Link to an RSS Block?

[jakemelon]

Hi,

How can I have a link that opens an RSS Block (center)? I know there are ways of making an article and have it opened with a link but can't quite figure out how to do that with an RSS Block.

I am trying to give my users the option of selecting an RSS feed from a menu and once they click it it would open a center block with the feed data. Forgot to add this; I don't want to see the RSS Block until someone clicks on the link to open it. That probably makes it more tricky because the block has to be invisible until then.

thanks

jake

[rbh]

    I don't think you can just have a block appear then disappear. You can use an iframe though and point your rss feeds to that iframe when they click the link.

EDIT: Here is an example of a new site I am currently building. This is the same setup for the rss feeds that I have used on several other sites. On the left you will see my rss feed links, then a center block iframe where they will load when clicked. This center block iframe loads a default feed when you first arrive, then just changes to whatever feed you click.

http://thestegmanfamily.com/forum/index.php

[jakemelon]

Hmm, don't really follow this. Can you explain in layman's terms? How do I insert a block iframe and then redirect a link to it?

thanks

jake

[Nokonium]

Have a look here

http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?topic=11569.msg96623#msg96623

"RSS feed in articles not blocks??"

[jakemelon]

Ah works like a charm! I like this solution very much!

thank you again!

jake

[rbh]

    Glad you found a solution to work for you. Here is a link for iframes if you want that at some point.

http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?topic=8653.0

[jakemelon]

Thank you rbh,

jake

[Nokonium]

how can you show the full feed instead of just the feed headers?

I have several RSS feeds in articles and they all show content and even images. If you have only got headers it could be your settings. Have you got an RSS block set to headers only?