Hi,
I can't get the RSS Aggregator module to work?
There appears to be no built-in ss template and no documentation on how to implement the module in a custom template.
I created a RSSAggregatingPage.ss with the following guesswork code, with no luck:

<ul>
<% control updateRSS %>
<li>$Title<br>$Date<a href="$Permalink" target="_blank">read more</a>$entry
<% end_control %>
</ul>

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Sam

So, is there anyone out there who has gotten this module to work?
If so, how did you do it?
Thanks,
Sam

Hi sam,

In default template the sidebar display the sub menu of each page. Which is used as the controller menu

<% control Menu(1) %>
<% if Children %>
<% end_if %>
<% end_control %>

so it is fetching the rrs entry at there.

I have prepared the new code to display the rss entry as per my requirement which is same as you want. So I think it is useful to you too.

Step 1 : Copy the below code and paste in /spphire/core/control/ContentController.php

public function getRSSAggregating() {
$result = DataObject::get("SiteTree", "ParentID = 0 AND ClassName='RSSAggregatingPage'");

$visible = array();
// Remove all entries the can not be viewed by the current user
// We might need to create a show in menu permission
if(isset($result)) {
foreach($result as $page) {
if($page->can('view')) {
$page->SubAggregat = $this->getRSSAggregatingchild($page->ID);
$visible[] = $page;
}
}
}

return new DataObjectSet($visible);
}

public function getRSSAggregatingchild($page_id)
{

$result_sub = DataObject::get("RSSAggEntry", "PageID = ".$page_id." AND Displayed = 1", "Date ASC");
$visible_sub = array();

if($result_sub) {
foreach($result_sub as $page_sub) {
//if($page_sub->can('view')) {
$visible_sub[] = $page_sub;
//}
}
}
return new DataObjectSet($visible_sub);

//return $visible_sub;
}

public function RSSAggregating() {
return $this->getRSSAggregating();
}

Step 2 : Copy and paste the below code in your .ss file where you want to display the RSS

<% if RSSAggregating %>
<div class="rssblock" >
<% control RSSAggregating %>
<h3 class="iblockfont"><b>$Title</b></h3>

<% if SubAggregat %>
<% control SubAggregat %>
<h4><a href="$Link">$Title</a></h4>
<% end_control %>
<% end_if %>

<% end_control %>

</div>
<% end_if %>

Hi,
Great, thanks for the detailed response!

Your suggestion looks very hopeful. But, I haven't able to get it work. I've entered your below code /sapphire/core/control/ContentController.php right after "class ContentController extends Controller {" and the <% if RSSAggregating %>stuff into my RSSAggregatingPage.ss file as you suggested.

I have two Yahoo RSS feeds added to the RSSAggregatingPage type in the CMS, but nothing appears on the web page.

More help would be appreciated,
Sam

PS: I am still not clear how the module was originally designed to work--
ie, how it fetches the RSS entries from a menu function?:
<% control Menu(1) %>
<% if Children %>
<% end_if %>
<% end_control %>
I am curious to know how the module was initially intended to be implemented in a template (i.e., the exact code in .ss file)

Yeah I've been having similar troubles too.

Is this module going to be devolped any further? It seems crazy that you have to alter the saphire code to get what you want. I like how it works in the CMS but there is little control of how it displays on the front end. If there was a page type that would make things a great deal easier.

Thanks

Has this module been updated for 2.4? It seems to work, but only displays the first line.

I ended up using the Google RSS reader for my website.