SimplePortal
Customization => Custom Coding => Topic started by: iain sherriff on December 04, 2008, 10:05:06 AM
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smf 1.1.7
sp 2.1.1
so I have the rss block on my portal. www.uklows.com
but it doesnt sho anything?
i have put this in the URL bit of the block
http://www.dragtimes.com/recent-drag-racing-times.rss/code]
and the block is ctive.
What have I missed ?
thanks
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Nice racing site you are trying to pull the rss from
I added it to mine to test it and got
XML error: Invalid character at line 68
in the block
I used
http://www.dragtimes.com/recent-drag-racing-times.rss
for the feed
I even tried the
http://www.rss-to-javascript.com
solution I used before SP added RSS, and it failed too.
I would say its dragtimes feed that is at fault.
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thanks for trying............
:)
just tries ussing a BBC feed
http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/sci/tech/rss.xml
that MUST be working ? but not on my page.
Checked that i've made edits in my theme [tho it doesnt work in default either].
what ele can it be ?
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I tried BBC on mine...
main news area
http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss.xml
technology area
http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/technology/rss.xml
science/nature area
http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/science/nature/rss.xml
works here ;D
I got a error using your rss link
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ok, thanks.
can anyone suggest where i check for the fault ?
[nothing in the log]
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that's strange..
I just tried your rss feed again
http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/sci/tech/rss.xml
and it works today! ;D
they could have had a problem caused by a story that WAS posting in the feed.
try it again
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put up a test site with smf 2.0 b4.
still no rss in SP ?
could it be a server setting?
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possably server setting..
also I use SMF 1.1.7 and RSS is fine
you might put up a "test SMF" with that 1.1.7 version to see if its that?
if it still does not work... its the server >:(
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http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/extremetechreviews.xml
dougsbrat can you take a look at my rss feed and tell me why it wont update. I was reading were you assisted ian and you seem pretty knowledgeable. if you can assist me it would be greatly appreciated.
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I put your RSS link on mine to test..
it works! ;D
but each post from it looks like there is a link that is not processed properly which ends as garbage.
like this
ExtremetechExtremetech Reviews
The latest hard core technology reviews including graphics, video, cases, monitors, CPUs, Linux distros and more.
iClone 3 Pro Review
Make 3D rendered movies with an interface hauntingly similar to simply playing video games. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/WgKdsrntUNt9sZhTGZnydoV3l6E/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/WgKdsrntUNt9sZhTGZnydoV3l6E/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~f/ziffdavis/ExtremetechReviews?a=RxJFUC7b"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ziffdavis/ExtremetechReviews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~f/ziffdavis/ExtremetechReviews?a=KGS6rFbl"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ziffdavis/ExtremetechReviews?d=308" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~f/ziffdavis/ExtremetechReviews?a=LYIduP0N"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ziffdavis/ExtremetechReviews?i=LYIduP0N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~f/ziffdavis/ExtremetechReviews?a=WApuLswv"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ziffdavis/ExtremetechReviews?i=WApuLswv" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~f/ziffdavis/ExtremetechReviews?a=SVrdscK0"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ziffdavis/ExtremetechReviews?d=43" border="0"/img/a /div
I also tried making a RSS using
http://www.rss-to-javascript.com/
to generate the java code, placed in a html block
works like a champ
here is the code if you dont want to do it your self
place this in a html block
<script language="JavaScript" src="http://convert.rss-to-javascript.com/?chan=1&simple_chan=1&desc=1&desc_max=50&date=1&src=http%3A%2F%2Frssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com%2Fextremetechreviews.xml&target=new">
</script><noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript. <a title='RSS-to-JavaScript.com: Free RSS to JavaScript Converter' href=http://www.rss-to-javascript.com/?p=151,381&chan=1&simple_chan=1&desc=1&desc_max=50&date=1&src=http%3A%2F%2Frssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com%2Fextremetechreviews.xml&target=new&as_html=1>Click to read the latest news</a>.</noscript>
<a href=http://www.rss-to-javascript.com target=_blank title='RSS-to-JavaScript.com: Free RSS to JavaScript Converter'><img src=http://www.rss-to-javascript.com/images/rss-to-jss-small.gif alt='RSS to JavaScript' border=0></a>
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i placed it in an html block did not work
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strange since it did here :(
try going here http://www.rss-to-javascript.com/
and create the code yourself...
perhaps something was lost in the transfer (to here, to you)
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http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/extremetechreviews.xml
This works just perfect on my test install, with built-in RSS Feed Block.
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FYI: I use SMF1.1.7
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That doesn't matter, as that block does not depend on SMF functions.
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then prob. a server setting?
mine has 3 security settings
1 safe mode and other tight settings
2 safe Mode off and not as tight settings
3 wide open
1 SMF would not work properly at all
2 seams fine, but may be a issue that I have not noticed yet?
3 is just crazy :)
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Any errors in the error log?
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yes a bunch!
there has always been many errors in the log on all SMF forums I have set up on any server, thought that was normal?
clearing them out, quick run around the forum and check error again there are many more.
and this one
SPortal1-1.template.php (portal_below sub template - eval?)
Line: 58
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That probably is not related to SP. Disable template eval and check it again.
What are the other errors?
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Disable template eval
this is new to me, where is this at?
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It works, I never said it didnt, however try getting it to update. That rss feed has been updated 3 times since I plugged in the url, however my page didnt update.
http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/extremetechreviews.xml
This works just perfect on my test install, with built-in RSS Feed Block.
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I never noticed a update issue with the rss block,
but using the java code in a html I have!
some times its perfect, sometimes there is no feed in the block.
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can u plug that url into your rss block and see if it updates. a tech feed should update daily, but it has been 2 weeks and the same feeds.
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mine still looks a mess..
but I can tell that this is the latest feed it pulled
iClone 3 Pro Review
Make 3D rendered movies with an interface hauntingly similar to simply playing video games......