gkh RSS Import

Copyright © by Gert Kaae Hansen <gertkh@no spam pleasegmail.com>
Published under the Open Content License available from http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml

Table Of Contents

• 1. EXT: gkh_rss_import
  • 1.1. Extension Key: gkh_rss_import
  • 1.2. Copyright 2000-2010, Gert Kaae Hansen, <gertkh@gmail.com>
  • 1.3. Read online
  • 1.4. This document is published under the Open Content License
  • 1.5. available from http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml
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  • 1.7. The content of this document is related to TYPO3
  • 1.8. - a GNU/GPL CMS/Framework available from www.typo3.com
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  • 1.11. Introduction
    • What does it do?
  • 1.12. - This extension inset a RSS feed on a FE page, and it gives you a high level of configuration options. Included is a function that trims the text to a specified length. Words are separated by space characters, and they are not chopped if possible. Logo from pages can be set to a maximum width. If the feed is in coded with a special language code this can be set also.
  • 1.13. Now with support for templates, you can easy select a new template in the flex form.
  • 1.14. The output i fully configurable via CSS.
  • 1.15. - The extension uses the RSS parser from Last RSS  
    • Screenshots
  • 1.16. - Screenshots of the RSS Feed settings.
  • 1.17. Read online
  • 1.18. - Screenshots of the settings.
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  • 1.21. - Screenshot form the frontpage.
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  • 1.23. Users manual
  • 1.24. - Inset the plugin on a page.
  • 1.25. - Change the settings to your needs.
  • 1.26. RSS feed URL: The URL of the RSS feed that you want to show.
  • 1.27. Maximum feeds to show: The amount of items that you want to show.
  • 1.28. Length of item content: Defines how many characters you want to display for each item
  • 1.29. Length of header description: Defines how many characters you want to display in the description of the  feed
  • 1.30. Target of URL: Select if all URL should open in a new window or on the same page.
  • 1.31. Width of LOGO: Defines the pixel width of the logo
  • 1.32. Error message: If a feed cant be reached this message will be shown
  • 1.33. Date format: Select the format you want for the publishing date. Please be aware of the  date only is shown if it is a valid date format.
  • 1.34. Remove HTML from RSS feed: Select if you want HTML content in the feed to be shown.
  • 1.35. RSS Feed cache time: The amount of time the RSS feed will be stored locally. Can be adjusted from  1 to 24 hours.
  • 1.36. Template file: There are two template files located in /gkh_rss_import/template/. If no  template file is selected it will use the template “tmpl_rssimport.htm”
  • 1.37. Adminstration
  • 1.38. If you want to change the design of the output you can use the following CSS code:
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    • Known problems
  • 1.40. - Google RSS feeds is not loaded.
  • 1.41. To-Do list
  • 1.42. - None at the moment
  • 1.43. Changelog
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  • 1.45. - Version 1.3.1 Minor update
  • 1.46. - Version 1.3.0 Now with template support
  • 1.47. - Version 1.2.5Manual updated and minor bug fixing.
  • 1.48. - Version 1.2.6 Support for generic typo3 configuration option "curlProxyServer" thanks to Laurent STEFF and Annie Dumont for this patch. Minor bug fixes
  • 1.49. - Version 1.2.5 RSS Feed cache can now be disabled. If you in the same installation have different items to show on the same RSS feed the right item amount will now be  shown. Thanks to Katja Lampela for reporting this bug.
  • 1.50. - Version 1.2.4Remove debug text.
  • 1.51. - Version 1.2.3Layout problems fixed. Thanks to Sven Teuber for the bug report. RSS cache can now be changed from 1 hour to 24 hours, improve page load time.
  • 1.52. - Version 1.2.2Remove double http:// from all urls
  • 1.53. - Version 1.2.1 Remove double http:// in urls, from some RSS feeds. Thanks to Vasyl Mosiychuk for the bug report.
  • 1.54. - Version 1.2.0 Add cache for RSS Feeds and images. Cache time is default to one hour and cannot be changed at the moment.- Version 1.1.3 Can now support the enclosure tag and display a download link with the transferred file link. Please have a look at http://met.podspot.de/rss. Thanks to Bernd Hanisch for this update- Version 1.1.0 Manual updated, change date output - Version 1.0.1 Minor bug fix release- Version 1.0.0 First release
  • 1.55. Read online

This document is related to version 1.3.5 of the extension gkh_rss_import.