Posted by ithacaindy on December 5, 2010 at 12:13am
I'm trying to recreate my feeds using the Feed and Feed Imports of OP 2.3. I create a Feed, but errors appear, saying I must set parsers and processors.
Can someone go step-by-step in how to create a feed?
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ithacaindy, Feeds works
ithacaindy, Feeds works similarly to its predecessor, with the exception that it consolidates things some.
You need to go to site building/feed importers.
From there, you choose one of the types of importers you would like to use and then clone it (the types that are listed are base types that you can customize for your needs).
Once cloned, you can call it whatever you want (article import, etc...). Click "edit" to customize the settings for the feed. At this point, you will simply go through each of the settings and customize them to your needs.
Actually, the developers have created a few screencasts to demonstrate: http://developmentseed.org/blog/2009/dec/15/importing-and-aggregating-st...
The main problem (including
The main problem (including with the screencasts) is that it departs from the reality I see 'on the ground.' First, Feed Importers did not have any importers to choose to clone - I had to create a fresh importer. The upgrade instructions for 2.3RC to 2.3 include turning off the FeedAPI module. When I do that, the Feed node no longer has a URL box nor an "Import" tab when you select "View".
Turning the FeedAPI node back on provides the URL and a "Refresh" tab, however an error appears: "No processors specified for URL." If I enable the processors, I can then get an error that the processor is duplicating those already built into the Feed Importers.
So, I can either use FeedAPI, which is limited but works, or I can use the more modern Feeds and update them individually by hand (/import importer_name), which is a real drag.
Can the Feeds included in 2.3 (6.x-1.0-beta 10) be downgraded to a stock version, perhaps not with the bugs?
Feeds version included is the
Feeds version included in OP 2.3 is the latest, most bug-free version.
Yes, it looks differently than FeedAPI which you were used to, but FeedAPI is abandoned and outdated module. We've dragged it along really long because update is not painless, but at some point we had to cut the cord.
You can stay with FeedAPI if you want, but OpenPublish had to move on.
Feeds are not that bad when you get used to them. They are quite well documented, too.
Also, if you want default parsers, enable some of the optional modules that are included, but not enabled by default.
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I've enabled all Feed-related
I've enabled all Feed-related modules. This provides the "Feed" importer, which creates Nodes based on the "Feed" content type. However, no "import" tab appears on the feeds, as indicated by various Feeds screencasts. Is import controlled exclusively through crontab?