mmf 1.4 User Guide
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1. mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide Field label Purpose Remarks Although the RSS ATOM fa vour the author s e mail address instead of its name for security reasons we encourage that you do enter e mail addresses here only if you use the feed in an intranet Source The message source Optional Max 64 characters Source URL A link to a correspon Optional ding web page Must be a valid URL Max 255 characters When you are done click the Store action button below the form If there are erroneous field contents these fields will be highlighted and the form will be presented for correction You have the choice to either try again to store the feed with the corrected data or to Cancel the operation You might wish to Test the feed with the newly created message now To do so click the Test operation link in the menu panel 3 3 2 Editing a message gt Show Edit Delete 1 By clicking the Show Edit Delete caption in the menu panel you will be shown the list of the messages assigned to the currently selected feed By clicking the corresponding link you ask the editor to read the message list data from the da tabase and present it in a form very similar to the one described under 3 3 1 Inserting a new message page 22 The attributes of all the fields are identical to the ones described there You have these options e Update Save the changed dat2. A web page with an embedded feed should contain this code in the lt head gt lt head gt part lt script type text javascript src http www mydomain tld mmfeed scripts ajaxify_min js gt lt script gt lt script type text javascript gt var refreshInterval 60 1000 60 seconds var feedTimer 0 var ajax_obj 0 function loadFeed if feedTimer clearTimeout feedTimer feedTimer 0 ajax_obj new ajax ajax obj openRequest index php feedname en www mydomain tld amp type html amp options inline nohead GET news panel feedTimer setTimeout loadFeed refreshInterval lt script gt The first script definition lt script ajaxify_min js gt lt script gt includes a script that handles the AJAX communication and data transfer with the host This is neces sary to dynamically load parts of a web page A more detailed description of this script can be found at Appendix 5 3 3 Scripts page 34 The second script definition lt script gt lt script gt automatically and repeatedly time interval 60 seconds sends a request towards the web server to get the feed The resulting text is assigned to a DIV element in the web page whose id is news panel Note replace the formal feed name en www mydomain t1d with the real name of the feed you want to embed Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 12 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008
3. Foundation version 3 of t stributed in the hope that RRANTY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR ER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE MAD License as published by he License it will be useful without even the implied warranty of PURPOSE E LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES OF USING THE PROGRAM IF THIS WAIVER OF ALL LIABILITY CONTRADICTS THE LAW WHERE YOU INTEND TO USE THE PROGRAM ITS USE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED See the GNU General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program If not see lt http www gnu org licenses gt ok Ck kk ce kk ce ke kk ce ke 0k ke See ce Sk Sk ce ke kk ke kk ce ke Sek ce Sk kc ke Sek ce ke Sk ck ce ke Sk ck ck ck ck ck ck kk ck ke Sk ck ck ke Sk ck ck kk ck Sk kk kx kx kk kx kx x Ajax state values var READY STATE UNINITIALIZED var READY STATE LOADING 15 var READY STATE LOADED 2 var READY STATE INTERACTIVE var READY STATE COMPLETE 0 4 3 Ajax request counter Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 34 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide var OPEN_AJAX_REQUESTS 0 Get element object from element id function getElement id return document getElementById document getElementById id document all docu ment all id document layers id Expand contract containers function togglepnl id if id return id typeof id string getElement i
4. Greek Thai Hindi Arabic etc MMF also supports the direction right to left Arabic languages Hebrew although not all browsers and feed reader cli ents do so Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 3 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide 1 2 How it works 1 2 1 System Architecture Client Workstation Client Workstation Internet Intranet Firewall mmf Application Scripts mmf Configuration Data Database Server mmf Database Figure 1 System Architecture 1 AJAX Asynchronous JavaScript and XML The application is integrated into a web server Besides the database service all the components are web application scripts The web and database services may be installed on different machines or may re side on one machine The browser installed on the client work station or an RSS ATOM reader client application sends an HTTP request to the web server The web server then will in clude the appropriate MMF component which will prepare the resulting text and sends the result back to the client Feed data may be requested from within any web page embedded web 2 technol ogy using Ajax and JavaScript The mmf editor component creates standard web pages HTML For security reasons the web servers may be protected by firewalls and you may be asked to authenticate before accessing the intranet web server and the
5. You can modify the look of an embedded feed through class styles Mmf Feeder assigns a class to every part of a feed Styles define how elements of a class are displayed Table 2 Style classes Class name Element State mmf feed panel Feed panel e g border background mmf feed header Feed title mmf feed header link Hyperlinks in the feed title if appropriate Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 10 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide Class name Element State mmf feed header link hover Same as above when the mouse is over the element mmf feed text Feed text mmf feed text link Hyperlinks in the feed text mmf feed text link hover Same as above when the mouse is over the element mmf feed footer Feed footer e g copyright text mmf feed footer link Hyperlinks in the feed footer mmf feed footer link hover Same as above when the mouse is over the element mmf item panel Message panel e g border background mmf item panel last Last message panel mmf item header Message title mmf item header link Hyperlinks in the message title if appropriate mmf item header link hover Same as above when the mouse is over the element mmf item text Message text mmf item text link Hyperlinks in the message text mmf item text hover Same as above when the mouse is over the eleme
6. 11 18 18 10 The online interface page is divided into 4 panels 1 the logo panel 2 the menu panel Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 13 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide 3 the details panel and 4 the bottom panel 3 1 2 The logo panel mmf Editor 1 4 P methodica ch i Fee gt Create The logo panel shows the product name and version Additionally it contains a log out button If a feed is protected by a username and password pair you are asked to authenticate once you have selected the feed When you click the log out button all credentials you have entered before will be cleared so no one can access these data without authenticating again 3 1 3 The details panel Feeds Messages On top of the details panel there are tabs to select Feeds Messages and Help Feeds and Messages are the entities you can edit One feed can have many messages assigned When you select the Feeds and Messages tabs the panel below the tabs will show the corresponding contents and the accordion in the menu panel plus the status information are synchronised accordingly 3 1 4 The menu panel gt Create t The menu panel provides an accordion whose Show Edit Delete sub panels may be selected by clicking its caption de www mydomain tid title bar Each sub panel stands for a function to en www mydomain tid apply to the data entity selected in the details New Feed panel E g you
7. Er aE paiaina 4 Figure 2 Software Architecture iia ccce eterne rae ein Ferien ehe tun teta Ea Raani taadaa dL e anne ABE inii 5 io URS Data Structures C 5 Tables Table 1 File Sir lufe eir oit Erection de e Breite etit aaa aa e aa 6 Table2 Style ClaSSOS i cis T 10 Table 3 Whe fields of a Te E M 17 Table 4 The fields Of message nete ntt eret nrat eei omnee etre quete nere Rap Re nce Ead idea RR pes 23 Fable 5 Formatting tags C 29 Table 6 LNL M H 29 Table 7 Configuration files and parameters ssseeeeneeenenenennee enemies 39 Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 1 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide Revision history Date Reason Author 2010 07 02 First edition hhe 2010 08 17 Update corrections hhe Trademarks e UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group e Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds e Solaris is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation e Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation e methodica methodica ch methodica message feeder mmf Editor mmf Setup mmf Backup mmf Report and mmf Sysinfo are trademarks of methodica herger Switzerland Copyright We reserve all rights of authorship and ownership for this document and the soft
8. GB lt title gt meta http equiv Content Language content en GB meta http equiv Content Type content text html charset UTF 8 l EMBEDDING HEADER BEGIN STEP 1 fBFFTA4TERETATERETASAAR lt link type text css href http www methodica ch mmfeed styles mmfeed default css rel stylesheet script type text javascript src http www methodica ch mmfeed scripts ajaxify min js script script type text javascript gt var nofeedhead false Set to true to suppress the feed header var refreshInterval 5 60 1000 Feed refresh interval 5 minutes var feedTimer 0 var ajaxObj 0 function loadFeed if feedTimer clearTimeout feedTimer feedTimer 0 ajaxObj new ajax ajaxObj openRequest http www methodica ch mmfeed index php feedname demo de amp language en GB amp type html amp options inline nofeedhead nohead GET news_panel i feedTimer setTimeout loadFeed refreshInterval lt script gt lt EMBEDDING HEADER END STEP 1 HHHEEEEPEEEEEEHE gt lt style type text css gt BODY font family tahoma arial helvetica sans serif font size 76 container width 600px margin 10px auto background color fff color 333 border lpx solid gray header_panel padding 0 3333333em background color ddd border bottom lpx solid gray Copyright 2
9. can choose to create a new feed www methodica ch de message or to edit or delete a feed message www methodica ch en The sub panels and captions will be different de pending on the tab that is current in the details panel Refresh list Test Usually the sub panels will contain lists of items e g a list of all feeds or a list of the messages of the current feed Additionally the may contain action links you can click to issue a operation e g to re read a list 3 1 5 The bottom panel The bottom panel shows global status information plus status information for the data entity selected and the last operation applied to this data entity The panel contains 2 lines Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 14 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide e A status message for the current data entity and operation and e Global information Info 0 Logged out The status message format looks like this class code text where e class the message class INFO WARNING ERROR e code numeric message code and e text plain text corresponding to the message code The background colour of the status line depends on the message class blue yellow red 0 0 Session open since 2010 08 11 18 08 15 Data updated 2010 08 11 18 26 25 The global information line shows the copyright mark on the left side The right side of this line is formatted like this requests
10. events occur e you refresh the mmf Editor page entirely e you open a new browser window with the mmf Editor e the session has timed out e you willingly logged out by clicking the log out button in the logo panel 3 2 2 Inserting a new feed gt Create 1 AL a PF FIL Maioha Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 16 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide By clicking the Create caption in the menu panel you will bring up a form suited to enter the feed details Basic Parameters Identification New Feed Title New My Feed Language Deutsch wj Description This is my new feed nl It has been created using the mmf Editor Extended Parameters Link http www mydomain tid mmfeed Publication time 2010 08 11 ij Copyright Copyright copy year Your company Time toJive 60 minutes Maximum age 604800 seconds Image Parameters Image title Image URL Width pixels Link URL Height pixels E mail parameters Host name IP Port localhost 143 IV validation required Protocol IMAP Encryption NOTLS Mailbox INBOX Account feeds mydomain tid Password caliBor22enDar Feed Access Control User name feedmaster Password eeeeeeeceeccecec Store Delete Cance Reset The fields with light red background are mandatory and must have contents Table 3 The fields of a feed Field label Purpose Remarks Basic Parameters Identification Feed nam
11. queued requests session start last operation where e requests the number of outstanding requests A request that has been sent to the server and for which has not yet sent a response is counted e queued_requests the number of queued request that have not yet been sent to the server but will be sent in the near future e session_start date and time of the beginning of the current session Usually this is when the editor page was last loaded e last operation date and time of the last operation performed This may be an operation triggered by the user or an automatically triggered operation M As long as mmf Editor is waiting for one or more answers from the server an animated icon like the one above is displayed in the middle of the global informa tion line 3 2 Feeds Feeds Messages By selecting the corresponding tab in the details panel the editor allows for creat ing editing deleting and testing a feed The accordion in the menu panel shows three selectable sub panels e Create The sub panel has no active elements The details panel will provide a form to add a new feed e Show Edit Delete The sub panel displays a list of the names identifiers of all the feed already Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 15 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide stored If you click on one feed name the details panel will provide an form with the details of the feed and the option
12. to modify or delete the feed e Test If you have selected a feed you may test it Click the Refresh operation link to have the feed displayed as it would be when embedded in a web page When you choose a different style sheet from the list to the right of t the feed it immediately will be displayed using this style sheet You can also have mmf Editor generate the code for a web page with the feed embedded by clicking Sample page code operation link 3 2 1 User Authentication Access may be restricted for existing feeds access control Whenever you select such a feed before the feed data will be displayed or when you try to perform an operation on such a feed or a message assigned to such a feed you are asked to authenticate first A dialog window like the one shown be low will be displayed Please log in x User name T Password Cancel Log in Enter the correct User name and Password pair for the feed then click Log in If the credentials are ok you will be granted access to this feed and to assigned messages in the future Alternatively administrators could also enter the global MMFeed User Name and Password as it was specified during the application set up process These are valid for all feeds You may be granted access to more than one feed at a time Once you are granted access to a feed you will no longer be prompted to authen ticate again as long as the session lasts A session ends when one of these
13. ware described herein Copyright 2010 methodica herger Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 2 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide 1 Introduction 1 1 What it is Methodica Message Feeder MMF is an application that supports e publishing message feeds in these formats RSS ATOM and HTML and e administering the feed and message data The feed and message data is stored in a database currently MySQL The application includes components for e providing the data to readers and browsers e editing feeds and messages and e importing messages from e mail boxes All components are working web based Thus you can consume the messages and edit feeds and messages e without the need to install a client component Standard browsers such as Internet Explorer Firefox etc or RSS ATOM reader applications will be sufficient e from anywhere in the world or within an enterprise environment internet intranet access is necessary e concurrently many users may consume and edit the centrally stored feed data at the same time New feeds can be created through the online editor interface Messages can be added through e the online editor interface or e via e mail MMF currently is available in English and German Its components as well as the database support UTF 8 character sets So the feed and message data may include character sets like Japanese Chinese Russian
14. 010 methodica ch Page 37 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide header_panel hl padding 0 margin 0 left_panel float left width 400px height 500px margin 0 padding 0 3333333em right_panel height 500px margin left 400px border left lpx solid gray padding 0 3333333em font size 0 9em overflow auto footer_panel clear both margin 0 padding 0 3333333em color 333 background color ddd border top 1px solid gray h2 margin 0 padding 0 333333em 0 0 333333em 0 lt style gt lt head gt 1 EMBEDDING BODY BEGIN STEP 2 tHHHHHHHHHEP EEE PEEEE 77 lt body onload loadFeed gt 1 EMBEDDING BODY END STEP 2 tHHHHHHHHHEPE PE PEEEE 77 lt div id container gt lt div id header_panel gt lt hl gt Header lt h1 gt lt div gt lt div id left_panel gt lt h2 gt Text Title lt h2 gt lt p gt Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Nulla dignissim ligula sed turpis feugiat sit amet dignissim mi vehicula lt p gt lt h2 gt Text Title lt h2 gt lt p gt Proin at mi mauris In sollicitudin tincidunt lacus mollis ultricies elit consequat id Vivamus commodo placerat velit sit amet bibendum lectus convallis eget Etiam tin cidunt scelerisque mauris quis consequat mauris imperdiet vel lt p gt lt div gt lt div id right_pan
15. 201008 en User Guide Where options separated by the pipe character are one or more of e inline No HTML code for a standalone page is generated just the code necessary to embed the feed e nohead No feed data is included just the messages Example http Awww methodica ch mmfeed feedname www methodica ch_de amp type html amp option inline nohead You can add the optional parameter openmesg nn This parameter defines how many messages nn should be shown expanded further messages will be displayed compacted Default vaulue for this parameter is 3 If you set it to 1 no messages are shown compaced Beispiel http Awww methodica ch mmfeed feedname www methodica ch_de amp type html amp option inline nohead amp openmesg 3 2 2 Embedding a feed in a web page You can embed a feed into any web page Three steps are necessary to embed a feed 1 The page must contain the scripts to request the feed and assign the resulting text to a container DIV within the page feed update 2 The HTML code must be tailored to include the container and to start the feed update script 3 Styles are necessary to define how the elements of the feed are displayed A working example of such a web page can be found here http s www yourdomain tld mmfeed feed sample html The easiest way to create a web page with an embedded feed is to have mmf Editor generate the sample page for a feed and a style sheet 2 2 1 The styles
16. Styles Below you find the default definition for every style class used when embedding a feed in a web page They can be found in this style sheet file path_to_mmfeed styles mmfeed_default css mmf feed panel margin 0px Opx 4px 0px padding 0 color 333333 background color ffffff border 1lpx solid 990000 mmf feed header margin 0px Opx 0px 0px padding 0px 4px 2px 4px color ffffff background color 990000 font size 1 2em font weight bold cursor pointer mmnf feed header link color 14336699 important font style italic text decoration none mmf feed header link hover color e0f7ff important background color 4999999 important text decoration none mmf feed text margin 0em Opx 2px Opx padding 2px 4px 2px 4px color 666666 font size 1 0em mmf feed text link color 666666 font style italic text decoration none nmnf feed text link hover color e0f7ff important background color 4999999 important text decoration none mmf feed footer margin 2px 0px 0px 0px padding 0px Opx 2px 0px color 4999999 font size 0 8em mmf feed link margin 2px 0px Opx 0px padding 0px 4px 0px 0px color 14336699 important font size 0 8em text decoration none mnf feed link hover COolor 4333333 limportant background color 4e0f7ff important text decoration none mmf feed footer link color 4999999 text decoration none mmf feed fo
17. Text replace rscript var myregexp lt script s S gt s S lt script gt var match myregexp exec req responseText if match null try eval match 1 catch err alert err Execute onload function if defined if this onload this onload this ajax prototype initXMLHTTPRequest function var xRequest null if window XMLHttpRequest xRequest new XMLHttpRequest else if window ActiveXObject xRequest new ActiveXObject Microsoft XMLHTTP return xRequest ajax prototype defaultError function if this touttimer clearTimeout this touttimer this touttimer null OPEN AJAX REQUESTS alert error fetching data n nreadyState this myreq readyState Anstatus this myreq statust this myreq statusText Anheaders this myreq getAllResponseHeaders i Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 36 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide 5 3 4 Sample page This is the original sample page HTML code lt DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC W3C DTD HTML 4 01 Transitional EN http www w3 org TR html4 loose dtd html E HINT To test this code select it copy it to the clipboard in a text editor create a new file and paste the code save it locally as e g test html double click the file to show in the browser head title mmFeeder demo de en
18. a in the database The update will immediately take place and all further requests to mmf Feeder will provide the updated data Delete Delete the current message The deletion will immediately take place Note this operation can not be undone e Re read Re read the message data from the database e Reset Reverse all changes made in form since the data has been last read or up dated The message data is not re read from the database Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 24 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide 3 3 3 Releasing a message iv Valid released 2049 08 11 1634 Valid released Messages are shown when the current date time lies within the publication from until time frame and their valid released flag is checked or the Validation re quired flag of the feed is not checked Messages created through the mmf Editor component are flagged as valid re leased while messages created through the mmf MPump component are not Thus if the feed s Validation required flag is checked you also must check the message s valid released flag before the message is active This is done by an update operation see 3 3 2 Editing a message page 24 3 3 4 Deleting a message Click the Show Edit Delete caption in the menu panel and select the corre sponding message from there When the message data form is displayed in the details panel you have the option to Delete the messag
19. age 26 after the mmf Editor online interface page has been loaded This will be repeated periodically in 10 minutes intervals By mmf MPump the messages sent to mailboxes are imported into the database and are available for releasing and editing together with the messages created through mmf Editor Note the mmf MPump operation is performed in parallel to the mmf Editor opera tion Since mmf Editor does not know when mmf MPump has imported new messages it can not refresh the list of messages You can do this by clicking the Refresh list link in the left sub panel titled Show Edit Delete when the Mes sages tab in the details panel is active 3 3 Messages Feeds Messages By selecting the corresponding tab in the details panel the editor allows for creat ing editing deleting a message Of course you must before have selected a feed where the message is assigned to or where to assign a new message The accordion in the menu panel shows two selectable sub panels e Create The sub panel has no active elements The details panel will provide a form to add a new feed e Show Edit Delete The sub panel displays a list of the names identifiers of all the feed already stored If you click on one feed name the details panel will provide an form with the details of the feed and the option to modify or delete the feed 3 3 1 Inserting a new message gt Create 1 AL a J FIL Maiada By clicking the Create caption in
20. applica tion at all Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 4 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide 1 2 2 Software Architecture Server Client Web Browser Web page with embedded feed mmFeeder Component RSS ATOM i Reader tz Standalone Reader or Browser Web Browser mmf Editor Component mmf Editor Database Service MySQL Web page i mmf Config Component mmf MPump Component EMail Services POP Service IMAP Service XY Figure 2 Software Architecture 1 2 3 Data Feeds Figure 3 Data Structure The mmf main com ponents e mmf Feeder Provides feeds to consumers in all supported for mats e mmf Editor Allows for online editing feed and message data in a comfortable way e mmf MPump Imports messages from e mail ac counts into the da tabase mmf MPump ac cesses external e mail services The component acts as an e mail cli ent On the client side for all operations a stan dard web browser only is necessary The mmFeeder data is stored in a database currently MySQL The data is structured in just 2 entities e Feeds and e Messages Messages are assigned to feeds There may be any number of feeds and any number of messages per fee
21. color 333 background color ddd border top lpx solid gray h2 margin 0 padding 0 333333em 0 0 333333em 0 lt style gt lt head gt 1 EMBEDDING BODY BEGIN STEP 2 tHEEHHHHEHEPE PE PEEEE 7 7 lt body onload loadFeed lt EMBEDDING BODY END STEP 2 tHEHEHEPEPEP EEE PEEEE 77 lt div id container gt lt div id header_panel gt lt hl gt Header lt h1 gt lt div gt lt div id left_panel gt lt h2 gt Text Title lt h2 gt lt p gt Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Nulla dignissim ligula sed turpis feugiat sit amet dignissim mi vehicula lt p gt lt h2 gt Text Title lt h2 gt lt p gt Proin at mi mauris In sollicitudin tincidunt lacus mollis ultricies elit conse quat id Vivamus commodo placerat velit sit amet bibendum lectus convallis eget Etiam tincidunt scelerisque mauris quis consequat mauris imperdiet vel lt p gt lt div gt lt div id right_panel gt lt lt h2 gt Feed Title lt h2 gt lt EMBEDDING CONTAINER BEGIN STEP 3 EEPHEEEEEEHE gt lt div id news_panel gt lt We cannot display the page correctly if JavaScript is not enabled gt lt noscript gt Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 33 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide lt p style margin 2 0em Oem Oem Oem font size 1 2em ding 4px 4px 4px 4px col
22. d id if id return var expand id style display none id style display expand none Adjust element alignment and text direction for arabic and hebrew text function adjustDir inp html if inp return inp typeof inp string getElement inp inp if inp re turn var xc arabic u0600 u06FF u0750 u077F UFB50 UFDFF uFE70 UFEFF var xc hebrew NNu0591 NNu05A0NNu05D0 NNu05EANNu0591 NNu05A0NNu05F0 NNu05FANNu05CO u05C4 var xc new RegExp 0 9 u0000 u0020 u2000 u200D xc_arabic xc_hebrewt var cc new RegExp u0000 u0020 u2000 u200D var v html inp innerHTML inp value if v return if v match xc arabic character set inp dir rtl inp style textAlign right else if v match cc not control and punctuation character set inp dir ltr Ajax object function ajax anch this anchname anch this myreq null this onerror this defaultError this onload null this block null this touttimer null this nomsg 0 ajax prototype openRequest function url params httpMethod id onload if httpMethod httpMethod POST else httpMethod httpMethod toUpperCase var u url params this anchname id this onload onload this myreq this initXMLHTTPRequest if this myreq this block getElement this anchname try var loader this Registe
23. d at a time Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 5 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide Feeds are identified by their name a 24 character string Messages are linked to feeds via this name Messages are identified by an automatically generated nu meric key 1 2 4 File Structure The table below shows the application directories and files together with a brief description of its purposes The fiornat path name path_to_mmfeed means the drive and path down to the MMF directory e g X webservers www mydomain tid mmfeeal or var www www yourdomain tld web mmfeed Which files may be modified e Files that never may be modified are marked red e Those an administrator might modify carefully are marked orange and e Those an administrator may modify at his hers will are marked green See marks in the column titled M Table 1 File Structure wre Purpose path_to_mmfeed _config inc Basic configurations _licinfo php Provides license information to be used by _sysinfo1 php support only _sysinfol php Provides information about the application Support only _sysinfo2 php Provides information about the server support only feed sample html Samole web page with embedded feed index php Mmf Feeder component Logik userpar ini User variables for reference in feeds an messa ges pfad zu mmfeed admin credentials cfg Username and password
24. e identifier Mandatory Maximal 24 characters Allowed A Za z0 9 _ Must be unique among all feeds stored in the database Title Feed title Obligatorisch International character set Max 64 characters Description Feed outline Optional International character set Formatting tags are allowed Language Feed language A valid language code according to the ISO 639 1 standard For mat LL VV LL language VV language variant May contain variable references Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 17 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide Field label Purpose Remarks Extended Parameters Link Feed link Should either be a link to read the feed or a link to a web page with more detailed information about the feed Optional Max 255 characters Must be a valid URL Copyright Copyright notice Optional Max 255 characters Publication time Feed publication time May be automatically updated by mmf Editor and mmf MPump Time to live Time in minutes before Optional the feed should be re Numeric read Max 5 digits Default 60 Maximum age Default publication de Optional lay Numerc Max 10 digits Default 604800 secs 7 days Image Parameters specify if you want to include an image like a logo Image title Title of the image Relevant only together with Image URL Optional Max 64 character
25. e The deletion will imme diately take place Note this operation can not be undone Also see 3 2 3 Editing a feed page 20 3 3 5 Testing a message Since messages are delivered to a consumer HTML page or standalone reader in the context of a feed the feed is the entity to be tested See 3 2 5 Testing a feed page 21 3 3 6 Additional functions There is a brief documentation available online in the editor page Help tab There you can find e information about the product e contact data and e aproduct version checker The version checker looks up the newest product version on one of the manufac turer s servers and compares it with the version that is installed at your site There is no additional data transferred together with the version check request And no other MMF component except mmf MPump of course is connecting with a server outside your site phoning home Note this feature may have been disabled by the administrator In this case the corresponding menu option is not displayed Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 25 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide 4 mmf MPump 4 1 Purpose When a feed s E mail parameters are correctly set the corresponding mail boxes one per feed are scanned by the mmf MPump component for mail with properly formatted subject and text body Valid mails are interpreted and added as messages to the database This is another way besides t
26. el gt lt lt h2 gt Feed Title lt h2 gt gt lt EMBEDDING CONTAINER BEGIN STEP 3 tHEEEEEREEE gt lt div id news_panel gt lt We cannot display the page correctly if JavaScript is not enabled gt lt noscript gt lt p style margin 2 0em Oem Oem Oem font size 1 2em font weight bold padding 4px 4px 4px 4px color 990000 border 2px solid 990000 gt Note lt br gt JavaScript must be enabled for this page to function properly lt br gt If you had JavaScript enabled you would see a message feed here lt p gt lt noscript gt lt div gt Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 38 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide EMBEDDING CONTAINER END STEP 3 4 44444 gt lt div gt lt div id footer_panel gt Footer lt div gt lt div gt lt body gt lt html gt 5 4 Configuration files The configuration files and what they define Parameters that should not be modified are marked lora ify are marked green 2 those you can mod Table 7 Configuration files and parameters File M Parameter path_to_mmfeed userpar ini Purpose default value Company Company name You can add your own variables sage fields which can be referenced in feed and mes path_to_mmfeed _config inc SUPPRESS_VERSIONCHECK mmf Editor does not provide a version c
27. en User Guide 2 mmf Feeder This component provides feeds to consumers As far as for the RSS and ATOM formats requesting a feed is a standard HTTP request the browser or feed reader knows how to handle the data You may also use mmf Feeder to display messages in any HTMP page e g as a news panel of the home page In this case we recommend to dynamically re quest feeds through Ajax and JavaScript from otherwise static or also dynami cally created pages 2 1 Formats supported 2 1 1 RSS Format RSS Really Simple Syndication version 2 0 Request URL http s www yourdomain tid mmfeed index php feedname feed_name amp type RSS 2 1 2 ATOM Format ATOM version 1 0 Request URL http s www yourdomain tld mmfeed index php feedname feed name amp type ATOM 2 1 3 HTML Format HTML HyperText Markup Language the web page definition language version 4 0 Request URL http s www yourdomain tld mmfeed index php feedname feed name amp type HTML amp o ption options Note the direction right to left of Arabic and Hebres languages is not correctly supported by all browsers and feed reader clients 5 Notes Replace the formal host name www yourdomain tld by the real host name Replace and formal protocol tag Attp s by either http or https The directory path mmfeed may have been changed by the administrator Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 9 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602
28. en User Guide 3 mmf Editor The mmf Editor component allows for creating browsing publishing editing and deleting feeds and messages The editor works web based and is called when you enter an URL like this in your browser http www mydomain tld mmfeed admin 3 1 The online editor interface The editor interface is a web page with embedded local logic This logic inter operates with the server side mmf Editor component It uses web 2 0 techniques implemented with the help of JavaScript and Ajax Immediately after the editor web page has been transferred to the client a couple of requests automatically are issued This may take a couple of seconds As soon as the editor is ready you can begin to work with it Note when working with the online interface you may experience some delays The reason for these is the fact that the interface does issue requests towards the web server which usually will result in one or more database accesses The processing may take some time So don t immediately repeat your clicks and wait until the requests are processed see the status information in the bottom panel of the page 3 1 1 The page layout mmf Editor 1 4 ica ch methodica Messages gt Create Show Edit Delete de www mydomain tld en www mydomain tld refresh list 2 Info 0 Ready Mail import started Copyright 2010 methodica ch 0 0 Session open since 2010 08 11 18 08 01 Data updated 2010 08
29. he corrected data or to Cancel the operation You might wish to Test the feed now Or you could add a message to the newly created feed by selecting the Message tab in the details panel and click the Cre ate caption in the menu panel 3 2 3 Editing a feed Show Edit Delete i By clicking the Show Edit Delete caption in the menu panel you have the editor read the feed data from the database and present them in a form very similar to the one described under 3 3 1 Inserting a new message page 22 The attrib utes of all the fields are also identical to the ones described there You have these options e Update Save the changed data in the database The update will immediately take place and all further requests to mmf Feeder will provide the updated data e Delete Delete the current feed This will also automatically delete all messages as signed to this feed The deletion will immediately take place Note this operation can not be undone e Re read Re read the feed data from the database Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 20 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide e Reset Reverse all changes made in form since the data has been last read or up dated The feed data is not re read from the database 3 2 4 Deleting a feed Click the Show Edit Delete caption in the menu panel When the feed data form is displayed in the details panel you have the option to Delete
30. he mmf Editor that allows humans and software to add messages to a feed 4 2 How it works The component mmf MPump is represented by the file path_to_mmfeed admin mail_feed php Whenever the mmf Editor is used mmf MPump is started As long as a unser has an mmf Editor page open this will be repeated in 10 minutes intervals If access to the directory path to mmfeed is password protected e g by a htaccess file the username and password to use must be configured in the file path to mmfeed admin credentials cfg To suppressed starting mmf MPump by the mmf Editor the constant SUP PRESS MAILPUMP in the file path to mmfeed config inc to true Alternatively or additionally mmf MPump may be started through CRON Unix Linux or the Task Planner Windows At runtime mmf MPump for every feed stored in the database will scan the cor responding mail box for e mails following the formatting rules see below E mails that successfully could be interpreted and from which a message has been extracted and entered into the database will be deleted from the mail box You can find more about mmf MPump in the administrator guide Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 26 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide 4 3 Formatting a message e mail feeds domain tid Betreff mmf New Feed A new message text This message has beed added via e mail n For security reasons such a message must be relea
31. heck link SUPPRESS_MAILPUMP mmf Editor does not start mmf MPump All other parameters are defined when the product has been set up path_to_mmfeed admin _debug cfg DEBUGFILE Path and name of the debug file DEBUG Debug mode true false default false DEBUGVERBOSE Verbose debugging true false default false DEBUGMAXSIZE Maximum size of the debug file If this value is reached a new debug file will be created Default 307200 3 KB path_to_mmfeed admin _default cfg LANG Language code for mmf Editor must be installed Default en GB TTL Time to live defines for how many min utes a feed reader should cache a feed before requesting it again Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 39 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide File M Parameter Purpose default value Default 60 minutes MAXAGE Default time frame length Publication time from until Default 604800 seconds 7 days path_to_mmfeed admin _credentials cfg Note Only necessary if access to the admin directory is protected by htaccess username Username default none password Password default none Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 40 of 40
32. idation required Check if you want messages added by mmf MPump to be validated by a human Optional Active checked inactive For security reasons we recom mend to check this option When this flag is not checked anyone could send messages mes sages to a mailbox which then would immediately and auto matically been shown in feeds Mailbox Mailbox folder Optional Max 45 characters Default INBOX usual Account E mail account Optional Max 128 characters Often equal to the e mail address Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 19 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide Field label Purpose Remarks The same as if you would access the e mail account through other means Password Password for access Optional ing the account Max 128 characters The same as if you would access the e mail account through other means Feed Access Control specify to protect the feed User name Name of the Optional mmf Editor user Max 64 characters Allowed are A Za z0 9 amp 96 Password Password for access Optional ing the feed Max 64 characters Allowed are A Za z0 9 amp 96 When you are done click the Store action button below the form If there are erroneous field contents these fields will be highlighted and the form will be presented for correction You have the choice to either try again to store the feed with t
33. mmf 1 4 methodica message feeder User Guide Document Code mmf 7602 201008 en Table of contents Table Of Contents oesici saci T 1 1 INTO GU CTION m 3 1 1 dae al lereercre re eres rere carer reer eot ud T M D NM EE 3 1 2 HOW HEUe Cm 4 2 uult 9 2 1 aeree pP 9 2 2 Embedding a feed in a web page nennen nennen 10 3 annis 13 3 1 The online editor interface eeeseessesesseeeseeeeee eene enne nennen nennen nnne nennen nnn ens 13 3 2 o E 15 3 3 MERCED eta 22 A MAMA MPU joe 26 4 1 Algerie D 26 4 2 HOW It WOKS Loiret erinnere pectori teu a eder araea ue a SE La c rid vided da ue d Rege eva cede eR 26 4 8 Formatting a message e mail eese nne nnne 27 LEE DID ce M 29 5 1 Formatting taQS PET JQ 29 5 2 Variable referentes LEEREN 29 5 3 EMmb dded c EL E aE i 30 5 4 Configuration files cree eae ra aaae Ea DG E ERE AE Aaaa iu aAa E Naaa eaaa aE 39 Figures Fi r 1 System Architecture cn i ien dapat tans E px ER Ea LEER eR ER sites aaae
34. nt mmf item footer Message footer e g publication date author etc mmf item footer link Hyperlinks in the message footer mmf item footer link hover Same as above when the mouse is over the element mmf feed text link IMG Images in hyperlinks within the feed text mmf item text link IMG Images in hyperlinks within the message text mmf p Paragraphs within the feed and message text Style definitions are stored in so called style sheet files Such a style sheet can be found in the file path to mmfeeder styles mmfeed default css where path to mmfeeder means the drive if appropriate and directory path above the mmfeed directory More style sheet files for other colour schemes are available in the same directory The original contents of the default style sheet file mmfeed default css can be found here Appendix 5 3 1 Styles page 30 2 2 2 Tailoring the HTML page First a DIV container with the correct id must be available for the feed update script to assign the feed contents For example div id news_panel gt amp nbsp lt div gt Note the id news panel must be equal to the corresponding parameter in the feed update script Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 11 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide Second the BODY tag of the page must include a call to start the feed update loop For example lt body onload loadFeed 2 2 3 The scripts
35. or 990000 border 2px solid 990000 gt Note br JavaScript must be enabled for this page to function properly lt br gt If you had JavaScript enabled you would see a message feed here lt p gt font weight bold pad lt noscript gt lt div gt lt EMBEDDING CONTAINER END STEP 3 HHEEEEEHEEE gt lt div gt lt div id footer_panel gt Footer lt div gt lt div gt lt body gt lt html gt 5 3 3 Scripts To dynamically update a feed from within a web page you need 2 scripts 1 A script to handle AJAX requests see below 2 A small script embedded in the web page itself The script 2 can be found under 2 2 3 The scripts page 12 or under 5 3 4 Sample page page 37 Das Skript 1 can be found in the file a path to mmfeed scripts ajaxify js or in a more compact form in the file b path to mmfeeds scripts ajaxify min js Please find the verbose variant a of the file below kk kk c kk ck ke 0k kc ke Sk KKK ce kk ce ke KKK ke Sk kc ke 0k kc kk ck ke Sk ck ck ke Sk kc ke Sk Sk ck ck ck ck ck ck ck ck ck ck ck ck ke kk ck kk ck ke kk Sk Sk kk Sk kx x kx AJAXIFY JS A simple AJAX script Copyright C 2010 methodica http www methodica ch This program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public the Free Software This program is di but WITHOUT ANY WA MERCHANTABILITY or The author may UND
36. oter link hover Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 30 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide color e0f7ff important background color 999999 text decoration none mmf item panel margin 0px 0px 4px 0px padding 0 color 333333 background color fff0cc border lpx solid cc6633 mmf item panel last margin bottom 0 mmf item header margin 0px Opx Opx 0px padding 0px 4px 2px 4px color ffffff background color cc6633 font size 1 0em font weight bold cursor pointer mmf item header link color ffffff text decoration none mnf item header link hover color 999999 limportant background color e0f7ff text decoration none mmf item text margin 0em Opx 2px 0px padding 2px 4px 2px 4px color 333333 font size 1 0em mmf item text link color 336699 important font style italic text decoration none text decoration none mmf item text link hover color ffffff important background color 999999 text decoration none mmf item link color 333399 important font style italic text decoration none text decoration none mmf item link hover color ffffff important background color 999999 text decoration none mmf item footer margin 2px 0px 0px 0px padding 0px Opx 2px 0px color 999999 font size 0 8em mmf item footer link color f 6699cc important text decoration none mmf i
37. pt type text javascript gt var nofeedhead false Set to true to suppress the feed header var refreshInterval 5 60 1000 Feed refresh interval 5 minutes var feedTimer 0 var ajaxObj 0 function loadFeed if feedTimer clearTimeout feedTimer feedTimer 0 ajaxObj new ajax ajaxObj openRequest http www methodica ch mmfeed index php feedname demo de amp language en GB amp type html amp options inline nofeedhead nohead GET news panel i feedTimer setTimeout loadFeed refreshInterval lt script gt lt EMBEDDING HEADER END STEP 1 BTFTATERETATERETASAAER gt lt style type text css gt BODY font family tahoma arial helvetica sans serif font size 76 container width 600px margin 10px auto background color fff color 333 border lpx solid gray Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 32 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide header_panel padding 0 3333333em background color ddd border bottom lpx solid gray header panel h1 padding 0 margin 0 left_panel float left width 400px height 500px margin 0 padding 0 3333333em right_panel height 500px margin left 400px border left lpx solid gray padding 0 3333333em font size 0 9em overflow auto footer_panel clear both margin 0 padding 0 3333333em
38. r function for readyState event this myreq onreadystatechange function loader onReadyState call loader this myreq open httpMethod u true var p params if httpMethod POST this myreq setRequestHeader Content Type application x www form urlencoded this myreq setRequestHeader Content length params length this myreq setRequestHeader Connection close else this myreq setRequestHeader Content Type text html Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 35 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide Set timout to 30 seconds this touttimer setTimeout function if this block this block innerHTML Request timed out this myreq abort OPEN AJAX REQUESTS if this onload req responseText this onload call req responseText 30000 Send request this myreq send params catch err this onerror call this OPEN_AJAX_REQUESTS var rscript lt script s script gt gi ajax prototype onReadyState function var req this myreq var ready req readyState var data null var coord null if this touttimer clearTimeout this touttimer this touttimer null if this block amp amp this nomsg this block innerHTML amp hellip if ready READY STATE COMPLETE OPEN AJAX REQUESTS Extract scripts execute and remove them from the HTML text if this block this block innerHTML req response
39. s Image URL URL of the feed image Recommendation enter a fully qualified URL here Optional Max 255 characters Must be a valid URL All other parameters of this group are ignored if this parame ter is empty Link URL Hyperlink when the image is clicked A valid URL Optional Max 255 characters Wiath Image width in pixels Optional Numeric Max 6 digits Height Image height in pixels Optional Numeric Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 18 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide Field label Purpose Remarks Max 6 digits E Mail Parameters specify to import messages from mail boxes mmf MPump Host name IP E Mail host name or IP Optional Max 45 characters e g imap mydomain tld Port Port corresponding to protocol and encryption Optional Numeric Max 5 digits Depends on the parameters Protocol and Encryption May be different than the standard val ues Standard values e 143for the IMAP proptocol e 110 for the POP proptocol Protocol Mail protocol Optional Max 12 characters either one of IMAP or POP Default IMAP Encryption Encryption protocol Optional Max 12 characters SSL Secure Sockets Layer TLS Transport Layer Security NOTLS none Please make sure the parameter Port is set correspondingly Default NOTLS Val
40. sed by a human befor it will be published from 2010 08 11 until 2010 08 20 author feedmaster source mydomain For an e mail to be honoured by mmf MPump it must have a properly formatted subject and text body Only e mails with a properly formatted subject are further scanned The format of the subject and body text entries tag text The subject format mmf feed name message title where e mmf The basic sentinel without every e mail is ignored Mandatory e feed name A valid name identifier of the feed to assign the message to Mandatory e Message title The contents of the title field Optional may be specified within the text body Within the text body these tags apply e title text The message title Overwrites the one from the e mail subject Mandatory when not specified in the e mail subject Corresponds to the message field Title e text text The message text outline Mandatory Corresponds to the message field Description Formatting tags are allowed here see Appendix 5 1 Formatting tags page 29 Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 27 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide e author text The author name Optional Corresponds to the message field Author Alternative tags authorname aut e ink url Hyperlink URL pointing to a web page with more details Optional Corresponds to the message field Link e so
41. tem footer link hover color ffffff important background color 999999 text decoration none mmf feed header link IMG mmf feed text link IMG mmf item text link IMG mmf item link IMG border Opx mmf table mmf tr mmf td important important important important important Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 31 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide margin 0 padding 0 border 0 mmf p margin 0em Oem 0 133333em Oem 5 3 2 Sample web page This is a complete web page with an embedded Feed lt DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC W3C DTD HTML 4 01 Transitional EN http www w3 org TR html4 loose dtd html glas HINT To test this code select it copy it to the clipboard in a text editor create a new file and paste the code save it locally as e g test html double click the file to show in the browser head title mmFeeder demo de en GB lt title gt meta http equiv Content Language content en GB meta http equiv Content Type content text html charset UTF 8 lt EMBEDDING HEADER BEGIN STEP 1 f FFTATERETATERETASA ER gt lt link type text css href http www methodica ch mmfeed styles mmfeed default css rel stylesheet script type text javascript src http www methodica ch mmfeed scripts ajaxify min js script scri
42. template and logic message form MMF login form inc mmf Editor template and logic log in form MMF vchk form inc mmf Editor template and logic version checker MMF xmlreader class php XML parser logic pfad zu mmfeed library lang de txt Import logic for text definitions German import lang inc Import logic for text definitions general de utf8 cod Text definitions German Unicode en GB txt Import logic for text definitions English pfad zu mmfeed scripts ajaxify js Script for dynamically getting data from the server ajaxify min Jjs Use for embedding feeds in your own web pages compressed variant Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 7 of 40 User Guide mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide LEEEEEEEEEL RN jquery 1 4 2 min js mmf Editor user interface client logic jquery 1 8 2 mmf min js mmf Editor user interface client logic pfad zu mmfeed setup Miscellaneous files for set up process pfad zu mmfeed styles _default css Default styles used when mmf Feeder is directly called in HTML mode mmfeed_default css Default styles for feeds embedded in web pages mmfeed_farbe css Colour schemes for feeds embedded in web pages pfad_zu_mmfeed styles mmf Miscellaneous styles and images for use with the mmf Editor component Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 8 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008
43. the feed e l Also see 3 2 3 Editing not be ut a feed page 20 3 2 5 Testing a feed Test 15 Click the Test caption in the menu panel Then in the sub panel click Refresh This will display the feed together with its currently published messages as it would be when embedded in a web page The styles used are the ones written in the style sheet file mmfeed default css see Appendix 5 3 1 Styles page 30 So if you use this style sheet for em bedding the feeds into your web pages the formatting will be equal gt Create a f EOM f Delta Test copyright 201 our compa Refresh My First Message RSS formatted ATOM formatted To the right of the live feed you will find a list of predefined styles click on one and the look of the feed will immediately change You can have mmf Editor generate the code for a sample page using the feed and style you have selected To to so click the link Sample page code in the menu area You then could copy the generated code and paste it in a text editor Save it under a name like sample html locally and test it in your browser The code may well be taken as a basis for embedding a feed in your own pages Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 21 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide 3 2 6 Additional functions The mmf Editor online interface automatically starts the mmf MPump component see 4 mmf MPump p
44. the menu panel you will bring up a form suited to enter the message details Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 22 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide Identification _ Title Description Link Author IV valid released Source Source URL Store Reset The fields with light red background are mandatory and must have contents Table 4 The fields of a message Field label Identification Purpose Message identifier Remarks Read only An identification number auto matically provided by mmf Editor Title Message title Obligatorisch Max 64 characters Description Message outline mes Mandatory sage text International character set Formatting tags are allowed for details see Appendix 5 1 Formatting tags page 29 Keep as short as possible Use the link field to provide a link to a web page with more details Publication time from Begin of the publica tion period Messages are shown when the current date time is within the Publication time until End of the publication period publication from until time frame Format yyyy mm tt hh mm ss Link Hyperlink to a web Optional page with more details Must be a valid URL Max 255 characters Author Author name of the Optional message Max 64 characters Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 23 of 40
45. urce text Source text Optional Correpsonds to the message field Source e sourceurt url Source link URL pointing to a source web page Optional Corresponds to the message field Source URL e pub from yyyy MM dd hh mm ss Publication date time begin Optional default is now Corresponds to the message field Publication time from Alternative tag from Date time format yyyy year 4 digits MM month of the year 2 digits dd day of the month 2 digits hh hour 2 digits 24 hours a day mm minutes 2 digits ss seconds 2 digits e pub until yyyy mm dd hh mm ss Publication date time end Optional default is now maximum age from the feed Corresponds to the message field Publication time until Alternative tags until to Date time format same as for pub from tag Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 28 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide 5 Appendix 5 1 Formatting tags Fields such as the description of a feed or the description of a message may contain text formatting tags Using these tags you may set font styles e g italic font weight e g bold define the beginning of new lines tables lists para graphs etc The set is restricted as the feed formats RSS and ATOM formatting is restricted And for security reasons not all HTML tags are supported Table 5 Formatting tags LETS ES Alternative s Effect St
46. when the admin sub directory is protected by htaccess _db cfg Database configuration See 5 4 Configuration files page 39 Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 6 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en pf _debug cfg Debug configuration _default cfg Default feed coniguration admin tpl htm mmf Editor template for the user interface index php mmf Editor component logic de www mydomain tld cfg Feed configuration file default by setup en www mydomain tld cfg Feed configuration file default by setup mail fe ed php mmf MPump component logic ad zu mmfeed admin doc helpdoc inc Online help documentation structure Miscellaneous help documentation files language specific fad zu mm feed admin images Pictures and icons for use by mmf Editor language specific pfad_zu_mmfeed images Pictures and icons for use by mmf Feeder language specific pfad_zu_mmfeed library langstrings inc Internationalisation functions MMF class php mmf Feeder logic MMF editor class php mmf Editor logic MMF feed form inc mmf Editor template and logic feed form MMF feed test inc mmf Editor logic feed test mmf Feeder emulation MMF form functions inc mmf Editor common functions for handling forms MMF item form inc mmf Editor
47. yle class nl in n New line tb tb Table begin end mmf table tr tr Table row begin end mmf tr th th Table cell within a row begin ind mmf th td td Table cell within a row begin ind mmf td ul ul Unordered llist begin end mmf ul ol ol Ordered list begin ind mmf ol li li Unordered llist begin end mmf_li p p Paragraph mmf p IK url Ik Hyperlink with URL mmf item text link im url im Image picture with URL mmf_img b b Text weight bold i i Text style italic u u Text decoration underline 5 2 Variable references Where appropriate in text fields you may use variable references Variable ref erences are embraced in curly brackets Table 6 Variables VEEL Meaning server_root_url URL to the home page of the web site date Date in the format yyyy mm dd time Time in the format hh mm ss year Year in the format yyyy copy The copyright sign httpbasepath URL path to mmFeeder filebasepath File system path to mmFeeder Copyright 2010 methodica ch Page 29 of 40 mmf methodica message feeder mmf 7602 201008 en User Guide Additionally every variable that is defined in the file path_to_mmfeeder userpar ini can be referenced by embracing the variable name in curly brackets E g company 5 3 Embedded feeds 5 3 1
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