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RSS Feed For Watched Pages?

Goblinbank 05 Sep 2007 21:05

In the guide it says you can get a RSS feed for watched pages, but the list of example feeds doesn't seem to include this?

Also, is it possible to get a RSS feed for changes to a single page (non-forum)?

Last edited on 06 Sep 2007 20:33 by gerdami + Show more

Re: RSS Feed For Watched Pages?

gerdami 06 Sep 2007 21:01

In the guide it says you can get a RSS feed for watched pages, but the list of example feeds doesn't seem to include this?

I added the feed samples in this HowTo: http://community.wikidot.com/howto:be-notified-rss-feed-guide

Also, is it possible to get a RSS feed for changes to a single page (non-forum)?

First, you have to watch a page. I.d. at the bottom a page, click on history and you will see at the top right of your screen the add to watched command.
Second, go to the my account menu and click on watched pages
(http://www.wikidot.com/account:you/start/watched-changes)
Third, look for Via RSS feed in the left menu.

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Is there a way to feed pages with certain tags on our own wiki site?

Leo Pang 12 Nov 2008 00:44

I finally got the RSS working on my own wiki site (iPhone Campus), however, it feeds all of changes on my site because I have to use "site changes" feed. I only want readers to see new articles posted on my site, not other changes on the site. How do I do it? I saw on some page it claims that you can filter pages with certain tags in the feed. That should work for me, but I don't see the detailed instructions. Does anybody knows how to do it?

Thanks!

Re: Is there a way to feed pages with certain tags on our own wiki site?

Craig Macomber 12 Nov 2008 01:27

Use the listpages module.

Re: Is there a way to feed pages with certain tags on our own wiki site?

Leo Pang 12 Nov 2008 02:27

Craig,

Thanks the suggestion! I know listpages module, however, I am looking for feed, not creating a page listing pages. The following is the feed that I am using, I tried change "site-changes" to "listpages", but it doesn't work.

http://iphonecampus.wikidot.com/feed/site-changes.xml

Re: Is there a way to feed pages with certain tags on our own wiki site?

Craig Macomber 12 Nov 2008 04:39

Please look at the listpages module a bit more. Consider looking at the items on the page containing "RSS". It can produce feeds, tho it may just update when the list of pages changes, not when the pages themselves change.

Re: Is there a way to feed pages with certain tags on our own wiki site?

Leo Pang 12 Nov 2008 06:41

Graig,

Thanks for the hint. Finally I got it working. The following is code that I am using. However, this displays the post title, author and date in addition to the RSS icon/link. Although this is fine with me, I am wondering is there a way to just get the RSS without displaying those information. I tried removing them, but no success.

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[[module ListPages category="" rss="iPhone Campus" tags="review must-have how-to jailbreak unlock application"]]

%%linked_title%%

by %%author%% %%date%%

tags: %%tags%%
[[/module]]
@@

Re: Is there a way to feed pages with certain tags on our own wiki site?

Craig Macomber 12 Nov 2008 06:52

Hum, maybe you can just put the list pages somewhere else (on another page) and just link to the feed, or possible put it in a folding block thing.

ErichSteinboeck 12 Nov 2008 09:37

I am wondering is there a way to just get the RSS without displaying those information

Yes, this is possible. You do not have to use [[module ListPages ...]] at all. Just set up a link as described in http://community.wikidot.com/help:rss — there you'll find many if not all possible ways how to build Wikidot RSS feeds.

In your example the link would be something like

http://wiki-name.wikidot.com/feed/pages/category/category-list/tags/review,must-have,how-to jailbreak,unlock,application/t/iPhone+Campus

Replace wiki-name with the name of your wiki, and category-list with the category of your posts.