I have K2 running on the latest Joomla 1.5. I would like to set up 1 rss feed for all new articles, but have no clue how to do this. Is there a guide on proper RSS feed setup with K2? here is a link to my site so you can see how jacked up the RSS is right now. www.yakangler.com

I believe you can enable this in the parameters, which can be seen when on the K2 component page, in the upper right hand corner.

I have a category called 'blogs' which has two child categories 'person a' and 'person b'. The RSS feed for 'person a' runs fine, 'person b' has no items so cannot check but anyway, a menu item for the parent category displays in the frontend as the category list view as expected (ie the same as 'person a') but the RSS link icon doesn't contain a feed.

Parent Category page : www.breakbeatcyprus.com/blogs
Parent Category feed : www.breakbeatcyprus.com/blogs?format=feed

Child Category page : www.breakbeatcyprus.com/blogs/oria
Child Category feed : www.breakbeatcyprus.com/blogs/oria?format=feed

For the 'Parent Category' when checked in www.feedvalidator.org says : 'It looks like this is a web page, not a feed. I looked for a feed associated with this page, but couldn't find one. Please enter the address of your feed to validate.'

Where am i going wrong ?

Yes, your feeds are empty.
I checked on my sites, empty feeds are displayed as k2joom.com/?format=feed then an example feed is

k2joom.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=15%3Aimage-gallery&Itemid=53&format=feed

Do you have RSS enabled in K2 Parameters? Not the category setting.

Simon

Thanks for checking this out, within K2 Parameters i see an section headed 'RSS Feed Settings' (is this what you mean?) and everything appears positive. Any other ideas ?

You have SEF on?
Have you tested with it off?

The basic Joomla RSS is done through the module mod_syndicate, have you got this setup? On K2Joom, we do NOT use it.

In K2 parameters for RSS, there are two possible places, really they should be together IMHO.
First is near the top under Layout & view options for user (author) pages. This might be worth testing, but all this does is place an RSS feed link in the user page. This is good for per user feed subscriptions instead of site or category wide.

Then further down under RSS Feed Settings, you have Feed Limit (number of feeds to show and needs to be more than 0), Feed Items Content (show intro or full or both) and Feed Word Limit (how many words you want displayed, needs to be more than 1).

I disabled the syndicate and now get a different 'error' in feed validator :

XML parsing error: :2:0: xml declaration not at start of external entity ;
Feeds should not be served with the "text/html" media type ;
Your feed appears to be encoded as "utf-8", but your server is reporting "US-ASCII"

but strangely if i add to Outlook 2007 i can receive the blogs through ok, but on Facebook it doesn't 'see' the feed.


With SEF on or off the result is as above in feed validator :

SEF OFF : www.breakbeatcyprus.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=category&id=3&Itemid=54&format=feed

SEF ON : www.breakbeatcyprus.com/blogs?format=feed

After viewing the feed code i noticed an [/iframe] line which didn't exist on your feed code, turns out the godaddy free hosting appends lines to each page it serves to generate the advert banner that sits across the top of the page.

I spent €35 euro for 1 year hosting and now the feeds validate and run fine.

Thanks for your help but i suspect if i had not been so tight i wouldn't have had the problem.

Thats not a problem.
Glad you got it fixed, sorry you had to part with cash ;)

Did I tell you I would have hosted for less than that ?

Break Beat Cyprus said:After viewing the feed code i noticed an [/iframe] line which didn't exist on your feed code, turns out the godaddy free hosting appends lines to each page it serves to generate the advert banner that sits across the top of the page.
I spent €35 euro for 1 year hosting and now the feeds validate and run fine.

Thanks for your help but i suspect if i had not been so tight i wouldn't have had the problem.

K2Joom said:Thats not a problem. Glad you got it fixed, sorry you had to part with cash ;)

Did I tell you I would have hosted for less than that ?




I was always intending to spend the money once the site was 'fully operational' considering i have had the domain for 6 months but been so complacement lol. You didn't mention your hosting cost, and frankly i've just spent a few minutes trying to look at your profile here on the get2k forum but have failed miserably to find it.

You got a good deal, wish you luck with it ;)

Break Beat Cyprus said:K2Joom said:Thats not a problem. Glad you got it fixed, sorry you had to part with cash ;)
Did I tell you I would have hosted for less than that ?




I was always intending to spend the money once the site was 'fully operational' considering i have had the domain for 6 months but been so complacement lol. You didn't mention your hosting cost, and frankly i've just spent a few minutes trying to look at your profile here on the get2k forum but have failed miserably to find it.

So here is the deal and I will create a youtube vid when this is all over and it will tell you how to take your blogs on your website and combine them all to a latest blogs format and give an RSS feedlink that can be brought into Feedburner )) Happy Happy Days

1.) First, go to your K2 global parameters settings in your K2 component and enable RSS Feeds and if your using feedburner then leave the settings the same only changing something like feed count (for large blog communities on your site you might to want this number to be higher lets say 100 or something. Click Save and go to your modules.

2.) Second, go modules and type K2 and go to the module K2_content. Go in there and set up your parameters to be the same pretty much for RokNewsPager settings. Now, don't try to be slick and choose settings that probably won't work for what content to show i.e. like most commented if you're using Jcomments... Jcomments has its own RSS feed capabilities and if someone wants to subscribe to comments they can via your Jcomments but I digress. Just don't do it. leave at default or latest (i think are the same) for mine I left it at default.
Then go to the bottom or where it says RSS icon below and make sure that is a yes.
***Make sure to also put in your item number here. It is very important because these settings in this module override the global settings it seem like. In fact now that I am thinking I think the global settings might just be for the User (blog) pages... Again, make it height if you have a lot of blogs and what not. mines at 100 for now.

3.) for now put the module in a placement that is visible ***FOR NOW**** you need the link right :-)))
Ok with that said, go to your page look at the setup make sure it is too your liking as far as content is concerned i.e. avatars won't show up in RSS feeds per say with this link so don't worry about stuff like that.

4.) Make sure TO NOT set up a content limiter i.e. 10 words to get a link back if your going to use Feedburner... You can set this up with them and it will be MUCH Better so just leave this as is... Remember at the end of this you're going to get a feedburner link that you can attach to whatever little icon or thing your want to :-) So let FeedB do the work.

5.) Once you have the link via right click and copy shortcut that is all you need for Feedburner or at the very least attaching a link that is a lot more attractive than a little RSS Icon they give you.

6.) Now lastly, and most importantly!!! Make sure this module is ENABLED but on the menu items choose NONE... TADA...

You now have a FEED LINK that can be used for FEEDBURNER or whatever and you don't have the UGLY Latest Content from K2 to deal with.

So happy

Hi Christian,

Great !

I'm going to test right now...

Olivier

Olivier Nolbert said:Hi Christian,Great !I'm going to test right now...Olivier


Let me know if it works. It surely works for me and I am so happy.

Is there any way to display the feeds of children categories, without disturbing the present status of category listing option. :) pls solve

the point of the method I describe you can put whatever categories you want and creat an RSS feed based on that. The steps are a little convuluted because i was dealing with a module from my template w/ Rockettheme but nevertheless the steps are the same.

So here is the deal and I will create a youtube vid when this is all over and it will tell you how to take your blogs on your website and combine them all to a latest blogs format and give an RSS feedlink that can be brought into Feedburner )) Happy Happy Days

1.) First, go to your K2 global parameters settings in your K2 component and enable RSS Feeds and if your using feedburner then leave the settings the same only changing something like feed count (for large blog communities on your site you might to want this number to be higher lets say 100 or something. Click Save and go to your modules.

2.) Second, go modules and type K2 and go to the module K2_content. Go in there and set up your parameters to be the same pretty much for RokNewsPager settings. Now, don't try to be slick and choose settings that probably won't work for what content to show i.e. like most commented if you're using Jcomments... Jcomments has its own RSS feed capabilities and if someone wants to subscribe to comments they can via your Jcomments but I digress. Just don't do it. leave at default or latest (i think are the same) for mine I left it at default.
Then go to the bottom or where it says RSS icon below and make sure that is a yes.
***Make sure to also put in your item number here. It is very important because these settings in this module override the global settings it seem like. In fact now that I am thinking I think the global settings might just be for the User (blog) pages... Again, make it height if you have a lot of blogs and what not. mines at 100 for now.

3.) for now put the module in a placement that is visible ***FOR NOW**** you need the link right :-)))
Ok with that said, go to your page look at the setup make sure it is too your liking as far as content is concerned i.e. avatars won't show up in RSS feeds per say with this link so don't worry about stuff like that.

4.) Make sure TO NOT set up a content limiter i.e. 10 words to get a link back if your going to use Feedburner... You can set this up with them and it will be MUCH Better so just leave this as is... Remember at the end of this you're going to get a feedburner link that you can attach to whatever little icon or thing your want to :-) So let FeedB do the work.

5.) Once you have the link via right click and copy shortcut that is all you need for Feedburner or at the very least attaching a link that is a lot more attractive than a little RSS Icon they give you.

6.) Now lastly, and most importantly!!! Make sure this module is ENABLED but on the menu items choose NONE... TADA...

You now have a FEED LINK that can be used for FEEDBURNER or whatever and you don't have the UGLY Latest Content from K2 to deal with.

So happy

Abdul Muhaymin said:Is there any way to display the feeds of children categories, without disturbing the present status of category listing option. :) pls solve

You are great, thanks .... God Bless You :)

I didn't get any solution from this forum till now, this is the first accurate solution,

If you dont mind, is there any option to put an item to multiple category without copying. :)

Thanks in Advance

Christian Matthieas said:the point of the method I describe you can put whatever categories you want and creat an RSS feed based on that. The steps are a little convuluted because i was dealing with a module from my template w/ Rockettheme but nevertheless the steps are the same.
So here is the deal and I will create a youtube vid when this is all over and it will tell you how to take your blogs on your website and combine them all to a latest blogs format and give an RSS feedlink that can be brought into Feedburner )) Happy Happy Days

1.) First, go to your K2 global parameters settings in your K2 component and enable RSS Feeds and if your using feedburner then leave the settings the same only changing something like feed count (for large blog communities on your site you might to want this number to be higher lets say 100 or something. Click Save and go to your modules.

2.) Second, go modules and type K2 and go to the module K2_content. Go in there and set up your parameters to be the same pretty much for RokNewsPager settings. Now, don't try to be slick and choose settings that probably won't work for what content to show i.e. like most commented if you're using Jcomments... Jcomments has its own RSS feed capabilities and if someone wants to subscribe to comments they can via your Jcomments but I digress. Just don't do it. leave at default or latest (i think are the same) for mine I left it at default.
Then go to the bottom or where it says RSS icon below and make sure that is a yes.
***Make sure to also put in your item number here. It is very important because these settings in this module override the global settings it seem like. In fact now that I am thinking I think the global settings might just be for the User (blog) pages... Again, make it height if you have a lot of blogs and what not. mines at 100 for now.

3.) for now put the module in a placement that is visible ***FOR NOW**** you need the link right :-)))
Ok with that said, go to your page look at the setup make sure it is too your liking as far as content is concerned i.e. avatars won't show up in RSS feeds per say with this link so don't worry about stuff like that.

4.) Make sure TO NOT set up a content limiter i.e. 10 words to get a link back if your going to use Feedburner... You can set this up with them and it will be MUCH Better so just leave this as is... Remember at the end of this you're going to get a feedburner link that you can attach to whatever little icon or thing your want to :-) So let FeedB do the work.

5.) Once you have the link via right click and copy shortcut that is all you need for Feedburner or at the very least attaching a link that is a lot more attractive than a little RSS Icon they give you.

6.) Now lastly, and most importantly!!! Make sure this module is ENABLED but on the menu items choose NONE... TADA...

You now have a FEED LINK that can be used for FEEDBURNER or whatever and you don't have the UGLY Latest Content from K2 to deal with.

So happy

Abdul Muhaymin said:Is there any way to display the feeds of children categories, without disturbing the present status of category listing option. :) pls solve

Ahh you want my other tutorial let me dig it up and I will post it here...

Abdul Muhaymin said:You are great, thanks .... God Bless You :)I didn't get any solution from this forum till now, this is the first accurate solution,If you dont mind, is there any option to put an item to multiple category without copying. :)Thanks in AdvanceChristian Matthieas said:

Other one too..... attachments is not visible in rss fields.. i am running mp3 site, and it would be great if i can make podcasts for mobile phones :) .. take ur tym, not disturbing you :)

Christian Matthieas said:Ahh you want my other tutorial let me dig it up and I will post it here...
Abdul Muhaymin said:You are great, thanks .... God Bless You :)I didn't get any solution from this forum till now, this is the first accurate solution,If you dont mind, is there any option to put an item to multiple category without copying. :)Thanks in AdvanceChristian Matthieas said:

****Do not be afraid... this is good stuff. Just marinate on this and it will all make sense to you.)))))))))))___________==
Ok here is the answer to the whole problem. In short, you only need to attach to 1 category even though it has children underneath it and just make sure that it fetches the items in the "subcats". This seems like it doesn't work because it is greyed out but it really does. And... if you need to force it then just selest multiple cats and make sure you can set the "fetch" to yes and then make sure afterwards you select only the one parent category.

I figured out another sucky thing beyond this that when you set a page to only 1 cat it makes life so much easier. I wrote a tutorial and it is really good.... but to answer the question you guyshave the top paragraph is enough. .........----=====

Tutorial:
K2 TUTORIAL HERE:********

For the more complex part, my blogs page it was a lot more tricky. Here we go. I set up a main category called BLOGS. underneath that category I nested Platinum bloggers and every other blog title I have underneath BLOGS. Beneath Platinum Bloggers I put a category Of my name Christian XXXXX This is CRUCIAL so pay attention.

When you set up BLOGS as the main category everything beneath that will be adhering to BLOGS and all of its Parameters IN THE SENSE of you connecting a menu Item to the Category BLOGS. DON'T set up a menu item with multiple categories.. let the nesting do the work. In layman's terms if the category is below the main one you don't have to choose multiple categories ***** the are children items at this point.

***When directing the menu item to categories(s) choose BLOGS ONLY do not highlight every category underneath or it will be considered a "MULTIPLE Category" Listing. *****CRUCIAL.
Now make sure that fetch items in children categories which are your subcats but if it is greyed out don't worry I am pretty sure when you save it and it sees you have children cats it will be put to yes for the Fetch Children cats.

DO NOT select multiple cats on the list this is the last time I will say this. IT screws everything up and confuses the hell out of you if you do.

So now on my Blogs page everything will come up the way I want and all I need to mess with are the settings in the Blogs Category section parameters.

What does this do it makes the link on the article / item title point to the category page if you have that category set up AND ALL CHILDREN ITEMS. Remember, like Kat said if you don't want these pages I am talking about showing up but need them to "POINT / be directed to somewhere" then put them in a new menu you create called Hidden (more below about this). For me I want my categories as menu items. Sort of like a showcase page for my blogs.

So for my platinum user blog member ME (christian) I want to put a page that is for ME so I just repeat the same setup as above and point to a SINGLE category >> Christian XXXXX blog... NOT a USER's blog page and you will see why in a minute.

Going back to my blogs page, because you have listened to me and saved yourself a million hours of headache. You will notice that your links via the READ MORE and the LINK on the article / item point to the item ID in which is the menu item you set up to a category called Christian XXXX Blog. This is the same for the rokpager on your page too whether it is on the front page, blog page, or whatever page. YEAAA.... Proper direction.

Now if you have a blog page set up like me I want the link to the article / item via the title, via the read more, and obviously the category it is published by. THIS IS ALL possible because you set up a menu item pointing to a category where these articles are coming from. AND DIDN'T choose multiple categories EVER.

So one more thing. The author. If you don't set up an author page and you have that on the articles listed in your blog page it will direct to either a blank page (menu less items) or the page where the item is on i.e. the blogs page in my case. So how do we fix this?

Easy, set up a menu item to a user (blog) page i.e. Me the author and this time if you don't want it shown anywhere put it in a hidden menu that isn't displayed on your main menu. I title my menu Hidden for my hidden things. You can title this Christian's Profile because really that is all it is. And it is a horrible set up with poor settings that simply lists everything one after the other and I don't know if they are gonna be fixing this in K2 but for now I rather point to a category with a link to Christians Profile page rather than a direct link to it.

So, if now back to our blogs page item / article listings. if you have author set to show and you visit the page and click on the writer / author you will see it goes to that persons "crappy layout" blog page. It lists social links email and a description and avatar which is cool but for a profile page that is GOOD enough. This was making my main menu items a little messy so I didn't want it there that is why I put it in Hidden Per Kats suggestion. Was confused there for a minute.

This should help a LOT OF you for getting started with K2 so I want to hear some thanks for my hours making yours minutes!!!