doc/book/_maybe_to_integrate/rss-xml.rst
author Sylvain Thénault <sylvain.thenault@logilab.fr>
Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:25:14 +0200
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[book, forms] talk about cnx.use_web_compatible_request instead of custom monkey-patching
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Assuming you have several blog entries, click on the title of the
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search box in the left column. A larger search box should appear. Enter::
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   Any X ORDERBY D WHERE X is BlogEntry, X creation_date D
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and you get a list of blog entries.
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Click on your login at the top right corner. Chose "user preferences",
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then "boxes", then "possible views box" and check "visible = yes"
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before validating your changes.
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Enter the same query in the search box and you will see the same list,
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plus a box titled "possible views" in the left column. Click on
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"entityview", then "RSS". 
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You just applied the "RSS" view to the RQL selection you requested.
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That's it, you have a RSS channel for your blog.
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Try again with::
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    Any X ORDERBY D WHERE X is BlogEntry, X creation_date D, 
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    X entry_of B, B title "MyLife"
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Another RSS channel, but a bit more focused.
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A last one for the road::
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    Any C ORDERBY D WHERE C is Comment, C creation_date D LIMIT 15
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displayed with the RSS view, that's a channel for the last fifteen
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comments posted.
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[WRITE ME]
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* show that the RSS view can be used to display an ordered selection
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  of blog entries, thus providing a RSS channel
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* show that a different selection (by category) means a different channel
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