I think that I am having a hard time getting my head around all of the
pieces necessary for Planet Roller.
Here is what I have but I am seeing nothing on my front page blog.
I am guessing that something that I am doing is incorrect or off somewhere.
It may be that I should contact Covalent to work this out...want to be
sure that I don't have anything just flat out wrong/incorrect in my
configuration and understanding of how this works.
Scenario - blog1 will be the front page blog and will aggregate entries
on other blogs on my site such as blog2 (CEO) and blog3 (CFO)
1. roller-custom.properties - pretty straightforward
planet.aggregator.enabled=true
planet.aggregator.cache.dir=/opt/SUNWappserver/domains/domain1/roller_data/cache
tasks.enabled=ScheduledEntriesTask,ResetHitCountsTask,TurnoverReferersTask,PingQueueTask,RefreshPlanetRollerTask,SyncWebsitesTask
rendering.siteModels=org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.rendering.model.SiteModel,org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.rendering.model.PlanetModel
2. planet-custom.properties - not sure if template.dir needs to be
something specific (pre-populated area) or if it is used while Planet
Roller is doing its thing
cache.dir=/opt/SUNWappserver/domains/domain1/roller_data/cache
output.dir=/opt/SUNWappserver/domains/domain1/roller_data/webapp
template.dir=/opt/SUNWappsserver/domains/domain1/roller_data/templates
# Specify database configuration type of 'jndi' or 'jdbc'
database.configurationType=jdbc
# For database configuration type 'jndi',this will be used
#database.jndi.name=jdbc/rollerdb
# For database configuration type of 'jdbc', you MUST override these
database.jdbc.driverClass=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
database.jdbc.connectionURL=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/rollerdb
database.jdbc.username=roller
database.jdbc.password=fooblat
3. Restart web container, GlassFish in this example
4. Login to Roller as an admin and pick Server Administration >
Configuration
Handle of weblog to serve as frontpage blog should be 'blog1' in this
example
Enable aggregated site-wide frontpage should be checked
Absolute URL to site would be http://server:port/roller where 'server'
and 'port' are dependent on the on the installation details for a given site
5. Planet Admin tab > Configuration
Absolute URL to Planet page would be http://server:port/roller/blog1 in
this example
6. Planet Admin > Subscriptions
Newsfeed URL would be the Atom URL from the front page blog?
(http://server:port/roller/blog1/feed/entries/rss)
7. Customize the template of the front page blog and add in something
like this or use elements from the $planet model per the template guide:
#if (!$model.results)
## 1) SITE-WIDE entries (the default)
##set($pager =
$site.getWeblogEntriesPager($since, $maxResults))
## 2) PLANET-entries
#set($pager =
$planet.getAggregationPager($since, $maxResults))
## The below pager code should work against either:
#if($pager.items.size() > 0)
#set($entryCount = $pager.items.size() - 1)
#set($startDate = $pager.items.get(0).pubTime)
#set($endDate =
$entries.get($entryCount).pubTime)
#end
Now one snafu that I can see is the definition of $since and
$maxResults. Where are these items defined/controlled? Do I need to
place integer values in for these items as the template guide seems to
suggest?
At this point I don't see anything on my front page blog in terms of
aggregation.
Do any of these steps look like they are wrong/erroneous?
