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gavin.bates@eggheaddesign.co.uk - 8/6/2008 4:16:08 AM

Images in RSS feeds

Have set up RSS feed for articles on a site - although when someone views it, none of the images within the articles load - just displays the red cross icon in IE 7.

It seems that when images are inserted the path is local, eg "<img src="../app_themes/....""

So for it to work it needs to have the full URL eg "<img src="http://www.dent...../../...."

Feel it is a minor issue although may prove frustrating for clients that are not HTML 'savvy' Is there anything that can be done in future releases? or have i missed something that avoids this?

Thanks

Gavin


Guest	kentico_mirekr - 8/6/2008 9:33:59 AM RE:Images in RSS feeds Hi Gavin, Could you please write us here the transformation you are using to display the articles in RSS feed? Thank you. Best Regards, Miroslav Remias

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gavin.bates@eggheaddesign.co.uk - 8/6/2008 10:07:07 AM

RE:Images in RSS feeds

Hi Miroslav

As far as I am aware i just took it from the 3.1 dev guide (pg 528) so the transformation is copied below

*************************************
<item>
<guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[<%# GetAbsoluteUrl
(GetDocumentUrl()) %>]]></guid>
<title><![CDATA[<%# Eval("ArticleTitle") %>]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<%# Eval("ArticleText") %>]]></description>
<pubDate><%# Convert.ToDateTime(Eval("DocumentModifiedWhen")).
ToString("r") %></pubDate>
<link><![CDATA[<%# GetAbsoluteUrl(GetDocumentUrl()) %>]]></link>
</item>
*************************************

Should a section be included to convert image URL's?

Thanks for the help.

Gavin


Kentico Consulting	kentico_mirekr - 8/7/2008 12:21:11 PM RE:Images in RSS feeds Hi Gavin, The code you are using to render RSS feed seems to be all right. Unfortunately, we were not able to reproduce this issue on our machines while using IE7. Could you please write us also the transformation that you are using when displaying mentioned <img> tag with picture source? Best Regards, Miroslav Remias

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gavin.bates@eggheaddesign.co.uk - 8/8/2008 3:11:51 AM

RE:Images in RSS feeds

Ok not sure if i have understood correctly what you have asked but have pasted below the transformation used to view an article on the site (which loads everything fine)...

-----------------------------------------------------------------

<h1><%# Eval("ArticleName") %></h1>
<p>
<%# Eval("ArticleText") %>
</p>
<br />
<div class="clear"></div>
<br />

<div class="article_bott">
<div style="float: left">
<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="Bookmark and Share" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'gavb24';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script> </div>

<div style="float:right;position: relative; margin: -10px 0 0 0;">
<a href="http://www.dental-learninghub.com/CMSPages/articles_rss.aspx" style="border:0;" >
<img src="http://www.dental-learninghub.com/App_Themes/Default/Images/rss.gif" alt="rss" border="0">
</a>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
<hr />
<h3>Related Articles</h3>
</div>

--------------------------------------------------------

Hope this can shed some light??

Thanks

Gavin

Kentico Consulting

kentico_mirekr - 8/11/2008 6:07:55 AM

RE:Images in RSS feeds

Hi Gavin,

I'm sorry for misunderstanding, but we basically wanted you to send us your "cms.article.rssitem" transformation. However, it seems that you are not generating your img tag correctly in your cms.article.rssitem transformation.

You can use following example to resolve your links:

<img alt="SomeAlt" src="<%# GetFileUrl("ArticleTeaserImage") %>" />

If this solution is not sufficient for you, you can write your own function that will return full URL path of your source according this http://www.kentico.com/docs/devguide/index.html?adding_custom_functions_to_tra.htm section from the developer's guide.

Best Regards,
Miroslav Remias

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gavin.bates@eggheaddesign.co.uk - 8/11/2008 7:08:34 AM

RE:Images in RSS feeds

Hmm the transformation i use in "cms.article.rssitem" is in my second post on this thread??

The issue seems to be when inserting the images into the article itself (using the wysiwyg) and not the teaser image. It only inserts a relative path. so when converted to the RSS feed the relative paths of the images no longer work.

Is there a way of setting up so inserting image within the text areas automatically has absolute paths?

Thanks

Gavin

Kentico Consulting

kentico_mirekr - 8/11/2008 8:19:56 AM

RE:Images in RSS feeds

Hi Gavin,

Thank you for the "(using the wysiwyg) and not the teaser image" information, it was very helpful.

I suggest you to use following transformation:

<description><![CDATA[ <%# HTMLHelper.ResolveUrls(Eval("ArticleText").ToString(),HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath.ToString()) %> ]]></description>

This method ensures, that all of the relative URLs will be resolved if "src" or "href" is presented.

Best Regards,
Miroslav Remias

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gavin.bates@eggheaddesign.co.uk - 8/18/2008 5:39:01 AM

RE:Images in RSS feeds

Thanks Miroslav

Added the code to the transformation and worked fine in Firefox - although it has been a few days and the issue persists in at least IE7 and Safari.

Please find below the transfomation 'rssitem'

/***************************************/

<item>
<img alt="SomeAlt" src="<%# GetFileUrl("ArticleTeaserImage") %>" />
<guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[<%# GetAbsoluteUrl
(GetDocumentUrl()) %>]]></guid>
<title><![CDATA[<%# Eval("ArticleTitle") %>]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<%# Eval("ArticleText") %>]]>
</description>
<description><![CDATA[ <%# HTMLHelper.ResolveUrls(Eval("ArticleText").ToString(),HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath.ToString()) %> ]]></description>
<pubDate><%# Convert.ToDateTime(Eval("DocumentModifiedWhen")).
ToString("r") %></pubDate>
<link><![CDATA[<%# GetAbsoluteUrl(GetDocumentUrl()) %>]]></link>
</item>

/*************************************/

here is the address for the RSS feed =
www.dental-learninghub.com/CMSPages/articles_rss.aspx

I have also noticed the the article titles do not appear, is there anything obvious that i have missed from the transformation?

Thanks for all the help...

Gavin


Member	gavin.bates@eggheaddesign.co.uk - 8/18/2008 5:42:46 AM RE:Images in RSS feeds Just a quick update - the aticle title just need changing from <%# Eval("ArticleTitle") %>]]> to <%# Eval("ArticleName") %>]]> So it was something minor...


Guest	gavin.bates@eggheaddesign.co.uk - 8/18/2008 6:33:51 AM RE:Images in RSS feeds Just a quick update - the aticle title just need changing from <%# Eval("ArticleTitle") %>]]> to <%# Eval("ArticleName") %>]]> So it was something minor...


Kentico Consulting	kentico_borisp - 8/18/2008 6:37:28 AM RE:Images in RSS feeds Hello, Thanks for the update. Best Regards, Boris Pocatko


Member	gavin.bates@eggheaddesign.co.uk - 8/18/2008 6:43:46 AM RE:Images in RSS feeds Sorry i was just informing that the title issue i mentioned is resolved although i am still having problems with RSS images as mentioned a few posts above. Incase there was any confusion... Gavin

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kentico_mirekr - 8/18/2008 8:04:22 AM

RE:Images in RSS feeds

Hi Gavin,

The problem you are having now is due to the limitation in IE and Opera. You can only have one <description> tag in your transformation. Firefox can handle this operation.

I suggest you to use only one <description> tag in your transformation.

Your transformation should look like this:

<item>
<img alt="SomeAlt" src="<%# GetFileUrl("ArticleTeaserImage") %>" />
<guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[<%# GetAbsoluteUrl
(GetDocumentUrl()) %>]]></guid>
<title><![CDATA[<%# Eval("ArticleName") %>]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ <%# HTMLHelper.ResolveUrls(Eval("ArticleText").ToString(),HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath.ToString()) %> ]]></description>
<pubDate><%# Convert.ToDateTime(Eval("DocumentModifiedWhen")).
ToString("r") %></pubDate>
<link><![CDATA[<%# GetAbsoluteUrl(GetDocumentUrl()) %>]]></link>
</item>

Best Regards,
Miroslav Remias


Member	gavin.bates@eggheaddesign.co.uk - 8/18/2008 8:29:34 AM RE:Images in RSS feeds Ahhh! easy when you know how... Works a treat - thanks for all the quick responses.