Grouper Tips

Multi-affiliates search page example using CaRP and Grouper

2005-10-07T10:52:00.000-06:00

I've posted an Affiliates RSS Example showing how CaRP and Grouper can be used to create a search page for multiple affiliates programs. A few noteworthy notes:1) The affiliate search results are displayed on your website so that if your visitor doesn't find anything interesting, they're still on your site.2) Multiple merchant sites can be searched from the same page, increasing the probability

Grouper 1.5 adds Amazon, Shopping.com and All Posters affiliates XML handling

2005-10-06T20:40:00.000-06:00

Grouper version 1.5 was released today, adding new XML helper plugins for converting the XML from the Amazon.com, Shopping.com and All Posters affiliate marketing programs to RSS feeds. The new version also changes the way Grouper handles Google News and Yahoo! News, accessing the RSS feeds published by those services directly, now that they're publishing in RSS, instead of scraping the HTML

Grouper 1.4.3 adds Atom 1.0 support

2005-07-15T22:44:00.000-06:00

Grouper version 1.4.3 was released today, adding the ability to convert Atom 1.0 feeds to RSS. The Atom 1.0 format specification is essentially a few bureaucratic steps from getting the official IETF stamp of approval, and any changes that may be made to the document are unlikely to affect the format. Some of the other people involved in the effort to create the specification have already started

Example code for Grouper

2005-07-14T21:48:00.000-06:00

I've started posting example code for Grouper on the Grouper website. The first two examples cover converting an Atom feed to RSS and generating an RSS feed from a news search--I'm beginning with the basics. More to come.

Gecko Tribe Associates Program

2005-03-10T19:49:00.000-07:00

In response to numerous customer requests, we've launched an associates program for selling CaRP, Grouper, Jawfish subscriptions, Chess Hounds memberships, iMovie and FileMaker Pro plugins, t-shirts, and DeGPG. Here's a slight revision of the email we sent out to announce it:Dear CaRP, Grouper or Jawfish user:We are pleased today to announce the launch of the Gecko Tribe Associates Program, which

If Atom feed conversion only works part of the time...

2004-10-07T17:10:00.000-06:00

If you have been using the XML and Atom plugins for Grouper Evolution to convert Atom feeds to RSS, and it sometimes works, but you sometimes get errors, it may be caused by the character encoding of the Atom feed. To check, load the Atom feed in your web browser, view the source, and take a look at the first line. It will probably look something like this:

When searching in a non-English language...

2004-09-06T11:20:00.000-06:00

When using Grouper to search Google News in a non-English language, remember to change not only the language setting: GrouperSourceConf('language','fr'); ...but also to update the value of the "toss before" setting as needed. For example, in English, this setting tells Grouper to ignore everything that appears on the results page before the words "by date". In French, "by date" changes to "tri

Welcome to the Grouper Help Weblog

2004-09-01T09:22:00.000-06:00

Welcome to the Grouper Help Weblog. From time to time, I'll post articles here outlining useful tips and tricks for making the most of Grouper. Stay on top of new articles easily by subscribing to the RSS feed using the orange XML button near the top of the page.