obFullTextRSS
Version
2.5.2 (last update on Apr 18, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
20
License
GPLv2 or later
Commercial
Type
Views
36283
Date Added
16 February 2010
Editor's Note
- This extension requires registration to download.
K2, FLEXIcontent, Mighty Resources & Yootheme ZOO is now supported.
FEATURES
* Joomla RSS to Content/Articles/Post: grab content from RSS sources and post it as Joomla articles automatically.
* Full Text RSS: grab FULL TEXT RSS, FULL CONTENT RSS no matter the source offers or not.
* Schedule: Cronjob support.
* Flexible keywords filter: decide what you want to store into your Joomla site, combine positive, negative and phrase keywords.
* Full parameters as regular article as, you can setup Author, Access Level, Created Date, Start Publishing, ...
~ Combine Import/Export layouts.
+ K2 Automatic Articles, FLEXIcontent Automatic Articles, Mighty Resources and Yootheme ZOO CCK (plugin required)
+ Add Usage Tips
~ Optimized the component GUI.
~ "Wrong image path in PREVIEW mode" bug fixed.
+ Add link to section/category in the News Feed list.
~ Improve Strip HTML Tags layout.
+ Option to add pre-text & suf-text for articles.
+ Import News Feed from com_newsfeed
+ Grab images and store into Joomla site.
+ Post new content unpublished.
+ Quick Suggest/Feedback/Ticket
+ Works with authenticated feed.
+ Quick creating sections/categories.
+ Add preview mode.
+ Ignore posts with less than X characters.
+ Run cronjob automatically, no server setup require.
+ Set the article creation date to match the date provided in the fulltextrss feed.
~ Fixed "Feed not retrieved" bug.
~ Fixed "Error in saving" bug.
~ Fixed "CRON" bug.
~ Fixed "The Tips" bug.
~ Fixed "Created Date" bug.
~ Fixed "Author" bug.
~ Improved User Manual document.
+ Flexible strip tags
+ Non-ASCII characters replacements for article alias.
+ Add User Guide document.
~ Improved performance.
* ONE-CLICK upgrade to newer version.
* Translation Manager built-in.
Please check out the product page for more information.
On the other hand, we have RSS Syndicate extension for creating feeds, please take a look:
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/content-sharing/rss-syndicate/6233
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Having tried RSS2Content and Article Generator, I can report that this extension is by far the most robust and most powerful. There is an enormous distinction between importing a sentence or two of an article from an RSS feed and actually importing the entire article. This is the only component that does it, and it does it well.
Integrating Cron Job into the component itself also saves enormous hassle. Every component handles this differently.
Pulling full text articles regardless of the feed is a complex task with many "moving parts." It is not uncommon to have template conflicts, CSS conflicts, or other such issues. It is easy to point the finger to extension developers, but often times it just takes a few quick fixes.
I had a couple of issues with my template, and the developer jumped in and fixed the issues for me without any trouble. Love the product. SEO traffic is like night and day.
Integrating Cron Job into the component itself also saves enormous hassle. Every component handles this differently.
Pulling full text articles regardless of the feed is a complex task with many "moving parts." It is not uncommon to have template conflicts, CSS conflicts, or other such issues. It is easy to point the finger to extension developers, but often times it just takes a few quick fixes.
I had a couple of issues with my template, and the developer jumped in and fixed the issues for me without any trouble. Love the product. SEO traffic is like night and day.
It works - sort of.
Compared with other RSS importers, it has greater functionality, ease of use and accuracy of import.
However, the CRON function does not work (I am using the latest version 1.5.8)). There is also an annoying floating window with hints and tips. It cannot be switched off - even when you change the parameters. The only way it can be altered is to save the parameters every time you change to a different option within the Component. The annoying window then changes position.
The hints in this system are already on the Component website anyway, so it is pointless.
In order to improve this Component two things need to happen:
1. Cron must be made to work
2. The hints and tips window must be eliminated
Do that and I'll change my rating to 5 stars.
Compared with other RSS importers, it has greater functionality, ease of use and accuracy of import.
However, the CRON function does not work (I am using the latest version 1.5.8)). There is also an annoying floating window with hints and tips. It cannot be switched off - even when you change the parameters. The only way it can be altered is to save the parameters every time you change to a different option within the Component. The annoying window then changes position.
The hints in this system are already on the Component website anyway, so it is pointless.
In order to improve this Component two things need to happen:
1. Cron must be made to work
2. The hints and tips window must be eliminated
Do that and I'll change my rating to 5 stars.
Owner's reply
Thanks Graham for the review. It's time for rating to 5 STARS ;).
1.5.8.1 has just released which fixed CRON bug, hide the hints as it should be, fixed some small bugs, and improve User Manual document.
This component is the only one can get full Rss feeds content without thirst party software/site. Excellent! All photos and text import success to articles. Easy create new categorys on the fly. But still some bugs need to update for next version:
1.Meta tags have bug. It doesn't save entered keywords to database. After Article saved, meta tags all blank. Meta tags is a must have for SEO.
2.Can't change photos saving path. Auto keep in "images/stories/blog/wp-content/uploads".
Recommended :
- Strip HTML Tags right now only support "a, img" If we has more than that will be perfect.
- We need the option use to trip out a paragraph of code. I can vote 10/10 if we have this feature. Because after we grab full Rss content, some unexpected text/paragraph of code will be include and repeat in each article. You can't missing this point.
Hope author will add more feature to component. we are waiting for new version.
John.
1.Meta tags have bug. It doesn't save entered keywords to database. After Article saved, meta tags all blank. Meta tags is a must have for SEO.
2.Can't change photos saving path. Auto keep in "images/stories/blog/wp-content/uploads".
Recommended :
- Strip HTML Tags right now only support "a, img" If we has more than that will be perfect.
- We need the option use to trip out a paragraph of code. I can vote 10/10 if we have this feature. Because after we grab full Rss content, some unexpected text/paragraph of code will be include and repeat in each article. You can't missing this point.
Hope author will add more feature to component. we are waiting for new version.
John.
When I first started using Joomla! a little more than a year ago, I really loved the mod_feed display as it gave my sites some nice keyword rich content and updated with the RSS feed automatically. So when I came across this component I really thought that it sounded too good to be true. But after using it now for a few weeks, it has proven to be a real SEO tool for my site/s. I plan to use it on all sites because it works exactly as described. Anyone that has any problems with this extension needs to check there server configs. As long as your servers are optimized for Joomla, you will have no problems with this component. And if you run into any problem, Foobla support will get right in there and fix it for you. Imagine how great would be to have a content producing tool for your Joomla! site with full articles including images, and GET THIS COMPONENT! You will not be sorry. Just make sure the RSS feeds that you want to use are valid as per the RSS 2.0 Specification.
Happy Joomla! User - Homefront Technologies
Happy Joomla! User - Homefront Technologies
This product does not work at all. It outputs and stores only one article. When I click the article a message which reads: "Sorry, readability was unable to parse this page for content." is displayed. I tried many times to figure out what the problem would be. Additionaly there is no supporting document.
Owner's reply
Thanks Jon2306 for the feedback. The readability bug has been fixed. User Manual document is now provided beside easy-to-use GUI.
Its a great idea and tries to work as promised. My first attempt at support was really good. Now nearly one week after support was requested Ive had Zero contact from Thong after being promised a 24 response to problem.
My advice is to wait for two more versions before bugs are all worked out. Biggest bug is feed will not update properly.
1. 70% of pics will not be ingested from remote articles.
2. Feeds will not update even when clearly available.
3. Sub categories are an issue
4. Manual update is required.. there is an issue with the cron script
My advice is to wait for two more versions before bugs are all worked out. Biggest bug is feed will not update properly.
1. 70% of pics will not be ingested from remote articles.
2. Feeds will not update even when clearly available.
3. Sub categories are an issue
4. Manual update is required.. there is an issue with the cron script
Owner's reply
Thanks ron for your review. The new version (1.5.7) has been released which FIXED your problems, please check out new features list.
I was looking for an extension to fetch content in easy way a long time. After a lot of test and bad results with others similar extensions comercial or free, finally I found this smart component from Foobla. I had excellent support too from the guys behind Foobla to solve some issues. I recommend.
Osvaldo
Osvaldo
Owner's reply
Thanks Osvaldo for the review.
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