How to convert RSS to PDF Newspaper
What is RSS to PDF Newspaper ?
This is a free software project to help people create printable PDFs from content found on the web. It is a free alternative to HP’s Tabbloid service. It is being developed as part of the Five Filters project to promote alternative, non-corporate media.
RSS to PDF Newspaper Installation and System Requirements
This code should run on most hosts running PHP5 with Tidy enabled. I have it running on NearlyFreeSpeech.NET (a great host with a smart pricing model) but I’ve also tested it on Windows using WampServer. The instructions below will install the code in a folder called ‘rss-to-pdf’. The instructions have been tested on a NearlyFreeSpeech account but should work on other hosts which offer shell access and have the Bazaar client installed.
1. Log in to your host using SSH
2. Change to the directory where you want RSS to PDF Newspaper installed
3. Enter bzr co http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~keyvan-k1m/fivefilters/pdf-newspaper/ rss-to-pdf
4. Now enter chmod 777 rss-to-pdf/cache/
5. That’s it! Try accessing the rss-to-pdf folder through your web browser, you should see the form asking for a feed URL.
If you’d like to generate PDFs without going through the form first, you can simply pass the feed URL in the query string to makepdf.php. For example:
http://example.org/rss-to-pdf/makepdf.php?feed=http://schnews.org.uk/feed.xml
If you’d like to change the title image, replace images/five_filters.jpg with an image of your own (keeping the same filename).
The RSS to PDF Newspaper URL : http://www.fivefilters.org/pdf-newspaper/
