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I just installed GL and love it. http://flatratetech.com/ftn I am trying to set up feeds from the site.
but when I go to http://flatratetech.com/ftn/backend/geeklog.rdfIt wants to download the file. How do I set this up as an rss feed.

I am sorry I am very new at this

Content syndication

Warren, I asked basically the same question a week ago, & got several good answers. I haven't put this on a site yet, I'm involved in an upgrade, so I haven't tested.

Insert this HTML on a page where you want the feed to display (courtesy "drali") (and replace the () with angle brackets):



Is this what you're looking for?

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Tom
www.southparkcity.com

Dirk
none of the documentation explains anything . I have everything set the way it says to be set. and when you go to the backend page it is a download not a news feed in rss.

tstockma
I am assuming that in this part of the code ="http://www.geeklogsite.ca/backend/myfeed.rss" / )
I would change it to my site instead of www.geeklogsite.

You probably need a RDF client/reader to read the file, I don't think IE has one by default. There are several good ones outs there including FireFox which has LiveBookmarks are an extenstion called Sage. Here is a random list of readers I found using Google.

Here is a decent RSS Primer you should probably have a look at to understand the technology a bit better.

-Vinny

Warren... I wouldn't tell Dirk "none of the documentation explains anything"! Not if you want much help! Especially since the link he gave you would, if you really use it, leads you to everything you need.

I have struggled a lot with getting my stuff up & running the way I want, I'm sure there's more struggle to come. Things really are friendly around here--but "the culture" 'round here is that newbies like you 'n' me wrestle a lot, we won't be spoon-fed, especially if we're slow to catch on. Someone will usually give you a pointer that will lead somewhere but you gotta do the work.

Don't get me wrong--plenty of times someone will respond with one sentence that absolutely nails it. But I have to know enough to understand what they said, or else work hard enough for the light to break thru.

OK, I'll drop a few strong hints.

First--ignore my previous post, I just upgraded to 1.3.11 and what I said previously probably doesn't apply, sorry, I went from what I knew at the time.

Second--follow Dirk's link, then click on the "documentation" link to see how to set flags so your GL generates content in that RDF file you've found. PS, your browser will not want to display the content of the file, it doesn't know what an RDF file type is, so it wants to download it. NP.

Then--again, following Dirk's link, click on the "block types" link. If you want to display your own or someone else's RDF, that will tell you how to set up a portal block for it.

Good luck--hope you keep at it long enough to learn it!

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Tom
www.southparkcity.com

First of all if I came off harsh I am sorry that was not my intention.

I will reread the documentation to see what I missed.

Vinny I will check out your links.

I have rss feeds on my site from other sites. I use http://www.feedvalidator.org/
to check the feeds and http://www.howdev.com/services/feedsweep/ to buid the script These are very easy to use and understand.

I will read read read and get back to you if I have more trouble.

I figured it out. the address http://flatratetech.com/ftn/backend/geeklog.rdf is a valid rss url. The problem I had was that my rdf file was empty. The reason for this was I never check the permissions on the file. I set them to 777 and all is good now.

Thank you everyone for your help

Woo-hoo!

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Tom
www.southparkcity.com