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EyeCatch RSS Feed Generator

Need to have an RSS or Atom Feed for your new section?

Look no further!

Just install the package and append "/rss" or "/atom" to your newslist url.

I.e. if your newspage url is http://www.eyecatch.no/blog, just go to http://www.eyecatch.no/blog/Rss .
It will render all children of the "blog" node as RSS entries.


Configuration

Macro

Source (Optional):

The node to start from.
Defaults to the current node.

BaseUrl (Optional):
The base url for your site. I.e. http://www.eyecatch.no.
Defaults to the current url.

DocumentTypeAlias (Optional):
If set, will only get nodes of the specified type.

KeywordProperty (Optional):
The name of the property that holds the tags/keywords.

SummaryTextProperty:
The name of the property that holds the summary of the content.

FullTextProperty:
The name of the property that holds the main content.

Max Level:
How deep it should recurse looking for content nodes to render, counting from the "Content" node.
Defaults to 0, i.e. all children.




Content node
You can also optionally set the following properties on the content node:

rssDescription:
Description for the RSS Feed    

rssLanguage:
The language the feed is in    

rssTitle:
The title of the RSS Feed
Defaults to {HTTP_HOST} RSS Feed


Version history

Version 2.4
Updated to work with Umbraco 7.2.

Version 2.3
Updated to work with Umbraco 7.0 and 7.1.
Added Atom feed support

Version 2.2.1
Fixed handling of special characters like '&' in titles.

Version 2.2
Updated to work with Umbraco 6.1.
Fixed bug with link urls being wrongly prefixed.

Version 2.1
Updated to work with Umbraco 6.

Version 2.0
Changed from XSLT to regular usercontrol.
Now supports media nodes and date folders.


Version 1.2
You can now choose how deep you want the plugin to look for nodes

Version 1.1
You can now specify which node type to include.
NOTE: The specified document type alias automatically removes whitespace.

Version 1.0

Initial release.

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Package owner

Ove Andersen

Ove Andersen

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Package Compatibility

This package is compatible with the following versions as reported by community members who have downloaded this package:
Untested or doesn't work on Umbraco Cloud
Version 8.18.x (untested)

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Previously reported to work on versions: 7.15.x, 7.2.x

Package Information

  • Package owner: Ove Andersen
  • Created: 13/04/2011
  • Current version 2.4.0
  • .NET version 4.0
  • License MIT
  • Downloads on Our: 8.5K

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