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9/3/2008 12:21 PM

	DavidToohey
299 posts

Re: RSS Feeds - Aggregate?

Certainly been a great help - Thanks again Dario!

I did the change to the BlogList.ascx file as suggested, but just had a small difficulty in having the RSS Feed icon in line with the others, so I made a small change which seems to have done the trick. In case others may want to do the same, I changed to:

            <asp:TableRow Runat="server" ID="trHeader">
                <asp:TableCell Runat="server" ID="tdHeaderIcon" Width="10">
                    <asp:HyperLink Runat="server" ImageUrl="~/desktopmodules/Blog/Images/folder_item.gif" ID="lnkBlogIcon"
                        Font-Bold="True"></asp:HyperLink>
                </asp:TableCell>
                <asp:TableCell Runat="server" ID="tdHeaderLink"> Note: columnspan removed
                    <asp:HyperLink cssclass="CommandButton" id="lnkBlog" runat="server" ResourceKey="lnkBlog">
                    View All Recent Entries
                    </asp:HyperLink>
                </asp:TableCell>
                <asp:TableCell Runat="server" ID="tdBlogHeadRSS" HorizontalAlign="Right">
                    <a href="/???/tabid/???/rssid/0/Default.aspx"><img src="/desktopmodules/Blog/Images/feed-icon-12x12.gif" height="12" width="12" border="0" /></a>
                </asp:TableCell>
            </asp:TableRow>

Much the same but adds in the last cell as with the Blogs RSS Feeds listed beneath (I have highlighted - but needing the href to be adjusted)

Limitations with this to bear in mind - as the link is embedded in the .ascx file, it would only work for a single blog instance in 1 portal - otherwise it's displayed in the module used anywhere else in a single DNN installation.

9/4/2008 12:36 AM

	Dario Rossa
366 posts
www.dariorossa.it

Re: RSS Feeds - Aggregate?

Hi David,

it's funny, this is the modify that I first made to my test environment to meet your requirements! I then opted for the other one because it was more simple and less invasive. Anyway, good job David. Just to clarify, I post below my original solution:

<asp:TableRow Runat="server" ID="trHeader">
<asp:TableCell Runat="server" ID="tdHeaderIcon" Width="10">
   <asp:HyperLink Runat="server" ImageUrl="~/desktopmodules/Blog/Images/folder_item.gif" ID="lnkBlogIcon" Font-Bold="True"></asp:HyperLink>
</asp:TableCell>
<asp:TableCell Runat="server" ID="tdHeaderLink">
    <asp:HyperLink cssclass="CommandButton" id="lnkBlog" runat="server" ResourceKey="lnkBlog">
      View All Recent Entries
    </asp:HyperLink>
</asp:TableCell>
<asp:TableCell Runat="server" ID="tdHeaderImage">
    <asp:HyperLink ImageUrl="~/desktopmodules/Blog/Images/feed-icon-12x12.gif" Runat="server" ID="lnkBlogAggregatedRSS" target="_blank" NavigateUrl="http://localhost/testdnn/Blogs/tabid/54/rssid/0/Default.aspx"></asp:HyperLink>
</asp:TableCell>
</asp:TableRow>

It's nice to know that out there people agree with you, isn't it?

Anyway, regarding an inclusion in the next release: this is not planned in 03.05.00, so you will need to update the ascx file again after the installation. But an aggregated feed has been required often, so maybe this will become matter of discussion in the team soon.

Best regards,
Dario Rossa

Dario Rossa
Personal WebSite: http://www.dariorossa.it
DotNetNuke: http://dotnetnuke.dariorossa.it

11/12/2008 5:20 AM

	TACF_IT
8 posts

Re: RSS Feeds - Aggregate?

The aggregated feed seems to be broken in 3.05.00. I'm getting the following:

A critical error has occurred.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at DotNetNuke.Modules.Blog.BlogFeed.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

11/12/2008 7:40 AM

	Dario Rossa
366 posts
www.dariorossa.it

Re: RSS Feeds - Aggregate?

Hi Tacf_It,

the issue comes from a bug that was introduced in the new version, further information can be found here.

Best regards,
Dario Rossa

Dario Rossa
Personal WebSite: http://www.dariorossa.it
DotNetNuke: http://dotnetnuke.dariorossa.it

11/12/2008 10:08 PM

	DavidToohey
299 posts

Re: RSS Feeds - Aggregate?

Just came across this 'bug'.

Is it right this was actually a conscious decision to disable it now for something in the future? If so, very disappointing! Disappointing anyway as I've only now found out and not sure if I can easily roll back just the blog module... or somehow have this future enhancement kept aside for... the future.

Such a shame :-(

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