I did run the Sync task once...Saw what it did...and have never ran it
again.
I will give the path a workout and see where that gets me.
Thanks for the pointers, Allen! I will post an update later if I can
get to this following the yard chores.
Brian
On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 11:40 -0700, Allen Gilliland wrote:
> Actually, I have a couple more thoughts below ...
>
> Brian Blakeley wrote:
> > Thanks Allen!
> >
> > I have added some more information following your comments below:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 23:09 -0800, Allen Gilliland wrote:
> >> Dave is the planet guru, so he may have some better answers, but i'll
> >> take a stab ...
> >>
> >> Brian Blakeley wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I have been trying to get my head around the Planet feature in Roller
> >>> 2.1 and I am hoping that some of you has some insights to share.
> >>>
> >>> Here are the issues that are perplexing me:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 1. Cache Issues:
> >>>
> >>> After a lot of messing around with the configurations Planet suddenly
> >>> starting working at CheBlogs.com/ But, I cannot locate any cache
> >>> files.
> >>>
> >>> The directory that I set up was {user.home}/roller_data/planet-cache and
> >>> I can't see that I am getting any error messages so I assume that the
> >>> program is writing the cache files somewhere on my disc.
> >> based on what you said in #3 below it sounds like your planet
> >> functionality is not working. local blogs are pulled using a separate
> >> mechanism which does not require the cache files i don't think.
> >>
> >
> > That makes sense.
> >
> > The log files indicates a failure for the external blog based on a Cache
> > Writing error.
> >
> > WARN 2006-04-02 11:35:59,456 PlanetManagerImpl:getNewEntriesRemote -
> > ERROR parsing http://www.shaunrichman.org/cgi-bin/blarg.cgi/index.rss :
> > java.lang.RuntimeException : Attempting to write to cache
>
> bleh. that is a crappy logging message.
>
> it is almost guaranteed that this is some kind of path or permissions
> problem, so i would double and triple check that the path is set
> correctly and whatever user is running tomcat has permissions to write
> to that directory. also, try using a full path rather than one with
> "${user.home}".
>
>
> >
> >
> > Whereas the Internal blogs that show up in the logs indicate that the
> > Last-publish time is null:
> >
> > WARN 2006-04-02 11:35:53,905
> > HibernatePlanetManagerImpl:getNewEntriesLocal - Last-publish time null,
> > skipping local feed [stuartwilliam]
> > WARN 2006-04-02 11:35:53,952
> > HibernatePlanetManagerImpl:getNewEntriesLocal - Last-publish time null,
> > skipping local feed [sunfrog]
> > WARN 2006-04-02 11:35:53,999
> > HibernatePlanetManagerImpl:getNewEntriesLocal - Last-publish time null,
> > skipping local feed [suzy1219]
> > WARN 2006-04-02 11:35:54,259
> > HibernatePlanetManagerImpl:getNewEntriesLocal - Last-publish time null,
> > skipping local feed [testdyx]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>> What is the naming pattern for these files so that I can try to locate
> >>> them?
> >>>
> >>> Is it possible that the Planet is spinning without using a cache file?
> >> i don't think so.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> 2. Internal Blogs on Planet:
> >>>
> >>> I ran the synchronizing task and it seems to have worked in that all the
> >>> weblogs on CheBlogs.com are now being checked for new items for the
> >>> Planet.
> >>>
> >>> But, this is not what I want. I want the subscribed blogs only on my
> >>> Planet page.
> >> eeks, that is a bug/rfe then.
> >
> >
> > I agree, especially for a large free public site like Che Blogs.
> > Wisely, or not, I want to be able to continue to offer free open access
> > to the site for anyone. However, my hope was that I could use the
> > Planet feature to separate "the wheat from the chaff" if you will. What
> > seems to be happening currently is that the Planet offers the Chaffe
> > more air time;-)
> >
> > So, ideally I think the planet subscriptions concept should apply to
> > both external and internal blogs.
>
> one thought here. are you running the SyncWebsitesTask? try starting
> over, but don't run that task. i think that task just syncs your roller
> weblogs into the planet data model. unfortunately, i think that task
> also updates the technorati rankings, but that should be moved into its
> own task really.
>
> this may explain why your local weblogs got shoved into planet.
>
> >
> >
> >>> How do I edit the Planet setup to only track the blogs that I manually
> >>> add to the list using the administration interface?
> >> not sure that you can do that, but that definitely needs to be supported.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> 3. External Blogs on Planet:
> >>>
> >>> I have added an outside blog (ie external to CheBlogs.com) and it does
> >>> not seem to be getting included on the Planet.
> >>>
> >>> How do I get the task to check the external blog sites properly?
> >> you'd have to consult the logs to see why this isn't working.
> >>
> >> -- Allen
> >>
> >
> >
> > The error seen above indicates a problem writing the cache to me. Here
> > is the setup from my roller.properties file:
> >
> > # Planet cache must exist and must be writable by Roller process
> > planet.aggregator.cache.dir=${user.home}/roller_data/planet-cache
> >
> > So I thought that this should translate to
> >
> > /BrianB/roller_data/planet-cache
> >
> > if I ran Roller as BrianB?
> >
> > But the /BrianB/roller_data/planet-cache directory is empty on my
> > server.
> >
>
> try the things i mentioned above.
>
> -- Allen
>
>
> >
> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> These are the three main (meaning things I can remember right now)
> >>> issues that I think I have with the Planet feature at CheBlogs.com/.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for taking the time to consider this email and please if I have
> >>> simply missed the documentation - Just point me to it and I will go
> >>> awhile for a bit and try to sort these issues out with the
> >>> documentation, before I post more questions.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks everyone!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Brian
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
