Considering "GFDFC is no longer actively supported by Google" I wonder how I convert a feed written based on GFDFC to something not dependent on it? Would it be easy to do, where would I start? Is it merely a matter of writing my on CCS styling?
On Saturday, 15 June 2013 14:38:56 UTC+1, jgeerdes [AJAX APIs "Guru"] wrote: > > First of all, you need to understand that you're looking at documentation > for two different (related, but different) things. The Dynamic Feed Control > (GFDFC) is a control application built on top of the Feeds API. When you're > using the Feeds API directly, you would use .setNumEntries(num). However, > when you're using the GFDFC, you need to use the results property in the > options object. > > To insert a GFDFC into your document, you need to insert the JavaScript > code that you pasted into your post into a script element on your page. You > also need to make sure that there is a div element with the id content > somewhere on the page (wherever you want the control to appear). > > You're right in that the code provided in the sample on the documentation > page and in the actual Hello, World demonstration are different. You can > view source on the Hello, World demonstration to see what they did there. > > I would be remiss at this point if I did not point out that the GFDFC is > no longer actively supported by Google. As you may have noticed, the > documentation has been partially dismantled. Most (if not all) of the links > to the documentation from Google properties have been removed. Please > understand that this does not mean that the control will be disabled > anytime soon, but I think I would be reluctant to use it on any new pages > or applications I developed. > > Finally, if you're not able to get your page working, you will want to > post a link to your page, working or not, rather than just to the > documentation. That way, we can see what you're doing and offer specific > advice to get you up and running. > > jg > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 6:58 AM, SingularityUtopia > <singulari...@yahoo.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I am mystified by the Google Feed API instructions. >> >> For example here >> http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#dynamic_feed_control_-_verticalthe >> way to set the number of results is numResults >> : 8, according to >> http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/dynamicfeed/reference.html but here >> https://developers.google.com/feed/v1/devguide the method to set number >> of entries is .setNumEntries(num) - so what is the difference between >> entries and results? The code in the playground regarding "numResults : >> 8" will not function with .setNumEntries(8), so how does the code in the >> playground ( >> http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#dynamic_feed_control_-_vertical) >> >> differ from the code here: https://developers.google.com/feed/v1/devguide >> ? >> >> >> What I want to do is use the code regarding the vertical stacking, which >> is listed in the playground: >> >> >> >> function OnLoad() { >> var feeds = [ >> { >> title: 'People', >> url: 'http://rss.people.com/web/people/rss/topheadlines/index.xml' >> }, >> { >> title: 'E-Online', >> url: ' >> http://www.eonline.com/syndication/feeds/rssfeeds/topstories.xml' >> }, >> { >> title: 'TMZ', >> url: 'http://www.tmz.com/rss.xml' >> } >> ]; >> >> var options = { >> stacked : true, >> horizontal : false, >> title : "Hollywood News" >> }; >> >> new GFdynamicFeedControl(feeds, 'content', options); >> document.getElementById('content').style.width = "500px"; >> } >> >> google.setOnLoadCallback(OnLoad); >> >> >> ...but I don't know who to insert that in the document: >> http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/dynamicfeed/reference.html#hello-world >> >> Furthermore the code >> http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/dynamicfeed/reference.html#hello-worldlisted >> for this page >> http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/dynamicfeed/helloworld.html seems to >> differ from the actual page rendered because in the code only one feed url >> is listed but in the rendered page there are three feeds. >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> google-ajax...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> To view this message on the web, visit >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-ajax-search-api/44ce24ed-bc3e-44ca-a45f-4e6ae53eaeb7%40googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google AJAX APIs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to google-ajax-search-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Jeremy R. 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