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Anatole
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Dec 25, 2005, 2:22 PM

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Just installed RSS add-on, works like a charm, thanks a lot!

Question: how to get and add <pubDate> tag with current date/time?

I need something similar to: <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2005 19:59:01 +0300</pubDate> to appear in RSS feed. Hope, you can help me.


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ross
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Dec 27, 2005, 1:17 PM

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Hi Anatole.

Thanks for posting!

Just to make sure we are both on the same page here, did you just want the date of when the RSS was last updated? Or were you thinking of having whatever ever date it is when you are looking at the get displayed?

Let me know and we can take a look at the different options Smile.
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Anatole
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Dec 27, 2005, 2:16 PM

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I mean the date when article is published. So, each entry has it's own date. Is it possible?


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ross
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Dec 28, 2005, 9:13 AM

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Hi Anatole.

Thanks for clearing that up Smile.

To have the article’s publish date appear in your feed all you should need to do is add the following tag to each of your template cells:

<pubDate>$art_date$ $art_time$:00 EST</pubDate>

Give that a shot and let me know if it was what you were looking for Smile.
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Anatole
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Jan 1, 2006, 8:43 AM

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Thank you, Ross, it was really helpful Smile


nuggetF5
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Feb 27, 2007, 3:19 PM

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Ross, I've altered my config.ini as follows so that I get a date format I prefer to add to articles, ala:

February 27, 2007 - 7:15 am

config.ini set to:
datetime_format = %B %o, %Y - %l:%M %P

RSS needs a specific format for validating RSS. Is there a way to add another placeholder so the appropriate pubDate can be used to serve RSS? I can cook up the format if I can get the placeholder. Like the individual above, I'd be serving the date of each individual publication. Thanks.


ross
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Feb 28, 2007, 8:22 AM

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Re: [nuggetF5] Quick RSS question [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi there.

Thanks for posting!

There are actually a couple different placeholders that you can use for date and you can customize the output using the config.ini file again.

Basically, I am thinking you could just use one placeholder for the date format on the rest of your published pages and the other specifically for your RSS feed. In your config.ini file, go to this line:

date_format = %b %e, %Y

and change that one to be how you want the format in your RSS feed. Then, on your RSS template, use the $art_date$ placeholder and that should be it.

Does this all make sense? Give it a shot and let me know what you think Smile.
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nuggetF5
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Feb 28, 2007, 9:13 AM

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Makes sense, and worked perfectly. Thank you.