CGFeedmaker /CGBlog can't do blog AND podcast

[d4creative]

ANY USEFUL SUGGESTIONS GREATLY APPRECIATED!

I am very annoyed right now that Podcast Manager has ceased development and been booted.

The only alternative I can find any reference to is CGFeedmaker. That's OK except for two things:
1. the documentation is practically non-existent and I can't find any good tutorials anywhere to help me get it working.
2. CGBlog can't manage a blog and a separate podcast at the same time. If I use it to host the podcast then the podcast entries show up as the latest blog entry. NOT COOL.

My client's site has been using both a Blog section as well as the Podcast manager for some time, but in the latest set of upgrades I suddenly discover that Podcast Manager is no longer working and has been removed from the Sourceforge.

Honestly, this is the kind of crap that drives a man to use WordPress.

[Dr.CSS]

Try ListIt2 module..?

[d4creative]

ListIt2 looks like you could do a lot I guess - flexible but very "roll-your-own" and hands on to set up. I'll check it out.

In the mean time I spent some time (too much time!?!) digging through the Podcast Manager code and managed to get it working again (in the same limited and incomplete fashion as before).

[paulbaker]

2. CGBlog can't manage a blog and a separate podcast at the same time. If I use it to host the podcast then the podcast entries show up as the latest blog entry. NOT COOL.

I see that you've managed to sort it now, but how about creating categories in CGBlog and then you can show latest blog posts in different categories on different pages.

From CGBlog help:

(optional) category="" - Used in the summary, and archive views to display only items for the specified categories.

[d4creative]

I tried using separate categories but the "-1" flag to show the latest blog post in detail mode ignores the category parameter as it only works in summary mode.

The idea is to be able to show the most recent blog in detail mode as the default blog page, with a list of other recent articles in a sidebar. That's a pretty common way to show a blog. So really it needs the addition of the category parameter in detail mode.

[paulbaker]

I see what you're saying. Looks like News (the blog utility that comes with the core) is the same.

[calguy1000]

It's simple... Use summary mode, a special summary template, and a pagelimit of 1.

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{CGBlog category=foo pagelimit=1 summarytemplate='lookslikedetail'} {* syntax may not be exact,I didn't look it up *}

[d4creative]

That's good thought. A custom summary template which actually behaves like a detail one. "Out of the box"...

Thanks.

[paulbaker]

Gotta love Calguy