Need recommendation for a News Link App or List maker

Topic summary

A Shopify site developer is building a tribute website for a deceased musician and needs to curate external news links (obituaries, career articles) for the family.

Current Challenge:

  • Wants functionality similar to a WordPress plugin that automatically pulls SEO summaries and images from links
  • Concerned that creating individual blog posts for each link would be too cumbersome
  • The content is historical rather than ongoing news

Proposed Solutions:

  • Initially considered using blog posts or RSS feeds
  • Received recommendations to use blog posts without additional apps
  • Multiple people suggested linkpreview tool

Outstanding Question:

  • User is unclear on how to implement linkpreview—whether it requires coding or can be used manually

The discussion remains open as the developer seeks clarification on implementation methods.

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I am creating a shopify website that is dedicated to a specific musician. The family of the musician wants to have a tab on the menu for external news links - obituary articles for his passing, past career, etc.

Looking for suggestions on how to curate links. I considered a blog with each external link in a separate post. This seems a little cumbersome.

I have all the external links. I know it’s unlikely but I’m looking for an app or way to do something that I do similar on a wordpress site I have. On wordpress, I have a cool app that I just pop the link in. It grabs the google seo summary, an image from the page, and puts it in a list.

I know that a similar app is unlikely here on shopify. But aside from a rich text block with just a list of links…

What comes to mind as a solution when you hear this “ask”. Blog posts? Would you recommend an app to support that? Or would you do it another way?

been looking at things like RSS feeds, but I’m not sure. He passed over a year ago, so we want to get the info in there, but it’s more historical than “ongoing” news. It’s a tribute page/site in shopify, with an associated store.

I appreciate any suggestions

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Thanks!! I like the idea of the blog with no added app.

You’re the second person to recommend linkpreview. How do I use that?

I connected to get the info, but I’m not sure. That has to be coded in? Or do you use it manually?