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floodrod
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Nov 8, 2006, 10:06 AM

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Hi,

I am trying to set up an option where readers can submit rss feeds which will be displayed in the article content.

I went to Admin > Database Editor > Table Editor

I added a field called RSS_URL and gave it a textfield

Now I add code on my template

<!--#include virtual="/rss/rss2html.php?XMLFILE=$RSS_URL$&TEMPLATE=http://www.mysite.com/rss/sample-template.html&MAXITEMS=20" -->

When I add an article with the RSS_URL field filled out, an error message appears saying:

Configuration setting prohibit using the specified feed file, exiting

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Alternately, If I put this into my article page template within the

<!-- templateIf : $RSS_URL$ ne "" <!--#include virtual="/rss/rss2html.php?XMLFILE=$RSS_URL$&TEMPLATE=http://www.mysite.com/rss/sample-template.html&MAXITEMS=20" --> <!-- /templateIf -->

I get [TemplateIf Error: Expression '[unknown placeholder $RSS_URL$] ne "" Configuration setting prohibit using the specified feed file, exiting

Can anyone shed some light as to where im going wrong?

Thanks


ross
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Nov 8, 2006, 11:28 AM

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Re: [floodrod] Template SSI Includes and placeholders [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi there.

Thanks for posting!

The first thing I noticed there is that the templateIf isn’t quite right. The opening templateIf tag appears to be missing a --> right before you start the SSI.

The second thing here is that you’ll also want to adjust the placeholder you are using. Instead of just $RSS_URL$ you’ll want to try $article.RSS_URL$.

Does that make sense? Here’s an example of what I think the whole thing should look like:


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<!-- templateIf : $article.RSS_URL$ ne "" --> 
 <!--#include virtual="/rss/rss2html.php?XMLFILE=$article.RSS_URL$&TEMPLATE=http://www.mysite.com/rss/sample-template.html&MAXITEMS=20" --> 
 <!-- /templateIf -->

I spaced it out a little more just to make it easier to read. Give this a shot and let me know how you make out Smile.
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(This post was edited by ross on Nov 8, 2006, 11:40 AM)


floodrod
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Nov 8, 2006, 3:48 PM

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Re: [ross] Template SSI Includes and placeholders [In reply to] Can't Post
Of-course it makes senseWink

It totally worked! Changing the placeholder to article.--- and fixing the templateif closing tag did the trick. I also put a templateIF which blocks the article date to appear if the RSS_URL textfield is filled in.

Thanks ross

This makes a totally automated way to open a category where users can submit RSS feeds which are automatically encoded and displayed on article pages in a search engine friendly manner. Nice


(This post was edited by floodrod on Nov 8, 2006, 3:49 PM)