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sfelix
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Jul 7, 2009, 11:49 AM

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Hi Guys,

I need to convert all of the content from specific categories in article manager into .xml, I've tried using article manager to do this but there seems to be a limitation on the amount of articles I can write at a time.

Any thoughts ? A prompt response will be most appreciated.


Best regards,

Stan


Donna
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Jul 9, 2009, 10:37 AM

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Re: [sfelix] Need to convert all content into .xml [In reply to] Can't Post

Hi there,

There's no restriction to this -- what are you having trouble with? Let me know the steps you've taken so far, and what snags you've hit?

Donna

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ColinW-O
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Jul 10, 2009, 7:28 AM

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Re: [Donna] Need to convert all content into .xml [In reply to] Can't Post

I'm having an issue too as all the special characters like #, & and stuff like that are popping an error and not being displayed.

What's the best way to change them from & to & as I cannot go and edit them one by one. What kind of encoding would this be?


ross
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Jul 13, 2009, 9:56 AM

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Re: [ColinW-O] Need to convert all content into .xml [In reply to] Can't Post

Hi there.

Thanks for posting!

XML is really picky with the content you try to put in it so one solution I've found people like is to actually create a whole new field in your system just for XML content. If you set it up as a plain textfield, that should fix all the problems with special characters. Of course, that does mean you have to enter some of your content twice.

If you want to stick with what you have, I am thinking you'll want to try a placeholder modifier to convert your output into plain text. Can you try this:

$content.textOnly$

That should strip out all HTML tags. You can also try

$content.htmlEncoded$

That should fix some of your special characters. You can combine the modifiers like this:

$content.htmlEncoded:textOnly$

Give it a shot and let me know how you make out :).
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ColinW-O
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Jul 13, 2009, 10:00 AM

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Re: [ross] Need to convert all content into .xml [In reply to] Can't Post

I did infact get it worked out...I'm posting a new topic because I turned my feeds into an iPhone app. :)


ross
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Jul 13, 2009, 10:47 AM

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Re: [ColinW-O] Need to convert all content into .xml [In reply to] Can't Post

Hi there.

Thanks for the update!

Keep me in the loop with how you make out with the iPhone app. Thanks!
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