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RssFeedDisplay-Archive

Installation:

  • Download the latest magpieRSS version from the Magpie site. You need the following files installed:
    • YOURWIKIHOME/local/magpie/rss_cache.inc
    • YOURWIKIHOME/local/magpie/rss_fetch.inc
    • YOURWIKIHOME/local/magpie/rss_parse.inc
    • YOURWIKIHOME/local/magpie/rss_utils.inc
    • YOURWIKIHOME/local/magpie/extlib/Snoopy.class.inc
THE FILE DOWNLOADED BY CLICKING ON RSSDISPLAY.PHP IS NOT A PHP FILE!!!
I WOULD NOT DOWNLOAD IT IF I WERE YOU
(It is actually a copy of magpie-0.72.tar.gz)

Create a cache-directory to avoid having the rss feed fetched a zillion times a day. Ensure the directory is writable for the webserver (chmod 777)

In the top section of the rssdisplay.php file, there are some settings for the caching. You might want to adjust the location of the cache directory or the expiration time. The expiration time is the (minimum) time between fetching a rss-feed. 

 
 define('MAGPIE_CACHE_AGE', 2*60*60); #expiration time (seconds).
 define('MAGPIE_CACHE_DIR', "$FarmD/cache"); # location this is YOURWIKIHOME/cache

 --->Note: 2*60*60 is two times 60 minutes times 60 seconds, aka 2 hours

add the following lines to your local/config.php (in this order or rssdisplay fails) 

include_once("$FarmD/local/magpie/rss_fetch.inc");
include_once("$FarmD/local/rssdisplay.php");

Question: Your instructions just above say to add inclusion of rssdisplay.php "or" rss_fetch.inc to config.php. Should that say "and" - should the admin include both files??
Answer:You have to add both to your config.php. I have changed it

Usage

  • (:RSS http://example.com/rss.xml [long|short] number_of_items>:)

Defaults

  • how: short
  • number_of_items: 10
Will display the items in a simple list with a max of ten items:
  • (:RSS http://example.com/rss.xml:)

To display a long format and a max of 5 items use:

  • (:RSS http://example.com/rss.xml long 5:)

Example

Comments

Guys it didnt work for me. Can anyone tell me step by step guide to add magpie RSS display to pmwiki 

     --Amala Singh(amalasingh@gmail.com)

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