RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Re: [Dave] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:07:19 -0700

Thanks, Dave.

I figured out why the errant headline wasn't appearing at the top. The article was created a few days ago, but gets updated every day (it's tracking the medical condition of a Formula 1 driver who was injured in a crash).

Cheers,

Re: [NigelGordijk] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:01:03 -0700

Yes, you're only going to be able to display images or thumbnails if the section has been configured to have uploads and thumbnails.

>Any idea why the latest headline is missing, please?

I'm not sure, I'd check if the record is hidden, or has a publishDate or removeDate field. Or anything in a "where" option that might be filtering it out.

Hope that helps!

Re: [Dave] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:53:57 -0700

Unfortunately, I'm getting an error message when I add that code: http://www.yallaf1.com/index2.php. Might this be because the Daily News section doesn't have any images, only the Galleries section does?

Also, I just noticed that the Updates list on this page seems to be omitting the most recent headline taken from the Daily News section. You can see the full list of Daily News headlines here: http://www.yallaf1.com/index.php. Any idea why the latest headline is missing, please?

Re: [NigelGordijk] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:30:08 -0700

Great, so the sorting is working?

>Any advice on the thumbnails, please?

Yes, if you're using these variables to display an image:

You can use this to access the first thumbnail:

And this to access thumbnails 2 through 4

Hope that helps!

Re: [Dave] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:57:12 -0700

Perfect! Thanks.

Any advice on the thumbnails, please?

Re: [NigelGordijk] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:51:21 -0700

Hi Nigel,

Let's start with the sorting problem, try reverse the variable names in the custom sorting function we wrote for you:

function _sortByDate($recordA, $recordB) { 
  return strcmp($recordB['createdDate'], $recordA['createdDate']); 
}

Let me know if that fixes the sort order for you.

Re: [ross] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:25:28 -0700

Hi, Ross.

Managed to get most of this working, but with one problem.

http://www.yallaf1.com/index2.php

As you can see, the items are listed with the oldest one at the top and the most recent at the bottom. Please can you tell me how I do this the other way round? The Updates are taken from these two sections - http://www.yallaf1.com/news-latest.php and http://www.yallaf1.com/galleries_video.php - where they are appearing in the correct order.

Also, I've set up the admin for both of these sections - Daily News and Galleries - so that it creates one large image, a medium thumbnail, and a small thumbnail ("Create thumbnail 2"). I'd like the small thumbnail to appear next to the relevant headline, but I can only set this up so that the medium thumbnail shows up. Please can you advise on how I can choose which of the three image sizes appear?

Thanks!

Re: [ross] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:24:01 -0700

Thanks, Ross. I'll give this a try.

Re: [NigelGordijk] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:18:29 -0700

Hi Nigel

That makes sense. This one ended up being a little trickier than expected but I do have some code you can try out:

 

uasort($mergedArray, '_sortByDate');
function _sortByDate($recordA, $recordB) {
  return strcmp($recordA['createdDate'], $recordB['createdDate']);
}

?>

 
 -

The first line you just need to swap in your arrays, then in the foreach loop, you can swap in the approriate fields. I have it displaying the created date and title.

This will sort your list based on when each item was created.

Give this a shot and let me know how you make out :).

Re: [ross] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:25:17 -0700

Hi, Ross.

Thanks for your reply.

Creating one list from two sets of data isn't a problem for me; it's creating a single list that is chronological based on the order that the content was added, regardless of which section it is taken from.

For example, say the list is made up of five headlines that is made up of the five most recent articles in the Top Stories and Daily News sections. It might be that the headline at the top of the list comes from Daily News because that was the article that was added most recently. The second might be from Top Stories because it was the second most recent, and so on.

Does that description make sense? I'm not trying to have, say, all of the most recent Top Stories' headlines followed by all of the ones for Daily News. We'd like them to be mixed up, if possible.

Kind regards,

Re: [NigelGordijk] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:08:40 -0700

Hi Nigel

You should be able to get one list of records from two different sections in CMS Builder. The way I would do is stick the viewer code for both sections at the top of your page. This will give you one array of records for each section.

You would then need to combine those sections (there's a php function for that) and then voila. One list of records that's actually comprised from two sections.

Let me know if that makes sense. Can I go over the code in some more detail for you? It's probably going to get a little advanced. The best place to start would be if you could just set me up a test.php page with the viewers for both sections you want to combine in it. Just post that as an attachment.

Thanks!

Re: [isdoo] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:24:21 -0700

Bizarrely, the RSS feed is working perfectly now! Thanks for your help, Isdoo.

Does anyone know the answer to my other question, please? On the homepage - http://www.yallaf1.com - is a column of headlines under the title "Daily News". These headlines all come from a single section of the site that is controlled with CMSB. Is there a way of collating headlines from more than one section so that they are all chronological? Therefore, just as an example, there might be two "Top Stories" headlines next to each other because they've been added most recently, followed by a headline from "Daily News", two from "Blog", etc.

Thanks,

Re: [NigelGordijk] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:02:43 -0700

I can't see a style now for your page at http://www.yallaf1.com/rss.xml.php - but I can see a desciption now :)

Re: [isdoo] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:44:43 -0700

Actually, this line should read:

I've corrected the name error - thanks for pointing that out - but still no joy.

Re: [NigelGordijk] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:39:44 -0700

certainly looking at your rss feed, I can't see a summary or content, so it certainly looks like the line...

is at fault. If your field is called summary, then I can't see where the issue might lie, especially as the other fields are working.

Re: [isdoo] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:16:44 -0700

Thanks for the swift reply, Isdoo.

I've tried your suggestion - including limiting the number of characters - but the same thing is happening.

I actually think that the feed isn't accessing the updated version of the rss.xml.php file. I compacted the code in this file now there isn't a line 22, which is where it says the error is.

I tried deleting this file from the server but the same error message appears, whereas I would have expected a message that tells me the feed can't be read.

Re: [NigelGordijk] RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:07:12 -0700

Assuming that your description field is called summary rather than say content, then I can't see why this line should not work - however confirm to see the field name within your table.

incidentally, I use, the code below to limit my content to 75 characters rather than posting the ful article in the RSS feed.

 
  // Usage: < ?php print maxWords($content, 25); ? > 
  function maxWords($textOrHtml, $maxWords) { 
  $text = strip_tags($textOrHtml); 
  $words = preg_split("/\s+/", $text, $maxWords+1); 
  if (count($words) > $maxWords) { unset($words[$maxWords]); } 
  $output = join(' ', $words); 
 
  return $output; 
  } 
?> 
     
      
 
         
          <?php echo htmlspecialchars($record['title']) ?> 
          http://www.fansfocus.com 
          .... 
           
          http://www.fansfocus.com

RSS feed error message/Headlines from multiple sections

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:44:35 -0700

Hi, All.

I have two CMS Builder issues I'd like to sort out.

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1. RSS feed: I've got this to work on http://www.yallaf1.com, and the feeds are appearing when I add them to Google and Yahoo. However, I'm getting the following error message, which appears under the headline link:

"Notice: Undefined index: summary in /home/yallaf5/public_html/rss.xml.php on line 22"

This is the code that I'm using in the file called rss.xml.php:

'; ?>

require_once "/home/yallaf5/public_html/cmsAdmin/lib/viewer_functions.php";

list($top_storiesRecords, $top_storiesMetaData) = getRecords(array(
'tableName' => 'top_stories',
));

?>

YallaF1 - Daily Formula 1 News
http://www.yallaf1.com
YallaF1.com Daily Formula 1 News

en-us

<?php echo htmlspecialchars($record['title']) ?>
http://www.yallaf1.com

http://www.yallaf1.com

Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong, please?

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2. On the homepage - http://www.yallaf1.com - is a column of headlines under the title "Daily News". These headlines all come from a single section of the site that is controlled with CMSB. Is there a way of collating headlines from more than one section so that they are all chronological? Therefore, just as an example, there might be two "Top Stories" headlines next to each other because they've been added most recently, followed by a headline from "Daily News", two from "Blog", etc.

Thanks!