Does anybody where I can find some documentation on the various ActionStream tags? I've installed the plugin and it works with the default template set, but I am unable to follow what the various template tags actually do or how they are to be used.
Much appreciated.
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There is improving documentation in the svn repository for AS, which I am assuming will be included in v1.1.
I've played around quite a bit, so feel free to ask a question and I'll see if I can guide you in the right direction, alternatively I have posted a few AS based things on my blog so breaking them down should give you an idea of what each tag does.
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Muchos gracias, Richard. I've already bookmarked your site for just this purpose, but still ...
With AS installed, I'm told the following tags are available ("Resources" link)
What do these actually do? Which one is a container tag? How do I know whether my Action Stream is atom or something else?
I did everything I could do get the Amazon Wishlist Action Stream from Dan Wolfgang going but it seems to pull nothing from my wishlist (which, incidentally, is now filled with junk). Flickr, on the other hand, works perfectly. I've just used the standard template set that came with Action Streams.
What am I doing wrong?
Those are in the old intercaps format, so the container tags would be the ones without $-signs. Also, generally speaking, container tags will be pluralized, though the Rollup tag isn't for whatever reason(I don't use the plugin, so couldn't speculate.)
Those are in the old intercaps format, so the container tags would be the ones without $-signs. Also, generally speaking, container tags will be pluralized, though the Rollup tag isn't for whatever reason(I don't use the plugin, so couldn't speculate.)
Many thanks, Su. Is there someplace you know where I can find a handy-dandy guide to what each tag does, and what attributes or modifiers it can take? I understand things like <$MTStreamActonModifiedDate$> etc. But <MTProfileServices>, <MTActionStreams>, <MTActionStreamTags>, <$MTStreamAction$> I don't get.
As I said, I tried Dan Wolfgang's Amazon Wishlist plugin, and followed the instruction to the letter, expecting it would return some results on my default ActionStream template set based blog. But it shows nothing. I need to know whether I'm missing some code in the template. Hence this.
Any help greatly appreciated.
works in a very similar way to and accepts almost all of the modifiers that the latter uses, such as lastn and days. This is the main action stream container tag and supports the standard looping variables you can use with other container tags (first, last etc).
I never got the Amazon plugin working either, but I put that down to having a UK wishlist. I did adjust the code to look on the uk site, but the internal coding of amazon is different than Dan's plugin is expecting. I can't speak for the US one, but the UK one looks like a bitch to get working right!
You can see the "work in progress" documentation on the subversion, which should help you out a little.
damn, forgot about markdown! Should read like this:
<MTActionStreams> works in a very similar way to <MTEntries> and accepts...
standard looping variables you can use with other container tags (__first__, __last__ etc).