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annie
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Oct 2, 2006, 3:53 AM

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I've followed the instructions in the Listings Manager tutorial to try and get an rss feed working. The feed seems to be updating and it validates OK so I must have done something right. However, when I run http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/exec/publishcron.cgi?page=1 in my browser nothing happens. Am I doing something daft?

Contents of publishcron.ini

Code
  
 
Code
 
 
#--------Search URL - replace with the full URL to your Article Manager search engine) 
 
search_url = http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/exec/search.cgi 
 
#--------Search Queries 
 
page1     = /home/mellowneeduk/public_html/cgi-bin/products/listings/rss.xml 
query1    = search=1&perpage=30&template=rss_template.xml 
 
 
#--------Uncomment (remove the starting #) from these queries to add additional queries. 
 
#page2     =  
#query2    =  
 
#page3     =  
#query3    =  
  
 
publishcron.cgi and publishcron.ini are in the following directory: 
http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/exec/  
 
publishcron.cgi = chmod 755  
 
publishcron.ini = chmod 766  
 
The listings directory is located at: 
http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings  
 
The rss.xml file is also in the listings directory. The rss_template.xml file is in the templates/_generic directory.  
 
In the Listings Manager setup the program path is: 
/home/mellowneeduk/public_html/cgi-bin/products/exec  
 
Did I put the correct path into the publishcron.ini file or have I made an error somewhere else?


Donna
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Oct 2, 2006, 11:39 AM

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Re: [annie] rss feed query [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Annie,

Thanks for your post. I took a look at the link to your Publishcron, and it appears to be working as expected -- are you still having trouble? I was able to see your RSS feed here:

http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/rss.xml

...so it looks like it's working as expected. Let me know if you're still having trouble. :)

Donna

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annie
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Oct 2, 2006, 11:55 AM

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Re: [Donna] rss feed query [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Donna,

I was under the impression that the following URL would enable me to check everything and manually update the feed if I delete an entry. However, nothing appears in the browser when I go to the URL'

http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/exec/publishcron.cgi?page=1

Quoting the instructions..."To test that publishcron is working and see how the output looks, enter the URL to publishcron in a web browser and add ?page=1 to the end. This will also publish any queries in the INI file.
http://yoursite.com/cgi-bin/listman/exec/publishcron.cgi?page=1"





Donna
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Oct 2, 2006, 1:02 PM

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Re: [annie] rss feed query [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Annie,

Can you let me know what browser you use when you view that? When I go to the page, I am seeing the RSS output. Do you see anything on the page, or is it totally blank?

Donna

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annie
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Oct 2, 2006, 2:42 PM

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Re: [Donna] rss feed query [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Donna,

I was using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP and the page wouldn't change - nothing would happen at all. However, I also have Firefox so I tried with that and the following appeared. Is this what I should be seeing?

http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk Mail order cross stitch and tapestry kits for sale in the UK - Mellow Needlecrafts en-us http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0009.html http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0009.html http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0005.html Text http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0005.html http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0008.html http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0008.html http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0007.html Preview Text... http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0007.html http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0006.html Preview text... http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0006.html http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0002.html Preview text... http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0002.html http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0004.html This is an area for a description. This is an area for a description.... http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0004.html http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0003.html Preview text... http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0003.html http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0001.html Preview text http://www.mellowneedlecrafts.co.uk/cgi-bin/products/listings/l0001.html


ross
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Oct 3, 2006, 8:59 AM

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Re: [annie] rss feed query [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Annie.

Thanks for the update!

That’s definitely what you should be seeing, so it looks like things are working nicely in FireFox. I am not actually quite sure why it isn’t showing up properly in IE though but I am also getting the same thing happening here so I would need to have a closer look.

Would you mind sending me a support request with some FTP details so I can get in there and do some testing?

https://www.interactivetools.com/support/email_support.cgi

I look forward to hearing from you Smile.
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