write apps
Mon, 2009-09-28 22:05
ok so ive written a ton of feeds but now instead of having to have a feed for every show on a website id like to have just that site listed as an app or main feed. that when its clicked on shows all the shows. what format would i have to write it in? i tried xml but that doesnt work http://boxeekidswb.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/7/5/2875423/nickjr..xml
Tue, 2009-09-29 14:15
#2
Actually it's the Firefox XML parser that requires ampersands to be in the form &
Step 1: replace all of the & with & and you should be all set
Step 2 Your thumbnails should look like:
<media:thumbnail url="http://www...."/>
Step 3 and you need to define a MRSS namespace at the top
<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:zv="http://zeevee.com/zinc/2009" version="2.0">
Make those 3 changes and it will work!!!
For more tips and controls checkout the www.zeevee.com/zinc/developers section of the site.
Wed, 2009-09-30 09:13
#3
with these changes will it make the video fullscreen? just adding a single rss justopens the webpage and i have to grab a mouse to go fullscreen
Tue, 2009-10-06 12:32
#4
Sam,
For the Nick JR feed we believe it will as the resultant swf file will use the MTV player. The changes need to be made not only at the top level but in the underlying feeds as well. Once you've made those changes if you are still having trouble show us the URL for the feed and we will look at it.
-grose
Mon, 2009-10-12 10:51
#5
In this case, it looks like Yahoo Pipes is turning Nick's valid XML feed into an invalid feed. Zinc uses the Firefox XML parser, which is rather strict about feed validation.
Notice that at the top of Nick's original feed, the mediaad namespace is defined. In the pipe's output, mediaad is no longer defined. Because of this, Zinc considers the document malformed and won't read it. I've been browsing for a little bit looking for a web-based solution to this (something that would add "xmlns:mediaad="http://blip.tv/mediaad""), but so far haven't had any luck.
So you might have to go with a custom coded solution. It's relatively simple: either remove the mediaad:content lines, or add the xmlns:mediaad namespace declaration.
Tue, 2009-10-13 15:31
#6
I finally managed to get images on my RSS feeds. The problem is the aspect ratio of the thumbnails. Before adding it to my Favorites it looks fine:
http://i36.tinypic.com/5cc8rn.jpg
After adding it to Favorites the Aspect is all wrong:
http://i37.tinypic.com/344a3xc.jpg
Tue, 2009-10-13 16:08
#7
Gonzo, can you post a link to your feed? We'll try it out over here and see if there's a problem in the feed or in Zinc.
Tue, 2009-10-13 16:48
#8
Tue, 2009-10-13 17:57
#9
Yup, this is a bug on our side. For now, the recommended workaround is to make a higher-level feed that links to your feed. I've made one for this feed at:
http://zeevee.com/zviewer/users/smiley/ltg.xml
We're filing it as a bug and it should be fixed in an upcoming release.
Wed, 2009-10-14 08:52
#10
Gonzo: it looks like your mixed up the width and the height for the thumbnail images. I bet if you fixed that the feed would look better.
Wed, 2009-10-14 11:06
#11
Doh!
One of the problems I see is that your RSS Feeds are hosted on Yahoo Pipes.
One thing I found out is that Zinc doesn't like it when there is and "&" character as in "&_render=rss"
If you load the "individual" rss feed it works fine. But once you put the rss link in a channel it gives you an error.
The only work around i've found is by saving the invdividual xml files on my computer, then uploading them on a server. Then when making a channel instead of pointing to the original Yahoo pipes feed. I point to the ones I uploaded to the server.