.xml rss feed

Just a small question,

I tried playing around with RSS feed block to modify it to show the RSS feed of our community site but for some reason it does not work, it will not take the .xml rss feed. Works great in plain normal IE7. Any suggestions or is this not possible yet ?

[290 byte] By [CyberOps] at [2008-2-2]
# 1
Could you share the modified block?
AndyS at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly General Discussion...
# 2

Maybe im doing it wrong just finding my way around it Smile so forgive my ignorance if i make some mistakes trying to learn and figure it out lol

I shared my modified RSS block it is called VMACNL RSS FEED my popfly name is CyberOps

CyberOps at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly General Discussion...
# 3
Anyone ?
CyberOps at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly General Discussion...
# 4
Just looking at it now and it would seem that getChanel works but as there are no <item> in the feed getItems doesn't return anything.
AndyS at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly General Discussion...
# 5
ok so what would i need to add then to make it work as it should exactly ?
CyberOps at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly General Discussion...
# 6

What URL are you passing to the block? And could you share the mashup your creating with the block that doesn't work?

Thanks!

AndyS at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly General Discussion...
# 7

im using the following url

http://vmacnl.galaxyproductions.net/index.php?type=rss;action=.xml

as a mashup im for now only trying to get the block to work

CyberOps at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly General Discussion...
# 8

The block seems to be ok, the RSS feed at that URL contains no items.

In a mashup if you pass the block a URL http://blogs.msdn.com/MainFeed.aspx?Type=AllBlogs the RSS feed is parsed fine.

How do you want to use the block in a mashup?

AndyS at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly General Discussion...
# 9
I agree I think it is a problem with your feed not your Block. I ripped the RSS block to read a static XML data file with my own attributes and it works well.
Orm at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly General Discussion...
# 10
when i read my rss feed it is fine i can see everything however you need to be a member in order to read the RSS could that be the problem that it cant send the feed through or something like that ?
CyberOps at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly General Discussion...
# 11

What kind of authentication does your site use? And would not being authenticate result in a feed with no items or would it result in an access denied error?

You can use your riped block to use HTTP Auth, but depending on your site that may not help.

AndyS at 2007-9-25 > top of Msdn Tech,Popfly,Popfly General Discussion...