Lykos Googled 0.1 - 04/12/03

This module displays the last listing in google of a certain search.
!!! The listing is provided by a third party website (http://www.googlealert.com), and you need to register there to get a listing.

----==== Requirement ====----

Xoops 2.05 or Greater
Account athttp://www.googlealert.com

----==== Installing ====----

1. If you not already have one, sign up for an account athttp://www.googlealert.com
2. Set up a search of your site title or url, and in feed settings, tick 'RSS Feed' and set the drop down to 'RSS 2.0'
3. Alter "modules/lykos_googled/cache/config.php" to the correct values for your "username" and "feed id" (either 1,2 or 3)
4. Upload the folder inside the zip to the XOOPS modules folder.
5. Login to your site as Admin, go Admin ->Modules, install Lykos Googled.

----==== Bugs/Features ====----


----==== Needed ====----

A neat X2 style logo. (Chapi?)
Language translations


----==== To Do ====----

Admin config instead of manual entry
Block displaying latest listing

In the somewhat distant future I shall be programming an interface to the google API, and then the Google Alert account will not be needed.

----==== Credits/Thanks ====----

The XMLDocument, RSS and all others in the XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/modules/lykos_googled/include/activelink directory are written and provided by Active Link (http://www.active-link.com/intranet/software.php). They are licensed under GPL.

ICQ: 41995361
AOL: lykoszinecouk
Web1:http://lykoszine.sourceforge.net
Web2:https://xoops.org

Download fromhttp://lykoszine.sourceforge.net (no registration needed). No example in action, cos my site is not running XOOPS 2.05 yet. If some kind soul wants to install it and provide a link to a working version that would be cool.

Hi

Downloaded it, signed up with google alert, tried it, followed your install instructions closly, all received is white page. Running XOOPS V 2.05

Cheers

Serge

Serge,

The obvious question is does your host permit opening of remote files? If you get a blank screen with xoopsheadlines also, then this is likely the case.

(I meant to put a warning about this in the readme, but forgot.)

Hi Lykoszine

I am running my own boxes and I have allow_url_fopen enabled. Xoopsheadlines works ok

Php version 4.1.3 amnd MySQL 3.23.54 installed.

Hope this is of assitance.

Cheers

Serge

Serge,

The following questions:

1 - Have you check the feed on googlealert.com, to see if it is immediatly active?

2 - Did the install go ok? Ie, it created the template ok?

3 - Is the blank page a toally empty page, or a XOOPS frame with left blocks but no content?

Question 1 Gogglealert.com tells me I have 100 items stored and the link is active.

Questions 2

Module data inserted successfully. Module ID: 88
Adding templates...
Template lykos_googled_index.html added to the database. (ID: 585)
Template lykos_googled_index.html compiled.
Setting group rights...
Added admin access right for Group ID 1
Added user access right for Group ID: 1
Added user access right for Group ID: 2

Question 3 The page is entirley blank no frames just white page, I also tried calling it using modules/lykos_googled/index.php no luck.


Cheers

Serge

Hmmm, strange

Can you enable PHP debug, and tell me what you get when accessing the module? If that gives nothing, try SMARTY debug.

Are you on icq/msn ?

Hi

On php Debug I get the following

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: ctype_alpha() in modules/lykos_googled/include/activelink/classes/org/active-link/xml/Tag.php on line 265
Notice [PHP]: Undefined index: xoops_lblocks in file class/smarty/Smarty.class.php line 626

I tried contacting yuo via MSN but tells me your not online

( EDITED BY SERGE ) Turns out I dont have ctype enabled on my system, problem was mine. I will recompile PHP at a later date and try this module again.

Cheers

Serge