AUTORSS
- CUSTOM SOFTWARE -


Ok, if you don't know anything about RSS or server side software, then this can be a little confusing.

Expect to read through this manual a few times!

Don't worry though, we've broken this down to be a simple as possible.  Just just read through this slow and make sure you understand each section before continuing.

SECTION 1 - WHAT AutoRSS DOES

AutoRSS will take any keyword, then go and find news, articles, blog posts, and videos about that keyword, and then display the information on your webpage.

The cool thing about this software, is it actually "translates" everything to HTML. 

If you don't know understand that, then don't worry. 

Basically it means when Google (or anyone else) looks at your site, it looks like you MANUALLY went and did a ton of research and then put it on your website.

Let's look at an example:

Let's say you have a website that tells people which dog food is safe for your puppy.

Well here's what AutoRSS could do for your site.

http://www.yourdomain.com/programs/autorss/puppies.html

Notice I highlighted the word "puppies" above.

Well try changing this word and see what happens to all the content on the page:

http://www.yourdomain.com/programs/autorss/piano.html

Alright, let's try a different example.

Let's say your selling a product on Bonsai Gardening.  That's a pretty obscure niche product, right?

Let's see what happens when we use AutoRSS on Bonsai Gardening:

http://www.yourdomain.com/programs/autorss/bonsai_gardening.html

(NOTE: there is an _ between bonsai and gardening in the link above.  This isn't REQUIRED but does look better for the person seeing the link.  But this software will work even if you just use a space in the link)  Now obviously you would not want to use a page JUST like that.

We've included the template page above in the autorss.zip file for you to edit.

We recommend using some of this content at the very end of your sales copy, especially when using Google Adwords.

(Google Adwords will scan your site looking for content related to your keywords)

Also, you don't have to use ALL of the sections (News, Articles, Blogs, and Videos).  You can pick and choose what you want included on your website (TIP:  Google Adwords likes it when you use videos!).

SECTION 2 - Using AutoRSS with Google.

We'll walk you through setting up AutoRSS on your server in a second.  First we want to show you how easy it is to use with Google Adwords.

Google Adwords has a special Keyword Code that they don't advertise.

You can use this code anywhere in your ad text, and it will show the keyword the person typed into Google.

The code is: {KeyWord:TEXT}

You would need to replace TEXT with an alternate text if the keyword they typed in is to long to fit into the adtext.

For example, let's say you were selling a bonsai gardening product again.

Your ad text could look like this:

{KeyWord:Bonsai} Secrets!
This is the {KeyWord:Bonsai} Website
that everyone is talking about!
yourwebsite.com/{KeyWord:Bonsai}

Destination URL: http://www.yourwebsite.com/{KeyWord:Bonsai}.html

Google Adwords will replace any instance of {KeyWord:Bonsai} with the keyword the searcher typed into Google.

If the keyword is too long to fit into the adtext, it will replace it with just the word "Bonsai".

What most people do not know, is this ALSO works in the destination URL!

So you can have a destination URL like this:

Destination URL: http://www.yourwebsite.com/{KeyWord:Bonsai}.html

So if the person was searching for "Bonsai Gardneing" on google, and you were using the Destination URL shown above, they would go here when they clicked on your add:

http://www.yourwebsite.com/Bonsai Gardening.html

Pretty cool, right?

Now let's look at setting up this software.

SECTION 3 - Setting up AutoRSS

HOSTING:

AutoRSS uses something called .htaccess and PHP to work. 

Most all modern servers have PHP, but some servers will NOT work with .htaccess... contact your hosting company to find out if it will.

We are running a Linux Redhat server (with Plesk) and it works great.

The best way to find out is:

1. unzip all the files from autorss.zip

2. upload files to a directory on your server, and see if it works.

(Remember:  You must type in something.html ... if you just go to your directory with no ".html" listed, it will not work)

If it does work, then your good to go!

If it does not work, then you can find cheap webhosting for as little as $6.95 a month. 

Just make sure .htaccess will work (by calling their support) before signing up.

By the way, godaddy.com works but it's not easy to setup.  So we don't recommend using them.

Also, we have tested this on Windows Servers and it did not work. 

We recommend using a Linux Redhat server.

Ok... now that we got that out of the way, let's look at how the software works:

SETUP:

The easiest way to set this up is to simply edit the index.php file and enter your sales copy, etc, around the content.

It IS possible to insert AutoRSS into a pre-existing site if you know a little bit about editing HTML code though.

Here's how you do it:

1. Upload all files to a folder on your server.

2. Delete index.php

3. Rename the file you want to import AutoRSS into to index.php

4. Enter this code at the top of the source code in the newly renamed index.php file:

<?php
$keyword = preg_replace("/_/",' ',$_REQUEST["keyword"]);
?>

5. Anytime you want to use the keyword on your website, enter this in the source code:

<?php echo $keyword; ?>

6. If you want to show videos in the website, enter this into the source code:

<?php
$keyword = preg_replace("/-/",' ',$_REQUEST["keyword"]);
include_once("include_videos.php");
?>

7. If you want to show blog posts in the website, enter this into the source code:

<?php
$keyword = preg_replace("/-/",' ',$_REQUEST["keyword"]);
include_once("include_blogs.php");
?>

8. If you want to show News Stories in the website, enter this into the source code:

<?php
$keyword = preg_replace("/-/",' ',$_REQUEST["keyword"]);
include_once("include_news.php");
?>

9. If you want to show Articles in the website, enter this into the source code:

<?php
$keyword = preg_replace("/-/",' ',$_REQUEST["keyword"]);
include_once("include_articles.php");
?>

Again, if you don't understand much about HTML coding, then we recommend simply edit the "index.php" file you extracted from autorss.zip and simply add your content to it!

One last important note:  If you want to link to any other sites from your webpage (like privacy policy, purchase agreement, terms of use, etc) then they will need to be in .HTM format.

To do this simply rename any .HTML files to .HTM files.

So if you were linking to "privacy.html" you would simply change the filename and link to "privcay.htm".

SECTION 3 - Closing Comments

That's how to setup and use AutoRSS. 

If you have a problem with setting this up, then most likely it's a server issue.  So make sure you contact your hosting company and discuss it with their tech support.

Once you have it setup and working correctly, you can put as many copies of AutoRSS as you like on one server.

Just make sure you keep them in different folders on your server!

Enjoy!