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This widget reads a a specified rss feed and displays feed entries in a view.

This widget uses SimplePie php library to read a given feed, process it and output it on a page. Some basic css has been specified to lay the widget out in 3 columns but the intention is that it mostly dumps the html into the page ready for styling.

The widget loads the feed in with Ajax so as not to hold up other page loading activities.

Requirements ¶

Tested on Yii 1.1.11

Usage ¶

Copy the files into the extensions directory
In your main site config (main.php) file you must add an entry in controllerMap

'controllerMap'=>array(
     'YiiFeedWidget' => 'ext.yii-feed-widget.YiiFeedWidgetController'
),

Use the widget in a view specifying the url of the feed to grab and the number of items to grab from the feed. (0 for all items)

eg.

<!-- Feed widget -->
<?php 
$this->widget(
   'ext.yii-feed-widget.YiiFeedWidget',
   array('url'=>'http://www.mysite.com/feed','limit'=>3)
); 
?>

Resources ¶

Uses SimplePie php library for feed processing http://simplepie.org/

SimplePie depends on IDNA Convert (idna_convert.class.php) http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/file/5845.html

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#12172

jon boy at 2013/03/04 08:33am

Is paging supported

Would be nice if it does not exist to page the blog results

#10252

Sage Gerard at 2012/10/14 12:02pm

404 on YiiControllerAction with controller map

I am also stuck on the spinner, and the permissions on relevant directories are fine.

I have added the controllerMap configuration, but the hidden fields in the view linking to YiiFeedWidget/getFeed return 404. The code looks fine on first glance. Any ideas on where else to look?

#10106

andyofb at 2012/10/04 10:15am

Loading spinner

I have the same issues with this feed http://www.nasa.gov/rss/

FIXED

cache dir was not writable.

#9669

Richard Walker at 2012/09/02 12:05pm

re: Extension Can't Run, re:Enhancement request

@144key Are you using version 1.01? If you are using 1.0 you could have case issues depending on what platform you are on. Also, are you certain the RSS feed you are parsing works properly and validates in an RSS validator?

@alanselvam Thanks for the feedback. Sorry, I don't have time to extend the plugin in the way you request at the moment.

#9666

144key at 2012/09/02 09:27am

Extension Can't Run

I've follow all instructions and when loaded, its always loading (there is loader icon/gif showed) and rss content not shown.

Anyone can solve this problem ?

Thanks before :)

#9462

alanselvam at 2012/08/13 09:30am

Enhancement request

I am new to yii. can u enhance this extension to parse RSS feed and store feed content in Database. It will really help me.

#9374

Richard Walker at 2012/08/07 09:54am

No problem

@Txomin Thanks for the feedback :)

#9373

Txomin at 2012/08/07 09:40am

Thanx

Have been looking for something like this for a while. Much appreciated.

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