In an earlier post I described a JavaScript-based method to include recently-approved iStockPhoto images in a page on your website. When I migrated from a static blogging system (iBlog) to WordPress I found a useful plugin that worked very well in MAMP. Unfortunately it broke when I moved my developmental site to a live DreamHost server. Here is a bit more background to the problem and an eventual solution that uses SimplePie. Although the focus here is on displaying photographs, it's a solution that should work with practically any feed you might wish to embed.
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Maybe you've seen the almost ubiquitous Flickr badge? This small bit of code lets you display images from your Flickr RSS feed on your website. If you have an iStockPhoto account you might want to do the same; a feed is available for your recently approved images. Trawling the iStockPhoto site for information about making use of this feed isn't very rewarding. However, where there's a will there's a way...
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In a previous post I looked at making your photos available to others as prints or photo gifts. Another option is to upload your images to one of the digital stock libraries, where they can be purchased, typically by designers, for use in other people's publications. It gives you quite a buzz to receive a couple of books through the post from a publisher, containing some of your work. Yes, you could set up a PayPal account and open your own online store as I initially did, but the reality of the situation is that your images on a personal site aren't going to get anything like the exposure they might get on a purpose-built and established one. So where do you start?
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