Headlines from others.
I was asked how the "Headlines from Others" sidebar item works on this blog - I'm surprised that I haven't seen it on other blogs because it is so easy to do and it provides a useful feature for me, and I think readers find it useful as well. Every blog advertises that you can syndicate it but no one seems to be using the results.
So here is how to do it.
1) Go to BlogStreet : RSS Ecosystem
Go to the bit marked RSS Panel - and login as a new user.
You will now have a page with all the options you need on it.
Firstly "subscribe to a new RSS Feed" - this can discover the RSS feed from most blogs - or else go the blog you want to syndicate and copy the shortcut of the RSS or XML feed ie http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/index.rdf .
Press add and you have your first feed - the other options are obvious.
At the top of the page there are three options. Edit Template, Generate HTML and Display Panel.
Firstly "Display the Panel" so you can see what your feed will look like. If it is OK then "Generate the HTML" to get the code snippet to insert into the sidebar of your blog. - If you want to make the entries confrom to your blog style "Edit the Template" - it really is that easy.