Hi,

 

I've searched the forum for this and coudn't find quite what I wanted.

 

I'm wondering if anyone has succesfully integrated a method of importing RSS content (feeds) directly into items ? This would be a great feature for anyone using K2 for a news portal ?

 

Any suggestions ?

Thanks,

 

Danny

You may find something here that will start to accomplish what you want but it will probably have to be imported from articles to items
extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-production/automatic-articles

Ya that idea came up on our end too.

There is a couple of components that import RSS into Joomla articles but as you mention, one then needs to import Joomla articles into Items afterwards. I haven't tried the article import into items yet, is it reliable ?

I think I might go ahead with something like this for now but lets just say it would be really cool to have component for just that. One that would isolate images properly add them to the K2 image tab :-)

Thanks,

Danny

search here for k2 import tool, may be helpfull

I will cause I just tested the included import tool dans although it works, I need something that will identify the images in the article and add them into the "images" tab.

I let u know what I find :-)

So far, i've found FreakedOut's "Content Uploader Pro" or IndividualIT's "K2 Import" which seem to import content into K2 items.

Now I just need to find a good RSS to CSV converter ...

This should work in theory although I would then need to Cron the RSS converter and then Cron the import tool !

Let's see where all this goes from here :-)

Have you found a solution to this issue? I was wondering about the same thing.

Haven't found anything yet.

I'd actually pay to have this developped in K2 directly,

a) anyone whant the job ?
b) is there a way to mandate the job to the K2 team ?
c) anyone want to contribute and share the add on with me ?

Danny

Guys,

I use RSS Aggregator Platinum to accomplish this.

It's a paid for Joomla component, only the Platinum version gives k2 functionally, it provides perfect k2 import support and a huge lot of other functionality as well.

I know we all like something for nothing but it seems to me that higher end Joomla functionality comes at a price.

All I can say is that you won't be sorry biting the bullet and shelling out some beans.

Feedgator (also in Joomla Extensions and free) claims this capability, but the results are pretty poor given it's still a work in progress.

Hope that helps you.

Be Well,

CHRIS

Hi Chris,

This is an interesting twist !!! THANKS

I definitively don't mind paying for such a component.

Do you know if it imports (and renders) the images into the K2 images tab ?

Thanks,

Danny