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Only tested on 6.9.\nFor earlier versions of PHP use Version 1.1<\/p>\n\n<h3>Technical section<\/h3>\n\n<p>The plugin will create an extra table in your wordpress database to store the latest feed updates,\nthis will be called links_rss with the prefix for your database e.g. wp_links_rss<\/p>\n\n<p>A Cron (schedule) is created to run every 30 minutes and process links. Note that Cron in WordPress\ndepends on hits, your WordPress website receives. So playing with this plugin within an offline\nenvironment (MAMP, XAMPP, WAMP etc.) without anyone or anything triggering the scheduling by \nsending requests to the WordPress page won't produce any results if you do not trigger it by \nyourself.<\/p>\n\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n\n<p>A selection of places I've found help for this plugin.<\/p>\n\n<p>Thanks also to Ozh, Roland Rust and for their explainations and examples<\/p>\n\n<h4>Admin UI<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Function_Reference\/add_meta_box<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Administration_Menus#Page_Hook_Suffix<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/wpengineer.com\/1295\/meta-links-for-wordpress-plugins\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/www.code-styling.de\/english\/how-to-use-wordpress-metaboxes-at-own-plugins<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/planetozh.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/wordpress-snippet-add_meta_box\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/wptheming.com\/2011\/08\/admin-notices-in-wordpress\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/www.prelovac.com\/vladimir\/improving-security-in-wordpress-plugins-using-nonces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Ajax<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>http:\/\/return-true.com\/2010\/01\/using-ajax-in-your-wordpress-theme-admin\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/amiworks.co.in\/talk\/simplified-ajax-for-wordpress-plugin-developers-using-jquery\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/xplus3.net\/2008\/10\/16\/jquery-and-ajax-in-wordpress-plugins-administration-pages\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/www.garyc40.com\/2010\/03\/5-tips-for-using-ajax-in-wordpress\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Database<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>http:\/\/createmy.com.au\/connecting-your-plugin-to-the-wordpress-database\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/webjawns.com\/2009\/08\/the-wordpress-wpdb-class-explained\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Scheduling<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>http:\/\/wpseek.com\/source\/wp\/latest\/nav.html?wp-includes\/cron.php.html<\/li>\n<li>Ideas on background processing from the broken link checker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Settings<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Settings_API - new way to handle options\/settings         <\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/ottopress.com\/2009\/wordpress-settings-api-tutorial\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/planetozh.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/handling-plugins-options-in-wordpress-28-with-register_setting\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/wpengineer.com\/2139\/adding-settings-to-an-existing-page-using-the-settings-api\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/blog.gneu.org\/2010\/09\/intro-to-the-wordpress-settings-api\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/alisothegeek.com\/2011\/01\/wordpress-settings-api-tutorial-1\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>RSS Feeds<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>http:\/\/jaewon.mine.nu\/jaewon\/2010\/10\/30\/how-to-make-your-wordpress-a-rss-reader\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Plugin_API\/Filter_Reference\/wp_feed_cache_transient_lifetime<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/simplepie.org\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<h4>Installation<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Upload all the files to a new directory in the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Visit the RSS Feed Checker Settings to initialise Cron Job and Create Database tables.<\/li>\n<li>From Appearance section of the dashboard select widgets<\/li>\n<li>Drag the \"Links RSS Enhanced\" widget into your selected sidebar<\/li>\n<li>Enter caption and number of links to show<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h4>Removal<\/h4>\n\n<p>Because the plugin adds in a database table, options and a cron job (schedule) you need to remove the plugin via Wordpress rather than just deleting it in FTP<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Deactivate the plugin<\/li>\n<li>Delete the plugin<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>If you only deactivate plugin the setting and table will be kept, only the cron job will be disabled.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"where%20are%20the%20settings%3F\"><h3>Where are the settings?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The settings are in the links admin panel under RSS Feed Checker<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"where%20do%20i%20enter%20the%20rss%20feed%20details%3F\"><h3>Where do I enter the RSS feed details?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The location of the feed can be added into the \"advanced\" box of the add\/edit link screen. 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