News Page for 4.7.0
oscargh - January 30, 2006 - 04:11
I'm using the 4.7.0 beta 4 version of drupal now, and I wonder if any of you have used the NEWS_PAGE module in that versión it doesn't throws any error but I can't add any news_page in add content menu, do you know any other module that can use instead of the news_page module?
Thanks
Try ...
Try "Recent Blocks" which does the work automatically, or "Node Queue", where you can manually put important items to top of a list. Both modules work fine with 4.7.x.
Aggregation
vizechef,
I'm interested in the aggregation features of NewsPage. I looked at your recommendations but I don't see anywhere that they aggregate RSS content. Any ideas on that?
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I have never dealed with
I have never dealed with content aggregation and RSS feeds before.
I'm afraid I can't help you.
I need newspage as well
I need newspage as well - to organize aggregated feeds in a set of categorized pages which combine all aggregated rss items regarding a specific category.
I can't do this using taxonomy alone - because the rss aggregator - for some reason - does not use taxonomy to categorize aggregated feeds.
I know we had a discussion about this a couple of years ago, but I guess I'll have to sponsor that development if I really want it.
Any news about the upgrade of newspage module to 4.7?
Gunnar Langemark
http://www.langemark.com
Gunnar,
Gunnar,
I'll update newspage once Drupal 4.7 gets into the release candidate stage.
I spent a few days updating one of my other modules, only to see the next beta break it. Not getting burnt again.
Cortext Communications
Drupal Themes & Modules
Good news
That's very good news Robert.
Don't forget to enjoy your Drupal development. Spend the time you need to do it right.
I have a working site, and I'm very satisfied with it. I will upgrade as soon as all the bits and pieces will work for me.
Gunnar Langemark
http://www.langemark.com
Fun
Exactly - I enjoy working on all my modules, but trying to maintain them across every beta release is too much like hard work.
It's much easier to update them once when 4.7 actualy gets released.
Cortext Communications
Drupal Themes & Modules
any development ?
I just updated a site to 4.7.0 RC-2 and I wanted to hear if there is any recent development.
I´m also interested in CVS testing a news_page.module as the site I have running is sort of beta at the time.
Thanks for you efforts.
No
Nope.
NewsPage will be updated when 4.7 is released.
Cortext Communications
Drupal Themes & Modules
Show NewsPage filtered feeds in a block?
Hi,
For others to use:
I found some stuff here http://drupal.org/node/4587
and a slight change gave me what I wanted.. the NewsPage feeds in a custom block on the left.
Now I am looking for a way to have the first 3 lines or so of the content of those NewsPage feeds to display in the frontpage.
Currently they only show the title.
Anybody a hint?
<?php
function latest_nodes($type) {
$nlimit = 10;
$result = db_query("SELECT n.created, n.title, n.nid, n.changed
FROM node n
WHERE n.type = '$type'
ORDER BY n.changed
DESC LIMIT $nlimit");
while ($node = db_fetch_object($result)) {
$output .= l(check_plain($node->title), "node/".$node->nid)."<br>";
}
return ($output);
}
return latest_nodes('news_page');
?>
I think
I think
n.description would do the job, but I´m not too certain in php. :/
It should be included here
"SELECT n.created, n.title, n.nid, n.changed, n.descriptionTake a backup just in case.
Anyone else ?
News Page Block?
Hi - I'd like to do the same thing -- run a News Page filtered feed in a block, but I can't figure out how. Can you be more specific about how you solved that problem? Any help would be appreciated. Right now, I have a wonderful page of my filtered news stories, but I'd LOVE it as a block in my sidebar.
I figured out how to do this
I figured out how to do this a long time ago, but forgot to update here. There is an RSS feed on the News Page that you can aggregate and make a block with -- I did, however, have trouble with it putting a lot junk in (like instead of quote marks) -- I had to add a little script to find and replace those. But it works!
Did I miss anything
I think you posted somewhere that this module was ready for 4.7, but I can't seem to find it!
Best
Gunnar Langemark
http://www.langemark.com
Update to 4.7 - Help Test
http://drupal.org/node/62638
Cortext Communications
Drupal Themes & Modules
right
I will go there ...
thanks
Gunnar Langemark
http://www.langemark.com
News Page for 4.7 Problem
This is a must have mod for me. Tremendous job Robert!
I downloaded and installed the db file, uploaded the folder to my mods folder and followed the install instructions. Everything went smooth the enabling of news_page, setting the access, and the input format set to full html. Under create content the news_page appears. I have set up the aggregator cats however, when I make a news page there is no direction to the aggregator cats so the page just comes up like any other page creation.
I have installed the aggregator, taxonomy, taxonomy browser, newsroom modules are any of these in conflict here? I appreciated someone to steer me straight.
CVS Version
Just posted a new version to CVS which is ready for Drupal 4.7.
There was a mistake in the install file for the version posted here:
http://drupal.org/node/62638
If you're using that version follow the instructions on the bottom of that page to re-install.
Lastly, remember that cvs is for development code, so don't use this on a live site unless you've tested it thoroughly on a dummy site.
I'll wait a week for feedback on the cvs version, and if all goes well do a full 4.7 release in a week.
Cortext Communications
Drupal Themes & Modules
There is a minor bug to report
everything uploads fine and seems to work but I am receiving this:
* warning: array_keys(): The first argument should be an array in /home/jispeaka/public_html/translation-newsfeed/modules/user.module on line 349.
* warning: implode(): Bad arguments. in /home/jispeaka/public_html/translation-newsfeed/modules/user.module on line 349.
* user warning: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 1 query: SELECT DISTINCT(p.perm) FROM role r INNER JOIN permission p ON p.rid = r.rid WHERE r.rid IN () in /home/jispeaka/public_html/translation-newsfeed/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 120.
A couple of people have experienced the same problem and reported the bugs
OK
Thanks for the bug report.
I'm tied up with some work that's critical for a client the rest of this week. I'll do some News Page bug hunting at the weekend.
Cortext Communications
Drupal Themes & Modules
Bug hunting
on the weekend. Just wondering how you where making out I am getting this:
* warning: array_keys(): The first argument should be an array in /home/jispeaka/public_html/translation-newsfeed/modules/user.module on line 349.
* warning: implode(): Bad arguments. in /home/jispeaka/public_html/translation-newsfeed/modules/user.module on line 349.
* user warning: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 1 query: SELECT DISTINCT(p.perm) FROM role r INNER JOIN permission p ON p.rid = r.rid WHERE r.rid IN () in /home/jispeaka/public_html/translation-newsfeed/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 120.
Now I can't create a book outline is got to do with these errors?
Latest Version
Try the latest version, if there is still a problem create an issue to report the bug.
Cortext Communications
Drupal Themes & Modules
I have a problem but don't think it is a bug fix
I have as you suggested Robert uploaded the latest version and yes the error have gone and everything appeared fine. However, when trying to add the newspages to a book I have had some difficulty. For an example I created a newspage called "Translation News in the Americas" with the category term "Translation News in the Americas" selected. I clicked on the outline tab selected the parent "Translation in the news" On updating book outline I receive the reply "The post has been added to the book but looking at the book heirarchy I only see the Language News, Translation in the News and not my posts.
How can I assign the taxonomy? Do I have to create book pages for the Taxonomy terms first? Seems to me to be a conflict here between the books module and the taxonomy module. Any help here would be greatly appreciated as I am getting a bit confused.
Is Aggregator Necessary 4 use of News Page?
I see where News Page module is ramping up for completion and inclusion in 4.7. I believe that the previous verions of News Pages was coordinated with Aggregator.
????- Is aggregator necessary for the use of News Pages? If so, is News Pages currently compatible with Aggregator2 module?
Thanks in Advance for any light shed in this area.
yes
yes,
You have to aggregate content before you can use news page.
Enter feed urls and categories in to aggregator. Use poor mans cron to gather them automatically or setup a cron job for yoursite.xxx/cron.php
I don´t know about aggregator2 and news page.
aggregator2 and newspage
there still working on aggregator2 for version 4.7 as far as I know.
FlemmingLeer, do you have any idea how to strip out the repeated headlines from the aggregator? I am getting a lot of repeats and is annoying there must be some way to accomplish this.
Maybe
I rarely have these occurences.
But I don´t have the same time frequency for all sources. Try to diffentiate some based on priority, so that you don´t update all about the same time.
But I don´t know how to loot them out after they are gathered.
Thank You
The aggregator and aggregator2 modules seem to provide functionality that many need. I will continue to work, while awaiting some resolution in this area.
Thank u for your response,
Yes, Aggregator2
Yes, since Aggregator2 is working fine in 4.7 it's a must for me too. I'm very satisfied.
BUT: I used News Page on an other 4.7 installation (together with Aggregator) and it is great!
It's a very good way to filter feeds and I would like to use it together with Aggregator2...
Is there a way to do that?
Thanks in advance.
(I will post this as a feature request)
Is Agg2? Currently Working in 4.7?
Hello Funana,
Just wondering if Aggregator2 is installed and working on your site?
If so, were you also able to get Aggregator2_logo working at a consistent and reliable level?
Do you have a link to your site with Agg2 functioning so that we can have a look?
Thanks,
Working in 4.7?
I am sorry but I cant post our URL here since we dont know about possible security issues.
We use the A2 cvs module on a fresh 4.7.3 and it works for us.
A2 Logo is installed but doesnt seem to work.
A2 Autotaxonomy was installed, but I deinstalled it promptly when I noticed that it writes something like "automaticly generated by Aggregator2 Autotaxonomy" into every META description of the generated Tagnodes (=terms, categories, w.e.), which happend automaticly because we use nodewords.mudule.
Another problem of A2 autotaxonomy came up with some bad RSS feeds, which didnt seperate the keywords in it's category section of the feed - it produced keywords like "home : magazine : software : freeware : softwarename beta 1.0" and it was pain in d. a. to delete all of this malicious tags one by one after leeching 50 feeditems during the test. So - this module works but needs much improvement and should only be used if you subscibe to trusted feeds (like your own & partner sites feeds).
Something that seems not to be working as it should is the delete option. I deleted an item and it was deleted out of lists, but it was still there. Not too bad for spiders, but bad for moderation ;) Maybe it was a cache thing... Im not sure at the moment.
Next thing: Don't think that you can handle more than 5-10 feeds via cron.php & poormanscron only. You will have to refresh each feed manually on a regular base, make cronjob for each feed or whatever. Maybe that this is something which has a lot to do with malicious xml, but the Core Aggregator module is way more stable and does not produce this kind of errors.
At this stadium I would never take Aggregator2 for a customer project, but it has a very nice "node approach", and fits our personal needs on our small website better than Drupal Aggregator. I love it, although it is not the holy grale.
If you have more questions - I will try to answer them here.
Thanks
Thank U! --- Have U Ever Tried?
Funana,
Thank u for your time and response, I have following ????:
1) Have u evaluated/utilized the more recently developed "leech" aggregator module which is produced by the same developer of Agg2 and is meant to be a type of upgrade from the same?
2) Between Agg and Agg2, would you recommend Agg in terms of having a module fully functioning to perform basic content aggregating function? We have a pre-launch site and with all things considered, I believe that we will need a solution that at the very least will aggregate content for our site so that this will not be a manual function. This will initially allow time to provide specialty, non agg content, while also pursuing ad/marketing partners for the site, without having to be stationed desktop all day manually directing content.
Thanking u in advance for your time,
Agg vs. Agg2 for contentaggregation
1.) I will take a closer look when I got some time ... Thank you!
2.) If you want Blocks with Links to your own nodes instead of Links to the sources and want to freetag items etc. you will have to take Agg2 imho. If you want a simple but stable "show some Feeds in a box (block)" solution chose Agg.
For example: We have some pro bloggers who would publish their articles on our site, but they want to continue to write them in their personal blogs. With Agg2 we can subscribe to their feeds and every item will become a node on our page. This note can be promoted and tagged by our moderators, used for blocks etc...
Yummy, Thank U!
Funana,
Thank u. I will be able to dine on this and really get the full import of the space we have to work.
Thank u for a few minutes of your time.
Bill