RSS link --> Joomla event page: HOWTO?

alexcg · Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 39

The RSS feed from my Thyme calendar currently points to the Thyme event page. How can I get it to point to the event view page I created in Joomla Studio?

The feed I'm using is http://shanghainn.com/thyme/remote/rss.php?calendar=1

Thanks!

esoft_ian · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 5275

Hi,

In Thyme, go to Admin -> Settings -> Custom and under Name enter RSS_EVENT_LINK (no spaces before or after) and under Value enter http://shanghainn.com/component/option,com_thyme/Itemid,145/event,%s/instance,%s

alexcg · Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 39

Works perfectly! Thanks!

squirrel · Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 9

This works fine also for me - except for one thing - I would like the link to open in the same window but now it opens in a new window. When I look at the source code I an see that the target window is set to: "_child" - where do I change it to "_self"?

esoft_ian · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 5275

Hi,

Thyme only provides the URL. Joomla generates the link. I'm sorry, I don't know if there is a way to change this, but you can check to see if it is in the RSS feed module's settings in Joomla.

squirrel · Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 9

As far as I can see it seems not. Sad

I have a module with upcoming events from my calendar that I have on my first page and these links I would naturally like to open on top of my open window.

Well - if anyone has any idea I would be very grateful for any hints. And if not, I will just have to solve it some other way.

Thank you for your fast response in any way, the good support on Thyme is very much appreciated!

fridge · Joined: 19 Jul 2008 Posts: 31

I have a similar problem but I'm thinking that I should take on a different approach, what if I can use something else instead of the rss feed to produce this list - in that case I could have some control over the outcome as well.

If I was to use the "event list" component, could I then link those to the actual calendar? Should be possible since the php is there for me to edit. Now, unfortunately I am not too good with php so if someone could help me out a bit here it would be greatly appreciated.

I now have the seven days event list just out of the box. I would like to change it to maybe 5 or three next events and with links to the month view (or event view if that is easier) in the calendar.

If someone knows of an even better way, please write a few lines, I'm guessing this is a fairly common thing to have on your first page so maybe there is more than one solution.

fridge · Joined: 19 Jul 2008 Posts: 31

The Hamilton county convention have made exactly what I want: http://hccvb.org/

But how did they do it? Very Happy

esoft_ian · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 5275

Hi,

That is an event list made in Joomla Studio. If you create a new event list component, you can set it to view upcoming events and limit it to however many you want. This is what they have done. They've removed the description and just left the title, date, and category. Something like this in the Event Template tab of the even tlist should do:

fridge · Joined: 19 Jul 2008 Posts: 31

Thank you Ian, that was exactly what I needed!

Perfect!