RSS Importer Module

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Description

Import RSS feeds from your favorite websites into your plikli site.

Instructions

Settings

  1. Click on "Add a new feed."
  2. Enter feed URL in "Feed URL." input
  3. Click on the "Edit" link to configure the feed settings
  4. Click "Add a new field link" to map the fields of the RSS feed to your plikli site fields. For example:

  5. Keep in mind that every Feed is built differently. So, you have to examine every feed to get to decide what elements to use and match with Plikli field! See the difference of two feeds in the pictures.




You must select a field for the tags, as illustarted in the picture:

Create a Cron Job

  1. COPY /modules/rss_import/import.php file to the ROOT of the Plikli CMS
  2. Cron Jobs are run from /bin/bash. In most cases, depending on your host's permissions you will get this error:
    /bin/bash: /home/YOUR-ACCOUNT-USERNAME/public_html/THE-FOLDER/import.php: Permission denied
  3. To GUARANTEE the cron job will work, you have to specifically tell the server to run the cron as PHP, in the command box:
    /usr/bin/php /home/YOUR-ACCOUNT-USERNAME/public_html/THE-FOLDER/import.php
  4. Cron jobs fire an email to the owner every time they run. To stop receiving these emails, add the following to the end of the command: >/dev/null 2>&1 OR JUST > /dev/null
    /usr/bin/php /home/YOUR-ACCOUNT-USERNAME/public_html/THE-FOLDER/import.php > /dev/null 2>&1
  5. If you still received emails, CHECK WITH THE HOST NOT WITH plikli Support!

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