Comments

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  Darren Sutton

  Thu, 26 Apr 2012, 10:29 AM

  Is it possible to change the title of this block and if so how would I go about doing it?
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  George Prout

  Thu, 2 Aug 2012, 9:46 PM

  Darren, I had the same question and here is my solution - a little late but I only discovered this block a couple of days ago
  Feedback + suggestions are welcome.
  
  This will let you edit the title for each RSS Plus block independently. Three files need to be edited, make backups first!
  
  /blocks/rss_plus/lang/en/block_rss_plus.php
  * Add the following line to the language file, if your language is not en then change accordingly.
  
  $string['blocktitle'] = 'RSS feed title';
  
  /blocks/rss_plus/block_rss_plus.php
  * Replace the specialization function to use a feed title if one has been defined, otherwise use the default
  
  ---- Original code ----
  function specialization() {
  
  $this->title = get_string('remotenewsfeed', 'block_rss_plus');
  
  }
  
  ---- Modified code ----
  function specialization() {
  if (!empty($this->config->title)) {
  $this->title = $this->config->title;
  } else {
  $this->title = get_string('remotenewsfeed', 'block_rss_plus');
  }
  }
  
  
  /blocks/rss_plus/edit_form.php
  * Add three lines of code so that a title can be added for each RSS plus block
  * This is a snippet of the code so that you put the lines in the correct place
  
  ---- Original code ----
  class block_rss_plus_edit_form extends block_edit_form {
  protected function specific_definition($mform) {
  global $CFG, $DB, $USER;
  
  // Fields for editing block contents.
  $mform->addElement('header', 'configheader', get_string('blocksettings', 'block'));
  ***** put the new code here *****
  $mform->addElement('text', 'config_shownumentries', get_string('shownumentrieslabel', 'block_rss_plus'), array('size' => 5));
  
  ---- Afterwards your code should look like this ----
  class block_rss_plus_edit_form extends block_edit_form {
  protected function specific_definition($mform) {
  global $CFG, $DB, $USER;
  
  // Fields for editing block contents.
  $mform->addElement('header', 'configheader', get_string('blocksettings', 'block'));
  
  $mform->addElement('text', 'config_title', get_string('blocktitle', 'block_rss_plus'));
  $mform->setDefault('config_title', 'Remote RSS feed');
  $mform->setType('config_title', PARAM_MULTILANG);
  
  $mform->addElement('text', 'config_shownumentries', get_string('shownumentrieslabel', 'block_rss_plus'), array('size' => 5));
  
  Obviously backup the original files first and try it on a dev server. You may need to purge the cache, but now you can customise the title to your hearts content
  
  Shaun - this is a fantastic block, thanks very much for contributing it :D
  
  
  George
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  Jason Hollowell

  Sun, 31 Mar 2013, 8:01 PM

  George,
  Thanks a million for this! I can edit the titles now so this rss block surpasses the default in terms of appearance.
  
  For some reason though, I cannot get it to pull images from RSS feeds outside of BBC feeds...I've even tried image feeds that provide small images but nothing.... Do you have any idea why it would only be successfully showing images for BBC feeds?
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  Shaun Daubney

  Fri, 2 Aug 2013, 5:37 PM

  At the moment it pulls through the thumbnails associated with the RSS feed which is only really supported by BBC feeds. I don't know how to make it pull through images from content.
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  Mark Callagher

  Sun, 22 Dec 2013, 5:31 PM

  Hi Shaun,
  I have been looking for something like this as our new site is using your base theme. I have had a close look at the RSS code on the Stuff (Dominion Post Wellington NZ) site and they have thumbnail images within each RSS post. Will your RSS Plus block work with this? Here is the link: http://www.stuff.co.nz/rss/
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  Shaun Daubney

  Wed, 8 Jan 2014, 1:46 AM

  Hi Mark, I've just replied by email but here's a summary for everyone else too.
  
  Hi Mark,
  
  It doesn't work with it (with images) straight off the shelf, although it works without the images. It WILL work with changing just 1 line in the code though.
  
  Line 249 of block_rss_plus.php
  
  CHANGE
  foreach ((array) $enclosure->get_thumbnail(1) as $thumbnail)
  
  TO
  foreach ((array) $enclosure->get_link() as $thumbnail)
  
  Then it works.
  
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  Brendan Anderson

  Fri, 29 May 2015, 5:18 AM

  Sean,
  
  Can you please change line 307 of block_rss_plus.php from this:
  
  @set_time_limit(60);
  
  To this:
  
  php_time_limit::raise(60);
  
  php_time_limit::raise will not alter the time limit or max execution time if in CLI mode (which cron always is). As it is now, RSS Plus' cron method leaves my php_max_execution time at 60 for all other jobs.
  
  Thanks,
  Brendan
  
  
  
  
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  Shaun Daubney

  Mon, 1 June 2015, 4:58 PM

  Hi Brendan,
  
  Just done this and uploading it now. Hope it works
  
  Shaun