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Ninja RSS Syndicator (aka BCA RSS) 
Version
1.0.2 (last update on Oct 23, 2009)
Rating
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57
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67
License
GPL
Non-Commercial
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46554
Date Added
4 November 2008
Create any number of RSS feeds, select which sections and categories to include or exclude. Choose whether to render images or HTML in the feed. Output the whole article in the feed, just the introduction or a certain number of words. The Ninja RSS Syndicator puts you in control of your feeds.
_____COMPONENT FEATURES_____
* Choice of output types: RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, MBOX, OPML, ATOM, ATOM 0.3, HTML, JS
* Choose the number of articles to show in your feeds.
* Choose how to order the feed (by date descending, date ascending, section, category, article).
* Choose whether to show full text, a number of words in feed or just the intro text.
* Choose the format for rendering author name.
* Choose whether to render HTML.
* Choose whether to render Images.
* Choose whether to show frontpage items.
* Choose which section to include.
* Choose which categories to exclude.
* Choose which individual articles to exclude.
* Create your own personalized RSS buttons.
_____MODULE FEATURES_____
* Choose which feeds to display
* Feeds are displayed with the relevant RSS button
* Choose to include the RSS feed link within page headers
Ninja RSS Syndicator is similar to DS-Syndicate and RD RSS Feed Component which were Joomla 1.0 extensions. The Ninja RSS Syndicator is the only Joomla 1.5 extension with the same feature set as DS Syndicate.
This extension was originally called the BREAST CANCER AWARENESS RSS SYNDICATOR and was developed to raise awareness of breast cancer in the Joomla community. It was released on October 31st, the breast cancer awareness day.
Thanks go to http://www.goodwebpractices.com/ , Online Marketing Consultants and Joomla SEO experts.
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byagustealo on November 14, 2009
This thing works like a charm, easy to install and use. I don't know much about rss's but I don't need to with this.
I did set my Cache time to 0 and my site is setup for sef url, and this thing works without a hitch.
Thank you guys a bunch for your awesome work, as this will help to optimize my site even further.
I did set my Cache time to 0 and my site is setup for sef url, and this thing works without a hitch.
Thank you guys a bunch for your awesome work, as this will help to optimize my site even further.
byCulot on November 13, 2009
This extensions works GREAT.
Set up in less than 5 minutes.
costumizable to the bones, set it online, configured and published in minutes. Published to aggregators and feed taggers in less than a coffee time!
HIGHLY RECCOMENDED.
Set up in less than 5 minutes.
costumizable to the bones, set it online, configured and published in minutes. Published to aggregators and feed taggers in less than a coffee time!
HIGHLY RECCOMENDED.
byGertBrouwer on October 5, 2009
Works great.
One thing though:
Seems to add non published items as well.
Already addressed the makers so hope they will come with a small update.
Keep it up ;-)
One thing though:
Seems to add non published items as well.
Already addressed the makers so hope they will come with a small update.
Keep it up ;-)
Owner's reply
Thanks for the review Gert.
This has now been fixed :)
Easy to install and start using. BCA RSS Syndicator works fine for 13 of 16 pages on my website. I do not get a "RSS2(new)"option when I right click on the arrow beside the RSS Feed icon on these three pages. It only says "[name of page] feed 1". If I could delete these three feed 1 feeds and create the correct ones for each, I would be very pleased with this component/module.
byAlphaed on August 31, 2009
Thanks for great component.
But i have some problem.
It doesn`t work with joomfish.
On "native" language everything is fine, but on translation i have only translated header and not translated article.
But i have some problem.
It doesn`t work with joomfish.
On "native" language everything is fine, but on translation i have only translated header and not translated article.
Owner's reply
Thanks Alphaed, we will look into it.
byemandab1 on May 31, 2009
The component is easy to configure and use. It is definitely more configurable and generally friendly than the built-in syndicator. While pretty much every Joomla component has an admin screen that similar to the View Articles screen built-in to Joomla, in this plugin it is particularly useful. While the feeds allow customization, all that is needed is a name and a section. The main admin screen contains the name as well as the URL for the feed. So, once you've created an URL, the admin screen is a reference every time you need to go back and copy a feed's URL. IMO, big win.
Would have gone for 5 stars if it had regexp or even keyword filtering on the articles.
Would have gone for 5 stars if it had regexp or even keyword filtering on the articles.
bydah62 on May 24, 2009
Great extension but, unless I'm missing something obvious, it lacks an important feature. Any modules which are not set to display on every menu item cannot be displayed in the RSS output. I need to have a module containing key links shown alongside articles accessed via the RSS. Am I being daft?
bySEOserpent on May 20, 2009
Does what it says. Suggestion for future versions:
It'd be great if it started supporting more popular extensions like Event List, etc. to have feeds for other content-generating extensions.
It'd be great if it started supporting more popular extensions like Event List, etc. to have feeds for other content-generating extensions.
bydpinion on May 7, 2009
Installs easily and setup is very nice. However I have noticed that if I remove/add articles the resulting feed does not display or remove them. This is quite annoying as now if anyone has the feed they will get 404s on some of the feed links. I tried setting the cache to 0 but didn't help. Seems the only way for it to work is to create a brand new feed and then it will show the articles correctly.
bycorinaw on May 5, 2009
I had the same issue as the previous posters with only dev articles showing with joomla 1.5.10.
I gave it a break last night and when I got back to this today, the RSS feed is correct.
Maybe this was an issue with the cache time of 3600? Whatever, It works now!
Thanks for the great add-on.
I gave it a break last night and when I got back to this today, the RSS feed is correct.
Maybe this was an issue with the cache time of 3600? Whatever, It works now!
Thanks for the great add-on.
Owner's reply
Thanks for the feedback, we've sorted this issue with the latest bug squat release :-)
bycassetti on April 28, 2009
Great extension, but version 1.5.5.3 does not work with j1.5.10 - Feed shows dev test articles, none of my articles
Downloaded older version of extension (v1.5.19d) and it works!! Currently the best free rss syndicate extension available for Joomla 1.5!
Downloaded older version of extension (v1.5.19d) and it works!! Currently the best free rss syndicate extension available for Joomla 1.5!
Owner's reply
Sorry about this, we've sorted this issue with the latest release. You can download the latest release from JoomlaCode.
byGwaiTsi on April 19, 2009
Well, i downloaded and installed it. Backend looks fine and seems simple.
module lacks the standard RSS feed button like on joomla new extensions or recent updates.
Biggest problem is, it doesn't seem to work.
Whatever feeds i create in outlook, when they are subscribed to, the only thing received is a bunch of the developers test articles even though i have also tried to copy the links manually from the component page to outlook.
The addition of the button would have been better suited to a plugin to add to the article choice buttons i.e. pdf, email, etc
It does look promising though.
module lacks the standard RSS feed button like on joomla new extensions or recent updates.
Biggest problem is, it doesn't seem to work.
Whatever feeds i create in outlook, when they are subscribed to, the only thing received is a bunch of the developers test articles even though i have also tried to copy the links manually from the component page to outlook.
The addition of the button would have been better suited to a plugin to add to the article choice buttons i.e. pdf, email, etc
It does look promising though.
by1Yuri on April 14, 2009
1st of all, it's really easy to use however there we have create video instructions. That's great!..
One thing that I wanna know, why in the title links I have "&" instead of "&"? Because of this my pages don't have right content because I need "Itemid"'s... But "Read more" links have normal "&". Why? Thanks.
One thing that I wanna know, why in the title links I have "&" instead of "&"? Because of this my pages don't have right content because I need "Itemid"'s... But "Read more" links have normal "&". Why? Thanks.
byaerostrato on April 14, 2009
Hello,
I have installed your component and setted all the features as in your FAQ.
I have tried to pubblish an article and open its feed in a reader. The results are: it works in firefox only and does not go in: www.netvibes.com, Bloglines, Google reader and so on.
I expected an http://www.mysite.com/RSS(/OPML...) adress.
I would like an address in the form of: www. mysite.com/RSS; the only way it will work in readers and in others websites.
Let me know if that is possible.
Ticonzero.
I have installed your component and setted all the features as in your FAQ.
I have tried to pubblish an article and open its feed in a reader. The results are: it works in firefox only and does not go in: www.netvibes.com, Bloglines, Google reader and so on.
I expected an http://www.mysite.com/RSS(/OPML...) adress.
I would like an address in the form of: www. mysite.com/RSS; the only way it will work in readers and in others websites.
Let me know if that is possible.
Ticonzero.
Owner's reply
Hi Ticonzero,
In order to get URLs like this you will need to a URL rewriter plugin like sh404sef. There is am shs404sef BCA RSS syndicator plugin that has been developed, you can get it here: http://extensions.siliana.com/forums/index.php?topic=10938.0
bygandk on April 4, 2009
Thank you for the great extention! I’ve tested it the com and mod on xamp/localhost and they’re working as a charm (you’ve done really great work!). When I’ve installed them on site (one on server) there’re no problems with instalation and formating, again BUT when I try to see the feed I’m getting the msg:"Error creating feed file, please check write permissions." I think for newcommers to Joomla! (like me)it would be very useful some additional information about the permissions to be included in installation info package.
byKPDub on March 29, 2009
Whilst this is very good at generating the RSS feeds, I can't import them into my IPB forum.
I have tested importing RSS feeds from BBC.co.uk and that works fine, did the exact same for the RSS feeds created by this component but it wouldnt' import, despite me doing the exact same thing.
Tried to import the demo data from the demo site, this also didn't work.
Perhaps its a configuration issues, would like to hear a solution
I have tested importing RSS feeds from BBC.co.uk and that works fine, did the exact same for the RSS feeds created by this component but it wouldnt' import, despite me doing the exact same thing.
Tried to import the demo data from the demo site, this also didn't work.
Perhaps its a configuration issues, would like to hear a solution
Good work, thank you.
Maybe is good idea to add column for (re)order of the feeds and not order them only by name
Maybe is good idea to add column for (re)order of the feeds and not order them only by name
Easy to install and easy to implement. Benefits Breast Cancer in addition to that. Name another extension that does that!
Owner's reply
Glad to hear that your experience with the extension has been good! :-)
byCAG on February 7, 2009
I've installed this but am getting blank feeds.
I see from the other reviews that this is not an uncommon experience. One reviewer has said that it took a little work to get it going - but doesn't say what was necesary.
Clearly there is a problem and until the solution is explained - or better still the problem is solved, this extension is not a lot of use.
Additionally I'm worried because when I try to configure the list of excluded categories, it won't hold the information. However, I can't understand more about this because I can't test it because I get blank feeds.
I see from the other reviews that this is not an uncommon experience. One reviewer has said that it took a little work to get it going - but doesn't say what was necesary.
Clearly there is a problem and until the solution is explained - or better still the problem is solved, this extension is not a lot of use.
Additionally I'm worried because when I try to configure the list of excluded categories, it won't hold the information. However, I can't understand more about this because I can't test it because I get blank feeds.
Owner's reply
Hi CAG, thanks for your feedback.
To get rid of the blank feeds, you need to ensure you clear the cache for the RSS Syndicator. Doing this should resolve the issue. By default the cache is set at 3600secs, just change this to 0 and it will work.
We have released an updated version of the BCA RSS Syndicator today, so I'd recommend you download it and give it another go.
Thanks again, and I trust you will find it works better this time.
bydax702 on January 31, 2009
Easy to install, easy to add a feed. After setting up a simple news feed, I subscribed to the feed (using the URL generated by the component) with Thunderbird and that was fine. I then added an article to the category I chose for this feed, and expected the article to come up in Thunderbird, but it didn't =( I then clicked on the URL for the feed and sure enough, it's empty. What could I have done wrong? I made sure that the category is correct and not excluded..
Owner's reply
I'm not exactly sure why this issue arose, but I'd suggest you try out the new version of the component and module to see if it fixes the issue. Thanks for your feedback Dax.
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