It was a sad day today as news about Google reader shutting down spread and I wonder if Feedburner shut down is next in line. Google reader is my primary RSS aggregator and is the main tool which I use to track breaking news across the blogosphere and read my favourite blogs. But now I have to find an alternative way to read RSS feeds.
Google Reader Shuts Down
It makes sense on Google’s part to focus on core products which are profitable to them. Of course people now consume RSS more in headlines format on Twitter, Facebook and other RSS apps on smartphones. As Google says -
There are two simple reasons for this: usage of Google Reader has declined, and as a company we're pouring all of our energy into fewer products.
I am not surprised to read this important article about over reliance on a single service provider. I remember how my first RSS reader - Bloglines was immensely popular, and then shut down. I used to read my RSS feeds on iGoogle, which is also going away, then I switched to Netvibes which is pretty good too. And now Google reader is also on the way out.
But it makes us realize the bigger picture - what is the guarantee that other Google products will not be discontinued in the future. After all hugely popular services like Digg, Delicious, Myspace reinvented and went away.
Of course Google would not have taken this decision lightly, but I’m sure there are thousands of users like me who would be willing to pay to keep the service live and use premium accounts if need be. But making it a paid service would mean they would have to put more resources into it to maintain it and make it better, which clearly they don’t want to do now and concentrate more on their core business and profit-making ventures. Moreover Google+ is getting those RSS feeds to them more socially than before and in fact I now use Google +1 to bookmark pages.
Will Feedburner Close?
We noted earlier in an extensive post that Feedburner might shut down someday as its development is being ignored by Google and no significant improvements have been done over the years. Will Google Feedburner shut down?
Though Google offers the Google Takeout service to export your complete data to other services, it is a different case if Feedburner goes away. As most RSS subscribers (and email subscribers) subscribe to the primary Feedburner feeds for most blogs, if Feedburner goes away – all the subscribers will be lost. We host the Feedburner feeds on our own domain, and will find a way out soon to redirect feeds. It will be difficult to find a way to regain RSS feed subscribers – and bloggers need to find a way to retain Feedburner subscribers and think about making their default feed as the primary feed.
While Google reader will shut down three months later, people are desperately searching for a Google reader alternative. In a related blow to RSS aggregators, it seems Feeddemon is also shutting down. Some other services which hope to grab Google readers are Newsblur, Feedly, Reeder, Flipboard, Taptu and you might want to try some of them out. Feedblitz is getting ready to grab your Feedburner e-mail subscribers.
Original article: Google Reader Shuts Down, Is Feedburner Next?
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Have your ever used the Emergency Password Reset Script to resolve WordPress login errors? Today I had a shock as I could not login to one of our smaller WordPress blogs, and the password stopped working. The Forgot password link which was supposed to send the password to the account email, failed to do so as no email was received Although the username was same, the password despite repeated tries did not work.
There seemed to be no way to login, as the username and password did not match and the forgot password email never reached. Fearing the worst and a hacking event, I was reminded of the Emergency WordPress Password Reset Script which I have used once earlier, and would like to share my experience of how it works. There are other ways using the MySQL Command Line, PHPMyAdmin which you can try first if you have access to these tools on your hosting server.
Emergency Password Reset Script
Here is the emergency script code on the official WordPress site. Simply copy the code and paste in a simple text editor like Notepad. Save the file as emergency.php. Then upload this file via FTP to the root of your WordPress installation (This assumes you still have FTP access to your server). So if your WordPress is installed under domain.com, you now need to visit domain.com/emergency.php
Here is what form screen you are greeted with.
Simple enter your same username (this assumes you remember the username) and the new password. Since you have to type the password only once, remember it well (and do not forget the CAPS LOCK key is off). Once you update options, you are greeted with the following message -
Well the new password again never reached. But you can now login at domain.com/wp-admin and type your username and new password. You should now be able to login.
Why did it happen? We did not change the password but it stopped working. Don’t know why.
Why did the email never reach? When we checked into Users> Profile, there was the email of an ex-admin user!! (he was getting our password reset emails!) This was a very important lesson learnt and fortunately we were able to recover the password reset the password.
WARNING: It is very important that you now delete emergency.php file on your server right away. Anyone else can simply type your url and reset password of your WordPress blog.
Note: the script message is very clear that it may not work for you and you should use it AT YOUR OWN RISK as a last resort. We and the script makers take no risk and liability for something going wrong on your site by using this script.
Original article: How to Use Emergency WordPress Password Reset Script
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