XML MadeSimple [Default template] [Solved]

[janb]

Hi  Cécile

I think the default template are using {$xml} witch is raw data from the feed and will not be affected by the max_items parameter from what I can understand looking at the code.

If you have a valid feed, {$feed} should be available as a smarty tag.
Add {get_template_vars} in the feed template to confirm this.

I have problems getting this to work as well
Could you post the feed link you are using?

JanB

[oaouh]

Ok I found the issue. I think the module was thought to read Atom feeds, not RSS feeds, which don't have the same rules for the name of the tags.

Indeed, Atom feeds look like that :

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<feed> 
     <entry>
      ...
     </entry>
</feed>

Even though RSS feeds look like :

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<rss>
    <channel>
        <item>
            ...
        </item>
    </channel>
</rss>

In my case, I wanted to read a RSS feed. If you are in the same case, edit the file : root_of_your_site/modules/XMLMadeSimple/action.default.php with a text editor then replace all the "$xml->entry" by "$xml->channel->item" (3 places).
So you should have : 

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if (isset($xml->channel->item))
   {
      if (isset($params['max_items']))
      {       
        $entries = array();
        foreach ($xml->channel->item as $entry)
        {
           $entries[] = $entry;
        }
        $feeds = array_slice($entries, 0, $params['max_items']);
      }
      else
      {
         $feeds = $xml->channel->item;
      }
    $this->smarty->assign('feeds', $feeds);
}

Then, you have to use the $feeds array in your template, which takes the max_items limit into account.

Here is an exemple of what you can write in the 'default' template :

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{foreach from=$feeds item=actu}
<h3>{$actu->title}</h3>
{$actu->pubDate}<br/>
{$actu->description}<br/>
<a class="liresuite" href="{$actu->link}">read more</a>
{/foreach}
<p>These news come from <a href="{$xml->channel->link}">{$xml->channel->title}</a>.</p>

Hoping this message could help other CMSMS developers...

Bye !
Cécile

[oaouh]

Oooops, sorry JanB, I just saw your answer...
Thank you for your help.

[janb]

Hey Cécile

No prob.
Thank's for posting the RSS solution.

JanB

[masama1]

Hi and thank you for great lessons here. I was able to import XML first time ever! I have XML at http://www.edeamedia.com/testi/testi.xml. There is, as i understood correctly, subchilds also. How should i handle them with XML Made Simple?