Hi,

I'm trying to place a link to my RSS feeds (generated by views_rss) in a sidebar block. I have the RSS icon below the view, so could manually link to each specific node, but I don't want to have to do this for each view produced. I'm no good with php, so was wondering if you could suggest some code that could achieve this?

So basically I either want to remove the RSS icon from below the view and place it in a block instead, or want a way of creating a dynamic link to the feed URL that could be used in a block (with or without the RSS icon below the view).

I hope that just about makes sense. The solution is no doubt simple, but I just cannot figure it out!

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edpaff commented

Just to follow up...

It seems that the views_rss module prints its feed icons through page.tpl.php. The feed icons are printed through this code <?php print $feed_icons; ?> but when you try to enter this code in a block it doesn't seem to work.

Can anyone suggest any alternative?

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merlinofchaos commented

In your block-view.tpl.php you can try this:

Note. This is untested, so you may have to fiddle with it a bit.

  $view = views_get_current_view(); 
  // If this doesn't work, try global $current_view; $view = $current_view;
  $args = views_post_view_make_args($view, 'rss_feed', 'feed');
  $url = views_get_url($view, $args);
  $title = views_get_title($view, 'block', $args);
  print theme('feed_icon', $url, $title);
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edpaff commented

Thanks for the reply,

Have given it a go, and unfortunately have had no luck. Have fiddled as suggested but am getting an error:

warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/mysite/public_html/mysite/modules/views/modules/views_node.inc on line 846.

The feed icon shows, but the link is to the page URL rather than the RSS URL...

Thanks again for trying.

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Florent Jousseaume commented

Hi

I just find a solution for this problem.

After searching why this snippet does not work, I find with the debug module. When you have more than 1 block generated by the view module, the current_view variable is not the block view's...

Here is my soluce

<?php
  $myview = views_load_view($block->delta);
  $args = views_post_view_make_args($myview, 'rss_feed', 'feed');
  $url = views_get_url($myview, array( 'feed') );
  $title = views_get_title($myview, 'block', $args);
  print theme('feed_icon', check_url(url($url)), $title);
?>

It perhaps exists a simpler soluce, but it works fine for this case :)

Florent,

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Scott.Champion commented

Hi you guys,

I'm having the same issue. I want to make the Syndicate link on each page access the RSS feed generated by Views. I'm new to drupal and tried to find the file you're talking about "block-view.tpl.php" in a search and didn't find it. I added it to my theme's directory, but it hasn't had any effect.

I'm using a derivative of the zen theme. Can you help me get my bearings?

Thanks so much, in advance!

Scott,

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Florent Jousseaume commented

Hi,

This file doesn't exist by default. You can copy the block.tpl.php with the name block-view.tpl.php

All blocks generated from a view would be concerned by this template, so you can apply a different treatment.

I hope it helps you

Florent,

(I was on holidays before, sorry for the later) (sorry for my english too !)

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Status: Active » Fixed
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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.

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merilainen commented

Is this working? I cannot get it to show the feed icon inside my block. When I open the full page view, there is the feed icon showing up as it should.

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Andrey Zakharov commented
Version: 5.x-1.6 » 6.x-2.11
Issue tags: +howto, +solved

My solution for Views 6.x-2.x


  $myview = views_get_view( 'latest_news' ); ///< Your views ID or name here
  $display = 'feed_1'; ///< Your feed name here, string used 2 times
  $myview ->set_display( $display );
  //$args = array(); ///< You can provide view by some arguments
  //$myview ->set_arguments( $args );
  $url = $myview ->get_url();
  $title = $myview ->display[ $display ]->display_options[ 'title' ];
  print theme( 'feed_icon', check_url( url($url) ), $title );
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And here's the code for Drupal 7 :

 <?php
  $myview = views_get_view( 'my-view' ); ///< Your views ID or name here
  $display = 'feed_1'; ///< Your feed name here, string used 2 times
  $myview  ->set_display( $display );
  //$args = array(); ///< You can provide view by some arguments
  //$myview  ->set_arguments( $args );
  $var['url'] = $myview ->get_url();
  $var['title'] = isset($myview ->display[ $display ]->display_options[ 'title' ]) ? $myview ->display[ $display ]->display_options[ 'title' ] : t('feed'); //< if title not set, set a default one

  print theme( 'feed_icon', $var );
?>