New to Serendipity Love it, quick question

[lj661]

Hi all im a wordpress convert here i love this new platform. Anyway i've got about everything in order only thing i'm trying to do is display rss feeds on a static page is this possible i see how to put one in the sidebar but not the page any help is appreciated.

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Uh, displaying RSS feeds on a static page is not something that is covered by default in serendipity.

There are a couple of ways to work around that by using custom Smarty functions inside your template files, and/or using a hidden instance of the "remote RSS" sidebar plugin that can be embedded in a static page using a custom smarty function.

If you are prepared for getting your hands dirty, I could instruct you on how to do it. But it won't be a matter of adding 2 lines, you will need to create a new template for your static page and fill that with some "smarty magic".

If you are alright with that, post here, and I'll try to post instructions for that tomorrow.

Regards,
Garvin

[lj661]

I appreciate the quick response thanks for the help

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Okay, so let's get to it. I've chosen a slightly different route, because it's easier.

- Install the "Remote RSS/OPML-Blogroll Feed" sidebar plugin.

- Configure that plugin to enter the RSS feed you want to display.

- Now move that plugin (via drag+drop) to the "hidden" sidebar in the s9y plugin configuration screen. This is required so that the RSS feed is NOT displayed in the sidebar, since you only want it on a static page.

- Now you need to remember the ID of your RSS plugin. This will be needed later on to make the staticpage show the content of your sidebar plugin. To do so, hover your mouse over the title of your RSS sidebar plugin. You should see a link like:

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/serendipity_admin.php?serendipity[adminModule]=plugins&serendipity[plugin_to_conf]=serendipity_plugin_remoterss%3A6fdf0aa3d632f96a15c09dd230cea20f

The part after "plugin_to_conf" is the ID of your plugin you need to memorize:

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serendipity_plugin_remoterss%3A6fdf0aa3d632f96a15c09dd230cea20f

Replace "%3A" with a ":" so that the plugin ID reads:

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serendipity_plugin_remoterss:6fdf0aa3d632f96a15c09dd230cea20f

The ID will be randomized, so yours will be different.



- Now install the "Smarty markup" event plugin (you can get it via spartacus).

- Create a new staticpage which will hold your RSS feed, by using the "Static pages" event plugin.

- Inside the content area of the page, you use this Smarty code:

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{serendipity_showPlugin id="serendipity_plugin_remoterss:6fdf0aa3d632f96a15c09dd230cea20f" side="hidden"}

- Now save the staticpage and view it. At the place with your smarty function call you should now see the RSS feed.

Regards,
Garvin