<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"MS Mincho";
panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"MS Mincho";
panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"\@MS Mincho";
panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.emailstyle17
{mso-style-name:emailstyle17;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-decoration:none none;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page Section1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>RSS proxy doesn’t work in isolation, it uses settings in the
sitedetails table (set up during configuration) to find a proxy server it can
use, and it needs snoopy.class.php as well. So if your VLE isn’t running
PHP, it’s no good anyways.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>So even if the code was changed to allow you to point at a file,
you’ve still got to open some files manually and change things (even if
the export brought snoopy.class and rss proxy with it), which unless you admin
the server you can only get from downloading the installer zip.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>RonM<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 15 September 2009 09:25<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] rss page<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pat I
think that’s missing the point a bit – If someone creates an LO
which contains an rss page and previews that with either XOT or locally the rss
page will work but if they then export and upload the LO to a vle the rss page
won’t work unless as you say the external server has a crossdomain file.
The latter isn’t really controllable so is there not a way that the code
could be adapted to make use of an rss_proxy.php file where the template has a
text field to enter the path of that file? E.g. another if statement that
detects if a path has been entered in the field and if so uses that path
instead?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick
Lockley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 September 2009 23:13<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] rss page<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div id=idOWAReplyText55892>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If the site producing the rss
feed has a crossdomain.xml you can get to it from flash</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you export it - whats the guarantee you'll
have internet?</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
</span></div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Julian Tenney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Mon 14/09/2009 22:05<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] rss page</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div id=idOWAReplyText74226>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I don't think so, as the flash
security means you cannot make that request directly from the Flash player. </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>So something has to be in the
middle. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>That could be a central service
somewhere...?</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Have you tried calling our <a
href="http://www.nottingham/toolkits/rss_proxy.php?rss='">http://www.nottingham/toolkits/rss_proxy.php?rss='</a>
+ pageIcon.templateData.rss[0].url?</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I'd have to check that is something we can
sustain.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
</span></div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of RonM<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Mon 14/09/2009 21:17<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] rss page</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Hi Pat/Julian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>This never occurred to me before
but am I right in thinking that if an LO created with the page templates
contains an RSS feed page and is then exported and uploaded to a vle or
webserver e.g. outside of a toolkits install then the RSS feed page won’t
work?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>e.g. the rss.rlm has the
following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>if
(templatePath.indexOf('modules/xerte') == -1){<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> feedURL =
pageIcon.templateData.rss[0].url;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>} else {<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> feedURL = _level0.site_url
+ 'rss_proxy.php?rss=' + pageIcon.templateData.rss[0].url;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>}<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>I know the need for rss_proxy.php
is due to the flash player security and for the rss page to work online it
needs to make use of rss_proxy.php but I’m just wondering if
there’s a way of getting this to work outside of toolkits. I tried adding
a static path to rss_proxy.php on the server where I uploaded a test and that
didn’t work. The same LO works fine when run locally but is there a way
of getting the rss page to work when viewed online but outside of toolkits?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Ron <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>