Category in RSS feed

1. You should copy this file to templates/YOURTEMPLATE/html/com_jevents/modlatest/rss.php and make your customisation there

2. what you need to do is change the item->title and include the category name in this output - the variable is already fetched for you via
$item_type = $row->getCategoryName();

Hmm - $item_type = $row->getCategoryName(); is allready included.
See the code below. What need to be changed ?

<?php
/**
* JEvents Component for Joomla 1.5.x
*
* @version $Id: rss.php 3575 2012-05-01 14:06:28Z geraintedwards $
* @package JEvents
* @copyright Copyright (C) 2008-2015 GWE Systems Ltd
* @license GNU/GPLv2, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
* @link http://www.jevents.net
*/

// Check to ensure this file is included in Joomla!
defined('_JEXEC') or die();

// setup document
$doc = JFactory::getDocument();

$doc->setLink($this->info['link']);
$doc->setBase($this->info['base']);
$doc->setTitle($this->info['title']);

$doc->setDescription($this->info['description']);

$docimage =new JFeedImage();
$docimage->description= $this->info['description'];
$docimage->title=$this->info['title'];
$docimage->url= $this->info['image_url'];
$docimage->link= $this->info['imagelink'];
$doc->image = $docimage;

foreach ($this->eventsByRelDay as $relDay => $ebrd) {
foreach ($ebrd as $row) {
// title for particular item
$item_title = htmlspecialchars( $row->title() );
$item_title = html_entity_decode( $item_title );

// url link to article
$startDate = $row->publish_up();
//$eventDate = JevDate::mktime(JString::substr($startDate,11,2),JString::substr($startDate,14,2), JString::substr($startDate,17,2),$this->jeventCalObject->now_m,$this->jeventCalObject->now_d + $relDay,$this->jeventCalObject->now_Y);
$eventDate = JevDate::strtotime($startDate);
$datenow = JEVHelper::getNow();
if ($relDay > 0)
{
$eventDate = JevDate::strtotime($datenow->toFormat('%Y-%m-%d ') . JevDate::strftime('%H:%M', $eventDate) . " +$relDay days";
}
else
{
$eventDate = JevDate::strtotime($datenow->toFormat('%Y-%m-%d ') . JevDate::strftime('%H:%M', $eventDate) . " $relDay days";
}


$targetid = $this->modparams->get("target_itemid",0);
$link = $row->viewDetailLink(date("Y", $eventDate),date("m", $eventDate),date("d", $eventDate),false,$targetid);
$link = str_replace("&tmpl=component","",$link );
$item_link = JRoute::_($link.$this->jeventCalObject->datamodel->getCatidsOutLink());

// removes all formating from the intro text for the description text
$item_description = $row->content();

// remove dodgy border e.g. "diamond/question mark"
$item_description = preg_replace('#border=[\"\'][^0-9]*[\"\']#i', '', $item_description);

if ( $this->info[ 'limit_text' ] ) {
if ( $this->info[ 'text_length' ] ) {
$item_description = JFilterOutput::cleanText( $item_description );
// limits description text to x words
$item_description_array = explode( ' ', $item_description );
$count = count( $item_description_array );
if ( $count > $this->info[ 'text_length' ] ) {
$item_description = '';
for ( $a = 0; $a < $this->info[ 'text_length' ]; $a++ ) {
$item_description .= $item_description_array[$a]. ' ';
}
$item_description = trim( $item_description );
$item_description .= '...';
}
} else {
// do not include description when text_length = 0
$item_description = NULL;
}
}
else {
// this can lead to double CDATA wrapping which is a problem in Firefox 13+
//$item_description = "<![CDATA[$item_description]]>" ;
}

// type for particular item - category name
$item_type = $row->getCategoryName();
/*
// You could incorporate these fields into the description for the RSS output
// organizer for particular item
$item_organizer = htmlspecialchars( $row->contact_info() );
$item_organizer = html_entity_decode( $item_organizer );
// location for particular item
$item_location = htmlspecialchars( $row->location() );
$item_location = html_entity_decode( $item_location );
// start date for particular item
$item_startdate = htmlspecialchars( $row->publish_up());
// end date for particular item
$item_enddate = htmlspecialchars( $row->publish_down() );
if (isset($row->_thumbimg1) && $row->_thumbimg1!=""{
$item_description = $row->_thumbimg1. "<br/>".$item_description;
}
*/

// load individual item creator class
$item =new JFeedItem();
// item info
if ($row->alldayevent()) {
$temptime = new JevDate($eventDate);
$item->title = $temptime->toFormat(JText::_('JEV_RSS_DATE')) ." : " .$item_title;
} else {
$temptime = new JevDate($eventDate);
$item->title = $temptime->toFormat(JText::_('JEV_RSS_DATETIME')) ." : " .$item_title;
}
$item->link = $item_link;
$item->description = $item_description;
$item->category = $item_type;

$eventcreated = new JevDate($row->created());
$item->date= $eventcreated->toUnix(true);

// add item info to RSS document
$doc->addItem( $item );
}
}

the lines setting $item->title

OK - i'm clueless
Hope you can/will help me some more!

This has to be changed into what?

if ($row->alldayevent()) {
$temptime = new JevDate($eventDate);
$item->title = $temptime->toFormat(JText::_('JEV_RSS_DATE')) ." : " .$item_title;
} else {
$temptime = new JevDate($eventDate);
$item->title = $temptime->toFormat(JText::_('JEV_RSS_DATETIME')) ." : " .$item_title;
}

$item->title = $temptime->toFormat(JText::_('JEV_RSS_DATE')) ." : " .$item_title;

to

$item->title = $temptime->toFormat(JText::_('JEV_RSS_DATE')) ." | " .$item_type." | " .$item_title;

etc.

Brilliant - thanx !!!

I have made the changes you suggested but I still do not get the output I am looking for.

Here is the feed link: [url:mwm5y8ur]http://holisticevents.com.au/index.php?option=com_jevents&;task=modlatest.rss&format=feed&type=rss&modid=207[/url:mwm5y8ur] (Note: by default the link begins with feed:// but I had to change it to http:// in order to work properly)

Here is the code which I copied to template/html/com_jevents/views/modlatest/rss.php in order to customise:

// load individual item creator class
$item =new JFeedItem();
// item info
if ($row->alldayevent()) {
$temptime = new JevDate($eventDate);
$item->title = $temptime->toFormat(JText::_('JEV_RSS_DATE')) ." | " .$item_type." | " .$item_title." | " .$item_location;
} else {
$temptime = new JevDate($eventDate);
$item->title = $temptime->toFormat(JText::_('JEV_RSS_DATETIME')) ." | " .$item_type." | " .$item_title." | " .$item_location;
}

Am I missing something? Thank you

None of the events currently in the feed are all day events so I can't look at them. What are they outputting for these events?

What are you translations for JEV_RSS_DATE and JEV_RSS_DATETIME ?

This is how they display as imported feed in Mailchimp:
[attachment=0:3i2a5ckl]<!-- ia0 -->feed.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3i2a5ckl]

The separators show : where in the rss.php I am using | which indicates to me that the file is not accessed somehow.

Ok - now I understand.

You need to put your file in templates/YOURTEMPLATE/html/com_jevents/modlatest/rss.php
and not template/html/com_jevents/views/modlatest/rss.php which is where you say you have placed the file. i.e. you need your template name path and to remove 'views'

Brilliant, it works now. Thank you.

Great! Thanks for letting us know.

Many thanks
Tony