eZ RSS export

Updated as a youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcX1WBdulqI

Steps from the video..

• Login as admin
• Setup tab -> RSS
• Enter http://<full path to site including index.php/eng/>
• For Source Path, browse and select Home
• Main node only left unchecked
• Subnodes box checked
• Set class to Article
• CLEAR CACHES! Feed should work

RSS 2.0 works great in eZ Publish 4.3 and there are some new capabilities to send images out with the feed links.

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Admin interface, then Setup->RSS

It is easy to get confused in the documentation regarding RSS - starting with the fact that eZ may be either a consumer or producer of RSS streams.

Hot Tip

Self subscribing to a sitewide RSS feed is a simple way to track updates of site-content. The RSS delivers changes to site content with time stamping.

RSS Output

If requirement is RSS output, tell eZ what to export to RSS.

1. Login as admin, then Setup tab, RSS link in left pane.
2. Choose RSS 1.0 for the first test RSS feed creation.
3. Use http://<yoursite>.com/index.php/eng/rss/feed/<whatever you named the feed> as url of the feed.
4. Source Path browse and select eZ Publish root of site content.
5. Main node only left unchecked
6. Subnodes box checked
7. Set class to article
8. Set RSS Title to title (article title)
9. Set RSS description to summary to pick up the article summary in the text of the feed.
10. Clicking "Add source" allows picking up other classes or setting restrictions based upon site structure.

Then rename the my_feed in Admin->Design->Look and feel.. to <whatever you named the feed>.

Then clear cache in admin - the feed should start serving.

More help

Paul Wilson article on eZ site. RSS export is at the very end of the read. Several clicks to get there, but if all you want to know is why your RSS link in the url bar is not working when somebody tries to RSS your site, skip the lengthy details re import of RSS and go straight to that single last page for help. Earlier pages are no help if exporting is your only goal.