2-17-2008 TODAY WordPress.org posted woot watcher!!!!!!!!!!!! Check it out here Woot Watcher
Description:
Wordpress Woot Watcher, will monitor and check woot, shirt woot, kids woot, wine woot and sellout for new products every 10 hours. When a woot-off is launched it updates the woot product every 30 seconds, to increae your chance for a bag of crap or something you want cheap. WordPress Woot Watcher is a sidear widget, where you can select the woot sites you want to monitor in the administration section. The default installation selects woot.com. This widget was built by Lee Thompson of MySQLHOW2.com and Mark Stoecker of POUNDBANGWHACK.com. We have been testing and found this to be stable to release to the community.
Installation:
- Donwload the ZIP file WordPress Woot Watcher and upload it to your plugins directory and unzip.
- Activate plugin in your administration section.
- Place widget in your sidebar.
- Select the woots you want to watch in the administration section.
FAQ:
Can I use light boxes
Yes, it works with jquery lightbox or lightbox 2.
Screen Shots:
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- Woot Watcher Administration Panel
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- Sample Woot Off
Changelog:
1.1
Inital release
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Hi, Lee:
Thanks for the plugin, I was just about to write my own when I saw yours (I may go ahead and write one just for the experience). I was surprised to see yours is the only one in the WordPress library that tracks Woots, given how popular the Woot site is.
I installed it, checked the options on the admin page, and dragged the widget to the sidebar. When I go to my page, I see the Woot Watcher title, and the word Woot, but I don’t see the Woot itself, plus the footer is missing. When I look at the page source, it looks like something got cut off, because the page ends in the middle of the Woot Watcher code. Maybe something is getting tripped up when reading the feed?
If you want to see, go to http://geefamily.net and the Woot Watcher is towards the bottom of the right sidebar. I’m using WordPress 2.9.2 and version 1.3 of the Woot Watcher.
Thanks.
Hi Ron,
Please try the update I sent you and see if that patches it, if it does I will update the repository. If not I will work with you to get it updated.
Lee
It appears the reason for the Woot Watcher not working, was the (*******) doesn’t allow URL file-access via file_get_contents. So I will work on a permanent fix and use as you suggested by using xmlHTTPRequest. Thank you.
Lee