Having some trouble with RSS feeds.

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:17 am

Hey,

I'm using a PHP-Nuke 7.3 with the 2.5 patch installed and I can't get a RSS feed to work in a block.

I'm trying to create a block and when I enter a news feed in the RSS/RDF file URL: and hit Create Block I get this error.

Quote:

There is a problem with the RSS file URL

At first I thought I was doing something wrong but it hasn't worked on anything.

Here's a couple I've tried so far... and the only two I really need btw.
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and
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So, I'm curious... why won't those work, and what exactly is it that will work?

Thanks in advance,

Dan

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

The first one does not work outside of nuke, so I don't think nuke is the issue. The second one requires that you read the contents of that url into the $content variable, using something like $content=file_get_contents('http://swg.stratics.com/php-bin/rss/format.php'); Is that how you are calling it? This also requires that fopen_wrappers is set in php.ini.

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:51 am

Hey Raven,

Well the [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] is working now. I went into the RSS/RDF set up and created a new feed. I then selected that feed rather than entering the URL in the input text and choosing custom to make the block.

When I selected my newly created feed in the drop down menu and clicked Create Block it worked... so I don't know what the deal was there.

Now then, the second one. No, that's not how I'm calling it. I had simply entered the URL [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] into the RSS/RDF input text line, selected Custom on the drop down menu, and clicked Create Block. That's when I got the "There is a problem with the RSS file URL" error.

So... what do I need to do? I simply want a news feed in a block, so where would I insert the $content variable, and how would I call it to display in the block?

And...

Code:

This also requires that fopen_wrappers is set in php.ini.

What does that mean? Laughing

Sorry. Is this something I have control over or is this something my host would have to do? I'm not sure how much effort this silly little news feed is worth but I guess I'd like to know either way.

Thanks again Raven.

Dan

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:00 am

Here's an odd thing about that block that is working now though. I can't move it. I can move it up and down on the right, which is where it was created, but I tried to move it to a Center Down position to take a look at it... and it won't move. I also tried to move it to the left hand side and that didn't work either. So, while it may be working, it does appear something isn't right.

Peace.

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:02 am

The second one does not appear to be an rdf feed. It is a link to a php file/feed and has to be called the way I stated. The setting is in the php.ini file. Try it like I said and if it doesn't work then run a phpinfo() to see if your host allows it. If they don't then ask them to change it. If they refuse, come to Raven Web Hosting Laughing

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:14 am

This can't be that difficult, thousands of people... including children are pulling news feeds from Stratics everyday, and I doubt that every one of the have that level of coding knowledge.

Here's the News Feed page...
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Maybe I'm doing something wrong, or trying to pull the wrong feed.

I suppose it could be a limitation in the Nuke but even that seems unrealistic considering the amount of hours spent developing this thing... you mean I can pull a feed. That would be very surprising.

Any ideas on the not being able to move the block thing? What could cause that to happen?

Thanks again.

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:18 am

It isn't difficult. Are the thousands of people nuke admins like yourself? You, as an admin using nuke/php have to do that. Others can just place a link on an html web page. You are trying to incorporate into a nuke block using php. It's apples and oranges. There is no limitation in nuke. It's a php coding issue.

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:48 am

Ok, you were right... piece of cake, I just built a block that looks like this...

Code:

<?php





if (eregi("block-SWGStratics.php",$PHP_SELF)) {


    Header("Location: index.php");


    die();


}








$content=file_get_contents('http://swg.stratics.com/php-bin/rss/read.php');





?>

saved it as block-SWGStratics.php, uploaded and activated it. Done. Embarassed

Now then, any ideas on what would have the other block locked on the right hand side the way it is? Is there something that says... "if this is were it's created this is where it needs to stay"?

If it's causing an error of some sort I'd like to resolve it.

Thanks

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:01 am

Nope. No idea on that one. Try deleting it and recreating it as a center up.

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:12 am

Yeah, that's what I did. Kinda funny that one.

When I create it I can't name it, it's simply called what it's called (StarWars) and that can't be changed.

I deleted and created as a center block and there it was, again... it cannot be moved to a different location, only up and down.

I deleted it again and created it on the left. It creates fine, but cannot be modified after that.

I don't know… it's screwy. I'm not going to use it. The site is a Star Wars Galaxies guild site so the only real important one was the one that has Star Wars Galaxies news in it and it's working fine. The Star Wars one was a bonus... no bonuses today boys.

Thanks again for all your help.

Peace.