Google Reader Blogroll

Introduction

This module allows you to create a blogroll on your site using Bundles provided by Google Reader.

Google Reader allows you to create a blogroll to use on you site, but the look 'n fell is terrible. Besides that, you must insert a Javascript into a block of your site to make it work. Other problem with Google Reader default feature is customization, which is awful.

This module was created to solve these problems. It's built on top of Drupal block system, so you can customize it easily on your own theme, using your own CSS and structures.

Important: This module provides only a site wide blogroll block. As for now you can only have one blogroll per site.

Installation

To install this module do as usual:

• Unpack the module in the sites/all/modules folder
• Enable through Drupal's admin interface

Since the new version of Google Reader you'll need to create at least one bundle on your Google Reader. To do it, access your Google Reader and click to expand the "All Items" at the left bar, then click on "Browse your stuff" and click on "Create a Bundle" button. If you already have a bundle click on the link "View your bundles".

When you have a bundle there will be a link called "OPML file", right click on this link and copy the address.

Now go to the Blogroll configuration page on your Drupal site (Administer -> Settings -> Blogroll for Drupal 6 or Settings -> Web Services -> Blogroll for Drupal 7). You only need to paste the URL of the OPML file you copied from Google Reader.

The last step is to activate the Blogroll block. Do as usual:

• Drupal 6 - Administer -> Site Building -> Blocks
• Drupal 7 - Structure -> Blocks

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