Developer Wanted To Modify Default Newsfeed Module

[MMRIZE]

@sifuhall
Maybe like this;

Some test words are censored and removed already, so you cannot see them in title (and in description). (test words are “FBI”, “in data”, ‘man’, “to”)

Anyway, it is a tiny modification of the original Mich’s default module. So real monetized reward is not fair (at least, I think)
You can get it here;
https://github.com/MMRIZE/MMM-anotherNewsFeed

But if you want more than the little modification, anyway contact me.

[sifuhall]

@MMRIZE Thank you! And of course I would love to pay you for your time.

I do have a question. This works with the first RSS feed I tried but not the next. I validated the feed using a few online validators and the feed seems ok but it is never picked up.

The feed is here:
https://www.ccwky.org/parser/parser.php

What is the best way to send payment?

[MMRIZE]

@sifuhall
Yes, that is the issue of Feed.
Each RSS1.0/RSS2.0/XML/ATOM feed has each standard syntax, but not strictly. So every feed provider (e.g. news site) serves slightly-similar-but-different-syntax-feed.
Your link has NO IMAGE by definition of the standard syntax, but it has a common CDATA tag to contain an image in the description really. The image doesn’t belong to the article item layer itself, but to its subcomponent description layer. It might be a kind of exception rule.

I can add some codes to pick up that kind of image from the description of the article. But before that, if I could know which feeds should the module parse, I can make a dedicated-efficient version for your usage. To make an all-bullet-proof version is somehow inefficient. Could you tell me which feed you are considering to show on MagicMirror?

[sifuhall]

@MMRIZE the feed I linked will be the final feed.

Please tell me how I can pay you

[sifuhall]

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[greedyvegan]

@MMRIZE said

how’d you add images to the article of the default news feed?

[sdetweil]

@greedyvegan not default, see

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/102573

[greedyvegan]

@sdetweil

I got my hopes up

[sdetweil]

@greedyvegan a different module, he does amazing work

[greedyvegan]

@sdetweil

I tried to use it but it’s not working for me.
it just says “no news at the moment”
it’s fine, I’ll just use the default newsfeed

[MMRIZE]

@greedyvegan
Give me your target feed. I’ll check

[greedyvegan]

@MMRIZE said

Give me your target feed. I’ll check

I’m trying two modules out:
MMM-anotherNewsFeed
MMM-NewsFeedTicker

the configs and css are identical (bottom_right and new feed sources

config.js

{
module: "MMM-anotherNewsFeed ",
header: "ANOTHER News Feed",
position: "bottom_right",
config: {
feeds: [
{
title: "New York Times",
url: "https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml",
customLogo: "NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png",
},
{
title: "CBC World",
url: "https://www.cbc.ca/webfeed/rss/rss-world",
customLogo: "CBC_140x140.png"
},
{
title: "BBC World News",
url: "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml",
customLogo: "bbc_news_120x60.gif",
}
],
showImage: true,
showSourceTitle: true,
showPublishDate: true,
broadcastNewsFeeds: true,
broadcastNewsUpdates: true
					
}
},		
{
module: "MMM-NewsFeedTicker",
header: "News Feed Ticker",
position: "bottom_right",
//classes: "day_scheduler",
config: {
feeds: [
{
title: "New York Times",
url: "https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml",
customLogo: "NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png",
													},
{
title: "CBC World",
url: "https://www.cbc.ca/webfeed/rss/rss-world",
customLogo: "CBC_140x140.png"
},
{
title: "BBC World News",
url: "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml",
customLogo: "bbc_news_120x60.gif"
}
]
}
},	

custom.css

.MMM-anotherNewsFeed. {position:relative}
.MMM-NewsFeedTicker. {position:relative}

[sdetweil]

@greedyvegan newsfeedticker designed to be bottom bar , full width . takes a lot of space to display all that and make it readable

[MMRIZE]

@greedyvegan

Even though MMM-AnotherNewsFeed was not updated for 2 years, it still works.

{
	module: "MMM-anotherNewsFeed",
	header: "ANOTHER News Feed",
	position: "bottom_bar",
	config: {
		feeds: [
			{
				title: "New York Times",
				url: "https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml",
			},
			{
				title: "CBC World",
				url: "https://www.cbc.ca/webfeed/rss/rss-world",
			},
			{
				title: "BBC World News",
				url: "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml",
			}
		],
		showImage: true,
	}
},

[greedyvegan]

@MMRIZE said

thank you, copied and pasted your code and it’s working.
the screensho

[KristjanESPERANTO]

@MMRIZE Since more than one user is using MMM-AnotherNewsFeed, would it make sense to add it to the list of 3rd party modules? :slightly_smiling_face:

[greedyvegan]

@sdetweil said newsfeedticker designed to be bottom bar ,
full width . takes a lot of space to display all that and make it readable

I totally understand what you’re saying, but:

• some news articles only have seven words in their event
• every newsfeed does not display an image

is there a way that I can force the module to remain and not animate/blink, so the background is always visible?
And can I force the article to be on the right side of the article image whether it is displayed or not?

forgive me, I’m still learning, is that the display: block/flex/inline or margin:left/right % px?

[MMRIZE]

@KristjanESPERANTO
Maybe. :) I’m so lazy. hahaha… To be honest I have been forgetting this module until now.

[sdetweil]

@greedyvegan you are showing @MMRIZE module. newsfeedticker is different

[greedyvegan]

@sdetweil

agreed. I’ve scrapped the newsfeedticker, I like his module better