Tuchka Dnn Announcement Syndication

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DotNetNuke Module that allows more advanced RSS syndication of DNN Announcements than the DNN Announcements module by itself. Module 18617

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Tuchka.Dnn.AnnouncementSyndication module tries to address the following issues with the standard DNN Announcements module's RSS capabilities:
  • to update an announcement in Rss you need to adjust the Published Date so that it is re-crawled (or other ways kick it in as it will not be re-crawled automatically)
  • html tags are removed, making rss entry appear corrupted
  • no way to define rss entry layout
  • urls in rss announcement point to the announcement page itself rather than to the page the announcement is about.
  • rss feed title / description are predefined and are not changeable
  • rss feed url is uncontrolled

It might still not be covering all the use cases, but does its job for www.tuchka.info website, you can see it in action at this page:


 Version Notes  DNN Announcements 
1.0.8
  • Changed the default event when Rss is rendered to Dnn Load (stability)
5.x.x
6.x.x
4.0.3
1.0.7
  • Added an option to select when the Rss is rendered (stability)
5.x.x
6.x.x
4.0.3
1.0.6
  • Added guid support with customizable prefix (no permalink)
  • Resorted by announcement date descending
5.4.4
5.6.0
4.0.3
1.0.5
  • Added caching support
  • Light help for the initial configuration 
5.4.4 4.0.3
1.0.4
  • Initial public release
5.4.4 4.0.3 


WARNING: AnnouncementSyndication module is provided AS IS. Use it at your own risk. The author or www.tuchka.info are not responsible for any damage being direct or indirect result of using this module

For more details about the module, Installation and Configuration instructions please refer to http://www.tuchka.info/code_heap/tuchka_dnn_announcements_syndication.aspx
 

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FAQ's

  • Q: I was just wondering if it has the ability to do the following: Nest? Categorize? Set Start and End Dates?o Archive? Embed Graphics? Link to a Page on DNN? Link to a Document? Subscribe to Announcements? Free Trial? Thanks for your help.

    A: Hm. I am not quite sure I understood the questions, unfortunately... Nest? - What can it nest? It just takes announcement and puts it into Rss feed. Please help me understand what you mean and maybe I decide to implement it. Categorize? - I don't think Dnn Announcement module supports categorization for announcements. Set Start and End Dates?o - It should honor the Start and End dates of announcements. So if the announcement has expired or is not yet active - it should not go into Rss feed. Archive? - I don't think Rss is supposed to support archiving. In fact, as I think, it is only supposed to display the most recent records, so I believe archving can only be done in the Announcement module, where you can expire announcements. Embed Graphics? - Rss does not support embedding graphics by its nature, I believe. However as announcement allows linking an image, so does this module. You can take a look on the example (links are in the description of the module) to see how it can present the graphics. To view the Rss itself you will need to use some reader (Internet Explorer, Google Reader). Link to a Page on DNN? - Yes, it will support it if announcement links to a page on Dnn. Link to a Document? - Good question. It should support it if you specify a link in Announcement for the Document as a link to an external resource. But might not support it if you select just 'A file on your site' as an option on the Announcement configuration. Subscribe to Announcements? - Yes, anyone can subscribe to an Rss feed with an Rss reader (like Google reader) Free Trial? - Its free with no time limits.

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