User's Manual
Chapter 7: Accessing Functions from the Back-end – Administrator
Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 125 Version 1.0.1.
Complete the following fields:
Field Name Details/Options
Security Check:
If enabled then the syndication functionality will only work if the Syndicate Module
(mod_rssfeed) is published.
Cache:
Yes or No? Choose the Yes radio button to create and display a new News Feed
dependant on the value set in the Cache Time field. Choose the No radio button to
display a new News Feed each time an item is added to the Frontpage Component
and each time the News Feed is accessed by another server
Cache Time:
This is the number of seconds before your site's database is checked for updates.
The default in Joomla! is 3600 seconds, or 60 minutes. After this time has elapsed, the
News Feed will refresh itself.
WARNING!: Setting the cache to No will cause your news feed to be checked every time someone
visits any site where your news feed is syndicated. This can potentially cause excessive
bandwidth usage as well as an extreme draw on your server resources.
#Items:
Type the number of items you would like to syndicate and display in your News Feed.
Title:
Type the title you wish to display above your articles within your syndicated News
Feed when it is displayed on those sites and pages, which syndicate your News Feed.
The title will appear as a link to your site.
Description:
Type a brief statement to describe your News Feed. If none is entered, it will default to
Joomla! site syndication.
Image:
Select an image from the drop-down menu to be included in your News Feed. If you
do not have an image, you can upload one via the Media Manager.
Image Alt:
Type the text for the
alt tag to compliment the image you have selected for inclusion in
the News Feed via the Image drop-down menu.
Limit Text:
Yes or No? Choose the Yes radio button if you wish to limit the Text Length field.
Choose the No radio button to force the value in the Text Length field to be ignored,
thus displaying the entire contents of each item.
Text Length: Type the number of words to display per News Feed item.
Note: The Limit Text radio button must be set to Yes to activate this function.
RSS 0.91, RSS
1.0, RSS 2.0,
ATOM 0.3, and
OPML:
Enable
or
Disable
feed syndication.
Order: The order that the items are listed in the Frontpage Manager will be displayed:
Default:
Arranges items according to the order set in the
Frontpage Manager
Frontpage Ordering: Same as above.
Oldest first:
Arranges items in chronological order, with the
oldest items first.
Most recent first:
Arranges items in chronological order, with the
newest items first.
Title Alphabetical: Arranges items by title in alphabetical order.
Title Reverse-Alphabetical: Arranges items in reverse-alphabetical order.