Comments on: Using the WordPress Shortcode API to include an external file in the post content http://www.amberpanther.com/knowledge-base/using-the-wordpress-shortcode-api-to-include-an-external-file-in-the-post-content/ Soft Creativity Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: mikemick http://www.amberpanther.com/knowledge-base/using-the-wordpress-shortcode-api-to-include-an-external-file-in-the-post-content/comment-page-1/#comment-4713 mikemick Fri, 07 May 2010 17:22:42 +0000 http://www.amberpanther.com/?p=461#comment-4713 Thank you sooooo much. I was unable to get my shortcode to work originally. It would always place the included file at the top of the page content. Then I found this post and saw that the answer to my problem was output buffering. Thanks again! Thank you sooooo much. I was unable to get my shortcode to work originally. It would always place the included file at the top of the page content. Then I found this post and saw that the answer to my problem was output buffering. Thanks again!

]]> By: Sébastien http://www.amberpanther.com/knowledge-base/using-the-wordpress-shortcode-api-to-include-an-external-file-in-the-post-content/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Sébastien Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:21:12 +0000 http://www.amberpanther.com/?p=461#comment-65 Thanks for this answer. Actualy, the file that I'd like to include contains the whole post content. So the internal search question is really important to this case. As I was looking for a way to include external content (from another administration application), I think I could use the XML-RPC interface to send full posts to my WordPress blog. Regards, Sébastien Thanks for this answer.
Actualy, the file that I’d like to include contains the whole post content. So the internal search question is really important to this case. As I was looking for a way to include external content (from another administration application), I think I could use the XML-RPC interface to send full posts to my WordPress blog.

Regards,

Sébastien

]]> By: AmberPanther http://www.amberpanther.com/knowledge-base/using-the-wordpress-shortcode-api-to-include-an-external-file-in-the-post-content/comment-page-1/#comment-63 AmberPanther Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:29:44 +0000 http://www.amberpanther.com/?p=461#comment-63 Sébastien, when using the shortcode API WordPress saves only the shortcode in the database, thus in the case of the WP Include File plugin it will save [include file="My_Include_File.php"] and not the content of My_Include_File.php. The content of My_Include_File.php will be included when the post is rendered. Now as far as search: The WordPress local search will not hit any keywords in the My_Include_File.php . The remedy for this is to SEO the file name with the keywords that are important to that specific post. Thus WordPress local search will find it and display it. The major Search Engines will hit keywords within the My_Include_File.php as they fetch the rendered post. In order to get a feeling of how the search engine bots view a specific post you can use <a href ="http://lynx.isc.org/" rel="nofollow">Lynx</a>, a command line based browser. This is as close as you can get to viewing your site like a bot does. Now specifically for the Googlebot you can use the Webmaster Tools Labs, <a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/10/fetch-as-googlebot-and-malware-details.html" rel="nofollow">Fetch as Googlebot</a> to see exactly what the Googlebot sees. It does see the contents of any included files with WP Include File plugin. We hope thess answer your question. the AmberPanther team Sébastien,

when using the shortcode API WordPress saves only the shortcode in the database, thus in the case of the WP Include File plugin it will save [include file="My_Include_File.php"] and not the content of My_Include_File.php. The content of My_Include_File.php will be included when the post is rendered.

Now as far as search:
The WordPress local search will not hit any keywords in the My_Include_File.php . The remedy for this is to SEO the file name with the keywords that are important to that specific post. Thus WordPress local search will find it and display it.

The major Search Engines will hit keywords within the My_Include_File.php as they fetch the rendered post. In order to get a feeling of how the search engine bots view a specific post you can use Lynx, a command line based browser. This is as close as you can get to viewing your site like a bot does.

Now specifically for the Googlebot you can use the Webmaster Tools Labs, Fetch as Googlebot to see exactly what the Googlebot sees. It does see the contents of any included files with WP Include File plugin.

We hope thess answer your question.

the AmberPanther team

]]> By: Sébastien http://www.amberpanther.com/knowledge-base/using-the-wordpress-shortcode-api-to-include-an-external-file-in-the-post-content/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Sébastien Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:20:34 +0000 http://www.amberpanther.com/?p=461#comment-39 Hi, I wonder about blog search using include file plugin. Will content be included when the post is saved (ie included content is stored in database), or when the post is rendered by wordpress ? Thanks. Sébastien Hi,

I wonder about blog search using include file plugin. Will content be included when the post is saved (ie included content is stored in database), or when the post is rendered by wordpress ?

Thanks.

Sébastien

]]> By: AmberPanther : Soft Creativity | WP Include File http://www.amberpanther.com/knowledge-base/using-the-wordpress-shortcode-api-to-include-an-external-file-in-the-post-content/comment-page-1/#comment-18 AmberPanther : Soft Creativity | WP Include File Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:23:52 +0000 http://www.amberpanther.com/?p=461#comment-18 [...] If you want to learn more about the philosophy behind WP Include File you can read this article: Using the WordPress Shortcode API to include an external file in the post content [...] [...] If you want to learn more about the philosophy behind WP Include File you can read this article: Using the WordPress Shortcode API to include an external file in the post content [...]

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