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6/20/2008 1:22 PM

	Jason Davenport
8 posts

Core RSS Functionality - Places window.open above doctype, blowing out the css.

I'm having a css problem after a user clicks the RSS button on the standard text/html module. The rss functionality works fine, a new window opens and the feed it generated on RSS.aspx. The issue i'm having "on multiple sites" it that when the the user clicks the RSS button on the module, the page posts back and it injects

above the document type. This in turn blows out the css for that page.

I'm having a tough time finding where this injection it taking place, i downloaded the core source and looked through that a bit with no luck. Is this something anyone has come across? Any thoughts?

Jason

6/20/2008 4:59 PM

	cathal connolly
2756 posts
www.cathal.co.uk

Re: Core RSS Functionality - Places window.open above doctype, blowing out the css.

what version of dotnetnuke are you using, the rss.aspx page was removed a few versions back and replaced with an RSS handler - you can look at the code for it in Library\Components\SyndicationHandlers , and inspect your web.config for the handler instruction.

Cathal

6/20/2008 8:27 PM

	Jason Davenport
8 posts

Re: Core RSS Functionality - Places window.open above doctype, blowing out the css.

Thanks Cathal.

You are correct, its an older build of dotnetnuke. I should have checked on that, some of our newer build sites don't have this issue now that i'm looking. Some of our clients don't have any desire to upgrade unless it they have too. I found a work around by opening the link to the page using the same image in the content area itself. If they don't decide to upgrade at this point, at least they can do this workaround.

Thanks Again,

Jason Davenport

7/24/2008 12:00 PM

	ITLackey
78 posts
www.itlackey.net

Re: Core RSS Functionality - Places window.open above doctype, blowing out the css.

I am having the same issue using a fresh install of 4.8.4. I checked web.config and see entries in the <handlers> and <httpHandlers> sections pointing to rss.aspx. Is there something I can edit here to correct this issue?

TIA

Ian

IT Lackey

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www.digitalsnap.net

7/24/2008 1:51 PM

	ITLackey
78 posts
www.itlackey.net

Re: Core RSS Functionality - Places window.open above doctype, blowing out the css.

I have created a class that will help solve this issue and posted it for download here: http://itlackey.net/FreeCodeStuff/tabid/785/Default.aspx

Simply drop this into you App_Code folder (or bundle it with a SkinObjects installer ), then make sure the container(s) you create inherit from it instead of the DotNetNuke.UI.Containers.Container class. You then get the DisplayRssLink methods that will spit out a string containg a link to the Rss for the module in the container. The link will respect the Allow Syndicate setting and uses the standard DNN Rss image. The link is a typical <a> tag with the target set to _blank. This prevents the need to inject the JavaScript into the <head> that breaks the Css.

I hope this helps some others that are having this same issue.

If there is a better solution please let me know, because this is a work around and may not be possible for everyone.

Thanks!

IT Lackey

IWeb Project Member
www.itlackey.net
www.digitalsnap.net

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