Scot's RSS Utilities Module for Miva Merchant 5
Features:
Create RSS 2.0 xml documents from your product
- option to include sub categories
- customize your links for SEO pages
- insert variables into links
- one click creation of RSS feeds for all of your categories
Insert ATOM and RSS feeds into your store
- inserts feeds as HTML for search engines (search engines don't "see" xml documents)
- completely customize the feed display layout
- using tokens, display virtually all feed data, including custom data
Version 2 updates:
Version 2.03, Feb 10, 2012
• seriously fixed remainder permission problems
Version 2.02, Nov 21, 2011
• fixed ascii code problem on external feeds
• added max loops for external feeds. param = id_string:loops:5
• fixed a license issue
• added a way to uninstall license and then reinstall if there's an issue
Version 2.01, Sept 10, 2011
• added RSS header pre and post to add data to the feed above or below the xml encoding statement.
• added sub category performance for rss feeds
• added many more tokens
Version 2.0, Dec 22, 2009
• fixed broken directory for new products feed
• fixed issue with using category code in "feeds from categories"
• fixed feeds from categories bad paths
• fixed issues with master RSS index file in feeds from cats
• added new products feed (manual or auto)
• added option to include sub categories in feeds
• added ATOM feeds to external feed support (includes RSS)
• added completely new external feed layout custom control
• added parsing variables to custom links
• added alternate method to display external feed "as is"
• added a "safe list" for all external "alternate method" urls
• added more tokens to custom links
• added "clone" functions to feeds
• added configuration option to force lowercase feed filenames
• added true trial mode- limited to three items in a feed
• added ability to display raw feeds (any existing feed) on new pages
• changed sorting of products to match display order in store
• added default index file html w/tokens
Three easy steps to making an RSS feed from your products
1. Click on New Feed.
2. Fill in the required information (bold fields), select a Miva Merchant category, and update.
3. Click on write rss feed. All done!
How to Add an External Feed (RSS or ATOM)
1. Click on add external feed
2. Enter the feed information into the system and save.
3. Insert the feed tag into any page in your store or create a link to a new page and put the feed tag in there.
