RSS2 Feed Contribution

frank18:

A couple of years ago I had this mod working just perfectly on my 1.3.7.1 and 1.3.8a installs - no problem whatsoever.

A few days ago I decided to install the mod on a 1.3.9h store (I may have been bored and needed something to do .... :blink:) just to find that I am encountering all sorts of problems which I won't specify here.

After analyzing, changing, re-installing etc I have come to the conclusion that this mod is in need of a major revamp to fully comply with the 1.3.9 series.

Sad but true.

If anyone has the time and knowledge to take over from Andrew and redevelop the mod then that would be much appreciated.
It may need a little work but but this module works just fine with 1.3.9h.

OK - I've got version 1.3.9h and want to install this module - what sort of modifications do I need to make in order for it to work with 1.3.9h?

Thanks,
Wizard247

wizard247:

OK - I've got version 1.3.9h and want to install this module - what sort of modifications do I need to make in order for it to work with 1.3.9h?

Thanks,
Wizard247
No modifications just read the read me file that comes with it and install it like it says to.

Ok I have installed it on 1.3.9g and it seems to work fine for me

I did have to do a bit of Hacking to get the prices to appear in my browser,
I see a few people asking about this, so if you are interested I'll post my changed file, all i did was add the price to the description field in the header file

Just chiming in in case anyone checks back -- I just installed this on 1.3.9h and it works like a charm. No modifications needed.

i'm probably being a wally but i don't know how to get this to display on an ez page on my site, im very new to rss.

i have followed all the instructions and all is fine, i just literally have no idea how to display the rss feed. when i put the url in my browser (firefox) just tells me to subscribe to the feed. am i doing something wrong?

also i want to submit my feeds to a couple of other sites and they are asking for an .xml file. does this generate and output file?

sorry for the silly questions :blush:

I just tried RSS_Feed 2.1.4 in a very new Zen Cart 1.3.9h.

While it went in as advertised, and appeared to work, it doesn't update. Not from another page calling the feed, not directly in the browser when I click on the RSS icon and go to view the subscribe options. It's still showing what was yesterday's newest products.

Does anyone have any ideas or clues?

I have checked the obvious settings, it's set to update in the config for every 60 minutes (Time to Live). I even set the cache to zero. (For now...)

Thank you,
deb

Here's a capture of my RSS settings in the admin config screen in case someone can see something that may be interfering with the feed updating:

http://www.daisiesanddimples.com/Zen_RSS_Screen.png

Hi, i have the mod installed and it works great apart from the fact that it doesn't update from the products.

currently my new products feed is showing the newest product added on the 7th dec 2010, there have been many products added since then.

i have seen this question asked many times in this thread but nobody seems to have found an answer.

does anyone know why my new products feed isn't updating itself when new products are being added to the catalogue?

here is the link to my site, if anyone can help me
http://www.plasmainstalls.co.uk/index.php

thank you

I can only report the same.

You can force it to refresh by manually deleting the file starting with "rss...." in the cache directory.

I'm wondering if a batch file on a cron job could delete the file every 6 hours/12 hours/whatever period of time and 'fix' the plug in.

deb

neil_barby:

Hi, i have the mod installed and it works great apart from the fact that it doesn't update from the products.

currently my new products feed is showing the newest product added on the 7th dec 2010, there have been many products added since then.

i have seen this question asked many times in this thread but nobody seems to have found an answer.

does anyone know why my new products feed isn't updating itself when new products are being added to the catalogue?

here is the link to my site, if anyone can help me
http://www.plasmainstalls.co.uk/index.php

thank you

thanks Debbers, do you know how i can check the files in cache directory to see which one is which, there are quite a few of them and i don't want to delete the wrong ones.

or will the feed continue to work if i just delete the lot?

thanks again for your help

Neil

http://www.plasmainstalls.co.uk/index.php

How many do you have in the cache directory that begin with "rss" though?

neil_barby:

thanks Debbers, do you know how i can check the files in cache directory to see which one is which, there are quite a few of them and i don't want to delete the wrong ones.

or will the feed continue to work if i just delete the lot?

thanks again for your help

Neil

http://www.plasmainstalls.co.uk/index.php

I've done a bit of investigating ... I believe the update is failing because the .htaccess file is preventing the deletion of the old file. Part of the rss_feed.php code involves unlinking the rss file according to the time setting.

If I write a stand-alone file to unlink the file, the .htaccess won't allow it.

Now, I don't know Zen Cart cold, maybe it's supposed to allow it's own files to unlink, and this is a different problem.

But I think it's either

1. not finding/recognizing the period of time before refreshing the feed
   or
2. not unlinking the file.

deb

thanks deb, there are 102 files in the cache with rss at the start of the filename, then just a random string making up the filenames.

i've managed to open them by changing the filename suffix to .txt, then opening them using western iso encoding, even though now i look at the content of the file is says UTF8

bizarre

thanks again for your help, hopefully now i can just go through the content of the files and fine the ones i need to remove and refresh

neil

http://www.plasmainstalls.co.uk/index.php

Hello all, anyone help??
Im using version v1.3.9f

I am not getting all the info displayed on my rss feed, basically I am getting a title and a picture and that is it, no price, brand, description, brand.
below is the xml source im getting through my reader, but it doesnt show in the news article. can anyone advise what is wrong?

<item> <title>evolve Elegance TRV Angled</title> <link>http://mrcentralheating.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=150</link> <comments>http://mrcentralheating.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=150</comments> <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://mrcentralheating.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=150"><img src="http://mrcentralheating.co.uk/images/elegancetech.jpg" alt="evolve Elegance TRV Angled" title=" evolv... ]]></description> <author>[email protected] (Mr Central Heating)</author> <enclosure url="http://mrcentralheating.co.uk/images/elegancetech.jpg" length="20873" type="image/jpeg" /> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://mrcentralheating.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=150</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:13:58 +0000</pubDate> <g:price>10.20</g:price> <g:currency>GBP</g:currency> <g:id>150</g:id> <g:brand>evolve</g:brand> <g:image_link>http://mrcentralheating.co.uk/images//elegancetech.jpg</g:image_link> </item>

Please excuse the smilies, they obviously arent in the coding!

neil_barby:

Hi, i have the mod installed and it works great apart from the fact that it doesn't update from the products.

currently my new products feed is showing the newest product added on the 7th dec 2010, there have been many products added since then.

i have seen this question asked many times in this thread but nobody seems to have found an answer.

does anyone know why my new products feed isn't updating itself when new products are being added to the catalogue?

here is the link to my site, if anyone can help me
http://www.plasmainstalls.co.uk/index.php

thank you
Hi Go to your server root, go to/cache and delete all the rssfeed_files there. insert this code in your store admin/tools sql patches. Problem solved.

UPDATE configuration SET set_function=NULL WHERE configuration_key = 'RSS_CACHE_TIME';

But that only sets it so that it does not cache, it doesn't actually fix the real problem.

:(

That could put a boatload of queries on someone's database in sizeable store, couldn't it?

deb

Debbers:

But that only sets it so that it does not cache, it doesn't actually fix the real problem.

:(

That could put a boatload of queries on someone's database in sizeable store, couldn't it?

deb
The problem you are having is when the rss feed is cached it dose not update your feed unless you delete the cache rss feed file every time you update your store. If the file does not cache the feed will update. That's what the code is for. Hope this makes sense.

Debbers:

But that only sets it so that it does not cache, it doesn't actually fix the real problem.

:(

That could put a boatload of queries on someone's database in sizeable store, couldn't it?

deb
Just an update on this error. This mod has a typo in the classes file it will not add new products to your feed when you add new products.
The error can be found in the file: includes/classes/rss_feed.php
find around line 383 :

Find

if ($time == false || (time() - filemtime(DIR_FS_RSSFEED_CACHE . '/' . $zv_file)) < $time) {
``` 

Replace with:
```php
if ($time == false || (time() - filemtime(DIR_FS_RSSFEED_CACHE . '/' . $zv_file)) > $time) {

Is there anyone who can tell me how to remove the comments and image link from the feed.
I have turned them off in the admin but they still display in IE

I dont use the reviews feature and my images are watermarked using image handler, however the image link in the rss feed takes me to a un-watermarked image, so I would rather it be turned off.

Apart from that, this mod works fine in the latest zen version

I am using zen version 1.3.9f