=== Feed Reading Blogroll ===
Contributors: erunafailaro
Donate link: http://www.weinschenker.name/plugin-feed-reading-blogroll/
Tags: blogroll, widget, update, icon, feed, rss2, atom, ajax, Google API, template tag, bloglist
Requires at least: 2.5.1
Tested up to: 2.6.2
Stable tag: 0.9.0.0

The plugin checks and displays for all your blogroll-bookmarks with a separate saved feed-url, when the most recent update has occured at the bookmarked site.

== Description ==

The plugin checks and displays for all your blogroll-bookmarks with a separate saved feed-url, when the most recent update has occured at the bookmarked site.

The check is performed by reading the date of the most recent feed-item of the bookmark. The feeds must be valid RSS2 or ATOM-feeds, otherwise the plugin cannot read the date-information provided by the feed.

Based on this information, the age of the most recent feed-item is calculated and then displayed under each bookmark in your sidebar.

Furthermore, an icon for each bookmark can be displayed.

This plugin is using the [Google AJAX Feed API](http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxfeeds/ "Google AJAX Feed API") and you need a [Google API Key](http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxfeeds/signup.html "Google API Key") to get it to work.

== Installation ==

Download the archive and extract all files.

Upload the archive and the files to the plugin-directory of your blog. This should be

* `/wp-content/plugins/feed-reading-blogroll/*`

After that, all files should be located at that directory. 

Now, go to the plugins-section of your dashboard, look for the entry called Feed Reading Blogroll and press activate.

Save your own [Google API Key](http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxfeeds/signup.html "Google API Key") at the plugin's option-panel.

== History ==

See [change log](http://www.weinschenker.name/forum/topic/changelog "change log")

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does the plugin access the remote blogs and their feeds directly? =

No, the plugin adds JavaScript to your blog that accesses Google and the copy of the feed Google has stored on its servers. Google will be accessed from your visitor's browser.

= Will the pageload of my blog be affected in a negative way? =

This should not happen. At first your blog will load normally, then a Javascript in your visitor's browser will load the update-infomation from Google. This does not affect the traffic between your blog and the visitor.

= Are the links visible to search engine crawlers? =

Yes, they are.

== Plugin Homepage ==

The complete documentation is located at my [website](http://www.weinschenker.name/plugin-feed-reading-blogroll/ "website").