README ====== The News app is a an rss/atom feed aggregator. It is based on the library SimplePie. Maintainers ----------- * `Alessandro Cosentino `_ * `Bernhard Posselt `_ Status ------ The app is in alpha status and can be tested. See the `beta milestone in the bugtracker `_ for more information on progress Bugs ---- Before reporting bugs: * get the newest version of the App Framework * get the newest version of the News app * `check if they already have been reported `_ Before you install the News app ------------------------------- Before you install the app check that the following requirements are met: - Your database uses utf-8 - Your webserver uses utf-8 - You use a browser that supports the FileReader API How to install the News app --------------------------- - Install **ownCloud 5.0.5** (not released yet contains a small css fix, use the stable5 branch or 5.0.4) Should you have upgraded from a prior version, disable the CSS and JavaScript caching by adding this to :file:`owncloud/config/config.php`:: DEFINE('DEBUG', true); - Clone the App Framework app into the **/var/www** directory:: git clone https://github.com/owncloud/appframework.git - Clone the News app into the **/var/www** directory:: git clone https://github.com/owncloud/news.git - Link both into ownCloud's apps folder:: ln -s /var/www/appframework /var/www/owncloud/apps ln -s /var/www/news /var/www/owncloud/apps - Activate the App Framework App first, then activate the News app in the apps menu - Adjust the rights so that the webserver can write into the cache directory:: sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/news/cache How to keep up to date ---------------------- To get the newest update you can use git. To update the appframework use:: cd /var/www/appframework git pull --rebase origin master To update the News app use:: cd /var/www/news git pull --rebase origin master