Question [Merged topic] RSS Feed for Registered Users?

Hi All

I'm currently finalising my first Joomla website and have an issue that I can't seem to sort with the RSS feed of the Kunena forum section.

The site is using Joomla 1.5.15, Community Builder 1.2.1 and Kunena 1.5.7 and it all works seemlessly.

The only issue is that if I set the forum so that is only viewable by registered users then the RSS feed doesn't work.

If the forum is open to public viewing then the feed works fine. However if I set the menu link to just show up to registered users in Joomla I get the following when I try to validate the RSS feed via validator.w3.org/feed/ :

If I set the forum to be only bviewable by registered users via Kunena the I get the following:

I've searched this forum and the only other similar thread is this one:

www.kunena.com/forum/139-solved-or-prior...-on-first-line#38586

But is doesn't seem to cover my situation.

Can anyone offer some advice or am I stuck with having to have a public viewable forum to get the RSS feed?

Hi

My first thought is, that the RSS does exactly what it shall; Only list posts from public forums.

Kunena 1.6 will have more features regarding RSS, but it will probably still only be public forums that is visible.

To "solve" your problem, you will have to edit the code for the rss part, but that is really not recommended.

What good is a closed forum, if you can follow the postings in RSS feeds? I dont see a purpose, but please enlighten me.

I agree, LittleJohn. The title pretty much says it all. How can you have a RSS feed for "registered users"? That doesn't make sense. If your forum can only be accessed by people after they've logged-in, why would you require a function to access that same information as an RSS feed which, as we all know, doesn't require logging-in? This is like storing your valuables in a locked car but leaving the windows open. :S

Hi Guys.

Thanks for your quick replies. I understand where you're coming from but don't see it quite as you do.

Apart from a home page and contact us section the rest of my site is members only with the forum being the major part.

The members find the RSS really useful in keeping up with what's going and was one of the must have features when we switched from our old system.

I understand that RSS is a public accessible system when I make the forum private the only way to access the link is via the members area so you would have to be registered even to find the link in the first place.

If you're saying that it's not possible to make the forum private and still keep the RSS feed is it possible to remove the 'Register' link at the top of the forum?

monkums wrote:

I understand that RSS is a public accessible system when I make the forum private the only way to access the link is via the members area so you would have to be registered even to find the link in the first place.

Not true.

monkums wrote:

If you're saying that it's not possible to make the forum private and still keep the RSS feed is it possible to remove the 'Register' link at the top of the forum?

You can do that - there are many topics that will show you how it's done - but I don't know what that will achieve. It certainly won't circumvent the publicness of RSS and the problems you already have in generating a feed fromt closed/restricted discussion topics. You need a hack and you need a way of "policing" making the public aware that there's a backdoor way of accessing your confidential matter.

As we've mentioned before, the terms "RSS feed" and "registered users only" are almost mutually exclusive.

I agree, I am looking for this functionality as well.

I disagree with the backdoor notion. We could simply make the RSS feed inaccessible to users and have the feed link completely private.