Update: Google Reader now works with Xanga so that part of my bookmarklet is now relevant.I have improved the Holizz bookmarklet/favlet for Google Reader and added a few features. Drag and drop this bookmarklet to your toolbar:
Add to GReader
The bookmarklet allows you to easily add subscriptions to Google Reader while browsing the internet. To use the bookmarklet find a website that has a site feed and click on the bookmarklet in your toolbar. This should take you to a preview of the feed you want to subscribe to. Click on the large Subscribe button in the middle of your screen to subscribe.
Feature list:
- Detects main feed from blogs that link to them correctly (both absolute and relative links)
- Previews feeds before you subscribe to them
- Subscribe to site RSS/ATOM feed that you are currently viewing
- If feed is not detected then it will search for one using the title of the page
- Subscribe to older blogspot templates from any page in blog
- Subscribe to Xanga sites (note: GReader is now compatible with Xanga, but previously was not)
Note: if you are having trouble dragging the bookmarklet you can try right-clicking on it and selecting 'add to favorites'/'bookmark this link' and putting it in the 'links' or 'bookmark toolbar' folder respectively.
13 comments:
That's pretty cool, like most of Google's stuff. But for some reason they seem to prefer supporting Blogger before other blog sites. I wonder why... :-P
well actually it's b/c xanga doesn't produce valid RSS, nor does it create the correct meta tags, which is why they are a special case.
While Google Reader is now supporting Xanga my bookmarklet has a bug in it and is having trouble finding them. I hope to fix this shortly.
I have now fixed the bug concerning subscribing to xanga sites. To update your bookmarklet, just delete your current one and re-add it.
I've written a Greasemonkey user script to show a "subscribe" panel whenever you encounter a page with (one or more) feeds, without having to fire any bookmarklet.
And a quick hint: instead of using linkobject.getAttribute('href'), use linkobject.href, which already contains a fully resolved absolute URL to the feed, relative to the visited page. (That way, you won't have to go to such great lengths to pick up a correct URL.)
ohh, very good thing i discovered recently! thanks.
Thanks for the tip Johan.
I'm glad you enjoy it Pipka. :)
Any chance of making the bookmarklet open the subscribe window in a new window/tab?
I've been thinking about updating this for a while now, but wasn't sure if people were still using it.
I guess they are. I'll consider your recommendation.
Yes, please do update it! Thanks!
Jack
Awesome. Thanks a lot. What I really like is that it does not automatically subscribe, just take you to the GReader page for the feed.
Thank you! this will be really helpful. Nice work! :)
Hiya,
I tried installing GReader extension in Safari (Mac), but when I click on the button in the toolbar, I just get a new web page with Google Reader, I don't get the feed for the current page nor any option to add it to Google Reader.
Am I confusing two different products or... ?
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