The way we have it set up right now, we generate a new post inserting the RSS feed url into the excerpt field. This is then used to generate the RSS feed excerpts that get posted on the website. The problem I am running into is that I have created RSS feeds per category for folks to subscribe to, but the only information these category RSS feeds provide is the URL of the original feeds which we enter into the entery body of each post. The RSS feeds do not contain any posts or excerpts from the individual RSS feeds that are contained in each category.
Is there anyway that we can aggregate RSS feeds per category and then generate category RSS feeds that include the excerpts from each original feed like we have on our website? I appreciate any help you can provide as I seem stumped on how to approach a solution.
The site is at npoblogs.org
Here's how we are using MT-RSSfeeds on the main index template:
CODE
<MTListLoop name="feeds">
<MTRSSFeed>
<p align="center" class="orgname"><a href="<$MTRSSFeedLink$>" class="orgname"><$MTRSSFeedTitle$></a></p>
<MTRSSFeedItems lastn="3">
<p align="left"><a href="<$MTRSSFeedItemLink$>" class="headline"><$MTRSSFeedItemTitle$></a><br />
<span class="blurb"><MTFirstNWords n="15" append="..."><MTRSSFeedItemDescription></MTFirstNWords></span></p>
</MTRSSFeedItems>
<MTRSSFeed>
<p align="center" class="orgname"><a href="<$MTRSSFeedLink$>" class="orgname"><$MTRSSFeedTitle$></a></p>
<MTRSSFeedItems lastn="3">
<p align="left"><a href="<$MTRSSFeedItemLink$>" class="headline"><$MTRSSFeedItemTitle$></a><br />
<span class="blurb"><MTFirstNWords n="15" append="..."><MTRSSFeedItemDescription></MTFirstNWords></span></p>
</MTRSSFeedItems>
The category RSS feed template I am using is:
CODE
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">
<channel>
<title><$MTBlogName remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></title>
<link><$MTBlogURL$></link>
<description><$MTBlogDescription remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></description>
<dc:language>en-us</dc:language>
<dc:creator><MTEntries lastn="1"><$MTEntryAuthorEmail$></MTEntries></dc:creator>
<dc:rights>Copyright <$MTDate format="%Y"></dc:rights>
<dc:date><MTEntries lastn="1"><$MTEntryDate format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"$><$MTBlogTimezone$></MTEntries></dc:date>
<admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.movabletype.org/?v=<$MTVersion$>" />
<admin:errorReportsTo rdf:resource="mailto:<MTEntries lastn="1"><$MTEntryAuthorEmail$></MTEntries>"/>
<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
<sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase>
<MTEntries lastn="15">
<item>
<title><$MTEntryTitle remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></title>
<link><$MTEntryLink encode_xml="1"$></link>
<description><$MTEntryExcerpt remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></description>
<guid isPermaLink="false"><$MTEntryID$>@<$MTBlogURL$></guid>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<$MTEntryBody$>]]></content:encoded>
<dc:subject><$MTEntryCategory remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></dc:subject>
<dc:date><$MTEntryDate format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"$><$MTBlogTimezone$></dc:date>
</item>
</MTEntries>
</channel>
</rss>
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">
<channel>
<title><$MTBlogName remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></title>
<link><$MTBlogURL$></link>
<description><$MTBlogDescription remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></description>
<dc:language>en-us</dc:language>
<dc:creator><MTEntries lastn="1"><$MTEntryAuthorEmail$></MTEntries></dc:creator>
<dc:rights>Copyright <$MTDate format="%Y"></dc:rights>
<dc:date><MTEntries lastn="1"><$MTEntryDate format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"$><$MTBlogTimezone$></MTEntries></dc:date>
<admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.movabletype.org/?v=<$MTVersion$>" />
<admin:errorReportsTo rdf:resource="mailto:<MTEntries lastn="1"><$MTEntryAuthorEmail$></MTEntries>"/>
<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
<sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase>
<MTEntries lastn="15">
<item>
<title><$MTEntryTitle remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></title>
<link><$MTEntryLink encode_xml="1"$></link>
<description><$MTEntryExcerpt remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></description>
<guid isPermaLink="false"><$MTEntryID$>@<$MTBlogURL$></guid>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<$MTEntryBody$>]]></content:encoded>
<dc:subject><$MTEntryCategory remove_html="1" encode_xml="1"$></dc:subject>
<dc:date><$MTEntryDate format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"$><$MTBlogTimezone$></dc:date>
</item>
</MTEntries>
</channel>
</rss>
Thanks so much for any help you can provide.