Slick RSS 
Version
1.5 (last update on Oct 17, 2009)
Rating
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129
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
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Date Added
16 January 2007
* Up to 5 RSS feeds per instance
* Display set number of items
* Item Title
* Item Description
* Tooltip Title
* Tooltip Description
* Limit Word Counts for Title and Description
* Enable / Disable Images
* Easily Customise Tooltip Colour
* Set Link Target (new window, same window)
* Supports UTF-8 and International Character Sets
* Supports embedded media files in newsfeed (podcasts etc...)
* Caching and module class suffix is supported.
NOTE: Joomla 1.5 version released!
CHANGELOG:
Version 1.3, For UTF-8 support, Slick RSS now uses the slick and fast RSS Parser from simplepie.org
Version 1.4: Even better configuration options and support for international characters.
Version 1.5: Version for Joomla 1.5
Specifically, related to character display, Slick RSS 1.4 will now :
1) Optionally override your default Joomla encoding with the RSS feed encoding. (default=disabled (1.3)
2) Enable or disable the translation of characters from the RSS feed into your default Joomla encoding charset. (default=enabled (1.4))
If this module helps you out, please give feedback. Thanks!
Update: I have setup a new support forum at : http://joomla.daveslist.co.nz/forum
Please direct support questions there.
DT
Excellent extension, easy installation and highly configurable via the admin interface. Amazing support from the developer. He got this working on a non UTF8 charset site using the 1.3 version which wans't even supposed to do this ! I've installed the 1.4 and this works wonderfully. Thanks David.
Clean install, simple to use, works well. Has just enough flexibility (show/hide titles, teaser text, images, popup).
This module is particularly well suited to more modern templates that have a large number of positions defined--you could quickly populate a site with nice-looking, subject-specific RSS feeds.
Handles several feeds from problem sites that did not display correctly in other Joomla RSS extensions.
This module is particularly well suited to more modern templates that have a large number of positions defined--you could quickly populate a site with nice-looking, subject-specific RSS feeds.
Handles several feeds from problem sites that did not display correctly in other Joomla RSS extensions.
I can't use this component since it doesn't show correctly feeds that contain international character sets. Spcifically Hebrew is not presented correctly.
Owner's reply
Slick RSS uses Joomla's built in RSS parser, based on DOMit. The current version for 1.0.x has limited utf-8 support. I believe international character set support is important. Thanks for pointing it out. I will work on this functionality for the next version by integrating a new RSS parser with utf-8 support.
A very nice, easy to use newsfeed module that I am using. I styled the module background but the popup colours are the original defaults.
This module seems to work straight away for most people but I had problems when I used an Absolute DIV sitting outside the main template container (for Calendar and Site News). The tooltips were pushed off to the right of the screen out of sight. An email to the author found the solution straight away - brilliant!
At the bottom of the configration page for the module there is a "Extra Tooltip Parameters field". Using version 1.1 David suggested ,OFFSETX, -800, OFFSETY, 0 which worked. If you use version 1.2 you don't need the first comma. Don't ask me why!
For those who know what they are talking about, information on this Overlib thingy is here: http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/.
This module seems to work straight away for most people but I had problems when I used an Absolute DIV sitting outside the main template container (for Calendar and Site News). The tooltips were pushed off to the right of the screen out of sight. An email to the author found the solution straight away - brilliant!
At the bottom of the configration page for the module there is a "Extra Tooltip Parameters field". Using version 1.1 David suggested ,OFFSETX, -800, OFFSETY, 0 which worked. If you use version 1.2 you don't need the first comma. Don't ask me why!
For those who know what they are talking about, information on this Overlib thingy is here: http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/.
From the outset, Slick RSS was the only extention that, right out of the box, gave me the info I wanted for a non-news RSS feed. Witn 1.1, even the popup description worked great. But what I'm most impressed with is that I still wanted more - the option to show that description without the pop-up - and within 24 hours of describing the need, 1.2 appeared. Now Slick is just what the doctor ordered. Thanks for a great addition, and for outstanding support and almost immediate turnaround. (Those of you wanting to show RSS blocks from phpGedView should take a look.)
This is better than the other options available for RSS feeds, but that's not saying much. Though the rollover feature is "slick," the built-in component in Joomla allows for images and excerpts on each article...this module doesn't. If the same functionality is added to this module, it will be a winner. Seems to be a pretty sturdy module after a fair amount of testing.
Owner's reply
Those features (incl. excerpts on each article) will be available in the next version (1.2)
Excellent module. Installed with only minor problem which was resolved in what must be record time by email to the author.
Within 30 minutes problem solved and module was up on site working just as stated. Nothing to do on my part just installed the module a second time after a fix by author.
Worked straight away.
No learning curve....
it just plain works like it is supposed to.
Excellent and useful module. Great work David Thomas.
Within 30 minutes problem solved and module was up on site working just as stated. Nothing to do on my part just installed the module a second time after a fix by author.
Worked straight away.
No learning curve....
it just plain works like it is supposed to.
Excellent and useful module. Great work David Thomas.
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