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emsdc

Nov 13 2003, 07:29 PM

Hi,
I can't seem to get the publication date to display for my news feed. Here's my code:

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<MTEntries lastn="10">
<item>
<title><$MTEntryTitle regex="1" remove_html="1"$></title>
<link><$MTEntryPermalink$></link>
<description>Source: <$MTEntryBody regex="1" convert_breaks="0"$></description>
<dc:date><$MTEntryDate$></dc:date>
</item>
</MTEntries>

I'm using CaRP to display the feed on a test page at
http://www.ems.org/syndicate_test.php

The entry title displays, the entry body is there, but there's no date.

Thanks,
Ryan

TweezerMan

Nov 13 2003, 07:50 PM

My guess is that the date is not properly formatted for an RSS feed.

In my RSS 1.0 Index template, the entry date looks like this:

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<dc:date><$MTEntryDate format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S" language="en"$><$MTBlogTimezone$></dc:date>

And my RSS 2.0 Index template has this:

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<dc:date><$MTEntryDate format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"$><$MTBlogTimezone$></dc:date>

Either one should work for what you're doing.

emsdc

Nov 14 2003, 07:14 AM

No such luck. I changed the date format and it's still not showing up in my test feed. Here's the code for my entire XML file. I don't see anything wrong with it...

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="<$MTPublishCharset$>"?>
<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#">

<channel>

<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: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=<$MTVersion$>" />
<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
<sy:updateFrequency>60</sy:updateFrequency>
<sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase>

<MTEntries lastn="5">
<item>
<title><$MTEntryTitle regex="1" remove_html="1"$></title>
<link><$MTEntryPermalink$></link>
<description>ySource: <$MTEntryBody regex="1" convert_breaks="0"$></description>
<dc:date><$MTEntryDate format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"$><$MTBlogTimezone$></dc:date>
</item>
</MTEntries>

</channel>
</rss>

emsdc

Nov 14 2003, 07:17 AM

Actually, it looks like the XML file is fine...

So it must be a problem with CaRP.

TweezerMan

Nov 14 2003, 07:30 AM

What version of CaRP are you using? From CaRP's configuration page:

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Note that the free version of CaRP does not support the image, date and author fields.

This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.