After a lot of trying I am sure there is still some bug in the newest RSS plugin. This is my feed creation code:
[(rssfeed group=blog.* exclude=blog.footer,blog.header count=20 title="Title" description="Description")] Using action=rsslist everything displays fine but the RSS feed source code won't include any feed items: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom";> <channel> <atom:link href="http://www.domain/index.php?p=rss.blog"; rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <title>Title</title> <link>http://www.domain/index.php?p=rss.blog</link> <description>Description</description> </channel> </rss> Just a gap... As soon as I exchange "group=blog.*" for let's say "pages=blog" the feed will show page "blog". Regards, Markus On Sep 22, 9:16 pm, The Editor <[email protected]> wrote: > Jackpot. It will have to be next week before I can get to this though. > Remind me next week and I'll try and add it to the RSS plugin. > > Cheers, > Dan > > > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Markus <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't speak PHP at all so be careful... :) > > > If you open a page withhttp://username:password(at)domain.comthen > > you should be able to access the username and password from PHP with: > > > {$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']} > > {$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']} > > > After setting the login, I expect the feed reader to contact > >http://username:password(at)boltwire.com/rss/blog. In the script you > > should then be able to verify the login and transmit the feed or deny > > access. > > > Source:http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php > > > Hope this helps! > > > Markus > > > On Sep 22, 3:50 pm, The Editor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That's very curious. I've never seen that syntax of doing > >> username:password@ before the url. How do I tap into that information? > >> Can it be done via php, or is it an apache thing? Would it work to do > >> something like: > > >>http://www.example.com/index.php?p=blog&password=123456789orsomething? > > >> I could write up a site.auth.rss which would allow certain pages to be > >> viewed only with certain passwords embedded like this. But the other > >> question is, what kind of error message should go back to an rss feed > >> that was blocked. Do you have a sample of the syntax? > > >> Cheers, > >> Dan > > >> P.S. I know I could do all this research myself, but very pressed for > >> time. Any help you could give with this would save me a few minutes. > >> Happy to code it. Just need the research. > > >> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Markus <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >> > On Sep 21, 8:35 pm, The Editor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> How does that work? Do you put in a simple username/password > >> >> unencrypted right in the url? Easy enough to do. Perhaps you can do a > >> >> bit of research and find out how it is normally done... > > >> > HTTP authentification seems to be the most straightforward and well > >> > supported way to do this: > >> >http://username:[email protected]/path/to/feed/ > > >> > Of course, this can be combined with SSL but as most BoltWire sites > >> > will not use encryption when you login via a browser... > > >> > Regards, Markus > > >> >> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Markus <[email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > > >> >> > While we are at RSS... What about username + password protection of > >> >> > feeds? I have a private site for which I would like to have a feed. Of > >> >> > course, putting private pages to a public feed is not my intention. > >> >> > Most feed readers seem to support authentication for feeds. > > >> >> > Regards, Markus > > >> >> > On Sep 21, 7:30 pm, Markus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sep 21, 4:13 pm, The Editor <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> >> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Markus > >> >> >> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> >> > > First, it's definitely the newest script version. Also the > >> >> >> > > searches I > >> >> >> > > tried matched just two pages most of the time. The one I posted > >> >> >> > > above > >> >> >> > > _should_ match around 20 or 25 at most. But read on... > > >> >> >> > Do you have your site fully indexed? It should affect the > >> >> >> > group=parameter, but if you are trying to do text/data/link, etc, > >> >> >> > indexing is essential. > > >> >> >> I have put [(index)] into my footer. > > >> >> >> > > Lesson 1: > >> >> >> > > One important information for the solutions page is that RSS > >> >> >> > > might not > >> >> >> > > work with MAMP or the like on your localhost. The same code that > >> >> >> > > gives > >> >> >> > > at least some RSS output on my server ends with an internal > >> >> >> > > server > >> >> >> > > error when used with MAMP offline. As Dan pointed out, some tools > >> >> >> > > might be missing. > > >> >> >> > Possible, but not necessarily. I got the recent server errors > >> >> >> > online > >> >> >> > because something in my online configuration setup triggered a php > >> >> >> > bug > >> >> >> > that was not triggered offline. Nothing to do with apache--though > >> >> >> > it > >> >> >> > did a lousy job reporting the error. And even then windows and > >> >> >> > linux > >> >> >> > work differently in certain situations, so it could be anything. > >> >> >> > If it > >> >> >> > was a missing library, I would think you would get a message in > >> >> >> > your > >> >> >> > php error log for calling an undefined function. Have you checked > >> >> >> > your > >> >> >> > error logs? > > >> >> >> Sorry, I forgot to check the logs when you first mentioned it. > >> >> >> Indeed, > >> >> >> every page hit gives this entry in the MAMP PHP error log: > >> >> >> [21-Sep-2009 16:43:09] PHP Notice: Undefined index: errors in > >> >> >> /Users/ > >> >> >> m/Sites/boltwire/barn/scripts/engine.php on line 17 > > >> >> >> > > Lesson 2: > >> >> >> > > Even when action=rsslist shows exactly what you want to feed, it > >> >> >> > > is no > >> >> >> > > guarantee that these pages will display in your RSS reader. > >> >> >> > > Dan, if interested you can check out the following page with the > >> >> >> > > login > >> >> >> > > I gave you: > >> >> >> > > rss.listOKfeedNotOK (rsslist OK, feed broken) > > >> >> >> > This is very strange. The critical lines in the rssfeed function > >> >> >> > are these: > > >> >> >> > $pages = BOLTsort(BOLTsearchPageList($args, $zone), > >> >> >> > $args); // add > >> >> >> > third false for no auth checking > >> >> >> > if ($_GET['action'] == 'rsslist') return > >> >> >> > BOLTdisplay($pages, $args); > > >> >> >> > You'll notice the action=rsslist option uses the exact same array > >> >> >> > of > >> >> >> > pages used later by the script to generate the rss feed. So unless > >> >> >> > somehow one or the other cancels out some pages for some reason, > >> >> >> > their > >> >> >> > output should be the same... I'm not denying it, just seems > >> >> >> > strange. > >> >> >> > Both start with exactly the same list of pages at least. > > >> >> >> > > Lesson 3: > >> >> >> > > I might not notice when the page RSS was not saved correctly. I > >> >> >> > > edit > >> >> >> > > the page and save it. I get redirected to view the RSS page > >> >> >> > > which is > >> >> >> > > automatically opened in my feed reader. Since the RSS page is not > >> >> >> > > displayed in the browser, the browser still displays the edit > >> >> >> > > page > >> >> >> > > from before. Any further edits using the "old" edit form won't be > >> >> >> > > saved. Better remember which edit tabs you already used... > > >> >> >> > Yes, that could be a bit tricky. :) You could possibly try > >> >> >> > creating > >> >> >> > a custom edit action like this: copy action.edit => > >> >> >> > action.rss.edit, > >> >> >> > and add to the end of the form > > >> >> >> > [session nextpage {p}&action=source] > > >> >> >> > That way you should be able to check that what you saved is there > >> >> >> > now, > >> >> >> > and get any messages you need. If it works, we could possibly add > >> >> >> > it > >> >> >> > to the backup file. > > >> >> >> Yes, that works. Makes it much harder to use the same edit tab more > >> >> >> than once. > > >> >> >> > > Lesson 4: > >> >> >> > > It seems to be a misbelief that you can just put a search > >> >> >> > > together > >> >> >> > > that matches the pages you want to see in your feed, then change > >> >> >> > > the > >> >> >> > > function name to "rssfeed" and everything works. For example > >> >> >> > > feeding > >> >> >> > > all pages with a certain keyword does not seem to work. Dan, you > >> >> >> > > can > >> >> >> > > check: > >> >> >> > > rss.keyword > > >> >> >> > This is true, but we could add that functionality perhaps. And in > >> >> >> > fact this could be our problem... This line in rss.php ~32 should > >> >> >> > be > >> >> >> > changed from > > >> >> >> > $pages = BOLTsort(BOLTsearchPageList($args, $zone), > >> >> >> > $args); // add > >> >> >> > third false for no auth checking > > >> >> >> > to > > >> >> >> > $pages = BOLTsearchPageList($args, $zone); // add third > >> >> >> > false for no > >> >> >> > auth checking > > >> >> >> > The way it was written, with the new changes to the core search > >> >> >> > function, the sort function gets called twice. > > >> >> >> Changing this line did not fix the feed. (It's enough to change > >> >> >> rss.php in the plugins folder, right? As it seems not to be copied to > >> >> >> the field.) > > >> >> >> > To try adding the other search criteria we need to replace that > >> >> >> > line > >> >> >> > with this entire snippet (let me know if it works--we could polish > >> >> >> > this up more nicely, and I'll update the script): > > >> >> >> > global $outarray > >> >> >> > $outarray = BOLTsearchPageList($args, $zone); // add third > >> >> >> > false for > >> >> >> > no auth checking > >> >> >> > if (isset($args['text'])) BOLTcheckNest1($args['text'], > >> >> >> > 'text', $args); > >> >> >> > if (isset($args['data'])) BOLTcheckNest1($args['data'], > >> >> >> > 'data', $args); > >> >> >> > if (isset($args['link'])) BOLTcheckNest1($args['link'], > >> >> >> > 'link', $args); > >> >> >> > $pages = $outarray; > > >> >> >> This breaks the whole field. But only if you don't notice the missing > >> >> >> semi-colon in the first line. ;) > > >> >> >> This works! Just those pages containing the keyword are put to the > >> >> >> feed. And "exclude" does its job too. Good work! > > >> >> >> > This would be cool because you could generate a rss feed of all the > >> >> >> > pages that link to a page. IE, put /*[[rss]]*/ on a page and > >> >> >> > instantly > >> >> >> > it gets added to your feed (with link=rss). > > >> >> >> Sounds incredibly useful and flexible! > > >> >> >> > > Some problems I reported might have been caused by my naive > >> >> >> > > approach > >> >> >> > > to start with some simple matching like this. From reading the > >> >> >> > > solutions page I expected that "rssfeed" can be used with all the > >> >> >> > > parameters of "search". > > >> >> >> > Let's see if we can't fix the code before we fix the docs. :) > > >> >> >> Just in case... it was not meant to offend the editor of the docs. ;) > > >> >> >> > > Lesson 5: > >> >> >> > > When using a page named "rss" (and not some lower hierarchy like > >> >> >> > > rss.whatever), the following line is put into the edit field: > >> >> >> > >http://www.domain.com/field/index.php?p=rss > >> >> >> > > I think you won't see this when you use for example > > ... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BoltWire" group. 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