Anybody developed RSS Block that Staff can use in their courses which works in 1.5 and lets staff add their own RSS?
The built in rss client block can allow a teacher of a course to add new feeds and then configure a block in their course with that feed. Am I misunderstanding the question perhaps?
cool, thanks
As site admin, this works fine for us (1.5.2). But teachers get an error indicating that guests are not allowed to post when they try to add RSS feeds to their courses. Odd.
Is this a known bug? Or something we are doing wrong?
-- Art
Is this a known bug? Or something we are doing wrong?
-- Art
no, still no good
a teacher can set up the block using existing feeds but cannot add new feeds
a teacher can set up the block using existing feeds but cannot add new feeds
Daryl,
I made the change you suggested in your message and this was the result I talked about in my reply:
I made the change you suggested in your message and this was the result I talked about in my reply:
But maybe I made the update incorrectly. (attached)
Thank you so much for looking at this!
-- Art
Thank you so much for looking at this!
-- Art
You made the correct changes. That was output I was looking for. Thanks to you for being a great tester and getting me the details I need to figure things out.
I have put some new files for you to test in CVS HEAD. Please download these files (just these files) and put them on your test server to see if they help. The file paths and version as listed below:
cvs:/moodle/lib/rsslib.php v 1.17
cvs:/moodle/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client_action.php v 1.32
cvs:/moodle/blocks/rss_client/config_instance.html v 1.18
Thanks for your help!
I have put some new files for you to test in CVS HEAD. Please download these files (just these files) and put them on your test server to see if they help. The file paths and version as listed below:
cvs:/moodle/lib/rsslib.php v 1.17
cvs:/moodle/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client_action.php v 1.32
cvs:/moodle/blocks/rss_client/config_instance.html v 1.18
Thanks for your help!
Hi, Daryl,
I think there may be a delay involved in posting updates to the CVS. I am not yet seeing versions 1.17, 1.32 and 1.18.
I will check back in a little while, though.
Thanks!!!
-- Art
I think there may be a delay involved in posting updates to the CVS. I am not yet seeing versions 1.17, 1.32 and 1.18.
I will check back in a little while, though.
Thanks!!!
-- Art
not yet...
-- Art
-- Art
Latest code now in cvs for moodle 1.6dev (moodle HEAD).
It's tested on Art's site and looks correct.
It's tested on Art's site and looks correct.
Thanks, Daryl! That's great!
-- Art
Would it be safe to use this in a 1.5 installation Daryl?
Tim.
Tim.
Absolutely - just grab the rsslib.php file and the rss_client folder and replace (keeping a copy of the originals for safety of course).
Once I hear some reports of success and get over my fear of cvs tagging I will roll this back to the 1.5.2+ release.
Once I hear some reports of success and get over my fear of cvs tagging I will roll this back to the 1.5.2+ release.
Thanks a lot Daryl, this is working well on my 1.5.2 Moodle. Your work is much appreciated! 
Thanks, Daryl, I've just merged this to 1.5.2+ myself.
I am seeing the bug described above. So, can I replace my rsslib.php file and the rss_client folder with those from the current 1.5.2+ build?
I had a quick check and it looks like the bugfixes have gone in to 1.5.2+ so this should work... Why not try it and see what happens? 
I updated my copies of the RSS files from the daily builds and RSS functionality seems to be working now.
Thanks!
It is working on my 1.5 test site, Tim.
-- Art