[Xerte] rss page

[Julian Tenney]

I remember you bending my ear last week about how it wasn't really a
great idea to export LOs and import them into a VLE, and that it was
much better to link to them directly.

 

;-)

 

The problem with linking back to your server is:

 

- user exports content; link to user's server rssproxy is included;

- user gives content to other user

- other user uploads to a completely different system

- other system relies on first system

- first system dies or changes

 

 

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of RonM
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:25 AM
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: RE: [Xerte] rss page

 

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?

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: 14 September 2009 23:13
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] rss page

 

If the site producing the rss feed has a crossdomain.xml you can get to
it from flash

 

If you export it - whats the guarantee you'll have internet?

 

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Julian Tenney
Sent: Mon 14/09/2009 22:05
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] rss page

I don't think so, as the flash security means you cannot make that
request directly from the Flash player. 

 

So something has to be in the middle. 

 

That could be a central service somewhere...?

 

Have you tried calling our
http://www.nottingham/toolkits/rss_proxy.php?rss=' +
pageIcon.templateData.rss[0].url?

 

I'd have to check that is something we can sustain.

 

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of RonM
Sent: Mon 14/09/2009 21:17
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: [Xerte] rss page

Hi Pat/Julian

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?

 

e.g. the rss.rlm has the following:

 

if (templatePath.indexOf('modules/xerte') == -1){

  feedURL = pageIcon.templateData.rss[0].url;

} else {

  feedURL = _level0.site_url + 'rss_proxy.php?rss=' +
pageIcon.templateData.rss[0].url;

}

 

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?

 

Cheers

Ron 

 

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