EasyBlog 5 feed importer stopped working
By Mel on Wednesday, 24 June 2015
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Hi,

I haven't changed anything with my feed importer but it has stopped working. I ran the test feed importer and it came back with no feeds migrated, yet there are updates.

Additionally, although the categories are set in the feed importer it is importing some posts into another unrelated category which is very odd.

Also, when I select Get full text (I want it to be Yes) and then save it, I re-open the feed and it is not saved.

I have version 5.9 installed now

Kind regards

Mel
Hello Mel,

I am sorry for the delay of this reply.

Regarding the issue with feed importer, we actually released a new version 5.0.13 which address the major issue with the feed importer when execute via cron. Can you upgrade your EasyBlog 5.0.9 to latest version of 5.0.13?

Once you've upgraded your EasyBlog to 5.0.13, next, copy the attached php file 'mapper.php' to folder 'JOOMLA/administrator/components/com_easyblog/includes/feeds/adapters/' and overwrite the existing mapper.php file.

Now, you should be able to run the feed importer via cron To test the feed import via cron, you can paste the below URL in your web browser.

http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&task=cronfeed&debug=true


Replace http://www.yourdomain.com to your site url

I just tried to run the tests and got a 0 feeds result, but when I go to Posts, there are lots of new entries for today, but they don't have titles or content


Regarding the above, those are the junk records caused by the feed importer not working correctly. In 5.0.13, we've already addressed this issue. As for now, to remove these junk records, go to your phpMyAdmin and run the below two sql ( in correct sequence)

1.


delete from jos_easyblog_post where created_by = 0;


2.


delete from jos_easyblog_revisions where post_id not in (select id from jos_easyblog_post);


Replace the jos_ to your own Joomla table prefix.

By the way, I cant seem to be able to login to your Joomla backend with your provided account.
Please advise.

Hope this help and have a nice day!
Sam
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Tuesday, 30 June 2015 12:02
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Hello Mel,

I've tried to import feed from my test site and it is working just fine:
http://screencast.com/t/Sc599IMjv
http://screencast.com/t/roz0DOkd2uc

May I know which feed URL you are importing from?
Nik Faris
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015 17:25
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Hi Nik,

I am importing feeds from the 3 urls that are in my feed area, is that what you are asking - or do you mean the cron url?

There are new updates for the feeds but they are not coming in - not even when I click on test.

Mel
Mel
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015 17:40
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Nik,

this is my cron:

/usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null "http://mysite.co.uk/index.php?option=com_easyblog&task=cronfeed"; > /dev/null

I haven't changed it and it appeared to be working up until a couple of days ago.

Mel
Mel
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015 17:46
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Hello Mel,

I've tried to import from the same URL and I do get all the latest blog post from http://feeds.nature.com/nbt/rss/current . Then, I checked your feeds process, Easyblog already retrieved all 40 posts from that URL and the only thing that prevent the article from getting posted is if it has already imported before. Can you provide the access to your phpmyadmin? Or you can wait for the next article posted in http://feeds.nature.com/nbt/rss/current .
Nik Faris
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015 18:30
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Hi Nik,

I have just added your feed url, and you are correct, they are importing, but they are not displaying anywhere - at least for me. Also, although for example I set the test to import into the General category, they seem to being added to another category - like its being ignored. Additionally, on my blog front page, all I see are 5 blog entries for each category that has new posts, yet the blog counts show for example that there are 19 articles and 145 etc.

Are you not seeing this same behaviour?

Mel
Mel
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015 19:40
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Hello Mel,

I'm sorry for the late reply. For the feed category, please replace the attached file in: ../administrator/components/com_easyblog/includes/feeds/adapters/mapper.php and for the category page shows only 5 entries, we have addressed this issue in our development and will be fixed in the future release.
Nik Faris
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Thursday, 25 June 2015 11:53
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Hi Nik,

thanks for response.

I have replaced that file, but the feeds are still not working correctly. I just tried to run the tests and got a 0 feeds result, but when I go to Posts, there are lots of new entries for today, but they don't have titles or content (under title the have the username, then when I click on it, it takes me to easyblog dashboard. I have re-activated access so you can see this for yourself.

Kind regards

Mel
Mel
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Thursday, 25 June 2015 12:34
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Hi Nik, anyone?

I am desperate to get this working. I am getting loads of odd posts now (see under posts) something about the feed is working but its just not posting correctly.

Mel
Mel
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Friday, 26 June 2015 17:35
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Hello Mel,

I'm sorry for the late reply. We are still checking on the feed saving part. We will update you once we found the issue.
Nik Faris
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Friday, 26 June 2015 17:45
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Hi Nik,

ok thanks.

In the meantime, should I update to 5.0.11? I am currently 0m 09 - would that improve things?

Mel
Mel
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Friday, 26 June 2015 17:52
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Hi Nik,

to answer my own question - no I shouldn't upgrade. I decided to go ahead and installed it but it messed everything up. I couldn't open the blog pages and kept getting an error message relating to post revisions (my apologies I did not copy the exact message) but I panicked as needd to re-install.

Mel
Mel
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Friday, 26 June 2015 18:23
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Hi Sam,

THANK YOU!!!

It now works

Kind regards

Mel
Mel
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Tuesday, 30 June 2015 14:51
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Hi Mel,

You are welcome. Glad to hear your issue now resolved
Have a nice day!
Sam
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Tuesday, 30 June 2015 15:57
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