006
Would love to try it out
August 24th, 2006
I would like to try it too! :-)
August 25th, 2006
I would be glad to beta test your new plugin. Will become support for an comment-feed-burner option?
Birger :)
August 25th, 2006
I would be very happy to test your new beta version. I am using the current version and for the last 2 weeks my feed has not been updating properly. It was previously working fine and I have no idea why it isn’t now. I have to deactivate and reactivate the feed in order for it to update.
August 25th, 2006
Hello, I do not think this is the best place to ask it, but the other post/comment thread is very old and has not been updated since las year. The fact is that I installed the plugin, did not succeed in making permalinks work and then tried to backout everything. Problem is, now I cannot deactivate this plugin. I sure used the procedure recommended in the PDF that comes with it, but it still does not work. Now my readers cannot subscribe directly to my blog! Help!
August 26th, 2006
ditto on what Christoph said. I’d love to test as I can’t use the current version.
August 26th, 2006
I’m using the current version and It’s really cool! It would be good for me to test this beta
August 27th, 2006
I’m getting ready to upgrade to WordPress 2.0.4 and would like to test your new FeedBurner plugin V2.1 Beta. Thanks.
August 28th, 2006
I am VERY interrested, I have a windows box, so I NEED this plugin, I’ve just contacted you reagarding this issue, please keep me updated
thanks
August 28th, 2006
I want to give a try too. Thanks.
August 28th, 2006
Oh man, you rule! Can I please…???
August 28th, 2006
I’m always up for trying to break stuff :)
Can I can I?
August 29th, 2006
I’ll happily give this a try.
August 29th, 2006
I’d like to give a try! Thanks!
August 30th, 2006
Hey Steve!
I have a technical background, programming etc but I am new to Blogs and WordPress.
I read a bit about you and like your work style. And Matt Shobe at FeedBurner Support says good things about you and your beta script. I almost never deal with beta code but if it is OK with you, sure, I will give it a try.
Tom in Southern California
August 30th, 2006
Count me in, I like to break stuff on my test blog :-)
August 30th, 2006
Hi there. Since I´m using WP on a Windowsserver I don´t have the opportunity to use the permalinks-structure nor do I have a functional .htaccess. Will the plugin work for me anyway? d.
August 30th, 2006
great. thanks
August 30th, 2006
Hi there… I’m stuck with a server that uses Microsoft IIS, and so we have index.php in the WordPress URLs… thus would like to try out your new version!
August 30th, 2006
Steve:
From a fellow South Bender-
and double domer at that-I’d like to try your new FeedBurner plugin.August 30th, 2006
Dear Dieter Petereit: if you are using windows, there is a way of using permanant links normally, if you need more help about it please feel free to contact me at akhater [at] adidap [dot] com
I have also windows and IIS and using permanent links
Cheers
August 30th, 2006
Thanks.
August 30th, 2006
Steve sent me the beta and it works fine on my win2003, php5, apache 2. Although I don´t have htaccess nor permalinks-structure. As it works on mine I suppose it´s gonna work on yours too.
August 30th, 2006
Steve – I’ve emailed you with comments on 2.1, but something has just struck me regarding the plugin.
One of the things I’d planned to do on my site was offer two FeedBurner feeds – one to full content, and one to the reviews category.
If I access the main feed using the plugin, I am correctly redirected to FeedBurner. If I access the category feed, I get the Wordpress version.
I realise this is probably out of scope for version 2.1, but – assuming your new method supports it – is multiple redirected feeds (in a similar way to the comment feed support in 2.1) something you could support in the future?
And how about getting the Wordpress guys to cook this into a future version too – I’m sure it’s something the vast majority of people will use.
Cheers!
August 31st, 2006
I’d love to give it a spin, if you are still looking for testers!
August 31st, 2006
I would love to give it a try if you are still looking.
August 31st, 2006
Are you still sending out betas? I would love to get going with it.
I am a programmer with a new blog.
- Tom
August 31st, 2006
Great, I’m interested in try it too..
Thanks for this great plugin!
September 1st, 2006
interesting for test this plugin, i’m test current downloadable version and not work with my wordpress 2.0.4
September 1st, 2006
I’m interested in testing the new version.
Question… does the new version automatically update Wordpress’ feed_link functionality to return the feeds.feedburner.com/xxx as the feed for my blog?
Mike
September 2nd, 2006
I’ll have a crack at it! I’ve run into a server that does not support .htaccess files and would really like to try this beta.
September 2nd, 2006
thanks to send me download link for try this.
September 2nd, 2006
count me in – if you could send it to me that would be great and I will give it a test/feedback on it.
September 3rd, 2006
I’d like to test it, please.
Namaste, Cyn
September 3rd, 2006
I’d like to try it Steve.
I’m currently using a different plugin (because it was easier to install than yours), but I don’t like that it kills my WordPress comment feeds, as it redirects those to the main Feedburner page. It doesn’t seem like your plugin does that, so I’m interested in trying your latest and greatest.
September 3rd, 2006
I can try it I have over 20 sites I can test on.
September 3rd, 2006
I’d be very interested in beta-testing a new version as I’ve had some problems with the older one. Specifically, will I be able to choose which feed is sent to FeedBurner as I’d prefer to forward http://wp-community.org/podcast/feed/ instead of http://wp-community.org/feed/.
Also, I experienced a problem with the plug-in when WordPress is installed in a subdirectory instead of the root. I wonder if either or both of these have been addressed in the new version?
September 4th, 2006
Eh, Steve! (Sorry, couldn’t resist the Homestar Runner reference ;))
I was wondering if you incorporated my changes, or at least the ideas, to the plugin? I made the plugin WordPress 2.1 compatible by changing a function and also made it use 301-redirects.
I’m also interested in beta-testing it as I love stuff breaking on my blog so I can learn how it works when fixing it :).
September 4th, 2006
Please send me the beta along. I haven’t had any luck getting the existing plugin to work (404 error from feedburner), so I’d like to try out the .htaccess-less version to see if that fixes the problem.
September 4th, 2006
I would like to test the beta too. My host doesn’t allow modifications to .htaccess, so I have to use default permalink configuration. A FeedBurner plugin that has nothing to do with .htaccess should come in handy.
September 5th, 2006