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README
======
The News app is a an RSS/Atom feed aggregator. It is based on the library SimplePie.
Maintainers
-----------
* `Alessandro Cosentino <https://github.com/zimba12>`_
* `Bernhard Posselt <https://github.com/Raydiation>`_
* `Jan-Christoph Borchardt <https://github.com/jancborchardt>`_ (Design)
Bugs
----
Before reporting bugs:
* We do not support Internet Explorer and Safari (Patches accepted though, except for IE < 10)
* get the newest version of the App Framework
* get the newest version of the News app
* `check if they have already been reported <https://github.com/owncloud/news/issues?state=open>`_
If you are not able to add a feed because its XML does not validate and (see `this issue <https://github.com/owncloud/news/issues/133>`_ for an example),
check if:
* you are able to add the feed in other feed readers
* it runs without error through `SimplePie demo <http://www.simplepie.org/demo/>`_
In the case the second condition is not met, please file a bug on `SimplePie issue tracker <https://github.com/simplepie/simplepie>`_.
Before you install the News app
-------------------------------
Before you install the app check that the following requirements are met:
- `Magic quotes are turned off <http://php.net/manual/de/security.magicquotes.disabling.php>`_ (only needed for PHP < 5.4)
- `You use a browser that supports the FileReader API <https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM/FileReader#Browser_compatibility>`_
- You can use a cron or webcron to call Background Jobs in ownCloud
- You have installed **php-curl** and activated it in the **php.ini**
- Install ownCloud **5.0.6** (important!)
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);
You can remove the line after a page reload
App Store
---------
Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Go to the ownCloud apps page
- Activate the **App Framework** App first, then activate the **News** app in the apps menu
- `Set up ownCloud Background Jobs <http://doc.owncloud.org/server/5.0/admin_manual/configuration/background_jobs.html>`_ to enable feed updates. A recommended timespan for feed updates is 15-30 Minutes.
Keep up to date
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Both the **News** and **App Framework** App can be updated through the ownCloud apps page.
Should you have **upgraded from a version prior to 0.96** you'll have to adjust the version number by running this on your database::
UPDATE oc_appconfig SET configvalue = '0.96' WHERE configkey = 'installed_version' AND configvalue = '8.4' AND appid = 'news'
Git (development version)
-------------------------
Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 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
- `Set up ownCloud Background Jobs <http://doc.owncloud.org/server/5.0/admin_manual/configuration/background_jobs.html>`_ to enable feed updates. A recommended timespan for feed updates is 15-30 Minutes.
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
Keyboard shortcuts
------------------
* **Next item**: n / j / right arrow
* **Previous item**: p / k / left arrow
* **Star current item**: s / i
* **Keep current item unread**: u
* **Star item and jump to next one**: h
Mobile Clients
--------------
Official
~~~~~~~~
* **Author**: TBA
* **Link**: `http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_ideas#Mobile_app_that_syncs_with_ownCloud_News_app`_
* **Status**: In development
* **Platform**: Android, iOS, Windows Phone (PhoneGap)
* **License**: AGPL
* **Bugtracker**: TBA
Unofficial
~~~~~~~~~~
* **Author**: David Luhmer
* **Link**: `Owncloud News Reader <http://luhmer.homelinux.com/wordpress/?p=126>`_
* **Status**: Alpha
* **Platform**: Android
* **License**: Proprietary
* **Bugtracker**: TBA
Desktop Clients
---------------
Performance Notices
-------------------
* Use MySQL or PostgreSQL for better database performance
Known Problems
--------------
* **Feeds are not updated anymore**: `this is a bug in the core bac1kgroundjob system <https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/3221>`_ deleting the :file:`owncloud/data/cron.lock` file gets the cron back up running
Configuration
-------------
This will be in a seperate config file in the future but for now you can tweak the folowing things.
:file:`dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php`
* To cache feeds longer increase::
$this['simplePieCacheDuration'] = 30*60; // seconds
* To let people have more read items per feed before they are purged increase::
$this['autoPurgeCount'] = 200; // per feed
:file:`js/app/app.coffee`
All changes in the coffee file have to be compiled by using::
make
in the **js/** directory
* To increase the interval when the app fetches new entries from database(!, not the webpage, thats set by the backgroundjob interval) change::
feedUpdateInterval: 1000*60*3 # miliseconds
Building the package
--------------------
To build the app simply run::
make
Then build the package with::
make dist
The package lies in the **build/** directory and is ready to be uploaded to `the App-Store <http://apps.owncloud.com>`_
Running tests
-------------
All tests
~~~~~~~~~
To run them execute::
make test
PHP Unit tests
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To run them execute::
make unit-tests
Integration tests
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To run them execute::
make integration-tests
Acceptance tests
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. note:: For acceptance tests, a user with the name **test** and password **test** must exist!
To change the url under which ownCloud is installed, set the environment variable $OWNCLOUD_HOST::
export OWNCLOUD_HOST="localhost/core"
Otherwise it defaults to **localhost/owncloud**,
To run them execute::
make acceptance-tests
JavaScript unit tests
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To run them execute::
make javascript-tests
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