Revo RSS Feed creation with getResources

Hi, is there a better way of creating RSS feeds then this http://modx360.com/blog/2010/02/getresources-rss-feed.html ?
And if yes, please share.

Thanks

This works too: http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,59632.msg339285.html#msg339285


This link (just tweeted!) looks similar but explains it in more detail: http://journal.simonf.co.uk/share-share-alike


Just wondering though. What’s wrong with the method in that link?

That is the common and best practice way on how to create a rss feed. Why do you actually ask that? Do you have something particular to ask for a how-to?

purpler,

You can simplify the method Garry shows on his site a bit.

First: Create a Template with this:


Second: Create a chunk for your rssItem &tpl:


Finally, create the document resource for your rss feed and insert:


You’ll want to change the "Content Type" to RSS or XML (both should work) for the document resource containing the RSS feed. Also, you don’t need to create the output filters in Garry’s tutorial because those are now built in to Revo.

I recommend using a template that way you just need to update the feed resources. It should only take a few minutes to get a feed working. Once you do you can check it using: http://validator.w3.org/feed/

Other notes: I don’t use createdon as the date as it doesn’t make sense unless you publish documents immediately and want them posted. I prefer to use an ArticleDate TV and that way I can control when a document is for publication, especially in the case of migrating legacy blog posts which is a heck of a lot easier than editing the tables.

Best of luck.

Cheers,

Jay

I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong but this just doesn’t work for me..
Feed <item>’s aren’t pulled in for some reason.

Check: http://werform.com/feed

Did you change the &parents=`3` in the getResources snippet to the ID of your container resource?

Same problem - I can’t get the feed to pull the <item>

http://www.turnaroundweek.com/index.php?id=23

I tried everything crossed my mind..

When I tried to validate the feed I got the following response - note line 15. I’m mystified!:

Sorry
This feed does not validate.
line 10, column 0: Unexpected Text (8 occurrences) [help]

[2011-01-12 16:05:56] (ERROR @ /index.php) Error 42000 executing sta ...

line 15, column 147: Undefined channel element: br [help]

... sion for the right syntax to use near ’`
,10,26,30,32,33,34,35,45 ... ^

Source: http://www.turnaroundweek.com/index.php?id=23

01.<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
02.<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
03.<channel>
04. <title>RSS</title>
05. <link>http://www.turnaroundweek.com/index.php?id=23</link>
06. <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
07. <language>en</language>
08. <ttl>120</ttl>
09. <atom:link href="http://www.turnaroundweek.com/index.php?id=23" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
10. [2011-01-12 16:05:56] (ERROR @ /index.php) Error 42000 executing statement:
11.Array
12.(
13. [0] => 42000
14. [1] => 1064
15. [2] => You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ’`
,10,26,30,32,33,34,35,45,51,46,47,48,49,50) AND (`modResource`.`conte’ at line 1
16.)
17.
18.
19.</channel>
20.</rss>
21.

Sounds like you have an issue with your getResources call.

Is the parent hidden from menus?

Are the docs published or hidden from menus? This first one may seem obvious but it is a pretty good gotcha. The second, I don’t recall if this matters. Make sure that if your docs are hidden that you add the &showHidden=`1` to your getResources call.

Is there by chance an error in your template? i.e. your [[*content]] calls.

See if anything works there.