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Crawlomatic Multisite Scraper Post Generator for WordPress Help

Created: 29/01/2017
By: CodeRevolution
Email: [email protected]

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Table of Contents

  1. About the plugin
  2. Wordpress installation
  3. Plugin Settings
  4. Summary
  5. Sources and Credits

About this plugin - top

This plugin will allow you to build from scratch an autoblogging system, based on website crawling and scraping you define. This plugin provides one solution to the ongoing search for new blog content. It not only provides a steady stream of rich, searchable content, it also helps to keep your website up to date with the latest news. You can build rules that will generate posts that are near to unique in website crawlers's eyes. They require none to very little customization.
The goal is to achieve the following:
Crawlomatic Multisite Scraper Post Generator will import items from any websites using crawling and scraping. Resulting blog posts are fully customizable and rich in content. List of customizable stuff for each post:

Other plugin features:

Plugin requirements:

PHP DOM -> how to install it (if you don't have it, but probably you already have it): http://php.net/manual/en/dom.setup.php

Wordpress installation - top

Youtube video tutorial:


I also provided a Quick Install Guide to feature an easy plugin installation for everyone.

To make this plugin work, first, you'll need to install the plugin. The easiest method is to take the .zip file you've downloaded and upload it via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin in the WordPress Dashboard. Once the plugin is installed, be sure to Activate it.

Now that you've installed and activated the plugin, you'll see a new menu item created inside WordPress called 'Crawlomatic Multisite Scraper Post Generator'. First thing first, let's head over to Settings > Crawlomatic Multisite Scraper Post Generator and take a look at what options are available.

Plugin Settings - top

Refreshingly, Crawlomatic Multisite Scraper Post Generator has a super-simple settings screen. Let's look at first at the settings panel:

Here you can find the steps needed in configuring your plugin even if you have no HTML knowledge at all. You can find options for:

HINT! Don't forget to click the Save button every time you modified your settings, otherwise the modifications will be lost!

Main Settings:

Rules List Settings Screen:

Advanced Plugin Settings Dropdown Screen:

Activity and Loggind Screen:


How to customize resulting posts with built in shortcodes?

You can use the following shortcodes in post title and content editing:

How to work with 'Random Sentence Generator'?

You can use the Random Sentence Generator by inserting list of sentences to the 'First List of Possible Sentences (%%random_sentence%%)' text field. Here, you can add full sentences, or sentences with variables. Variables are structured as: %something. A possible list of sentences can be:

You can define variables in the 'List of Possible Variables:' textfield. Here you can define values to variables, values which will be used in the random sentence forming. Variables can be defined as follows:
variable_name1 => variable_value1;variable_value2;variable_value3

variable_name2 => variable2_value1;variable2_value2;variable2_value3
You can also use variables in variable definition. Example:
noun_with_adjective => %noun;%adjective %noun
An example of variable definition:
adjective_very => %adjective;very %adjective;

adjective => clever;interesting;smart;huge;astonishing;unbelievable;nice;adorable;beautiful;elegant;fancy;glamorous;magnificent;helpful;awesome

noun_with_adjective => %noun;%adjective %noun

noun => plugin;WordPress plugin;item;ingredient;component;constituent;module;add-on;plug-in;addon;extension

nouns => plugins;WordPress plugins;items;ingredients;components;constituents;modules;add-ons;plug-ins;addons;extensions

love_it => love;adore;like;be mad for;be wild about;be nuts about;be crazy about

family => %adjective %family_members;%family_members

family_members => grandpa;brother;sister;mom;dad;grandma

sentence_ending => .;!;!!
These random sentences can be used in post titles or post content, by adding the %%random_sentence%% or %%random_sentence2%% shortcode.

Available Shortcodes - top

Available shortcodes:


Example: [crawlomatic-list-posts type='any', order='ASC', orderby='date', posts=50, category= '', ruleid='0']
Example 2: [crawlomatic-display-posts include_excerpt='true' image_size='thumbnail' wrapper='div']

Available parameters for the [crawlomatic-display-posts] shortcode:

author
Specify the post author
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts author="bill"]
category
Specify the category slug, or comma separated list of category slugs
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts category="fishing,hiking"]
category_display
Specify 'true' to display the categories the current post is in. Specify a taxonomy slug (e.g., 'post_tag') to list a different taxonomy
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts category_display="true"]
category_label
If using category_display, specify the label that appears before the list of categories.
Default: "Posted in: "
Example: [display-posts category_display="true" category_label="Categorized as: "]
content_class
Specify the class name used for the post content
Default: content
Example: [display-posts include_content="true" content_class="dps-listing-content"]
date_format
Specify the date format used when include_date is true. See Formatting Date and Time on the Codex for more information.
Default: '(n/j/Y)'
Example: [display-posts include_date="true" date_format="F j, Y"]
date
Specify a date to query for posts published that date.
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts date="2014-09-07"]
date_column
Specify which date column to use for all date queries.
Default: post_date
Example: [display-posts date="Yesterday" date_column="post_modified_date"]
date_compare
Specify the comparison operator used for all date queries.
Default: =
Example: [display-posts date="-1 year" date_compare=">"]
date_query_before
Specify the before argument for a date query.
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts date_query_before="2015-12-31" date_query_after="2015-01-01"]
date_query_after
Specify the after argument for a date query.
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts date_query_before="2015-12-31" date_query_after="2015-01-01"]
date_query_column
Specify the date column used for this query.
Default: post_date
Example: [display-posts date="Yesterday" date_query_column="post_modified_date"]
date_query_compare
Specify the comparison operator used for this query.
Default: =
Example: [display-posts date="-1 year" date_query_compare=">"]
excerpt_length
Specify the number of words used in an excerpt.
Default: empty (set by your theme)
Example: [display-posts include_excerpt="true" excerpt_length="20"]
excerpt_more
Specify the more text that appears after the excerpt.
Default: empty (set by your theme)
Example: [display-posts include_excerpt="true" excerpt_more="..."]
excerpt_more_link
Specify whether or not to link the excerpt_more text to the post
Default: false
Example: [display-posts include_excerpt="true" excerpt_more="Continue Reading" excerpt_more_link="true"]
exclude_current
Specify whether or not to exclude the current post from the query
Default: false
Example: [display-posts exclude_current="true" taxonomy="category" tax_term="current"]
id
Specify a specific post ID (or multiple post IDs) to display.
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts id="9, 10"]
ignore_sticky_posts
Specify whether or not to ignore sticky posts
Default: false
Example: [displa-posts ignore_sticky_posts="true"]
image_size
Specify an image size for displaying the featured image, if the post has one. The image_size can be set to crawlomatic_preview_image, thumbnail, medium, large (all controlled from Settings > Media), or a custom image size.
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts image_size="thumbnail"]
include_author
Specify whether or not to include the post's author name.
Default: false Example: [display-posts include_author="true"]
include_content
Specify whether or not to include the full post content. Note that [display-posts] will be stripped out of the content to prevent infinite loops
Default: false
Example:[display-posts include_content="true"]
include_date
Include the post's date after the post title. The default format is (7/30/12), but this can be customized using the 'date_format' parameter.
Default: empty
Example [display-posts include_date="true"]
include_excerpt
Include the post's excerpt after the title (and date if provided).
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts include_excerpt="true"]
include_title
Include the post's title
Default: true
Example: [display-posts include_title="false" image_size="thumbnail"]
meta_key
Specify a meta key, for meta queries or ordering
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts meta_key="price" orderby="meta_value_num" order="ASC"]
meta_value
Specify a meta value, for meta queries
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts meta_key="color" meta_value="blue"]
no_posts_message
Specify a message to display if no posts are found
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts category="on-sale" no_posts_message="Sorry, no items are currently on sale"]
offset
The number of posts to pass over
Default: 0
Example: [display-posts offset="3"]
order
Specify whether posts are ordered in descending order (DESC) or ascending order (ASC).
Default: DESC
Example: [display-posts order="ASC"]
orderby
Specify what the posts are ordered by. See the available parameters here.
Default: date
Example: [display-posts orderby="title"]
post_parent
Display the pages that are a child of a certain page. You can either specify an ID or 'current', which displays the children of the current page.
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts post_type="page" post_parent="8"]
post_status
Show posts associated with a certain post status
Default: publish
Example: [display-posts post_status="publish, future"]
post_type
Specify which post type to use. You can use a default one (post or page), or a custom post type you've created.
Default: post
Example: [display-posts post_type="event"]
posts_per_page
How many posts to display.
Default: 10
Example: [display-posts posts_per_page="5"]
tag
Display posts from a specific tag, or tags. You must use the tag slug(ex: example-tag), not the tag's name (ex: Example Tag).
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts tag="tag1, tag2"]
taxonomy, tax_term, and tax_operator
Use these parameters to do advanced taxonomy queries. Use 'taxonomy' for the taxonomy you'd like to query, 'tax_term' for the term slug (or terms) you'd like to include, and 'operator' to change how the query uses those terms (most likely this field will not be needed).
Default: 'taxonomy' = empty , 'tax_term' = empty , 'tax_operator' = 'IN'
Example: [display-posts taxonomy="color" tax_term="blue, green"]
time
Specify the time, to be used in a date query.
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts date="Yesterday" time="9:00am"]
title
Give the list of posts a title heading
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts title="Recent Posts"]
wrapper
What type of HTML should be used to display the listings. It can be an unordered list (ul), ordered list (ol), or divs (div) which you can then style yourself.
Default: ul
Example: [display-posts wrapper="ol"]
wrapper_class
Class applied to the wrapper tag for custom css formatting for this instance.
Default: display-posts-listing
Example: [display-posts wrapper="div" wrapper_class="my-grid-layout"]
wrapper_id
Specify an unique ID to be used on the wrapper of this listing
Default: empty
Example: [display-posts category="cars" wrapper_id="cars-listing"]


Summary - top

Crawlomatic Multisite Scraper Post Generator is a simple, yet powerful tool you can use to create a profitable affiliate marketing webpage. The setup and settings of the plugin couldn't have been easier. Now, let's go and enjoy the results of this great plugin! Have fun using it!

Sources and Credits - top

This component was made by Szabi CodeRevolution, for more information and support contact us at [email protected]

Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this item. As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions regarding this plugin and I'll do my best to assist.

CodeRevolution