Oodle external feeds

[crystal +]

I found this thread, with an external.php file created just for Oodle feeds (oodle_external.php). I tried this and it does not work with v4. Does anyone have an update to get this working with v4? I would really like to use this on my site!

http://www.68classifieds.com/forums/...ead.php?t=4110

Thanks

[Eric Barnes]

From glancing at that file I believe it should work with one minor change.

Find ".PREFIX."products and change to:
".PREFIX."listings

[crystal +]

Thanks Eric! That got the feed working.

Is there any documentation on external.php? I need to add the location (city, state, zip) to my feed.

Thank you!

[Eric Barnes]

Here is the only documentation available:
http://www.68classifieds.com/knowled...cle/rss-feeds/

The city and state are being pulled from the database. You can use these variables and place them where you want:
$listing['city']
$listing['state']

To add the zip you just need to add it the query:
u.state, u.city, u.country FROM ".PREFIX."listings
to
u.state, u.city, u.zip, u.country FROM ".PREFIX."listings

[bgordon +]

Ok... I downloaded the file and made the changes to make it compatible with v4 but am a little lost on how to show 'extra' field (from their array) values in it?

For example I have an extra field where sellers specify the currency. I know it's id but am not sure how to call it for display in the loop. Right now there is a static field for currency with USD. I need to replace that with the actual extra field value from the listing.

BTW... for those of you who want the version 4 of this script, I will include it as an attachment. I made the changes to the tables etc that make it work with V4.

Hope someone can help me customize it a little bit more to meet my needs. I am sure that others will want to display some of their extra field values in the oodle feed too. Once I figure it out, I will post the new code for the community with the edits explained.

PS: For some reason (likely security) I was unable to upload the file as oodle.php. I renamed it to oodle.txt
You will need to save it as oodle.php in your root 68c directory and it should work for you.

Can anyone show me specifically what code I need to add or modify to show extras from ID4 for example?

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

That documentation link should be:
Documentation RSS

However, I'm sure Eric just forgot that I have a more extensive documentation on my blog here:
Using The RSS Feed

-Mike

[bgordon +]

Thanks.. I just visited your blog but it does not mention anything about showing extra field values... am I missing something... I did learn that I can throw arguments in the command line to filter the results returned (cool). Thanks for that... I saw the code for that but did not know how to call it.

Anyway, any light you could shed on the extra fields thing would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Lhotch +]

Have you ever actually used oodle to try and locate something of interest? CRAP! its filled with utter crap and stuff in the wrong categories etc. There is stuff from sites that is totally misleading, you click a link that says "BUY THIS" and it takes you to some spam money making ad.

[bgordon +]

Fair enough... I have never actually evaluated the effectiveness of having the ads there... I personally don't search oodle for anything. That being said though, I have been pushing ads to oodle for over a year and my clients are used to seeing it so in my launch of a new 68c site, I wanted to keep the same exposure. I know I can do it now with the file but I really need to show the currency as what it is.

It will be far easier just to send them the ads then try to explain to my clients why oodle sucks.

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

Originally Posted by Lhotch

Have you ever actually used oodle to try and locate something of interest? CRAP! its filled with utter crap and stuff in the wrong categories etc. There is stuff from sites that is totally misleading, you click a link that says "BUY THIS" and it takes you to some spam money making ad.

Yep, couldn't agree more! What do you expect from a site that is completely free and allows/accepts feeds from anyone?

-Mike