CGFeedMaker does not work

Torpedine · **Joined:** Thu May 18, 2006 3:53 pm **Posts:** 78

Hi all,
I am trying again to use CGFeedmaker (latest version with CMSMS 1.6.6) but the feed generated is empty.
I am not using pretty URLs.

Can somebody help me please?

Matio · **Joined:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:54 pm **Posts:** 17

I have the same problem.

Jeff · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:37 pm

You have something wrong.

No information = no help.

jukums · **Joined:** Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:13 pm **Posts:** 9

Ok, same problem here...

Returned page where RSS feed has to be http://localhost/feeds/cgblog/ is blank

http://localhost/feeds/cgblog is 404
http://localhost/feeds/cgblog.rss is 404

CMS Version 1.6.6
CGFeedMaker 1.0.9

assume_mod_rewrite: true
internal_pretty_urls: false
use_hierarchy: true

Current PHP Version (phpversion): 5.1.6

feed alias: cgblog
feed link: http://localhost/feeds/cgblog
title: rss feeds

also, to include trailing slash at the end URL, i have following lines enabled (provided with cmsms, but was disabled i think)

Code:

# 301 Redirect all requests that don't contain a dot or trailing slash to
# include a trailing slash
# but ignore POST requests.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !POST$
RewriteRule ^(.*) %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L]

though it doesn't change anything if i disable those lines

JeremyBASS · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:28 pm

Well I'd think you may be mistaken on your cmsms version.. your config.php should have...

Code:

#------------
#URL Settings
#------------

#What type of URL rewriting should we be using for pretty URLs?  Valid options are:
#'none', 'internal', and 'mod_rewrite'.  'internal' will not work with IIS some CGI
#configurations. 'mod_rewrite' requires proper apache configuration, a valid
#.htaccess file and most likely {metadata} in your page templates.  For more
#information, see:
#http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php/FAQ/Installation/Pretty_URLs#Pretty_URL.27s
$config['url_rewriting'] = 'mod_rewrite';

#Extension to use if you're using mod_rewrite for pretty URLs.
$config['page_extension'] = '.html';

#If you're using the internal pretty url mechanism or mod_rewrite, would you like to
#show urls in their hierarchy?  (ex. http://www.mysite.com/parent/parent/childpage)
$config['use_hierarchy'] = true;

#If using none of the above options, what should we be using for the query string
#variable?  (ex. http://www.mysite.com/index.php?page=somecontent)
$config['query_var'] = 'page';

Here is a hint to.. people should not use / as the extension.. use .html... there are many many reasons but just a tip.. also..

try...

# CMSMS Rewriting
# Set assume mod_rewrite to true in config.php and clear CMSMS cache
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]

in your .htaccess...

Last thing.. make sure to read the help, it'll tell you some what’s and how’s to insure correctness of the feed code as IE will just show up blank..

Hope this helps .. cheers Jeremy

Matio · **Joined:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:54 pm **Posts:** 17

The feed itself works fine for me, when I have Hierachy allowed in my config.php. But when I turn off hierarchy, the generated feed is blank.

Jeff · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:39 pm

check your cgfeedback setup/settings you should have set the extension for your feed.

Matio · **Joined:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:54 pm **Posts:** 17

I tried extension "rss" and no extension too, but feed is still empty.

Jeff · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:50 pm

check the source, the browser might not render it.

Matio · **Joined:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:54 pm **Posts:** 17

Source shows only rendering times:

Code:

Jeff · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:22 pm

what are you using for a template?

Matio · **Joined:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:54 pm **Posts:** 17

Default template, that one with {news assign="junk"}

Weird thing is, that with hierarchy turned on, the feed works...

JeremyBASS · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:12 am

JeremyBASS wrote:

Last thing.. make sure to read the help, it'll tell you some what’s and how’s to insure correctness of the feed code as IE will just show up blank..

Hope this helps .. cheers Jeremy

if it's blank here you go... ;D

jukums · **Joined:** Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:13 pm **Posts:** 9

Right, this might sound stupid, but is there any need to restart apache, as I have modified extension from "/" to ".html" in config.php and reverted .htaccess file back to original and cleared CMSMS cache.

Now menu on the top level shows correct links, but none of them works - all of previous links with trailing slash as extension work as before if you type them by hand, this is tested even after clearing browsers cache.

Jeff · **Posted:** Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:15 pm

No you shouldn't have to restart apache.

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