Here’s a little screenflow movie that I made for my student bloggers re: Lifestream, a social network plugin for Wordpress.

Lifestream is a great way to aggregate social network content and seamlessly integrate it into your blog. It requires php5, which means that you need to access the .htaccess file in your web hosts public_html folder and add this line:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

Wordpress doesn’t have a plugin that specifically incorporates a tumblr feed into your wp powered blog. Instead, you can use the rss feed from your tumblr page to update your wordpress blog, and even specify the category assigned to each post. I use this plug-in to update my asides box on the front page of this blog.

Simply copy the url of your tumblr rss feed and add it as a Contributor link from the wordpress dashboard. Then specify what category you would like the entries to post under and you’re all set.