cg-feedread stopped reading posts

  • Resolved Nurice

    (@nurice)


    17 years, 5 months ago

    I’ve been using cg-feedread and it worked so well I’ve had others write and ask me what I was using. (Happily I referred them to the chait plugin url).

    Now it has stopped updating the feed, I don’t think I have changed anything.

    I have it on a non-wordpress page:
    http://allergynursing.com
    but it is(was) reading a WP blog:
    http://climates.allergynursing.com

    <!-- BEGIN FEEDREAD -->
    <?php
    $myplugins = "cg-plugins"; // not needed if you have CG-Amazon already above this.
    require_once($myplugins."/cg-feedread.php");
    ?>
    <div id="feeditem"><h1>Latest posts from Allergy Climates</h1>
    <?php
    $feedUrl = "http://climates.allergynursing.com/feed/"; // a sample CNET feed. use your own...
    //Params to getSomeFeed function, in order:
    //function getSomeFeed($InUrl, $maxItemsPerFeed, $showDetails, $cacheName, $filterCat='',$tLimit = -1, $dLimit = -1, $noHTML = true,
    //$showTime = false, $feedStyle = false, $noTitle = false,$showTimeGMT = false, $titleImages = false, $multiSiteTitle=true,
    //$makeRSS=false, $rssName="CG-FeedRead Multifeed", $rssLink="http://www.chait.net/")
    $feedOut = getSomeFeed($feedUrl, 3, false, "feed-climates", '', -1, 90, false, false, 0, true);
    if ($feedOut)
    echo $feedOut;
    ?></div>
    <!-- END FEEDREAD -->

    When I temporarily change the name of the files in the cache_feedread directory I get this on the allergynursing.com page:
    XMLParser failed to open (climates.allergynursing.com)
    URL: [http://climates.allergynursing.com/feed/]
    Error #:

    Check the feed URL is valid.

    Any help would be appreciated, hate to give up a plugin I’ve liked so well!

    Lois

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  • Thread Starter Nurice

    (@nurice)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    I’m disappointed I can’t get CG-FeedRead to work anymore. If no one else has a solution for this either, can anyone recommend a similar program or plugin that I could try?

    It hasn’t updated the cache since Oct 31. There are several posts in the rss feed since then, and the feed validates.

    davidchait

    (@davidchait)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    What happened on your servers on Oct 31/Nov 1? Have you asked your sys admins?

    Usually that’d indicate something changed, new version of PHP, new Apache, new security system, etc.

    Sounds to me from the “failed to open” error like you can’t open a subdomain from within your domain, which could be a new security method, or the like. I recall at least one cheap-priced hosting company used some kind of server-redundancy to increase availability/uptime, but with the restriction that you couldn’t necessarily open a http link to your own site.

    Also, what version of FeedRead are you running? Obviously, you’re running it outside of wordpress based on the code example above, and not as a plugin, and not as a path down to it as an installed plugin within wp somewhere else…

    -d

    Thread Starter Nurice

    (@nurice)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    David,

    Thank you for responding, I will check the things you mentioned.

    My server was having problems (crashing) the weekend after my Oct 31 post, and they had to move everything to a new server. They are a good company, provide a lot more for a lot less than any hosting company I’ve used (I’ve been with them several years). But perhaps they have done something to enhance security that affected the FeedReed, I will check with them.

    I tried it with your example code in the original file (the cnet one that uses the feed-cnetttech cache) and got the same error, though, so is not just for files on my server that won’t open.

    I am running the 1.5.3.1 version. If I need to install it as a WP plugin, I will do that. May need some help figuring out the “path down to it as an installed plugin within wp somewhere else…” that you mentioned, maybe will be self-explanatory when I install it. I will see if I can figure it out, and if that will work.

    I really like the program, hope it will work again!

    Thanks!
    Lois

    davidchait

    (@davidchait)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    it certainly sounds like a php thing if you can’t get to any other feeds. could be some kind of security setting.

    I’m purposefully not depending upon particular ‘extra’ php functionality for my feed reading. I use standard socket interfaces, which in the past have worked on even the screwiest server configs (when other systems were failing). So I’m interested to know what’s ‘wrong’ with yours.

    Possible that with full access to your website (definitely ftp, possibly wp if needed), I could do a little direct debugging. you can drop me a line via my site (my contact form, or via a (all-moderated..) comment on the main powerpack post.

    -d

    Thread Starter Nurice

    (@nurice)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    I have made some changes to no avail yet, though still have hope can get it to work. I did send a comment (question) at the powerpack site a couple days ago, said it had been posted but I’ve not seen it come through. Probably not needed now, as questions are being covered here.

    I am sorry, but I can’t find a contact form on the powerpack site. Probably in plain site, I miss things sometimes. Could you email me at lois at eyesapart com or point me in the right direction on your site to find the contact form? Would be happy to give you ftp and/or wp access. (Thanks for the interest in helping.)

    My web host usually responds to my support tickets late at night. I may not get the response till morning, maybe longer if they are trying to figure if they did something to cause the problem.

    Thank you,
    Lois

    Thread Starter Nurice

    (@nurice)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    David,

    I talked by phone with the contact for my web hosting company. Many security things or changes were done, she sent me a long list via email. Hackers forced some clamp downs. She said some of the things are required but some may be able to undo if they are only minor.

    She and I both looked on your website for the comment form but couldn’t find it. She said she would be happy to talk with you via phone or email also, and I can email you the list and server access info if you will contact me at the email address in my last post.

    Thank you.
    Lois

    davidchait

    (@davidchait)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    Just for anyone else reading, looks like her host disabled both fsockopen AND socket_create, meaning basically no socket interfaces (unless I added cURL as yet another fallback 🙂 ).

    -d

    vkaryl

    (@vkaryl)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    David, the host I left a month ago (due to this sort of thing) not only disabled fsockopen and socket_create, they disabled cURL too, and added a raft of excruciatingly tight mod_security rules…. looks like it’s going around….

    Thread Starter Nurice

    (@nurice)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    Actually my hosting service has been very gracious. They fixed the security control so my FeedRead would work when I told them of the problem.

    They say attacks from hackers has trippled in just a few months time. Said they did a very tight security clamp down so they could get back to the business of customer support rather than putting out fires caused by hackers. But said would be happy to release anything customers need if it is not a major security threat.

    They did just that for me, and my site is working perfectly again!

    David has been very gracious to offer help and support in this as well (something especially worth mentioning since FeedRead is a free program), and of course WP support is great as usual. Thanks to everyone!

    Lois

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