Simple RSS Feed Reader
Version
2.3 (last update on Oct 30, 2011)
Rating
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61
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
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Date Added
29 January 2007
Adding RSS syndicated content inside your Joomla! website is now super-easy and simple with the "Simple RSS Feed Reader" Module from JoomlaWorks. All you have to do is insert the feed (RSS) URLs of the websites you want to syndicate in the module's settings, edit your content options, publish the module in some position and that's it! You can even publish multiple feeds at the same time (in the same module instance), filtering globally the feed items by date!
"Simple RSS Feed Reader" is based on the very popular SimplePie PHP Class, which makes it easy to integrate syndicated content into your Joomla! website - and you don't even have to worry about what kind of feed it is! The module supports everything from the old-school RSS 0.91 and RSS 1.0 formats, to the ever-popular RSS 2.0 format, and also supports the emerging Atom format, in both 0.3 and 1.0 flavors. It has a very fast, very efficient caching system. By caching the processed data, rather than just the raw XML, the module is able to create a feed parser that's really, really quick.
The feed contents are stored inside Joomla!'s cache folder and refreshed in a specific time interval, which you set in the module's parameters.
In this new version:
- we have added the option to retrieve and process (resize) remote images, which are then stored in Joomla's "cache" folder for the best possible performance
- new content options include pre-text, post-text, a custom link option at the bottom of the feeds block and more
- MVC templating is now standard, module comes pre-packed with 2 cool sub-templates
- One input box for feeds enables you to add unlimited sources to your module (previously limited to 20 feeds only per module instance).
After you install the module, add one or more RSS feed sources in the related box under "Fetch Options" and simply adjust the "Feed Content Options" in the module parameters.
--- STYLING ---
The module already includes some generic CSS styling, which makes it truely "plug and play" for your Joomla! website. If you want more control, you can simply override both the generated HTML and CSS, using MVC template overrides within your Joomla! template. The module comes prepacked with 2 templates, default and compact - the latter inspired by http://joomlareader.com/
--- DEMO ---
Demo for "default" sub-template: http://demo.joomlaworks.gr (right column)
"Simple RSS Feed Reader" is released under the GNU/GPL v2 license.
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This is another great module from JW. We use it for regional traffic alerts. Integration into our site is superb (module class suffix). Easy additional styling using separate CSS. Title and feed descriptions with multiple feed options (up to 20). Cache control options. This has got to be one of the best feed readers around.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
I needed a simple RSS feed reader for my client. He has a blog on another site, and I was able to have his blog showing on his joomla! site within 3 minutes. Simple download, easy install, breezy set up. Nice range of settings and options. My client is pleased, as am I.
I just wanted a simple RSS Feed Reader.
This feeder was very easy to understand & install.
The presentation is excellent. It looks a lot nicer than simple text links.
Just the right combination of options in regards to Feed titles, images, description, source, timestamp & word limit.
1 problem: I get a - Notice: Undefined variable: & Notice: Trying to get property of non-object both on line 150 in the latest version.
Suggestion: It would be great if there was an option to group the feeds according to their categories in the display.
Recommended.
This feeder was very easy to understand & install.
The presentation is excellent. It looks a lot nicer than simple text links.
Just the right combination of options in regards to Feed titles, images, description, source, timestamp & word limit.
1 problem: I get a - Notice: Undefined variable: & Notice: Trying to get property of non-object both on line 150 in the latest version.
Suggestion: It would be great if there was an option to group the feeds according to their categories in the display.
Recommended.
This is exactly what we needed, simple and powerful with all the configuration options we could desire the only snags preventing us form deploying into production are:
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1:
with (at least one) blogspot feed the 'hide images' option only works if the ' Force word limit' option is left empty or from zero to a small integer (3 or 4). I guess this could be also blogspot (or this blog) fault, but I could not solve the issue.
Fo us this is a problem because we want no images, and even if we did, there's a problem with text not flowing around them -another problem.
2:
We receive feeds in Portuguese (our own and form this site are good examples) and special caracteres (à, á, ç, ã, etc...) very important and common in Portuguese display very wrongly. Very wrongly means with two strange characters replacing one of our 'special' ones(example 'Divisão shows up as 'Divisão')
We would very much like to use this product, can this be corrected? Is this the proper place to ask for this?
If we were not seeking Portuguese feeds (I'm sure spain will have the same issues) and we didn't need this specific blogspot I would be giving this module an 'EXCELENT' I now with all this complains I should be ranking it lower, but I think it's a really great product, we just have the misfortune of needing it in the most buggy scenario
All the best
Vitor Cunha
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1:
with (at least one) blogspot feed the 'hide images' option only works if the ' Force word limit' option is left empty or from zero to a small integer (3 or 4). I guess this could be also blogspot (or this blog) fault, but I could not solve the issue.
Fo us this is a problem because we want no images, and even if we did, there's a problem with text not flowing around them -another problem.
2:
We receive feeds in Portuguese (our own and form this site are good examples) and special caracteres (à, á, ç, ã, etc...) very important and common in Portuguese display very wrongly. Very wrongly means with two strange characters replacing one of our 'special' ones(example 'Divisão shows up as 'Divisão')
We would very much like to use this product, can this be corrected? Is this the proper place to ask for this?
If we were not seeking Portuguese feeds (I'm sure spain will have the same issues) and we didn't need this specific blogspot I would be giving this module an 'EXCELENT' I now with all this complains I should be ranking it lower, but I think it's a really great product, we just have the misfortune of needing it in the most buggy scenario
All the best
Vitor Cunha
I recently added V1.1 to 'live' after using it on a test server for a while. No complaints worked as planned.
Pros: This just works, simple to follow instructions makes it a breeze to install and configure.
Cons: We installed it on our live site and found it slowed down considerably. Note: This maybe due to the feeder site and not the module itself, so we will be testing more thoroughly on our live enviroment.
Overall: If your looking for a simple feed, then Simple RSS Feed Reader is one to test out.
Pros: This just works, simple to follow instructions makes it a breeze to install and configure.
Cons: We installed it on our live site and found it slowed down considerably. Note: This maybe due to the feeder site and not the module itself, so we will be testing more thoroughly on our live enviroment.
Overall: If your looking for a simple feed, then Simple RSS Feed Reader is one to test out.
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