Developer Wanted To Modify Default Newsfeed Module

[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

[KristjanESPERANTO]

@MMRIZE Okay 😀 I just added it to the list.

[Faiek]

@MMRIZE , Real happy i found this , really great , quick question how do get this look you posted back in 2022
Wanna get the same look with multiple feeds and fade
Thank again

[chelofarias]

@MMRIZE If I include more than one RSS feed, not all of them work.

feeds: [
{
title: “Radio Pacu”,
url: “https://radiopacu.com.ar/feed/”,
},
{
title: “Ambito”,
url: “https://www.ambito.com/rss/pages/ultimas-noticias.xml”,
},
{
title: “Página/12”,
url: “https://www.pagina12.com.ar/rss/portada”,
},
{
title: “La Política Online”,
url: “http://www.lapoliticaonline.com.ar/files/rss/ultimasnoticias.xml”,
}
],

[MMRIZE]

@chelofarias
I think you may have some typo error;

{
  title: “Radio Pacu”, // <-- Wrong quotation marks
  url: “https://radiopacu.com.ar/feed/”, <-- Here also wrong.
},

“ and ” is not valid character for the quotation marks that could be used in JS code.
It should be ".

anyway, for me it works.

[JohnGalt]

@MMRIZE – So to recap, is it the case that all that’s needed to get the pictures to display is to add “showImage: true” to the default newsfeed, or is something more required? If more is required, what would that be?

[MMRIZE]

@JohnGalt
Nothing special. However, some feeds might have non-standard image enclosure, so in that case, image will not be shown.
That module was order-made, so not all the possible cases are considered. If you have some specific newsfeed, tell me the url.