[DOCU-164] RSS Aggregator module Created: 21/Jun/11  Updated: 30/Dec/14  Resolved: 30/Dec/14

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Project: Documentation
Component/s: content
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Reporter: Antti Hietala Assignee: Antti Hietala
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Attachments: XML File data.rssaggregator.magnolia-blogs.xml     XML File data.rssaggregator.newsBBC-Wired.xml     XML File data.rssaggregator.sports.xml    
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 Description   

Improve RSS Aggregator article:

  • Add motivation/elevator pitch in the intro. Explain why this module is useful. What can it do to make your site better, more attractive, more popular.
  • A common stumbling point is when you set up a new feed and discover that it has no content. Explain how to execute the feed content update manually and with a scheduled job.
  • Explain how to check whether new content was retrieved. Show how to use the Data JCR Browser. Explain how the feed URLs, filters and data items of an aggregate are stored.
  • What is aggregation? Why would you want to collect content from external sites and display it on your site?
  • What is syndication? Why would you want to syndicate selected content from your site and provide it as an RSS feed?
  • Write procedures for:
    1. Aggregating two different external feeds, filtering their content by metadata, and displaying the aggregate feed on a page.
    2. Syndicating Magnolia content to a feed and displaying the feed on the page.
  • What are the different paragraphs that display the result? Link to the paragraph reference, don't duplicate content unless necessary.
  • The module bootstraps two sample aggregate feeds: news and MagnoliaBlogs. The first one does not retrieve new content from BBC News and Wired Magazine even if you try. Investigate why this is (outdated URLs?) and enter a Jira ticket to update the bootstrap file. The second is also wrong: Philipp's blog has moved and Vivian doesn't work at Magnolia anymore. Examples should work out of the box or users get frustrated.
  • Improve something else. I'm sure I haven't listed everything that is missing from this article.


 Comments   
Comment by Antti Hietala [ 21/Jun/11 ]

Typical trial and error. Improve the article to prevent this. http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/forum/thread.html?threadId=4a61d9ab-7f4d-4a74-8966-b6f6a8062c40

Comment by Ruth Stocks [ 15/Jul/11 ]

Updated page at - http://docuauthor.magnolia-cms.com/modules/rssaggregator.html.

A few of notes:

  • The Number of entries field in the stkFeedList paragraph is not working. It doesn’t limit the entries, resulting in a very long paragraph. I’m not sure where the problem is.
  • I have left out the original content about how to set up a new feed generator. I felt that the article was already quite long, but will include if you think I should.
  • I have left out the original references to Jan’s and Rob van der Linden Vooren articles. The second predates the release of the modules and I think I have covered the content of the first.
Comment by Ruth Stocks [ 15/Jul/11 ]

1 - replaces the outdated MagnoliaBlogs aggregator in the Data module.
2 - replaces the outdated news aggregator in the Data module.
3 - sports aggregator used for screenshots

Comment by Zdenek Skodik [ 18/Oct/11 ]

When the current rss sample feeds in the data module don't work or need an update, maybe it's worth creating a data module improvement ticket and attaching those xmls to it as well, to not having it just for docu purposes.

Comment by Zdenek Skodik [ 18/Oct/11 ]

ehm, MGNLRSSAGG-49 ... I should search better next time.

Comment by Ruth Stocks [ 30/Dec/14 ]

Documented at:

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