As of version 1.3.0, Lore supports RSS syndication of articles. This means that you can use any RSS feed reader to get a listing of latest articles, highest rated articles, most popular articles, or a list of articles in any category of your knowledge base. Remember, an RSS feed is an XML repreentation of your articles and is not meant to be read directly through a web browser (you will probably get a blank page).

Lore supports the following versions of RSS:

• 0.91
• 0.92
• 1.0
• 2.0

Using the included RSS script:

In the base directory of your Lore installation, you will find a script named rss.php. When this script is called via HTTP, it will return RSS based on your input. The script takes three parameters in the query:

• action - defines what content should be sent: Options are:
  • articles - retrieve articles from a given category
  • latest_articles - retrieve a list of the latest articles
  • highest_rated_articles - retrieve a list of the highest rated articles
  • most_viewed_articles - retrieve a list of the most viewed articles
• category_id - the id of the category to retrieve articles from (only used when action = articles)
• version - the RSS version to return results in. Options are:
  • 0.91
  • 0.92
  • 1.0
  • 2.0

The rss.php script can be accessed like any other URL:

http://example.com/kb/rss.php?action=articles&category_id=1&version=0.91

The above example will return a list of the articles in category number 1 (usually the root category), in RSS version 0.91 format.

Examples:

Return list of latest articles in RSS version 2.0
http://example.com/kb/rss.php?action=latest_articles&version=2.0

Return list of highest rated articles in RSS version 1.0
http://example.com/kb/rss.php?action=highest_rated_articles&version=1.0

Return list of articles in category 10 in RSS version 0.91
http://example.com/kb/rss.php?action=articles&category_id=10version=0.91

When an RSS feed reader asks for the location of the RSS feed, you would enter a URL similar to the examples above (but with your real domain name and path). Many popular open source portal systems (such as PHP-Nuke, PostNuke, etc.) support RSS feeds.

NOTE:

Though the RSS feed looks like a regular web address - it is not a web page!

An RSS feed is an XML representation of your articles - not HTML. It is not meant to be read through your web browser, and will most likely produce a blank page. You need to use an RSS reader to read it.