RSS2 Feed Contribution

Thanks!!! Is working fine now.

DArnaez:

Thanks!!! Is working fine now.
No problem glad it work out for you.

a_berezin:

Edit your wordpress-config.php
Find

if(isset($_GET['feed'])){

> and replace by
> ```
if (isset($_GET['feed']) && ($_GET['feed'] == 'rss2' || $_GET['feed'] == 'comments-rss2')) {

My site error same:

"Quote:
Originally Posted by lankeeyankee
You wouldn't happen to have the wordpress module installed, would you? I have seen this error on the wordpress on zen thread, somehow the feed is being embedded into a regular zen cart page and not on it's own page."

I setup zencart 1.3.8 and integartion with worrpress 2.8. Rss feed on wordpress run but rss feed on zencart error. I fix as you help but still not run.

My site's name: http://shopsinhvien.vn
zencar local: shopsinhvien.vn/vi
wordpress local: shopsinhvien.vn/blogs

Please help me!

Thank You!

I have EXACTLY the same problem. Zen-cart 1.3.8.
IS THERE A RESPONSE TO THIS IN THIS FORUM?
WHAT DID I DO WRONG? The copy/paste?
Tx Tx Tx Tx
Peter

Hi countrycharm,

countrycharm:

Hi and thank you for your time Andrew.
Some of us can not get the price to show up on the feed even when it is set to show in configuration. I'm not sure where to look to fix it. Thank You again
OK, Once again.
The fact is that there is no standard for the price tag in the rss. To do this, use an additional tag, defined in the namespace Google's. Most browsers and other rss viewer can not display the additional tags. A vast majority of users are not looking at the contents of the rss, full confidence in their browsers. Therefore, prices and not visible, although in fact it is in the rss.

I think that the only reliable way to display the price and other necessary additional tags in any look-up programs - is incorporated in the product description. To do this nicely, you should use the idea of templates. Implementing a simple template system in rss I was ready, but just do not have time to issue the release. And do not see the real interest of users.

figured it out -- thanks for a great contribution, apologies for asking before spending time checking out all the posts on the topic.

How do I get the RSS feed to show bestsellers? I cant see it in the RSS admin, the only options currently are:
news
new_products
upcoming
featured
specials
products
categories

Also would it be possible to have multiple RSS feeds? I would like both a new products RSS for my blog AND a bestsellers feed... is this possible?

Thanks.

I have followed the answer that country charm gave you but still fail to see where the xml file is generated. My screenshot looks just like yours, is there anything specific you had to do here?

Thanks

Ok,

Sorry for the double post but i thought I should put more out here. I have downloaded and installed RSS 2.1.4 14.02.2008 15:26.

Let me also say I've been looking at this thread all day and I am just a bit confused.

As far as rss goes, it seems to be working beautifully. Safari and Firefox work as anticipated.

However I cant seem to figure out how to arrive at an xsl file or take advantage of the Google Base features.

There are alot of sections commented out in modules/pages/rss_feed/header.php . Do i need to uncomment things here?

Should I be adding vars to classes/rss_feed.php ?

to trigger this statement:

if(substr($stylesheet, -3) == 'xsl') {
$feedContent .= '<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="' . $stylesheet . '" media="screen"?'.'>' . "\n";
}

Please help :)

Thanks in Advance

Dave D

djdavedawson:

Ok,

Sorry for the double post but i thought I should put more out here. I have downloaded and installed RSS 2.1.4 14.02.2008 15:26.

Let me also say I've been looking at this thread all day and I am just a bit confused.

As far as rss goes, it seems to be working beautifully. Safari and Firefox work as anticipated.

However I cant seem to figure out how to arrive at an xsl file or take advantage of the Google Base features.

There are alot of sections commented out in modules/pages/rss_feed/header.php . Do i need to uncomment things here?

Should I be adding vars to classes/rss_feed.php ?

to trigger this statement:

if(substr($stylesheet, -3) == 'xsl') {
$feedContent .= '<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="' . $stylesheet . '" media="screen"?'.'>' . "\n";
}

Please help :)

Thanks in Advance

Dave D

Rss Feed has nothing to do with Google Base, if you want to upload a Google Base XML file you have to add the add on in the downloads Google Base (Froogle) Feeder for that. If the feed is displaying like it should in Safari and Firefox that is all it suppose to do so people can subscribe to the feed if they want to. Now that all said what are you trying to do?

countrycharm:

Make sure you put in a name in for your output feed file. Here is a picture to go by.

I must have been mighty tired when I posted this picture of the feed. This is a picture of the Google Base feeder. It has nothing to do with Rss feed so please do not go by it. Sorry for posting in the wrong thread.

djdavedawson:

I have followed the answer that country charm gave you but still fail to see where the xml file is generated. My screenshot looks just like yours, is there anything specific you had to do here?

Thanks
The screen shot that I posted has to do with Google Base Feeder. It has nothing to do with Rss Feed. If you want a feed for Google Base download the add on.

Googles merchant central which is like the new googlebase accepts rss style feeds. So I had installed this thinking it would produce an .xml file I could use. The closest thing I can find which looks like what i need is in the cache folder. I guess I can copy and paste out the information from there. I couldn't figure out why what was in there is pretty much what i need but why the module doesn't output it for you.

Oh and also, is the thing i read about rss feeds causing duplicate content and google penalizing your site true ??

Alright I finally figured out why I couldn't easily find what I was looking for.

Basically using safari rss doesn't allow you to view the source in the right way, using firefox allowed me to see the source the way it's supposed to be.

Thought this may help some people.

Thanks for all your help

Hello, i'm having some trouble validating my feed. Apparently the New Products feed is valid, but the Specials and All Product feeds are not valid because there is a duplicate guid value:

<guid isPermaLink="true">http://lemy.co.uk/dunlop-gents-standard-mountain-bike-p-45.html</guid>

These are my feeds:
http://lemy.co.uk/index.php?main_page=rss_feed&feed=specials
http://lemy.co.uk/index.php?main_page=rss_feed&feed=products
http://lemy.co.uk/index.php?main_page=rss_feed&feed=new_products

Can anyone help me fix this?
Thanks!

Hi,

gaffettape:

How do I get the RSS feed to show bestsellers?
...
Also would it be possible to have multiple RSS feeds? I would like both a new products RSS for my blog AND a bestsellers feed... is this possible?
Yes,
new products - /index.php?main_page=rss_feed&feed=new_products
bestsellers /index.php?main_page=rss_feed&feed=best_sellers

You can read about it in readme.txt:

Generate RSS Feed for:
feed=categories - Categories;
feed=categories&cPath=<cPath> - Categories in <cPath>;
feed=products - All Products
feed=products - Products in category
feed=products - Product by ID
feed=products - Product by MODEL
feed=new_products - New products
feed=new_products&cPath=<cPath> - New products in category
feed=new_products_random - New products random
feed=new_products_random&cPath=<cPath> - New products random in category
feed=best_sellers - Best sellers
feed=best_sellers&cPath=<cPath> - Best sellers in category <cPath>
feed=best_sellers_random - Best sellers random
feed=best_sellers_random&cPath=<cPath> - Best sellers random in category <cPath>
feed=specials - Specials
feed=specials_random - Specials random
feed=featured - Featured
feed=featured_random - Featured random
feed=upcoming - Upcoming
feed=upcoming&cPath=<cPath> - Upcoming in category <cPath>
feed=upcoming_random - Upcoming random
feed=upcoming_random&cPath=<cPath> - Upcoming random in category <cPath>
feed=news - News from News & Articles contribution

Thanks for that Andrew :smile:

I've read back a few dozen pages and tried searching to no avail. Here's my issue:

The feed works, looks great formatted correctly BUT (and there's always a but) the new products feed is sorted backwards, oldest items first so that new products never get to the top.

http://www.stuff4toys.com/index.php?main_page=rss_feed&feed=new_products

The items shown were added a year ago, the 4897 items I have added since then never show up.

Best sellers only shows the first item ever sold on the site, not the list of best sellers.

Specials shows nothing

Featured shows the Specials item not the Featured items

Now what? How do I tell what version I am using?
JOhn ><>

andreitero:

Hello, i'm having some trouble validating my feed. Apparently the New Products feed is valid, but the Specials and All Product feeds are not valid because there is a duplicate guid value:

<guid isPermaLink="true">http://lemy.co.uk/dunlop-gents-standard-mountain-bike-p-45.html</guid>

These are my feeds:
http://lemy.co.uk/index.php?main_page=rss_feed&feed=specials
http://lemy.co.uk/index.php?main_page=rss_feed&feed=products
http://lemy.co.uk/index.php?main_page=rss_feed&feed=new_products

Can anyone help me fix this?
Thanks!

Update:
Apparently, something is wrong with that particular page on my website as it is duplicating in the rss feed and thus creating the double guid tag, which is the reason my rss feed is not valid. I have turned that page upside down and can't figure out what's wrong with it and i would hate to lose it because it is ranking on the first page on google uk for 'dunlop mountain bike'. I have searched for blank spaces using the scrip provided by andrew(thanks) and removed them. Anyone has any idea how to prevent that duplication without removing my page?
http://lemy.co.uk/dunlop-gents-standard-mountain-bike-p-45.html

Hi there,

I've read through as much of these threads as possible and haven't seen any issues like the one I have with the RSS feed.

Previously under 1.3.7 we used this mod fine with no issues to feel our special to affiliated websites. We have now updated to the latest version (clean install) 1.3.8a but with a brand new template.

Site can be found here:
https://www.f-h-e.com.au

When adding the mod (and having gone through the full process three times now) I am finding a few issues, the main one being that the feed is not being picked up by our affiliate sites using Joomla! (note the old feed from our old 1.3.7 site still works on these Joomla! sites).

Under Safari the RSS page seems to display "ok" as HTTP, and when switched toe "FEED" in the address bar it looks great.

feed://f-h-e.com.au/index.php?main_page=rss_feed&feed=products

In Firefox it will only show as HTTP and all it shows is text (no images or rendering). I am guessing that this will have something to do with why the Joomla! websites are not picking up the feed?

http://f-h-e.com.au/index.php?main_page=rss_feed&feed=featured

The only thing I have changed from the main install is our template doesn't have a "html_header.php" file. I did write my own and the icon did appear in the address bar, which was great. But eliminate any extra bugs I have taken this away. So the only judge of the feed at the moment is the RSS button at the bottom of the site (which I will remove once it's all working).

If anyone can help it would be much appreciated. I am using the latest version of the Mod from the downloads section.

Daniel