XOOPS - My thoughts only
This will be added to! I just wanted to start the general XOOPS article that I will add to as I go.
I really need to talk about XOOPS and RSS feeds right now ;o)
Well in xoops the use a file called backend.php to enable RSS feeds, it never worked for me it came up with an error all the time, I do believe it has since been fixed, while I was waiting I figured I could do the same thing with the excellent Planet module.
I had to get each RSS/XML feed address from each module that had one, most do these days. I had to make a Category in Planet for example "All Feeds" you can of course name it anything. I then added every module feed to the "All Feeds" category. The planet module generates a xml link to nearly everything eg. the "All Feeds" Category has it's own XML feed address which of course already aggregates every module feed into this category.
Every module that has a feed link is now aggregated in the one category that has it's own xml link for example
This part of the link (c4/u/b) is unique in that it is the link for the "All Feeds" category I made.
Now I had to add that link to the header part of my theme essentially replacing the feed link.
Guess what it works just the same, yep it does, I have the fancy little RSS icon that most browsers show when a page has a RSS feed.
It's a bit of work (time wise), but no more than creating a category, then adding the feeds to the category, then adding the link to the header of your theme.
I really need to talk about XOOPS and RSS feeds right now ;o)
Beginning
Well in xoops the use a file called backend.php to enable RSS feeds, it never worked for me it came up with an error all the time, I do believe it has since been fixed, while I was waiting I figured I could do the same thing with the excellent Planet module.
Middle
I had to get each RSS/XML feed address from each module that had one, most do these days. I had to make a Category in Planet for example "All Feeds" you can of course name it anything. I then added every module feed to the "All Feeds" category. The planet module generates a xml link to nearly everything eg. the "All Feeds" Category has it's own XML feed address which of course already aggregates every module feed into this category.
Every module that has a feed link is now aggregated in the one category that has it's own xml link for example
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://www.ozms.org/modules/planet/xml.php/rss/c4/u/b" />
This part of the link (c4/u/b) is unique in that it is the link for the "All Feeds" category I made.
Last Bit
Now I had to add that link to the header part of my theme essentially replacing the feed link.
Guess what it works just the same, yep it does, I have the fancy little RSS icon that most browsers show when a page has a RSS feed.
It's a bit of work (time wise), but no more than creating a category, then adding the feeds to the category, then adding the link to the header of your theme.
