RSS mod...

Right, I would like an RSS feed to go to a block on my home page.

I figure the only way to do this so far, is to get a php RSS feed, that way it appears in search engines in my site code, then do the php block hack thats been posted on here. Is this the best way or is there an easier way to go?

Also, with RSS, is there a way to keep the feeds within a block on my home page, or would they automatically take people away from the site as with a youtube vid embed (click on it and you get re-directed to youtube...)

Idealy, I would like to capture the RSS into a block that then sits on and stays on my site! With credit to the creators of course...!

Any ideas?

Tim

for which block or module do you want the rss feed?

I want an RSS feed from an external site to show on a block on my homepage.

I've resorted to using a service that gives me lots of control over my feed:  http://www.rssinclude.com/

Since the fixes to the standard RSS module are not working as they should, this solution works great.  For the $36.50 year for the advanced version with no advertising and premium templates, this was well worth the cost over debugging and error checking on Dolphin.

Hope this helps.

Jethro

Admin > page builder > homepage

Drag the RSS block from the samples section into the required block position - once moved - click on it to edit it - add the URL for your RSS feed and the number of articles you want displayed - voila - All done.

/DM

Not really - this is the whole idea of feed syndication - to display news / articles from your site in other sites / readers with the idea being that people will visit the site by clicking on the link to read more if it interests them.

The only reliable way is to either copy the articles into your site - in which case you might as well insert them into something like the news section, or if you want to automatically do this - you will need to write some code to harvest the articles.

I have written code to do this previously - harvest an RSS feed and then redisplay the articles on the site, but to do this you will need to have permission from the feed owner. There may also be an issue when grabbing the full article if the feed is truncated - if the target website changes then you will likely have to change the code. There are some services available as badass points out, but these too suffer from the same issue if the target site changes. and so are not as reliable as manually copying the article

So - The most reliable is to copy the articles, but this is obviously an amount of work.

HTH

/DM

mm i got 2 ideas but ill try implement them later to try them as im bit busy but wanted to comment about the issue so it might help.

1.- Solution: make an igoogle gadget, they are not that difficult to make (xml) and they give documentation, or you can even look in the igoogle gadgets to see one that might help you ( i havnt tried for this ones but im sure you can find one ), then you can add it to your dolphin using the opensocial module, and you can set the width , (ive had some problems with height tho in some gadgets) [wich ive resized the colums to display properly] but then you can maybe find your answer this way.

2.- Solution: use an iframe in a HTML_block so you can set width and height. i know you can use iframes, so is just to check how to display the rss on them....

Hope this helps.

Sorry i ment viceversa:              " ... and you can set the height , (ive had some problems with width tho in some gadgets)"

Gomen'nasai ^^

sry

thanks all, I can place the RSS block on home page using the standard page builder in admin. Prob is, the RSS block doesnt work for me....!

No matter what feed I put into it, I just get the 'connecting icon' that rotates endlessly. Not sure if this is a fault with my server, my installation or what but it doesnt work.

Whats the Custom RSS manager mod about?

I installed that also to see if makes a difference but I dont see what you do with it?

If I click on it in admin section, it just says 'empty' and nowhere to do any settings.

It doesnt appear anywhere in page blocks builder either so what does this mod do???!

Thanks -Tim

I too only get connecting rotating icon with RSS feed block. RSS block in Joomla and Wordpress work fine. Whats the problem with D7 RSS Block ?

I've tried hauling the sample RSS block up to the page but it keeps saying that this 'block has no properties'. Any suggestions? Thanks. Also, how do I add other RSS blocks there does not seem to be a way to duplicate blocks, or is there?

I use the RSS feed as you describe to display Google stuff and overall, it works pretty well. Is there a way we can force the RSS block to open any link clicked within it to a new page and not the same page? If I have to accept them moving away from the site, I want my site to at least remain in a separate tab.

Hello

How do I know my URL for my RSS feed?

and the number of articles you want to display, what is this mean?

thank you

DM I have permission from the feed owner to display the articles within my site... Can you share the written code to harvest the RSS feed within the site to redisplay the articles on my site as this is what I am trying to do, but can not find anywhere else within the forums on this subject.

Thank you