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Slick RSS
The Basics
| Main page | Slick RSS |
|---|---|
| Author | David Thomas |
| Plugin Version | 1.4 |
| Compatible Joomla version | 1.0.x |
| Download | Download |
| Required SimplePie version | Beta 3 (not 1.0-compatible) |
| Optional Helpers | Unknown |
| Plugin Support | Unknown |
About the Plugin
Slick RSS is a Joomla module using the SimplePie parser. Parse and Display RSS Feed News with DHTML Teaser Tooltip.
- Up to 5 RSS feeds per instance
- Display set number of items
- Item Title
- Item Description
- Tooltip Title
- Tooltip Description
- Limit Word Counts for Title and Description
- Enable / Disable Images
- Easily Customise Tooltip Colour
- Set Link Target (new window, same window)
- Supports UTF-8 and International Character Sets
- Supports embedded media files in newsfeed (podcasts etc…)
- Caching and module class suffix is supported.
What Do I Need To Know?
Changelog
- Version 1.3, For UTF-8 support, Slick RSS now uses the slick and fast RSS Parser from simplepie.org
- Version 1.4: Even better configuration options and support for international characters.
Specifically, related to character display, Slick RSS 1.4 will now:
- Optionally override your default Joomla encoding with the RSS feed encoding. (default=disabled (1.3)
- Enable or disable the translation of characters from the RSS feed into your default Joomla encoding charset. (default=enabled (1.4))
SimplePie 1.0 compatibility is in the works.
plugins/joomla/slick_rss.txt · Last modified: 2011/03/06 03:56 (external edit)