RSS Reader 1.2.2

RSS Reader for Magento offers numerous features and options, including:

Features

• Ability to work with numerous feeds
  Create as many RSS Reader occurrences as you need!
• Full control over every option available on a “per instance” basis
  You can override the default options set in the administration panel (see list of configurable options below)
• Enabled caching options
  RSS Reader obtains content from a remote host and stores it in its own cache
• Ability to put RSS Reader occurrences on your pages using Magento CMS pages and blocks
  For store owners, developers and designers, you won’t ever have to edit any files, as this feature can be handled through the administration panel. Need more flexibility? Not a problem! RSS Reader occurrences can be easily culled from Magento layout XML files
• Option to customize CSS and Template files*
  RSS Reader uses its own CSS files and custom template. You can create as many output patterns as needed, using them on a “per instance” basis
  
  * requires CSS and Magento templating knowledge

Configurable options

RSS Reader options can be easily set up from the administration panel, but if you need more flexibility, you can easily override each option on a “per instance” basis:

• Feed URL
  Specifies the URL of the RSS feed to be read
• Feed title
  Allows you to set up a RSS feed title that will appear above the RSS Reader content
• Articles number
  Sets the number of RSS feed entries to be displayed
• Show summary
  Controls the RSS feed entry content display (if your RSS feed is from a Wordpress blog, it will enable/disable article content display)
• Summary max characters
  Carefully cuts off the summary text so it’s not longer than a specified number of characters without breaking up words
• Summary max words
  Limits the word count in the summary text
• Show date
  Enables/Disables RSS feed entry date display
• Date format
  Sets a date format string (default setting is “d-m-Y H:i:s”, e.g. 04-03-2009 13:51:32)
• Enable links
  Makes links from RSS feed entry titles. The links are then opened in a new window
• Enable cache
  Enables or disables caching as needed
• Cache lifetime (in seconds)
  Allows the user to set up a cache update period (default setting is 86,400 seconds, a.k.a. 24 hours)