Skip to content
FiveFilters.org
  • Apps and Services
    • Push to Kindle
    • Feed Control
    • Simple Print
    • Full-Text RSS
    • Feed Creator
    • Lab
      • Txtify.it
      • PDF Newspaper
      • Term Extraction
      • Explore Independent Media
  • Pricing
  • Blog
  • Login
  • Help
  • About
  • Media Activism

Alan Jacobs: How to read stuff posted online

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021

Distuingished Professor of Humanities Alan Jacobs recently wrote a blog post about the difficulties of reading online. His post starts: “Very few sites on the internet are meant to facilitate reading — most are, in fact, designed to inhibit reading.”

Using proxy servers for content retrieval

May 13, 2021April 26, 2021

We’ve added proxy support to Feed Control in our latest update. This post will explain what it does, why you might need it, and how you can enable it.

Feed Control: JSON output on all paid plans and CDN fixes

April 11, 2021April 9, 2021

JSON output is now supported on all paid plans and we’ve fixed a CDN issue affecting some feeds.

How to turn a webpage into an RSS feed using Feed Creator – Part 2

April 5, 2021April 2, 2021

Feed Creator can turn a webpage into an RSS feed. Following on from part 1, in this post we’re going to show you how to include additional information in the feed such as item dates, images and summaries.

Push to Kindle: new ‘keep links’ setting, and more

March 30, 2021March 29, 2021

Push to Kindle patrons with access to the beta version of the extension can now enable a new setting to preserve links in the Kindle documents produced. Also: listen to the AppStories episode in which Push to Kindle was featured, and learn about the upcoming change to free monthly credits.

How to turn a webpage into an RSS feed using Feed Creator – Part 1

April 30, 2021March 20, 2021

Feed Creator can turn a webpage into an RSS feed. In this post we’re going to show you how to create such a feed, step by step.

Reuters RSS feeds dead?

April 26, 2021March 9, 2021

Reuters officially stopped producing RSS feeds in June 2020, but using a workaround you can still subscribe to their news items.

How to migrate a Jekyll blog to WordPress

March 10, 2021March 8, 2021

In this post we’ll look at how to migrate a Jekyll blog to WordPress using an RSS file generated by Jekyll. We’ll also cover how to set up redirects from your old post URLs to their new WordPress home.

PHP 8 fixes for Feed Creator and Full-Text RSS

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021

New versions of Feed Creator and Full-Text RSS are now available for self hosting. They fix problems users reported when running the software with PHP 8.

How to move your blog to WordPress using RSS

March 8, 2021March 5, 2021

We recently moved our old blog posts from a different system (Jekyll) to WordPress. We used RSS to move the content over, and figured there might be others looking to do the same. This guide will show you how.

Post navigation
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous 1 2 3 … 8 Next →

 

Blog Categories

  • All posts – RSS
  • How-To Guides – RSS
  • Feed Control – RSS
  • Full-Text RSS – RSS
  • Feed Creator – RSS
  • Push to Kindle on Patreon

Monthly Newsletter

  • Subscribe

Recent Posts

  • EPUB support in Kindle’s Personal Documents Service
  • Feed Control: discontinuing the free plan
  • New Push to Kindle Android app
  • Push to Kindle Android app compatibility update
  • Readability – article extraction and HTML parsing with PHP

Privacy policy • Terms and conditions

© 2022 FiveFilters.org

Scroll back to top
  • Apps and Services
    • Push to Kindle
    • Feed Control
    • Simple Print
    • Full-Text RSS
    • Feed Creator
    • Lab
      • Txtify.it
      • PDF Newspaper
      • Term Extraction
      • Explore Independent Media
  • Pricing
  • Blog
  • Login
  • Help
  • About
  • Media Activism