Extension:RSSPie

The RSSPie extension fetches and displays RSS feeds on a wiki page using a simple tagging format.

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Each RSS feed must use its own set of <rss> element tags. There are optional parameters available for the rss opening tag.

Parameters in the RSS tag
Attribute	Description
`itemTemplate="PageName"`	'PageName' (Default: Mediawiki:Rss_item_template) is used to define the display template for individual items in a feed. It requires a complete page name including namespace if needed.
`max="n"`	show at most `n` channel subelements (items)
`sort="newest"`	Sort direction for feed items. Sorts newest first by default and can be set to oldest.
`dateFormat="(Y-m-d H:i:s)"`	Date format string^[1]
`descriptionTruncate="1000"`	Truncates long descriptions automatically to the specified character length.

**NOTE:**
	Editing the item template is not required, but allows customization on how the information is displayed.

The template parser will substitute five pieces of information for each feed item as needed. {{{link}}} - The URL

{{{title}}} - Item Title

{{{author}}} - Author's Name

{{{date}}} - Epoch Date(Note: Display formatting is handled by Javascript in the browser.)

{{{description}}} - Full description or summarized content.

'''<span class='plainlinks'>[{{{link}}} {{{title}}}]</span> - {{{author}}} - <span class='date_epoch'>{{{date}}}</span>'''
: {{{description}}}

This example displays a feed from Gampedia's home page with a maximum of six items displayed.

<rss max="6">http://www.gamepedia.com/news.rss</rss>

Variable	Default Value	Description
$rpCacheDuration	Default: 3600 seconds (One Hour)	Cache feed information for the specified amount of seconds. Note: Very short durations will increase server load and the number of requests made to the remote host.