It is possible to display the walks for a Ramblers Group in a Joomla Module. The walks are retrieved from the Ramblers Walksfinder database, see http://www.ramblers.org.uk/.
To setup a module follow these steps
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- Go to the Administration area of your web site.
- Select Module Manager from the Extensions menu list
- Select New
- Select Feed Display and then click on Next
- Enter the normal Modules parameters
- For the Feed URL enter a string of the form described below:
- Set the following values to NO , Feed Title, Feed Description, Feed Image and Item Description
- Set the caching option under Advanced Parameters to Global
RSS for walks finder
This is a new feed (Feb 2013) which is preferred over previous feeds
Purpose
walksfeed.php is an RSS feed to display the details/titles of walks for one or more groups. It can be used by any RSS feed software and is of particular use for displaying walks in a Joomla module within a Group or Area web site that uses the Joomla CMS.
Syntax
http://www.ramblers.co.uk/walksfinder/walksfeed.php?groups=GG01
http://www.ramblers.co.uk/walksfinder/walksfeed.php?groups=GG01,GG02&days=Saturday,Sunday&distance=4-10&limit=5&dow=1
Mandatory
where GG01,GG02 is a list of one or more comma separated group codes
Optional values, each separated by &
days=Saturday,Sunday is a list of one or more days of the week that restrict which walks are listed
distance=4-10 is a range of distances that restrict which walks are listed
limit=5 is the maximum number of walks to display, the default if not provided is 20
dow=0 or 1 to specify whether the day of the week should be displayed in the walks title, the default is 1 to display the day of the week
Sample Output in Windows Internet Explorer
Sunday 29th July: Tealby
Join the Boston Group at 10:30 on Sunday 29th July for a 9 mile Leisurely walk. The start grid ref is TF 157909.
Sunday 12th August: Metheringham
Join the Boston Group at 10:30 on Sunday 12th August for a 9 mile Leisurely walk. The start grid ref is TF 068615.
Sunday 26th August: Folkingham
Join the Boston Group at 10:30 on Sunday 26th August for a 9 mile Leisurely walk. The start grid ref is TF 072336.