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RSS feeds imported directly into items ?

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14 years 6 months ago #90031 by iDanny

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Hi,

I've searched the forum for this and coudn't find quite what I wanted.

I'm wondering if anyone has succesfully integrated a method of importing RSS content (feeds) directly into items ? This would be a great feature for anyone using K2 for a news portal ?

Any suggestions ?

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Danny

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14 years 6 months ago #90032 by william white

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You may find something here that will start to accomplish what you want but it will probably have to be imported from articles to items
extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-production/automatic-articles

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14 years 6 months ago #90033 by iDanny

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Ya that idea came up on our end too.

There is a couple of components that import RSS into Joomla articles but as you mention, one then needs to import Joomla articles into Items afterwards. I haven't tried the article import into items yet, is it reliable ?

I think I might go ahead with something like this for now but lets just say it would be really cool to have component for just that. One that would isolate images properly add them to the K2 image tab :-)

Thanks,

Danny

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14 years 6 months ago #90034 by william white

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search here for k2 import tool, may be helpfull

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14 years 6 months ago #90035 by iDanny

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I will cause I just tested the included import tool dans although it works, I need something that will identify the images in the article and add them into the "images" tab.

I let u know what I find :-)

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14 years 6 months ago #90036 by iDanny

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So far, i've found FreakedOut's "Content Uploader Pro" or IndividualIT's "K2 Import" which seem to import content into K2 items.

Now I just need to find a good RSS to CSV converter ...

This should work in theory although I would then need to Cron the RSS converter and then Cron the import tool !

Let's see where all this goes from here :-)

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14 years 6 months ago #90037 by Jerome Madlangbayan

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Have you found a solution to this issue? I was wondering about the same thing.

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14 years 6 months ago #90038 by iDanny

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Haven't found anything yet.

I'd actually pay to have this developped in K2 directly,

a) anyone whant the job ?
b) is there a way to mandate the job to the K2 team ?
c) anyone want to contribute and share the add on with me ?

Danny

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14 years 6 months ago #90039 by Chris Yates

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Guys,

I use RSS Aggregator Platinum to accomplish this.

It's a paid for Joomla component, only the Platinum version gives k2 functionally, it provides perfect k2 import support and a huge lot of other functionality as well.

I know we all like something for nothing but it seems to me that higher end Joomla functionality comes at a price.

All I can say is that you won't be sorry biting the bullet and shelling out some beans.

Feedgator (also in Joomla Extensions and free) claims this capability, but the results are pretty poor given it's still a work in progress.

Hope that helps you.

Be Well,

CHRIS

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14 years 6 months ago #90040 by iDanny

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Hi Chris,

This is an interesting twist !!! THANKS

I definitively don't mind paying for such a component.

Do you know if it imports (and renders) the images into the K2 images tab ?

Thanks,

Danny

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14 years 6 months ago #90041 by iDanny

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Well, although their claim is interesting, there isn't much of a support structure in place ? It's also difficult (almost impossible) to find the extension per say ?

It seems to be developped by 3dwebdesign.org but I can't find the actual platinum version in there. They seem to have started a Ning network too but that seems to be a dead end.

Chris, could you tell us a little more about this ?

1- the URL of the product ?
2- Do you happen to know if it renders the images for k2 ?
3- Do you get proper support for this ?

Thanks so much for your help!

Danny

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14 years 6 months ago #90042 by iDanny

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OK, I found the forum for this product. The administrator had actually responded to my thread which is a good sign :-)

He claims the images aren't rended yet but will be in a future release.

You can follow the thread here:
3dwebdesign.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=459&st=0

Danny

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14 years 6 months ago #90043 by Dave Marshall

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Hi, Danny,
Give Feed Gator a try. It has a plugin for importing RSS Feeds directly into K2 Categories and creates articles for each feed. Many features are included in the new Feed Gator. I am currently building a site that pulls news feeds from Thailand into K2 and it works perfectly.

Cheers
Dave

iDanny said:OK, I found the forum for this product. The administrator had actually responded to my thread which is a good sign :-)
He claims the images aren't rended yet but will be in a future release.

You can follow the thread here:
3dwebdesign.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=459&st=0

Danny

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14 years 6 months ago #90044 by iDanny

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Hi Dave,

Thanks, does it render the images for K2 ?

Danny

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14 years 6 months ago #90045 by Dave Marshall

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It will import images into the content body if the feed has an image. It will not put them into the Image tab if that is what you mean.

iDanny said:Hi Dave,
Thanks, does it render the images for K2 ?

Danny

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14 years 6 months ago #90046 by iDanny

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Ah, that's exactly what i mean :-)

I'm looking for an extension/component that will do that in order to avoid having to manipulate the data at all.

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14 years 6 months ago #90047 by iDanny

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Good news, the guy from 3DWebDesign.org is planning on developping this into "RSS Aggregator Platinum" next week :-)

I'll keep you all posted !

Danny

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14 years 6 months ago #90048 by David Maislin

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I imported a tremendous amount of articles from Joomla today and noticed that the images, while still in the article, were not migrated to the image tab. Make sense, especially if you have more than one image. Most of the articles only had one image, and the reason why it would be a great addition is that the ROK Stories module with K2 expects to use the image tab image, and not the image in the text of the story. Let me know when this is out. It will be very helpful.

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14 years 5 months ago #90049 by 3D Web Design

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iDanny, i answer You, but you dont answer me over one month :) Aggregator platinum can post in K2 also and newest version post in tag component directly.

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14 years 5 months ago #90050 by iDanny

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Hi,

Sorry about the response time. Holiday season is always busy for us.

So if I understand, your component now imports RSS feeds into K2 completely (including processing the image to the K2 image tab) ?

Thanks,

Danny

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