RSS Reader
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| Created |  LostDocs7
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| Last Updated | Tue, March 10, 2009 |
| Version | -- |
| Compatibility | 1.1.8 - 1.4.*, Magento Enterprise |
| Stability | -- |
| Locales available in this package | English (United States) - en_US |
| Community Rating | |
| Categories | Interfaces, Themes, Catalog, Admin, Other, Templates, Skins, Layouts |
| License Type | Single domain license |
| Tags | cms, rss, parse, layout, wordpress, xml, reader, feed, aheadworks |
| Extension Price | $139.00 |
Overview
With RSS Reader, you can place an RSS feed on your store pages in just minutes.
Description
Fully customizable, RSS Reader has its own caching system. RSS allows your store to become integrated with a Wordpress blog or any other system or service that uses RSS feeds.
Features
RSS Reader offers numerous features, including:
Ability to work with numerous feeds
Create as many RSS Reader occurrences as you need!
Full control over every option available on a “per instance” basis.
You can override the default options set in the administration panel (see list of configurable options below)
Enabled caching options
RSS Reader obtains content from a remote host and stores it in its own cache
Ability to put RSS Reader occurrences on your pages using Magento CMS pages and blocks
For store owners, developers and designers, you won’t ever have to edit any files, as this feature can be handled through the administration panel. Need more flexibility? Not a problem! RSS Reader occurrences can be easily culled from Magento layout XML files
Option to customize CSS and Template files*
RSS Reader uses its own CSS files and custom template. You can create as many output patterns as needed, using them on a “per instance” basis
* requires CSS and Magento templating knowledge
Easy set up, trusted aheadWorks product quality and support
- Easy 2-minute installation
- 100% open source
- 30 day money back – satisfaction guaranteed
- Lifetime bug free guarantee
- Meets Magento programming practices for most versions and customizations compatibility
- Free upgrades at least in current version branch
- Our excellent support team is waiting to hear from you each business day from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm GMT
Configurable options
RSS Reader options can be easily set up from the administration panel, but if you need more flexibility, you can easily override each option on a “per instance” basis:
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Feed URL
Specifies the URL of the RSS feed to be read
Feed title
Allows you to set up a RSS feed title that will appear above the RSS Reader content
Articles number
Sets the number of RSS feed entries to be displayed
Show summary
Controls the RSS feed entry content display (if your RSS feed is from a Wordpress blog, it will enable/disable article content display)
Summary max characters
Carefully cuts off the summary text so it’s not longer than a specified number of characters without breaking up words
Summary max words
Limits the word count in the summary text
Show date
Enables/Disables RSS feed entry date display
Date format
Sets a date format string (default setting is “d-m-Y H:i:s”, e.g. 04-03-2009 13:51:32)
Enable links
Makes links from RSS feed entry titles. The links are then opened in a new window
Enable cache
Enables or disables caching as needed
Cache lifetime (seconds)
Allows the user to set up a cache update period (default setting is 86,400 seconds, a.k.a. 24 hours)
Live Demo
With RSS Reader Demo you ca learn how the extension works as if it has been installed on your computer.
http://ecommerce.aheadworks.com/rss-reader.html
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