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Originally Posted by pvt.spanky
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Well, I've downloaded and used almost all 600 joomla mods/coms/bots so I could be wrong about this, but the purpose of this was to feed the content into the database structure.
RSS Reader2 just parses the feeds as they come in, and does not add that content to the database. I do use a module named "Slick RSS" to display podcasts/vidcast downloads on my site, and I believe RSS reader2 is the same.
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Originally Posted by sheepish
Mr Spliff...where do you find your feeds? I was hoping to use affiliatewindow.com but unfortunately I can't seem to get the feeds to work. They have xml which I believe is different to rss and I've not been able to find a way of converting them.
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Well, there is a big problem in the web world atm, and that is no set standard to build XML feeds... RSS feeds are a bit different.
RSS is a better way of feeding out content, but is limited to blogs and what not.
XML is a base standard for storing databases in plain text with unlimited expansion and quick to use. Thus most sponsors will use XML to send out product updates and what not.
The best way I found is to do the following...
Use feedgator to import stuff like blogs and news sites related to the product niche.
Then I make a custom module using mod_html (just search google) to display my sponsors XML reader, ensuring that the XML feed is displayed properly.
This too has a few draw backs in the way it may break your templates XHTML validity (which is extremely important these days).