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started by Tribro on March 14, 2006

Hey gang,

Been working on a new project for all the bloggers out there. I've created a new section on Trifuel that aggregates blog feeds and displays excerpts of the latest posts. Similar to the Triathlonlife.com home page, except this system allows me to add blogs from other platforms as long as there's an RSS feed. I've tested TL, Wordpress, and Blogger and they seem to work well.

The system also archives the posts by the category name you assign it on your blog. This way people can browse posts by topic and search a growing network of bloggers. You can check it out here:
http://blogs.trifuel.com/

Let me know what you think. If you're not currently listed, go ahead and post your RSS or Atom feed URL here and I'll check it out and add.

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ggalvao posted 3 years ago.

that's cool!!!! thanks, man! You're always doing a great job on this site!

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TriTimKC posted 3 years ago.

Very good. I was wondering if there would be home page for the trifuel blogs. One issue I'm having is my password not working. Any known issues with that?

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

I haven't run into any issues with that. Are you trying to log in at http://tritimkc.trifuel.net/wp-admin/ with the password supplied in the email after setup? If you try at just trifuel.net it should refresh the login but take you to your admin login.

Did you maybe try to change it? BTW, you can update that in the admin > users > profile section.

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TriTimKC posted 3 years ago.

Yeah I got logged on fine the first time and changed it. Then later in the day I tried to get back on an couldn't. So I had a reset pswd emailed to me and got back in with that after a couple tries and changed it again. Now today it's not taking it. I'll try having it resent again and see if I can get back in.

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Hmm, let me know if works. I just went through the process to check it out and it worked o.k. for me. I requested the password change, received the new one on confirmation, logged in and changed back to what I want as my password, and I'm able to log in o.k.

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TriTimKC posted 3 years ago.

Ah-ha. The "user name" is case sensative....

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Ah, Excellent. Thanks for passing that on, I didn't think of that. Good to know.

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TriTimKC posted 3 years ago.

Maybe an issue with caps in the pswd too... Just about got mine set. So far the site is great :D

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Awesome, I added your blog to the latest blog posts section.

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adamant8 posted 3 years ago.

Hey, cool idea ... not sure if this is what you're looking for, I'm not real clear on the whole RSS thing.

http://ironlaw.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Thanks, let me know if there is something else I need to do.

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Yep, that's it. I just added you to the site. thanks I look forward to reading about your Journey.

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nancytoby posted 3 years ago.

Here's another triathlete blog to add: Nancy Toby: Run Big! http://nancytoby.blogspot.com/

We have over 60 triathlete-bloggers who are members of the
Tri-Blog Alliance at the Yahoo group:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/TriBlogs/

Please feel free to join us!

THANK YOU!

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Cool, I just added you to the site. I exchanged emails with Kahuna and Wil today and they are added as well. I think it's the same group, yes? I'll log in now and join up. Maybe you could drop a note about this to them if you think they'd like it. I don't want to jump in and then suggest everyone check out Trifuel :D

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TriEndorphins posted 3 years ago.

Here is another blog for your list: http://www.triendorphins.com/?feed=rss2

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nancytoby posted 3 years ago.

I just posted there about this TriBlog aggregate - feel free to jump in! I think we're all about sharing information and resources!!

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Cool, I just submitted my application.

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Hey, Adam just added your site. WP & K2 nice!

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Okolo posted 3 years ago.

Please add my blog.

okolo.org

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Ironm4n posted 3 years ago.

tribro wrote:
Cool, I just added you to the site. I exchanged emails with Kahuna and Wil today and they are added as well. I think it's the same group, yes? I'll log in now and join up. Maybe you could drop a note about this to them if you think they'd like it. I don't want to jump in and then suggest everyone check out Trifuel :D

Can you add me please? ironm4n.blogspot.com
Thanks
Shelley

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Shelley, you're added. Okolo, there may be something wrong with your feed as I can't get it to take. I'll spend some time later to try and figure it out.

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Okolo posted 3 years ago.

Hmm, try this?

feed://www.okolo.org/atom.xml

Okolo

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Ya, I tried that one and the index.xml one but they aren't getting recognized by the software I'm using. I'm guessing it may be some bad characters or something in some posts that are breaking it. This system is pretty strict with the feeds format. I use MT for this site's blog and tested it last night and it worked fine, so I can only guess it's something in the one of the posts and not the format? I'll check again next week. Often once additional posts are made it'll clear out the one that may be causing issues.

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Cool, you're added.

BTW, If any of you want to help spread the word on this feature, please consider adding it to your blogroll or posting one of our buttons on your blog.

http://www.trifuel.com/support.php

thanks :)

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Hey Jonathan thanks for adding the button so quickly. Much appreciated.

This is working out how I hoped, discovering new bloggers. I hadn't read your blog before and just read through a few of your latest posts. Will probably be a regular reader now. I noticed your last post just shows the template tags when you go to the permalink page. Not sure what that might be. Your other posts look fine...

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boulder_jonatha posted 3 years ago.

Hey tribro. Yeah, I had an open tag somewhere. It's fixed now. Thanks for catching.

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unccgrad00 posted 3 years ago.

Here is my blog and I would like to be added...
http://unccgrad00.blogspot.com/

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trainDaBrain posted 3 years ago.

Hey! I'll throw mine into the pot too

http://www.nerdsonice.org/dp/?q=node/feed

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rcortesi posted 3 years ago.

unccgrad00,

Nice count down clock... Did you write that? If not where did you get it?

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Inside a dog it is too dark to read."
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for nerds http://rogercortesi.com/eqn/

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trainDaBrain posted 3 years ago.

ok, one more time, this time I've changed the admin settings to use clean URL's (no ?q= stufff)

http://www.nerdsonice.org/dp/node/feed

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bari posted 3 years ago.

One day I might actually get around to posting my intro in the new members section. In the meantime, can you add me?

http://barinirenberg.blogspot.com

Maybe now someone will actually read my blog! ;)

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

All set. welcome!

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unccgrad00 posted 3 years ago.

rcortesi,
I found it on the Florida Ironman website and just pasted it in there. I am looking into the code for it so I could input different variables. Shouldn't be to hard.

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Riverbrady posted 3 years ago.

I could simply be missing the info about it...is there anything in particular we need to do to switch our triathlonlife blogs over to the new system?

Thanks!

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

They are actually two different things. There is a new training log (http://www.trifuel.com/log/) that is hooked into Trifuel registration and will automatically create an account for you when you visit the log. And there is a new blog only system I'm testing out as an alternative to the triathlonlife.com blogs. You need an invite for that one and you can see a sample at my blog - http://tribro.trifuel.net just let me know if you want an invite to try the new blog.

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Riverbrady posted 3 years ago.

An invite would be great : )

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Just sent an email...

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ChrisJ posted 3 years ago.

Hey tribo, please wont you add my site as well, http://chrisj.trifuel.net/

Regards
Chris

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magicno5 posted 3 years ago.

Can you hook me up with an invite the blog?

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Chris your added... Magic I sent you an email. TdB, still not working no creator or author?

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J. posted 3 years ago.

Hey TriBro... I'd love to get my blog added to the site. It's all about me training for my first Ironman (I'm not revealing my name to protect the innocent, but I'll tell you that I'm a features writer for both Triathlete and InsideTri).

Thanks!
J.

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Hey J. welcome. I just added you to the blogs section. I appreciate your link back to Trifuel in your blog. I actually stumbled across your blog the other day and was going to shoot you an email to see if you wanted to be a part of the blog network. Glad you discovered us.

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J. posted 3 years ago.

You d'man TriBro. Thanks for the support!

Keep up the great work.

SwimBikeRunEatEatEatEatSleep
J.

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JAtwood posted 3 years ago.

This is a GREAT idea. My url is runwithitnow.com

Thanks for organizing this!

Run With It!
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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Cool site! You're added.

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Okolo posted 3 years ago.

Hey, see if you can add this one since you had no luck with mine.

http://www.tntbloggers.org/

Try mine again too:

http://www.okolo.org/

Okolo

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

Looks like yours is working now. Just added them both.

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theseamonster posted 3 years ago.

Hi Tri Bro,

Here's a link to my Tri blog's RSS feed...
http://www.theseamonster.com/trainingblog/feed/

It's my blog on triathlon trianing, and all things that come with it, surfing, masters swimming, trail running, etc.

Would be awesome if you added me to the blog list.

Thanks much,
TSM

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Tribro posted 3 years ago.

all set, your added. thanks for joining us.

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nancytoby posted 3 years ago.

Hi,
For some reason my feed doesn't seem to be coming through on the aggregate feed. Can you check it? Or was I *sob* kicked out??

http://nancytoby.blogspot.com/

Thanks,
Nancy

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