Free RSS Widget

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Need a feed widget to display your latest blog posts, news items, Vimeo or YouTube uploads, Picasa images? Our rss widget is simple to use, fully customisable, and best of all, free! Add our news, video or new surf spots feeds straight to your website, mix them up with other feeds, our just use your own.

It's really easy to use and can be up on your site in minutes. Here are the three simple steps:

  • Enter additional feed, blog or page url (up to 5 in total) - you don't even have to use our feed!
  • Customize the display of the widget (you can use a custom style sheet for total control)
  • Copy and paste the generated code into your web page

If you have any questions, or would like to offer feedback, please post a comment below.
Click here to see our guide to help you customise your feed widget.

Add Feeds

Add the feed or blog URL

Add upto 5 feed or page URLs here. Try to use the direct feed url if known
Customise your Feed Widget

General settings

Specify the feed size, autoscroll and other general settings
px px
on off sec
on off
New window Same window
px on off
on off

Must be https:// if displaying widget on https page.

Try these example styles:
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Main title

Settings and display for the feed widget title
on off
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Entry title

Settings and display for the title of the post / item, and specify the main background color
   
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on off

Entry contents

Settings and display for the post / item content
on off
    words
on off
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on off
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Feed footer

Settings and display for the feed widget footer
on off
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Bottom Link

Style the widget backlink
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Caution: please be aware that search engines do not like links to be the same colour as the background of the page.
Preview

How your feed will look

This shows how your widget will look on your web page
Example styles:
clear example style
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Copy & Paste

Place the code below into your web page

Copy and paste the complete code into your web page
Please embed only one widget per page.
No current Issues: Everything running smoothly, we're off surfing!.

If you have a website feed, or would like to easily aggregate several of your favorite feeds or latest YouTube uploads, you can use our custom free widget to display them all in one place. Customize the feed and display it on your website in no time at all.

This app was originally designed for use as our own news XML widget, and to display our RSS and XML feeds in one good looking, reliable, scrolling widget. We offer standard versions of these surf videos, surf photo and surf news feeds for display on websites. With the addition of the simple to use customize panels, and the ability to specify other rss feed locations, we decided to offer it up for anyone.

The feed widget should be able to display any valid rss / atom contents. It's a great little app to display your blog posts and other feeds in the same place, using the same piece of code.

By pasting the code on your website, you are agreeing to abide by the embed terms and conditions.
Please be cool and leave the link back to our surfing-waves.com, this helps support our site and advertise this service to other visitors. Removal of this link may cause the widget to display a Powered by from within the feed item contents.

While you are here, why not check out the rest of the site. You might not have arrived looking for surfing information, but you'll certainly find it here. Whether it's information about boardshorts, preparing with online surfing lessons or some general information about surfing, it's all here.

Shoutout to the National Scrap Car - scrap car prices who are sponsoring the widget this month - cheers Guys!


FAQ's

Do I have to use the default feed on my site?

No. You can add your own feed urls and remove the default feed url.

What does "• xxx is not a valid rss-channel" mean?

The feed generator has been unable to process the feed. If you have used a page url, try to use the rss feed url. If you are sure the feed url is correct, check the feed is valid at https://validator.w3.org/feed/.

Are there limits to the number of feeds I can add?

Yes. You can add up to 5 separate feed urls.

Why only one widget per page?

Lots of widgets on a page can affect the performance of everyone's widgets. Please keep it to one per page as a courtesy to other users.

Can I use any colour for the text and background?

Yes. Just paste the html color code into the input box.

I cannot change any of the widget colours, some selections are disabled. What's wrong?

You've probably selected an example css. This disables some display settings. If you want to customise your widget with the advanced settings, make sure you clear the example style.

I want to use the scroll bar on my widget, but when I select "on", it does not display.

The scroll bar will only display if you auto scroll is no in use.

How do I change the font?

Simply enter your desired fonts, seperated by commas, into the Font face text box.
e.g. arial,sans-serif

I am using a custom CSS. Can I remove some attributes from the embed code to reduce it's size?

Yes. You may remove any display styles from the embed code, these are ignored when a custom CSS is specified.

I'm having problems displaying images from my feed.

In the Entry contents section, ensure that you turn the Html (images / links) button is set to "on". (This will result in the Entry contents maximum length being overwritten)

I have a question that is not answered here, what can I do now?

You can post any questions you may have, or give feedback. Please post a comment below. (You will be required to register before posting)

Is https supported?

Yes, the widget will display on an https page. If you are using a custom stylesheet it will have to be served from an https page or it will not load.

Help - my widget is not displaying

Your widget will not display if you are using a testing it straight from a file (not on a website). To get the widget to display you need to alter the widget code src="://feed.surfing-waves.com/js/rss-feed.js": to include either src=":http:// or src=":https:// - The widget should display OK as it is if posted directly on a website.

Im moving my site to https, will I still be able to use the same widget?

Yes, but you'll have to make a small change to reference the new source using src="//feed.surfing-waves.com/js/rss-feed.js" in your widget code or the old widget will not display. Alternatively, generate a new widget.

Do you offer full support?

Come on - it's free of charge you know! We'll try to help when time allows.

Do I have to be a surfer to use this?

No, but it's never to late to start.

I am a surfer. Will putting this on my website improve my surfing?

Yes.

Is the the best free rss feed widget?

Well, it's definitely a free rss widget, and it's the best one we offer. If you are after a custom feed widget, it ticks the boxes.

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Comments

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 7, 2013

    Thanks for a great widget!! Your work is GREAT !!!!!

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jan 7, 2013

    @Guest on Jan 5, 2013: Just paste the embed code into the body of your html. The widget will appear there.

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jan 7, 2013

    @Guest on Jan 6, 2013: This would be quite a simple option. We'll consider adding it with a later release (if there is one).

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jan 7, 2013

    @ Guest on Jan 7, 2013: You'll need something like this >

    .feed-container .content .item{border-bottom:1px dashed #CCC;}

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jan 7, 2013

    @Guest on Jan 7, 2013: You're welcome, thanks for the feedback.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 9, 2013

    Hey, Love the widget but I wish there was a lot more creative options to customize the widget, even if it wasn't relatively appropriate in some cases. I'm not a good styler, but make curves, or fun options for text or pictures, or cool little effects would be so cool; if you had the time. :) Anyways Does the style sheets have to be from an online source? If so, how do I do that, at a concise step to step process?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 10, 2013

    Yes well done for this feed guys,the best free widget on the web.A donation is worthy for your work.Keep on.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 11, 2013

    Hey, The widget has been working fabulously for the past 3 -4 weeks. Just now, it says that my URL is invalid...?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 11, 2013

    Guest on Jan 9, 2013: Many things can be accomplished with the a custom stylesheet. It does need to be from an online source.
    You can view the process
    here.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 11, 2013

    Guest on Jan 11, 2013:
    Your latest entry may not be valid, check that your feed is actually valid and if it is, email me the details.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 15, 2013

    FAB widget! Is there an way to include a thumbnail image into the feed?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 16, 2013

    LOVE the widget, except for some reason all of the individual post/links just go to the general page, and not the individual articles. Any help/insight?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 18, 2013

    @Guest on Jan 15, 2013: The widget reproduces the contents of your feed. If you want an image, you'll have to make sure there's one in your feed.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 18, 2013

    @Guest on Jan 16, 2013: The individual post links are taken from the post title links in your feed. You'll probably find that this is the way that your feed is set up.
    If not, send us the details.

  • krillmeed
    krillmeed
    on Jan 20, 2013

    This widget was a absolute godsend for me. I had to read the description at least 3 times to believe it was for free. Even though i will be using it on my star trek site as a rss feed to trek news, having looked through your site, especially the images, i will be a constant visitor. Though i am not a surfer (After recent major spinal surgery, my doctor would think i had lost the plot if i started now) I do enjoy the images and a little envious. Thank you once again.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 20, 2013

    This is the greatest app for the news i had looked for for days. THANK YOU. was justto simple the way you had it writen. !!!!!!!!!!!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 22, 2013

    Wow this looks great im going to donate! But can you reverse the Comments so latest is at top.....

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jan 23, 2013

    @Guest on Jan 22, 2013: At the moment there is no way to reverse the comments.

    All donations go towards the hosting and of the widgets, support, and future development.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 25, 2013

    Guys,
    I realy love your script, the only thing is that i am trying to use it on a webshop. And this shop runs in a ssl enviroment (https) meaning that IE will give anoying errors when the scripts load from your server. Is it possible that you send the files to me so i can host the php and .js file for myself.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 28, 2013

    @Guest on Jan 25, 2013: Unfortunately that's not possible. It might be best to consider using another widget.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 30, 2013

    Great feed!! looking for this everywhere!!
    Keep it up!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 31, 2013

    Excellent widget - just one thing if you increase/decrease the page zoom % the feed does not fit the new page size. Any suggestions?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Feb 1, 2013

    @Guest on Jan 31, 2013: I've just tried this on several sites which have embedded widgets. It works OK. Please email your specific example.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 5, 2013

    Is there any possible to add more than 20 twitter url's

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 7, 2013

    Great,

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 7, 2013

    Hi amazing widget!!
    Do you have a horizontal version, I suppose more like a ticker. Or even the code to change the scrolling direction.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Apr 8, 2013

    @Guest on Apr 7, 2013: There is no horizontal version of this widget. We've never had a need for it.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Apr 8, 2013

    @Guest on Apr 5, 2013: It is not possible to add more than 5 different URL's of any type.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 9, 2013

    This looks good, but I have just tried to use it in a wordpress page in a custom theme, and the icons and scroll bar don't seem to be rendered.

    See http://blog.davelevy.info/2013/04/09/help-looking-for-an-xml-widget-for-wordpress/

    I am trying to use http://davelevy.info/mingle/atom.xml as the feed source.

    It works great on your page in firefox.

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Apr 10, 2013

    @Guest on Apr 9, 2013: The widget works fine when I use your feed on a normal page, so it seems to be an issue with your theme. If you'd like to post it up on a page on your site and let me know, I'll get someone to have a look.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 16, 2013

    I cant seem to get the links to work, they all go to the link at the top of the code (www.xchangetele.com) not the 3 item links: www.nydesign.com/xchangesite/rss.xml

    What am I doing wrong?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Apr 16, 2013

    @Guest on Apr 16, 2103: Your xml file is missing the <link> elements from each item. These are used to create the feed content item links.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 16, 2013

    Where exactly do I place the <link> and </link> tags?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 16, 2013

    Also, my code changes don't appear right away: www.nydesign.com/xchangesite/rss.xml

    Why is that?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Apr 16, 2013

    @Guest on Apr 16, 2013: Place a link element after your title element and before your description element.
    <item>
    <title>...</title>
    <link>http://link.to.article.htm</link>
    <description>...</description>
    <guide>...</guid>
    </item>

    Your changes do not appear right away because the feed is cached. If you want to retest your feed you can use the generator above which will not use the cached version.
    Your feed recaches automatically and will pick up changes then.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 25, 2013

    hi, I'm using your widget to display rss based alerts. They are fairly frequent throughout the day but i've noticed a sizeable delay between when a new feed item posts and when it is displayed in the widget (sometimes an hour delay sometimes nothing shown until cache name changed). I've been fiddling with the cache but can't seem to eliminate the delay/solve the issue...can you assist? Thanks!

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Apr 25, 2013

    @Guest on Apr 25, 2013: The feed is cached on our server for performance reasons. You have to wait for the feed to re-cache for the latest topics to display. This can take 30 minutes when the server is under normal load. There is no way around this as we have to ensure that the feed performs well for all users.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 26, 2013

    It's excellent, thanks. I don't suppose I can pay you to used it like 5 times?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Apr 26, 2013

    Guest on Apr 26, 2013: Please contact us directly with details of your site and intended use. Thanks

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 27, 2013

    I'm the April 26th guest, although I put my first name in. I probably should have registered. I was just kidding, mostly. I have a blogger.com blog (redirected to my own domain), and I have a twitter feed, and 5 separate RSS feeds! I just used your widget for the twitter feed, and that stands out, so I'm good. Thanks for it, and I will be making a small donation. Blogger actually does have an alleged "RSS Widget", but it looks like crap. It kind of reminds me of a screen shot from a UNIX terminal. :-)

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 28, 2013

    How do I set a font face?
    Reply to: mcg@nydesign.com

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Apr 29, 2013

    @Guest on Apr 28, 2013: Use General settings > Font face
    Simply input the font face that you'd like into the textbox.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on May 3, 2013

    Love the widget! Thanks very much. I did want to ask about images: When I turn them on, if there are multiple images in a sequence, the first image pushes the next image out of alignment with its corresponding entry. Is there are way to make the default size of an entry at least the size of a thumbnail (if there happens to be an image)?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on May 17, 2013

    This Widget is just awesome !!! thanks a lot. i searched a lot but finally going with this :-) However, i had a small query here, i want to position the widget in my html page. To be specific, set position to absolute and give values for left, top. I ll be very greatfull for the support.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on May 20, 2013

    @Guest on May 3, 2013: Apologies for my tardy reply.
    You could try clearing the div with a custom stylesheet, that may work.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on May 20, 2013

    @Guest on May 17, 2013: If you want to have full control on the styling of the widget you can use a custom style sheet.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on May 21, 2013

    Отличьный виджет Спаисбо !!!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on May 22, 2013

    Exactement ce que je cherchais. Merci !

  • Guest
    Guest
    on May 22, 2013

    Hello, thanks for this wonderful widget, but all my links come on your site ? how can I do ?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on May 22, 2013

    @Guest on May 22, 2013: The links should go where the link in the feed points to. Make sure your feed has the <link> tag in it. Feel free to email your widget code so we can take a look.

  • Thomas
    Thomas
    on May 23, 2013

    Hi,
    I'm using this great widget since a couple of months to display blog en twitter content on our non-commercial website.
    We also have a forum and I wanted to use the same widget on another page on our site. But strangely now the forum posts are also seen on the other page (blog and twitter). I checked the URLs, everything seems fine. What do I wrong?
    Thanks, br, Thomas

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on May 24, 2013

    Hi Thomas, make sure that your widgets have different rssfeed_cache values. If they have the same value, the widget will only display the content from one widget.
    You can generate a new widget above and use the cache code in your forum widget.

  • Jtorral
    Jtorral
    on May 27, 2013

    Nice service and thanks for offering it. Simple question. Is there a "Get Wiget" type link anywhere so users can grab the wiget and paste the wiget on their site? Maybe it's there and I just don't see it.

    Thanks

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on May 28, 2013

    @Jtorral: If you mean a button where a visitor to your site can grab your widget code, then the answer is no.

  • Patrick
    Patrick
    on May 31, 2013

    I got this to work quite easily, so thanks for making it to be easy. I use it to reflect recent posts from our own forum onto our main website pages. From time to time the feed fails with this message "url: "http://www.contemporaryenergy.co.uk/smf_forum/index.php" error: timeout". Not being RSS savvy I cannot see where or what the problem is. It has returned but I cannot be sure whether it was something I did or whether it would have returned anyway. Any ideas how I should rectify this when it happens? My RSS reader is Feedly.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on May 31, 2013

    Hi Patrick. The "error: timeout" message is shown when the rss source server fails to respond in a timely manner and we cannot access the feed. This can happen from time to time, and it's nothing that you have done.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 6, 2013

    thanks!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 11, 2013

    hello,

    how can i change the size of thumbnails ? they are too wide and my text is far above
    http://www.altiqual.com
    thanks for your help

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 11, 2013

    hi, does anyone have a problem with its twitter feed .. worked till noon ( european time .) now same feed no longer works

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jun 12, 2013

    @Guest on Jun 11, 2013: Image sizes can only be changed using a custom style sheet, otherwise their max width is set to the width of the widget.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jun 12, 2013

    @Guest on Jun 11, 2013: Please see twitter feed announcement above.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 12, 2013

    tks for your answer, but i don't understand a word in CSS so i'm lost...

  • Paully
    Paully
    on Jun 13, 2013

    Thank you for your work! I hope you decide to update for the new twitter api. I would be happy to pay for it. paullybadboy@g mail

  • mytiantang
    mytiantang
    on Jun 16, 2013

    非常感谢提供这么好的源码!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 21, 2013

    Thank you for alternative to Twitter API V1.1. My small biz clients do not even have Twitter Accounts. I supported you on Twitter and Facebook.

    If my client uses the script, we'll make a nice donation. I kept the link back to you; but may need to change the link name to "support news feed" - hope that is ok.

    JUST AN AWESOME job on the script. U are a genius.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 27, 2013

    How do I change the feed display to RTL (my feed is in Hebrew)?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jun 27, 2013

    @Guest on Jun 27, 2013: You'll have to use a custom style sheet. Unfortunately there is no way to customise the text direction using the options above.

  • Your guest here!!!
    Your guest here!!!
    on Jul 2, 2013

    My preference is the newest feeds should be on the top. Please add an option whether the newest feed at the top or at the bottom. Thanks in advance.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jul 2, 2013

    Works great! Althought mine does say "no posts" after a few days and I have to change cache code. Any ideas?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jul 3, 2013

    @Your guest here!!! on Jul 2, 2013: The newest posts do appear at the top if the pubdate field is used in the feed. Otherwise the feed is shown in the order it's received.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jul 3, 2013

    @Guest on Jul 2, 2013: If the widget does not find any posts, it displays and error message "No current posts".
    It the message is anything else, check what the feed is showing.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jul 3, 2013

    Thats what I meant. It says "No current posts". Althought the blog is still running. But when I update to a new rss change code it works. Any idea?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jul 4, 2013

    Email your blog details to webmaster for someone to take a look.

  • Aidin
    Aidin
    on Jul 15, 2013

    Hi there. Is there a way to display the publication date there too? I see that there is a Date field which is "off" by default. I changed it to "on" but Nothing happened :-/ ..

  • Jorge
    Jorge
    on Jul 24, 2013

    I followed your instruction and got this error message.A problem occurred retrieving this RSS Feed.
    I did validate my URL and it came back Valid. Please advise

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jul 25, 2013

    @Aidin on Jul15, 2013: Make sure your feed has a pubdate, otherwise the date field will not be filled.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jul 25, 2013

    @Jorge on Jul 24, 2013: A problem occurred retrieving this RSS Feed means that our server cannot access the feed. This is usually due to the source server taking too long to respond to the request we make for the feed. If you'd like me to take a look, email your site & feed details.

  • Joan
    Joan
    on Jul 28, 2013

    Nothing appears on my entry contents just something like this -> "[. . .]"

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jul 30, 2013

    Hi Joan, take a look at your feed and check that it's not showing "[. . .]"
    We don't abbreviate entry contents, just snip off the end if you are limiting characters.

  • Isaiah
    Isaiah
    on Aug 1, 2013

    Hi there. My website (www.isaiaht.info) is cutting off the ends of each entry. In the preview on this page it's showing the full entry. Changing the length of the title doesn't seem to do anything. What's up?

  • Johanna
    Johanna
    on Aug 1, 2013

    Hi! Is it possible to make it work to feed my Facebook page updates to my blog? BR-Johanna

  • Matthew
    Matthew
    on Aug 4, 2013

    I am getting the following error:

    url: "xxmyFeedsAddressHerexx" error: timeout

    In place of the widget that used to show on our blog. The link from Feed43 is still up and running fine; what might the problem be here?

    For reference, I inputted the HTML as code to build the widget into my blogger.com site's home page...

    thanks,
    Matt

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Aug 5, 2013

    @Isaiah on Aug 1, 2013: You've specified an item description length of 120 characters. If the post is any longer it will be cut off. Please be aware that if you make any changes to to your feed to allow more characters it can take up to 45 minutes for the changes to appear on your website due to feed caching.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Aug 5, 2013

    @Johanna on Aug 1, 2013: If the facebook feed is publicly accessible (ie without login) then it should work.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Aug 5, 2013

    Matthew on Aug 4, 2013: The timeout error occurs when the feed is fetched. If there was an issue with the server or network at that time, the feed will show as being in error. When the feed is next fetched it will get a fresh copy, and the timeout error will no longer display.

  • Chris
    Chris
    on Aug 10, 2013

    Fantastic widget! Took a lot of faffing to get it to display properly on a static page in Blogger but got there eventually.

  • Snoring Doctor
    Snoring Doctor
    on Aug 23, 2013

    Again thanks to guide about Post feed redirect url setting.These are very important points to keep in mind.

  • Jeff
    Jeff
    on Aug 23, 2013

    First of all, let me say that this is one of the best and easiest RSS feeds I've used. Thank you for all your hard work and offering the service for free.

    My real question/concern is how these feeds interact with secure pages. I'm trying to use a feed on a client's site but the feeds won't display on secure pages without disabling some browser settings. Is there a solution out there displays the feed without adjusting these settings? I've tried everything I can think of.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Aug 23, 2013

    This widget looks very nice. Two questions:

    1) My "main title" has an ampersand in it and the title cuts off right at the amersand. I have tried using "&" and "&amp;" in my html but neither solves the problem. Suggestion?

    2) More importantly, how does this widget do regarding SEO? Can the search engines spider the text in the widget?

  • Corey
    Corey
    on Aug 29, 2013

    Is there a way to display only the image in my feed, and only display the most recent post?

  • That's Mister Noob to you
    That's Mister Noob to you
    on Sep 3, 2013

    Thanks for this! Great options, looks great, and tests great on a page by itself, but I don't see body code so the feed widget can be inserted into a div somewhere other than the top of the page. Your link div is there, just not the feed itself. What am I missing?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 5, 2013

    @Jeff on Aug 23, 2013:
    Thank you for your kind words.
    Unfortunately there is no way to get the widget to play nicely on secure pages without serving it via https. At the moment there is no requirement to do this. Sorry about that.
    (I think someone pointed out the issue before but it was only with IE8.)

    @Guest on Aug 23, 2013:
    The problem with the ampersand in the title was a bug. I've just fixed this so it is now possible to have an ampersand in the title.
    As for SEO, there is no benefit as search engines only see the javascript, not the contents that it outputs.

    @Corey on Aug 29, 2013:
    There is no way to display images only, although that's a great idea. The only solution would be to create an image-only feed.

    @That's Mister Noob to you on Sep 3, 2013:
    The script needs to be included at the position in the html page where you want it to appear. It creates it's own IFrame and displays from there. If you email me your site details I'd be happy to take a look at the issue.

  • johann
    johann
    on Sep 13, 2013

    the widget is great! how can I do to make links open in fancybox?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Sep 22, 2013

    Great widget. Thx from Bavaria

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Sep 25, 2013

    Beleive me this is the widget i have ever found but i have some problem while creating a feed. I want to place thubnail, article title and just few lines not the whole article. i am not sure how to do that, currently i ave added four rss feeds (blogspot,tumblr,wordpress) these feeds are sowing the whole article with the big image which i dont want, my website have already the content and this is justmaking the page more lengthy. Can you please please answer me as soon as you get this.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 26, 2013

    @johann on Sep 13, 2013: It's not possible to open the links in fancybox, sorry about that.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 26, 2013

    @Guest on Sep 25, 2013: It is not possible to limit the feed length when including images. One possible solution is to use feeds that only contain a summary of the post, not the whole post. This would give reduced content.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Oct 1, 2013

    I have added a feed widget to my homepage linked to the news pages on my site (www.rotolokgroup.com) and was wondering why the feed does not automatically update when I add news items to the news page? Also, the 'time posted ago' does not update from when I inputted the HTML code originally?

    What am I doing wrong?

    Thank you

  • Money Flex
    Money Flex
    on Oct 1, 2013

    Pls hw do i get the widget link
    i want to submit it to blogger gadgets

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Oct 2, 2013

    @Guest on Oct 1, 2013: Changes will not show until the feed is re-cached. This can take up to 45 minutes.

    @Money Flex on Oct 1, 2013: I am unfamiliar with blogger gadgets.

  • Geoff_H
    Geoff_H
    on Oct 2, 2013

    This is an excellent widget and it's even better as it's free - unlike certain other sites which charge. Accordingly, I've made a donation to assist with running costs. Cheers!

  • Daniel
    Daniel
    on Oct 3, 2013

    Hello, I've included it on my Blogger page (ovcteste.blogspot.com) but for some reason it doesn't show anything, only the footer ("widget @ surfing-waves.com") can be seen. Could you please assist me on this? Thanks!

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Oct 4, 2013

    @Daniel on Oct 3, 2013: Hi Daniel, I've just checked your site and the widget is not displaying because the script has been commented out. Remove the <!-- and --> from the widget code and it should work fine.
    Any problems let me know.

  • Graham
    Graham
    on Oct 4, 2013

    Beautiful widget - so clever and configurable. Is there any way that the actual feed background can be made transparent at all please?
    Thanks again

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Oct 5, 2013

    Hi Graham, just put transparent in the background colour selections.

  • grajay
    grajay
    on Oct 6, 2013

    Just perfect - thanks so very much.

  • EastAfro
    EastAfro
    on Oct 8, 2013

    I love your RSS feed and i have been using it for over a year. Suddenly in the last three days the RSS Feed is not showing in my website www.eastafro.com but it is showing in an another website that i own. It appears you have blocked me by accident. Can you please unblock me. I asked you in the past if i can host the code in my website and you told me that you don't allow that but that I was welcome to get it hosted at your site. Thanks for the awesome RSS Feed.

  • AaronTech
    AaronTech
    on Oct 10, 2013

    First I want to say ty for such a great widget. I am curious though, all of my information strings together from an evanced calendar. Is there a way to separate fields that are imported from the feed resource and maybe bold the titles of each part?

  • jdixon2614
    jdixon2614
    on Oct 16, 2013

    Is there a way to direct the output from a feed to an iframe rather than to _top or _blank?

  • Geoff_H
    Geoff_H
    on Oct 17, 2013

    I'm running the feed which is working very well except for one thing: It does not show apostrophes in the news item titles, e.g. Today's appears as Todays. Can you fix, please...

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Oct 17, 2013

    @AaronTech on Oct 10, 2013: Depending on your feed contents it may be possible to do this with a custom stylesheet.

    @jdixon2614 on 16th Oct, 2013: _top or _blank are the only options.

    @Geoff_H on Oct 17, 2013: This is a known error and is on our things to fix list.

  • Salvatore
    Salvatore
    on Nov 17, 2013

    everything ok, the widget works well.

    I would like to ask if it is possible to start the list of feed from the eleventh link,

    I ask this, because in the home of my site I have 10 news per page.

    excuse me for my bad english

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Nov 18, 2013

    Hi Salvatore, unfortunately it is not possible to specify which post the feed starts from.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Nov 19, 2013

    How do I make the content to be in the middle

  • Williamthomason
    Williamthomason
    on Nov 20, 2013

    Thank you for your kind

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Nov 21, 2013

    @Guest on Nov 19, 2013: You would have to use a custom style sheet to accomplish this.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Dec 8, 2013

    This is the best feed widget ever ! Thank you very much for offering it.
    We are not surfing website, is it possible for us to host this file in our website
    ?
    We will keep credits for sure but we want to have this widget installed on our server.
    Thanks for helping.

  • Geoff_H
    Geoff_H
    on Dec 14, 2013

    It seems that you have become a 'victim' of your own feed widget popularity! I hope you will soon have extra capacity on-line and can accept new widgets. It seems that the current block you have on new feeds is also stopping changes to existing feed widgets (I recently added another feed source to one of my widgets but it has not been added by the system, although the widget has continued to work with the existing settings).

  • Geoff_H
    Geoff_H
    on Dec 14, 2013

    OK, I checked the feed after making my previous post and lo and behold, 3 days later, the widget has now accepted the additional source! :-)

  • Moon
    Moon
    on Dec 17, 2013

    Free RSS Widget cannot Copy & Paste!

    It show

    Place the code below into your web page
    Boo Hoo!
    Unfortunately our free service has reached maximum capacity (25 million widget views a month!). To prevent degredation of this service we've put a hold on any new widgets.

    We intend to allow new widgets once spare capacity becomes available. Feel free to let us know if you're interested by sending us an email!

    Help!

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Dec 19, 2013

    Sorry Moon, new widgets are not available at this time.

  • Prakash
    Prakash
    on Dec 26, 2013

    Hi, I understand the capacity issue on your system, however could you estimate timescales for allowing new widgets to become available so people can plan ahead?

    Thanks

  • Time Speed
    Time Speed
    on Jan 1, 2014

    This error is shown on this front page "service has reached maximum capacity (25 million widget views a month!)"
    And it's only just turned the 2nd of January 2014!

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 3, 2014

    Hi Prakash, an estimate is difficult and will depend on who stops using the feed. There is no way to tell that.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 3, 2014

    Hi Time Speed. This is not an error message. This message is to let everyone know that we are currently unable to let any new widgets be created - our server will not handle it without affecting current users.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 7, 2014

    I would totally donate money to keep this service. It is really good! You guys have been really really really helpful!

  • Prakash
    Prakash
    on Jan 8, 2014

    Hi, Thanks for taking the time to respond and I understand the issue. I guess you have no plans to upgrade your servers or allow NEW users to pay a nominal sum for the service?

    Thanks, Prakash

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 9, 2014

    Hi Prakash,
    We've always had the option to donate but unfortunately very few people actually did. We're not a big company and we just don't have the resources to host an ever increasing number of widgets. We'd love to but it's just not possible.

  • lauromneto
    lauromneto
    on Jan 15, 2014

    I don't understand

  • Geoff_H
    Geoff_H
    on Jan 27, 2014

    I see you are still not accepting new widgets - so it seems that the majority of those who registered widgets are actively using them. Have you considered adopting the free+paid business model sucessfully used by 'RSSInclude'? This should allow you to increase capacity and generate some revenue to pay for it. I already use their service, but they don't have a widget that does what yours does.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Feb 4, 2014

    Why can I not get the code this month? Last month is said the same this so I waited. SO this month I should be able to use this widget! PLEASE FIX!

  • RoCe
    RoCe
    on Feb 17, 2014

    Very nice widget, thank you! Do you plan to modify it in the way that images included in feeds shrink to the widget size automatically? I use feeds to follow photo galleries of some other people and it is difficult to use is without this feature.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Feb 18, 2014

    Hi RoCe,

    The standard css already limits the width of images to the width of the widget.

  • eddysubakir
    eddysubakir
    on Feb 20, 2014

    verry good widget

  • Campbell Joef
    Campbell Joef
    on Mar 22, 2014

    I have created facebook fan page rss feed which include atom id and id in url but want to customize url now. How I will customize my facebook's fan page feed url. http://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?format=atom10&id=1408562712721520

  • Bill Sykes
    Bill Sykes
    on Mar 28, 2014

    Is there an SSL version of the widget? I have it installed on an https site, and it gets blocked by FireFox, saying that it's not a secure site.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Mar 30, 2014

    good

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 2, 2014

    Hi, how i can get the code

  • bravasead
    bravasead
    on Apr 2, 2014

    how to get the code for rss

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 8, 2014

    I've been using your widget for a year, very stable.
    Thanks a lot!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 10, 2014

    why ! Now it is stop
    How to fix it?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 10, 2014

    i can't get HTML code

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Apr 10, 2014

    Code for the widget is still unavailable, but were working on something more sustainable.

    @Guest on Apr10, 2014 - current widgets should be functioning normally. If yours is not then drop us an email with the details.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 10, 2014

    thank you very much.

  • Tim
    Tim
    on Apr 22, 2014

    This widget is outstanding, have been using it for years. I recently have placed it on my new site and using different RSS news feeds on different pages. I noticed that when I switch from page to page it retains the same RSS news feeds instead of showing the new RSS feed on the new page. I also noticed rssfeed_cache = "fe80b7d9d02f055dbe452a93e16269b8"; is this encrypted or can I change this and in so changing will it allow the RSS feeds on each page to feed the feeds with RSS feeds from that new page?

    Thanks again for the great widget.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Apr 23, 2014

    Hi Tim,

    Please use this code for the new widget cache field:

    0f2b7e34bceef94f1888578240ab0448

    Good to hear you're happy with the widget.

  • Tim
    Tim
    on Apr 25, 2014

    Thanks for the code but it sounds like you guys are caching my feeds. I would be more than happy to cache my feeds on my server, that could free up bandwidth for others.

    Thanks again.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 25, 2014

    Please how do i get the codes after customizing the widget?

  • Geoff_H
    Geoff_H
    on May 10, 2014

    The widget service appears to have stopped working. All my feeds are not showing any content and are blocking page rendering. This is not great since they are on the front pages!

    The whole surfing-waves.com site also appears to be very slow. Is there a problem?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on May 11, 2014

    Hi Geoff_H,
    We are currently having issues with the server hosting all the widgets. The server team are aware of this and are aware and are working on migrating everything to a new server.
    The surfing-waves.com server is hosted separately and I'm unaware of any problems, so I'll look into that.

    Apologies to everyone who is affected by this. It is a priority to get this fixed.

  • bora
    bora
    on May 13, 2014

    great

  • bora
    bora
    on May 13, 2014

    It is a great thing. Thank you very much.

  • bora
    bora
    on May 13, 2014

    i can't see your code

  • Guest
    Guest
    on May 18, 2014

    Can't Generate Codes

  • Sergio
    Sergio
    on May 22, 2014

    I have no Knowledge about it. But can anyone (will paid) create any version of RSS or Atom for blog feeds and link must be to the feed itself and not to the HTML page. P.s. I am an actor and this will be for my IMDb www.imdb.com/name/nm1415992/?ref_=rvi_nm page.
    Thank you so much for your attention.
    Sergio

  • Sergio Kato
    Sergio Kato
    on May 22, 2014

    My email is sergekato@hotmail.com

  • TheAfricans
    TheAfricans
    on Jun 3, 2014

    WOW... This widget SAVE me MONEY.. Thank a lot.

  • Jack
    Jack
    on Jul 3, 2014

    Looks good but I can't copy any code. Does BOO HOO mean you want money?

  • sankalpa4
    sankalpa4
    on Jul 3, 2014

    Very Very Bad.. Smagalin..

  • Guestgo
    Guestgo
    on Jul 9, 2014

    good

  • Geoff_H
    Geoff_H
    on Aug 4, 2014

    It is now nearly 9 months since you stopped accepting new widgets due to capacity limitations. Can you give us any idea when the new system will be able to accept new widget requests again?

    I have been using your really excellent widget in several locations very successfully for some time and now have a new site page that will shortly be going live and which needs to have different feed content and so therefore (according to your earlier response to 'Tim') needs a new widget cache UID.

    I am more than happy to make another donation towards running costs of the widget system.

    Thanks, Geoff

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Aug 6, 2014

    It's been scheduled for the next update. Should be some time in the next couple of days.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Aug 8, 2014

    OK, it's back up and running. Enjoy!

  • Nico
    Nico
    on Aug 8, 2014

    works great except that I can't seem to change the title font colour...

  • Geoff_H
    Geoff_H
    on Aug 9, 2014

    Great news! I have now added a new widget which is up and running. I have also made the promised donation. I know that means that effectively it's not free, but it's a price worth paying for such a useful service.

    Geoff

  • JohnW
    JohnW
    on Aug 10, 2014

    My widget is not updating as I add new post. Is that by design?

  • emreskopi
    emreskopi
    on Aug 13, 2014

    The best and useful widget on the net that I use for years. Stable, much more than adequate and practical. We appreciate having it free. Thank you very much!

  • Neenus
    Neenus
    on Aug 21, 2014

    Thank you for the great widget; your work made my life easier ......

  • mabdullah
    mabdullah
    on Sep 10, 2014

    Hello,

    im trying to use this widget and had few questions
    does this widget need to connect to your servers to pull any data related . other than the rss data itself.

    im trying to host this to a internal web server

    thanks,

  • Rita
    Rita
    on Sep 18, 2014

    I think this thing is not updating or refreshing the feeds, i use it for the feeds of one of my blogs, i deleted a few posts/messages i didn't wanted to appear on the feed/widget, and those messages are still apearing there. Not happy. tried to delete the browser cache and those remain. not happy. going to try to restart (close and open again, manually) the browser, to see if it fixes, if i got to have old deleted things gets useful and obsolete.

  • Rita (again)
    Rita (again)
    on Sep 18, 2014

    Hi guys, i closed the browser and the feed was refreshed, the old deleted posts/messages aren't appearing in the widget anymore, as I intended, nevertheless you guys should put an option to display a certain nr of feeds we want appearing (box/field so we could write the nr), so we don't have to be deleting old stuff that we don't want appearing there (but would like to keep saved, for instance in a blog, not having to put private, or delete, so it doesn't appear in the feed widget). thanks a lot.

  • Rita
    Rita
    on Sep 18, 2014

    so a refresh command would be useful, also one to include the nr. of feed messages to display. also the links already clicked are appearing in purple, and not the initial color we defined, so a command so the color could remain would be useful too. thanks.

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Sep 18, 2014

    @mabdullah on Sept 10th: It does need to connect to the server, this is where the cached copy of the widget resides.

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Sep 18, 2014

    @Rita onSept 18th: The feed does update, you just have to wait. If items are removed from the feed these will no longer display when the widget is re-cached on our server.
    There is already an option to specify the number of posts displayed. This can be found under General settings > Entry limit.
    Although it is not possible to change the link visited colour using the options above you can do this with by using a custom style sheet.

    Thanks for the feedback, I hope this addresses your concerns.

  • Rita
    Rita
    on Sep 18, 2014

    Thanks a lot for your answer and enlightenment. More suggestions to the widget, customized alignment to the footer,title, and content, it would also be nice to have an option/command to choose/put the time/interval when the feed should refresh, sometimes it takes a bit, cause it's predefined,and i like to see it pronto and live in my layout. and for my followers/readers also. i don't know if i will manage to change this with some kind of adding code, cause i believe it's predefined, glad you liked the suggestions, hope they are included in the future if you guys think about changing or upgrading it. thanks.

  • Rita
    Rita
    on Sep 18, 2014

    A content final line in each feed message indicating the operating system where the message was sent from would also be great (ex:windows phone).

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Oct 5, 2014

    Thank you! Went to other popular rss feed widget sites to waste over an hour with server errors and hangs.

    2 min tops here and got exactly what I need, now I have lots of time to leave you a nice comment about how great this site is. xoxo

  • Bob
    Bob
    on Oct 10, 2014

    Hi there, thanks for your widget! I have a little problem....the widget does not open the feeds in a new window, but instead the widget area shows the whole page linked by the rss feed (cropped to the widget width and height)

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Oct 11, 2014

    Hi Bob,
    Make sure you check the Widget Open: New window option under general settings.
    This should be in your widget code >

    rssfeed_target="_blank";

  • johnts
    johnts
    on Nov 2, 2014

    Thanks you very very much for the
    great widget!! Your work is GREAT !!!!!

  • laflibrary
    laflibrary
    on Dec 3, 2014

    The source I need to use for the feed for a widget I want to create is flawed;the rss feed is generated by the civic software used for all of our city websites and I cannot change how the feed itself is set up. (You can see it here (http://www.cityoflafayette.com/support/newsflash7.xml). The dilemma is that the news module does not contain actual date fields, but our library needs to use that module to promote events. So, since there is no date field, the date of an upcoming event is manually added to the title field. Since the resulting rss feed has no date field (I assume), when I build a surfing-waves feed reader the order is based on date the item was posted, and so the resulting feed isn't helpful for our customers as the events aren't shown in a logical order of when they are happening. Given that we can't control the module or the feed, but we DO have control over what we choose to write in Title and Description of each new item, do you have some suggestions for a workaround so that we can have the display order approximate the actual upcoming order of events? For instance, if we consistently added dates at the beginning of the Title or Desc/Summary fields, could that info be used by your script as a way to have a default sort by event date rather than date the item was posted? Sorry to be long-winded, but it is a tricky problem! Thanks!

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Dec 4, 2014

    Hi laflibrary,
    Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done without a date. The items are simply taken as is from the feed and appear in that order. No sorting is done and is not normally required as most people want their feed to display in order of newest post.

  • Kaj
    Kaj
    on Dec 31, 2014

    Ahoy there. I'm trying to use http://www.ft.com/rss/home/us in your RSS widget, but I'm being told the URL is invalid.

    Yet when I add the feed to an RSS reader app, it works. What am I doing wrong?

    Thank you!

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 2, 2015

    Hi Kaj, I've taken a quick look at the ft feed and it looks like it should work. I'll have to investigate further and let you know what the problem is.

  • Heba
    Heba
    on Jan 5, 2015

    is there any way to move the news from right to left or left to right instead of upwards or downwards .
    please answer or guide me to any solution

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jan 5, 2015

    Hi Heba,
    There is no way to change the direction of the scrolling. Sorry about that.

  • Heba
    Heba
    on Jan 5, 2015

    I am really thankful for this fast reply but is there any other way to make horizontal RSS feed widget because it is a client requirement to display a stock news under the main menu please wait for your help

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jan 5, 2015

    @Kaj on Dec 31, 2014: The ft.com feed now works correctly. Sorry for any inconvenience.

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jan 5, 2015

    @Heba on Jan 5, 2015: There is no way to do horizontal scrolling with our widget. I suggest you look for one with the functionality you require.

  • Robert M
    Robert M
    on Jan 9, 2015

    Hello

    Fantastic widget, thank you very much - is there a way to make the photos bigger? Also making it show embedded videos (might be pushing it)?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jan 9, 2015

    @Robert M on Jan 9, 2015: There is a restriction on the images that limits their size to the maximum width of the widget. To override this you would have to use a custom style sheet, but the image would not be viewable if wider than the widget width.
    If you choose the Entry Content > Html on option I believe this should display embedded videos.

  • Matt
    Matt
    on Jan 19, 2015

    It seems if I use one of the styles, I'm limited to small text. Only if I do not select a style can I choose the font size. Is that correct? I thought that maybe once I copied the embed code that I could change the font size there, but it doesn't seem to want to work either. So... Is there any way to choose a style AND select a larger font size?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jan 19, 2015

    Hi Matt,
    You have to use a custom stylesheet. What you'll have to do is pick the style you want and then download the stylesheet for that style. It's in the widget code; eg

    rssfeed_css_url="http://feed.surfing-waves.com/css/style1.css";

    You then change the font size in style1.css file, then upload that to your site.
    Change the rssfeed_css_url="" to point at the location you upload your css file.
    If the style has a background image you'll have to make sure the css file points to the right location for the image.

    I hope you can follow that. Let me know how you get on.

  • Garry
    Garry
    on Feb 10, 2015

    Hello.....having login issues.

    When I create several different RSS feeds and place them on my website in different categories they all show the same feed instead of the category they were created for.

    website is here: http://buyitnowsurplus.com/

    Help please...:)

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Feb 11, 2015

    Hi Garry,

    Make sure you are not using the same code you initially generated with the feed URL swapped. Generate a new widget for each separate feed.

  • Garry
    Garry
    on Feb 13, 2015

    Thanks for responding back....:)

    OK.....made sure to do exactly what you said.

    Refreshed my RSS source from ebay each time.

    Each script shows the individual category that it's supposed to.

    Still the same effect....:(

    I'm the cache on the server has to update?

    Website is here: http://buyitnowsurplus.com/

    Thoughts?

  • Garry
    Garry
    on Feb 13, 2015

    OK...... I think I have it.

    I have to refresh / clear your page each time i place a new feed in the "add feed" field.

    Thanks again....:)

  • Jake
    Jake
    on Mar 24, 2015

    Tried to change the HTML feature from "off" to "on" after cutting and pasting the code into my web page. This doesn't seem to work? Any workaround for this other than recreating the code? Thanks much for the widget service.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Mar 24, 2015

    @Jake: Be patient and let the feed re-cache. No changes are immediate.

  • Jake
    Jake
    on Mar 25, 2015

    I've waited several hours and no change? I think that you must have change the HTML images to "ON" within the tool on the surfing waves site. Simply changing the description tag to ON in your webpage script is not enough. Will check again later today just to be sure.

  • Jake
    Jake
    on Mar 25, 2015

    Was able to resolve my issues. Had to wait out the cache Thanks much!

  • Sandy
    Sandy
    on Apr 14, 2015

    Hi there, love this site and what you've done, thank you! Can you tell me what I've done wrong if with the html links on, the images won't connect through to the RSS facebook post, yet the hyperlink for same does. The image links to your main website, instead of the post itself.

    Thanks for any help!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 17, 2015

    After a good beginning, no way to refresh old posts, even if doing what mrs. Rita wrote. So, unfortunately, useless.

  • Sandy
    Sandy
    on Apr 21, 2015

    Hi again, Further to my recent query above... I should state that I do have the widget details correctly in place as: rssfeed_target="_blank"; and I notice that when I hover over the image it points first to the surfing-feed.com/"then our facebook address afterwards", there by confusing the hyperlinking. On the hyperlink of the title of same news story, that works, the linking is the full facebook address to us, so it works. Can you have a look at how the image links in your widget coding? Appreciate any help, thanks again. Sandy

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Apr 21, 2015

    Hi Sandy, please email your site and widget details to support so someone can take a quick look.
    Thanks

  • sandolita
    sandolita
    on May 6, 2015

    Hi there, I just wanted to say a big thank you to support, the widget now works fine on our Intranet, and everyone loves it!! Thanks again! Now go forth and get in that green room!! Sandy

  • Amanda
    Amanda
    on May 6, 2015

    I am in need of reversing the sort function - I know most people want the newest first, but I want the oldest first.. Can you help me with that?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on May 7, 2015

    Unfortunately that's not possible Amanda, sorry about that.

  • olukayode
    olukayode
    on May 20, 2015

    i would like to put a widget on my blog pages that shows a weekly post. example :This weeks prayer 01/05/2015-07/05/2015 Lord..........Amen.

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on May 20, 2015

    Hi olukayode, you can use our widget to do this. If you have a feed that has a weekly prayer posted just create the widget as normal and specify 1 post. Then only the latest post will display.

  • Lexion
    Lexion
    on May 26, 2015

    Hi! Firstly, I would like to say thank you to be behind the widget. I have a problem with 5.25.15, the widget does not work, it shows a timeout. You have disabled the widget, or a temporary problem?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on May 26, 2015

    Hi Lexion,

    I've just checked and I can confirm that there was an issue last night. This has now been resolved and widgets should be working as normal.
    Sorry for any inconvenience.

  • Glenn Campbell
    Glenn Campbell
    on Jun 8, 2015

    This widget works GREAT! Cheers! For some reason i feel i need to take up surfing.

  • BooBooBanshee
    BooBooBanshee
    on Jun 10, 2015

    This is great!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 24, 2015

    more power men this is cool !

  • Vijay
    Vijay
    on Jun 27, 2015

    How can i centre the title text. I am not a programmer. So if you can share the code that will move the title to Centre instead of left align...i tried few optons from web but none worked

  • Doggirl3
    Doggirl3
    on Jul 26, 2015

    Thanks I was hunting around and thought great finally found a scroller. Now I really happy.

  • Yes the Urban Hippy
    Yes the Urban Hippy
    on Aug 7, 2015

    Thanks for the awesome generator & not requiring to sign up to get the code! You made my job a lot easier, I will def use it again with other feeds!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Oct 16, 2015

    how to remove a site from your service?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Nov 23, 2015

    How often is the feed updated?

  • Saif
    Saif
    on Nov 25, 2015

    What's the refresh rate of this widget? After how much time does it reflect the new item that might have been released?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Nov 26, 2015

    About 40 minutes currently

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Dec 3, 2015

    Does this widget use the Google Feeds API?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Dec 8, 2015

    No, the widget does not use Google Feeds API

  • TechnicalLee
    TechnicalLee
    on Dec 15, 2015

    Hi, I think your rss feed widget is awesome, and I love the customization!

    I'm having one issue though. Since the feed is from a news page on my website, I want the Post Title Link to open in the same window/tab. Even though I select that option, it always seems to open in a new window.

    Finally, after checking the code on the page, your script is writing the code for the Title Link as:

    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ptfcu-tx.com/news/put-more-jingle-in-your-pocket">Put More Jingle in Your Pocket!</a>

    Although I'm certainly not an expert in coding, I think the "Target" attribute should follow the link. As it is, it always seems to open in a new page, and I really need help correcting that issue.

    Thanks for your help!

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Dec 15, 2015

    Hi TechnicalLee,

    There is an option in General Settings to open the link in the same window or a new window.

    In your exising feed code, make sure the target setting looks like this:

    rssfeed_target="_top";

    That should do the trick

  • TechnicalLee
    TechnicalLee
    on Dec 15, 2015

    Hi,
    The website is http://www.ptfcu-tx.com, and the existing code is below. Just thought you might take a look to see if it looks correct. Thanks!!! Lee

    <snip>

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Dec 17, 2015

    Yes, the code you provided looks fine.

  • Helen
    Helen
    on Feb 15, 2016

    Hi - a couple of queries
    Firstly, I've used the widget before and had no problem limiting the length of posts (I want them to run down the page, as a list, with just a few sentences visible). I can't get it to work now - the posts are all full length

    Secondly, I don't want the vertical scroll bar. But when I turn it off, the posts disappear completely. My container height is 800px, so I would expect 800px of the first post to appear, but its empty (although I obviously want it to be full with a list of posts)

    Can anyone help - this driving me nuts! The url is http://www.empathydesign.co.uk/blog.html, if that's any help.

    Thanks!

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Feb 15, 2016

    Hi Helen,
    I've taken a quick look and it looks like a bug. I'll have to get someone to investigate, so unfortunately nothing that you can do at the moment, other than use the scroll bar.
    No timescale for a fix. Sorry about that.

  • Helen
    Helen
    on Feb 15, 2016

    Ok - thanks for letting me know. Is that just the scroll bar functionality that has the bug, or does it also explain the problem I'm having limiting the length of the posts?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Feb 16, 2016

    If you use the html option to show the images there is no way to limit the length of the post. It's not bright enough to do anything else :-)

  • Helen
    Helen
    on Feb 16, 2016

    Ok - thanks for letting me know. Is that just the scroll bar functionality that has the bug, or does it also explain the problem I'm having limiting the length of the posts?

  • Helen
    Helen
    on Feb 16, 2016

    Ah, ok - thanks

  • Pedro S.
    Pedro S.
    on Feb 19, 2016

    Thanks for the great widget. Once thing I cannot figure out - how the rssfeed_frame_height relates to rssfeed_no_items. If I set the latter to 5 feeds and the height to auto or 100%, only three feeds show. How do I set the height so the box sizes automatically to accommodate the no. of feeds. If I set a specific height (say 300px), some feeds can get cut off or there can be a lot of white space. Am I making sense? Thanks again.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Feb 20, 2016

    The frame height (rssfeed_frame_height) is the height of the widget. The number of items (rssfeed_no_items) is the limit of posts that appear in the widget. The two are not related.
    Entry contents > maximum length sets the limit on the number of characters that appear in the post description. This can be used to govern the height of the 'box sizes'.

    If you really want to set a specific limit on the size of the box it can be done using a custom css stylesheet (see customising the feed widget link above)

    eg: .feedcontainer .item-list .item { height: 100px; }

  • Pedro S
    Pedro S
    on Feb 25, 2016

    Thanks for the reply. I am using the widget showing Titles only. I guess what I'm asking is can the rss_feed_height automatically correspond with the # of feed_items set? It appears a declaration of a height in pixels is always necessary. This static box can cut off or leave white space if individual item title lengths vary.

    I know I'm asking a lot. When I set the feed_height to auto it displays only three feed_items despite the fact I asked for more (5).

    Thank you so much.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Feb 25, 2016

    No, it's not possible to link the two together. You could use custom css to make sure the title limit did not exceed a certain amount of characters, so you can plan for the height of the widget.
    Initially we did this as a scrolling widget, so it didn't matter about the height, the posts just scroll round and round.

  • Ricardo
    Ricardo
    on Mar 2, 2016

    Hi, thanks for the script, it was working great but dont know why now it loops on the first news article, tried to generate again and it does the same thing. Any idea?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Mar 2, 2016

    Check you've got more than one post in your feed.

  • Ricardo
    Ricardo
    on Mar 3, 2016

    Hi, yes it have several, besides i use two feed records.
    http://opais.co.ao/feed/ and http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/feeds/articles/. its strange because it was working just fine and sudenly it stoped, even if i generate a new script. thanks

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Mar 3, 2016

    I can create a widget using those two URL's without an issue. The posts scroll and display correctly.
    Are you sure you haven't limited the number of entries to 1? (General settings > Entry limit)

  • ricardo
    ricardo
    on Mar 4, 2016

    yes limit to 1 because i want it to show one at the time

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Mar 4, 2016

    Setting the limit to 1 means that only a single post (the most recent) will display in the widget. It does not mean that the widget shows one post at a time.
    Hope that clears things up.

  • munna
    munna
    on Mar 24, 2016

    Thank you

  • Ajay
    Ajay
    on Jun 2, 2016

    Thanks for the Widget , Does this widget use the Google Feeds API ?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jun 3, 2016

    No, it does not.

  • Pete
    Pete
    on Jun 14, 2016

    Hey thanks for the widget, it's served well for over a year but suddenly stopped working with chimpfeedr feeds - eg http://mix.chimpfeedr.com/f72e2-security-feed which is still accessible from a browser. Other feed mixer I use - www.rssmix.com still works fine through the widget. Any ideas? - is it a bad thing to run a feed mix through another feed mixer? Thanks again, if you can fix it easily then great but if it's a pain no worries - can't ask too much when it's free :-)

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jun 14, 2016

    Hi Pete,
    It looks like chimpfeedr is not responding to the request from our server for the feed. The widget still works when run from our development environment so it seems this may have been done on purpose. In general, as long as the output from a feed mixer is a valid feed then there is no reason it should not work.
    As the issue is at the chimpfeedr end it's not something we'll be able to fix. Sorry about that.

  • Chris
    Chris
    on Jun 20, 2016

    Apostrophes do not display. i.e. "it's" shows as "its" and might lead to some grammatical confusion with certain content. Please fix.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jun 22, 2016

    Hi Chris, the preview feed above is showing apostrophes. Are you sure you feed is showing them?

  • Chris
    Chris
    on Jun 26, 2016

    Hello Surf Patrol, I have resubmitted my feed and it is now displaying apostrophes. Just a few days ago the actual feed wasn't, but all is fine now. Thank you.

  • Yasar
    Yasar
    on Jul 31, 2016

    Thanks!

  • Ed
    Ed
    on Aug 9, 2016

    Is there a way to make this widget responsive (have the width and height adjust depending on the available width? Very nice widget, thanks for sharing!

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Aug 10, 2016

    Hi Ed,
    Although the widget is designed to be used with fixed width and height it can probably be made responsive. I've not tried this but give it a go:
    You'd need to set the widget width and height to 100% then use a custom stylesheet to apply this style:
    .feed-container=100%

    Give that a go and let me know if that works

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Sep 8, 2016

    With this widget I can make Hugh Mungus rss feeds

  • Chris
    Chris
    on Sep 20, 2016

    Hello—Chris again.
    Is there an option to justify text? I think it would make feeds look a lot neater as the text would be aligned to both margins rather than one.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Sep 21, 2016

    Simply enter your desired fonts, seperated by commas, into the Font face text box.
    e.g. arial,sans-serif

    What if you want to use fonts from another site like Google fonts?

  • adejumo
    adejumo
    on Sep 21, 2016

    spacing - Letter spacing how do you do that ?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 21, 2016

    @Chris on Sep 20, 2016: You can do this with a custom style sheet.

    @Guest on Sep 21, 2016: Unfortunately you cannot import external fonts. This is something that we might add in a future version (if there is one)

    @adejumo on Sep 21, 2016: This can be done using a custom style sheet.

  • adejumo
    adejumo
    on Sep 22, 2016

    spacing - Letter spacing how do you do that ?

  • A Choudhury
    A Choudhury
    on Sep 22, 2016

    Just want to say that this is a great site and offers a wonderful rss news feeds widget. I have used it on my website called, "Top SEO Products", and I will carry on using their service. I will also recommend this site to others. Thank you.

  • adejumo
    adejumo
    on Sep 22, 2016

    Thanks so much for the reply

    I have tried to modify the custome css code, but cant get it to work internally. The custom css is currently an external one which works fine. but the css i will like to use is stored locally.


    so instead of
    rssfeed_css_url="http://feed.surfing-waves.com/css/style3a.css";

    i have rssfeed_css_url="assets/css/style.css"; but i cant get it to work

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 22, 2016

    Hi adejumo, you have to make sure your style sheet is fully qualified so our server can access it.
    rssfeed_css_url="http://yoursite.com/assets/css/style.css"

  • adejumo
    adejumo
    on Sep 25, 2016

    Thanks so much for the reply

    I have tried to modify the custome css code, but cant get it to work internally. The custom css is currently an external one which works fine. but the css i will like to use is stored locally.


    so instead of
    rssfeed_css_url="http://feed.surfing-waves.com/css/style3a.css";

    i have rssfeed_css_url="assets/css/style.css"; but i cant get it to work

  • adejumo
    adejumo
    on Sep 25, 2016

    spacing - Letter spacing how do you do that ?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 26, 2016

    Hi adejumo. Unless the custom css file is available via a public URL it will not work. You need to make it available publically on the internet.
    Letter spacing can be done using the custom css sheet. You'll need to include something like

    .feed-container .title {
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    }

    Make sure you have a read of the how to customise your widget article, linked above.

  • adejumo
    adejumo
    on Sep 26, 2016

    Thanks so much for the reply

    I have tried to modify the custome css code, but cant get it to work internally. The custom css is currently an external one which works fine. but the css i will like to use is stored locally.


    so instead of
    rssfeed_css_url="http://feed.surfing-waves.com/css/style3a.css";

    i have rssfeed_css_url="assets/css/style.css"; but i cant get it to work

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 27, 2016

    Hi adejumo.
    I'm not sure I can make it any more clear. Using a locally stored css file will not work, ever. It's not that there's something wrong with the file, it's that the widget cannot access it when it is stored locally.
    The rssfeed_css_url setting has to point to a publicly accessible css file.

    You have to change this:
    rssfeed_css_url="assets/css/style.css"
    to something like this:
    rssfeed_css_url="http://www.your-website.com/assets/css/style.css"

    I hope that clears things up.

  • schmop
    schmop
    on Sep 28, 2016

    Hey, I noticed chrome flags your script for not using HTTPS. Is there any chance I can receive guidance on modifying your rss feed widget to make calls over https?

  • Geoff_H
    Geoff_H
    on Oct 13, 2016

    @Guest on 21-Sep-16, @surf patrol:

    Re: Using external custom fonts in your feeds: This is possible if you use '@import' at the top of your custom CSS file, e.g.:

    @import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Happy+Monkey);

    You can then use the font(s) in your custom CSS using the 'font-family' styles, e.g.:

    font-family: "Happy Monkey", Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;

    I've been using this method for months quite happily.

    Hope that helps!

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Oct 13, 2016

    Of course it's possible, silly me. That's great Geoff_H, thanks for pointing this out. I'll make a note to update the custom css page to make this clear.
    Many thanks

  • pippo
    pippo
    on Nov 8, 2016

    Hi, i would want get the slide bar horizontally in one row? this is possible? i have this code: http://pastebin.com/hAGTNQXy

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Nov 9, 2016

    Hi Pippo, I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to do. Could you explain in a little more detail please.

  • twothink02
    twothink02
    on Dec 20, 2016

    How can I make the rssfeed_title_name (the main feed title) into a link instead of just text?

  • twothink02
    twothink02
    on Dec 20, 2016

    Also, if the scroll is on the scrollbar is hidden. Is there any way to make it so that the scroll is on but when hovered over the feed, the scrollbar appears?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Dec 21, 2016

    Hi twothink02,
    If you use a custom feed title the link will be removed. It's a 'feature'
    There is also currently no way to make the scrollbar appear on hover. Sorry about that.

  • twothink02
    twothink02
    on Dec 27, 2016

    Ok. Thanks for the reply.

  • Shannon
    Shannon
    on Jan 17, 2017

    I'd like to use this to display a feed on a https site, but it doesn't seem to work. Any way to get it working or plans to add this in the near future?

  • Andrew
    Andrew
    on Feb 7, 2017

    This is absolutely fantastic! Thank you very much for providing such an easy yet powerful tool!

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Feb 7, 2017

    Hi Andrew,
    Thank you for your kind words and your generous donation. Much appreciated.

  • PhAtlSun
    PhAtlSun
    on Feb 8, 2017

    How often does the widget update?

  • Martin
    Martin
    on Mar 9, 2017

    Hi, is it possible to send the widget a URL, i.e. I want rssfeed_url[o] = feedUrl, which I get as a variable from a database. I want to be able to change the feed based on a variable, but when I do this, it seems that the feed doesn't update. Not sure if it is a caching issue or not. Do I need to have separate widgets for different feeds?

    Thanks! Really like the widget

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Mar 9, 2017

    Hi Martin,

    It is a caching issue. What you would need to do is create a separate widget for each url and keep both the URL and the rssfeed_cache id in the database. The rest of the widget code remains the same, these two values need to change for each feed.

  • DenS
    DenS
    on Apr 11, 2017

    Any thoughts on adding the 'feed-container' font size to the above choices? I run a local web server so can not put a css where your server can find it. And the font size is embedded in the css.
    Thanks for considering this.

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Apr 12, 2017

    Font size and SSL are both top of the list of new features.

  • kashif
    kashif
    on May 9, 2017

    Hi Everyone
    I love this widget but its not working for me. I entered cnn or bbc rss link but when I put the widget it always just display contents for the default surfing news. so what am I missing here?
    I have put it on my website C:Userskashif syedDesktopk.html

    Thanks for help

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on May 9, 2017

    You'll probably have to wait a little for the feed to re-cache.

  • Chuck Angling
    Chuck Angling
    on May 10, 2017

    This does not work on Blogger, 2017.

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on May 10, 2017

    Hi Chuck, could you be more specific about what is not working. We can then take a look.
    Thank you

  • Blackhorde
    Blackhorde
    on May 22, 2017

    Luv the RSS functionality. Harshlands.net MUD game is now dedicating $1/mth of its meager player contributions to this generously offered functionality.

    Thank you!

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on May 23, 2017

    @Blackhorde: Many thanks for your contribution!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 6, 2017

    hello i tried several times but the code doesnt dispalyu anything...i put it on my site in a widget that supposts html but it doesnt work

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jun 7, 2017

    Hi there. This may be down to the fact that we don't currently offer https for the widget. After a long wait someone is actually working on it right now. This should be available by the end of the week if all goes well.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jul 17, 2017

    Where can you diisplay more.. Just 5 and that's it

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jul 17, 2017

    Sorry - 5 feeds only.

  • Ebenezer Danjuma
    Ebenezer Danjuma
    on Jul 18, 2017

    Thanks alot sir, i found the site really helpful. please keep it up, i really wish i can make my free donation.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jul 20, 2017

    Where can you diisplay more.. Just 5 and that's it

  • Lucht
    Lucht
    on Jul 25, 2017

    I've tried several times to get this working but all that shows on the page is:

    feedwidget @ Surfing Waves

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jul 26, 2017

    Hi Lucht, there could be several different issues. The most likely one is that the widget has been initially added to an http page, then added to an https page. The browser will be blocking the content as not being secure. This should resolve itself once the widget re-caches. Feel free to contact support with the page details for your widget and someone should be able to take a look at it.

  • Lucht
    Lucht
    on Jul 26, 2017

    Hi surf patrol. Many thanks for the reply. Have just sent email to support.

  • Lucht
    Lucht
    on Jul 26, 2017

    A Cautionary Note: thanks to the help from Surfing Waves support, I was able to discover that an addon (uBlock Origin) in my Firefox was preventing the widget from being displayed. A simple addition in the Whitelist of the addon sorted it.

  • Roman
    Roman
    on Sep 10, 2017

    Hello, please, how can I change language? ("posted xx minutes ago")?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Sep 11, 2017

    Hi Roman, unfortunately that is not an option that can be changed at the moment. We'll have to add that to the list of possible new features.
    Sorry about that.

  • Matt
    Matt
    on Sep 18, 2017

    Would it be possible to get the "feed.surfing-waves.com/php/rssfeed.php" file itself or at least its content posted here? I'm trying to customise this widget to fit my website.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 19, 2017

    Hi Matt,
    Unfortunately it's not possible to provide the php code. Sorry about that.

  • U.anurag
    U.anurag
    on Sep 23, 2017

    hello, your widget is great. and very useful.
    i have a problem.actually i want to show pubdate formate like Sun, 05 Mar 2017 12:58:42 GMT. how's it possible. please give some suggestion

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 25, 2017

    Hi U.anurag, there are currently no options to show or change the pubdate format.

  • David L.
    David L.
    on Oct 5, 2017

    Wish you could provide options to default pubdate format, color and size.

  • John F
    John F
    on Oct 16, 2017

    I have a website that consists of a separate webpage for each city/town in Minnesota. Your widget is fantastic and easily customizable. The only issue I'm having is that the data appears to be cached - when I switch from one page to another in my browser, I see the data from the previous page's widget. Any ideas? TIA!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Oct 16, 2017

    How to show only present dates info in the rss feed

  • Guest Sam
    Guest Sam
    on Oct 16, 2017

    MY RSS feed flow are in descending order of dates. Can it be rectified?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Oct 17, 2017

    Hi John F,
    The data is cached, you'll need the widget on each page to have a seperate rssfeed_cache id in order to show the relevant page feed.

    @Guest on Oct 16, 2017: there are no formatting options for post dates.

    @Guest Sam on Oct 16, 2017: there are no options for changing the flow of the rss feed.

  • John F
    John F
    on Oct 17, 2017

    I have a website that consists of a separate webpage for each city/town in Minnesota. Your widget is fantastic and easily customizable. The only issue I'm having is that the data appears to be cached - when I switch from one page to another in my browser, I see the data from the previous page's widget. Any ideas? TIA!

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Oct 18, 2017

    Hi John F - please see the comment above

  • FreeZey
    FreeZey
    on Oct 30, 2017

    It's a great widget but it only refreshes when the page is open/loaded, correct?

    If so that a shame because I really like it but would like it to periodically refresh during the day if someone has the page open.

  • pesickaa
    pesickaa
    on Nov 1, 2017

    I'm trying out your widget, and so far it's working very well! But I noticed that it's not displaying the items as they are listed in the xml file, but by date, with most recent at the bottom. Is there a way to change this? Cheers!

  • Raj
    Raj
    on Nov 15, 2017

    It's not working. :(... Please help me guys

  • Vania
    Vania
    on Nov 29, 2017

    I love this tool. It´s the best on Internet. Congratulations and thank you.

    Vania

  • Madi
    Madi
    on Jan 4, 2018

    Fantastic Feed Widget. Very Easy to Customize, Elegant.
    I would like to thank all your team for developing
    such a good feed widget

    Thank You.

  • renzo
    renzo
    on Jan 14, 2018

    excelent

  • ANthony
    ANthony
    on Jan 16, 2018

    Great Widget - thank you.
    Of my 5 feeds some show their news images
    (eg https://rss.upi.com/news)
    whereas others do not
    (eg http://feeds.foxnews.com/foxnews/latest
    https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/ )

    I am testing with firefox 52.5.3.
    Is this most likely caused by oddities in the RSS
    steam sent or something I am missing?
    thanks
    aem

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 16, 2018

    Hi Anthony,

    I've taken a quick look and the feeds not showing images do not actually have any images to display.
    The goodnewsnetwork.org feed gets the feed from https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/feed/

    Paste the URLs straight into your browser and you'll see the images in the first feed only.

  • Guest Sana
    Guest Sana
    on Feb 6, 2018

    It is one of the best RSS feed widget i have seen. First, i have added the code to my page and it worked fine but later, I need to change my URL of the feed.So, I have removed the old one and added the new code. But its not working now. Do i need to wait for sometime so the feed works??

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Feb 7, 2018

    Yes, you have to wait until the feed re-caches, up to 30 minutes

  • surf kgx
    surf kgx
    on Feb 28, 2018

    I moved from feed wind!
    This is much better than that. Can you add thumbnail image option?
    That must be great!

    Thank you for providing the widget for free :)

  • Guestsdfsdf
    Guestsdfsdf
    on Mar 6, 2018

    came from
    http://www.webstarts.com/support/2015/09/how-to-add-an-rss-feed-to-my-website/

    entire my 7 ys exp i got the real use oof rss feed


    Thanks

  • shawnlg777
    shawnlg777
    on Mar 20, 2018

    I am placing your widget on my site and I think it looks pretty good so far. I am using E107 content management system. Anyways, I have a custom style sheet and am trying to make the images no more than a certain width...

    .cafe-image img {
    max-width: 320px;
    width:100%;
    height: auto;
    }

    I tag that section with a div tag and it doesn't appear to reduce the size of the image. You can check it out for yourself if you want to google my site with my name above or you can email me and I will give you my website.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Mar 20, 2018

    Hi shawnlg777, I can't find the widget on the site, you'll have to email the details to support.
    Try forcing the rules with !important; and see if that does the trick.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Mar 26, 2018

    Is it possible to start with, for example, the third item instead of the first item?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Mar 26, 2018

    @Guest on Mar 26, 2018 - Unfortunately it's not possible to choose which one comes first.

  • rajvalley
    rajvalley
    on Mar 29, 2018

    HI, is it possible to save my feeds ?

  • FlareTweaks
    FlareTweaks
    on Apr 10, 2018

    Thanks surfing-waves!

  • club777
    club777
    on Jun 1, 2018

    How can I use the RSS widget multiple times with different feeds each time? I would like to put as an example 3 different widget boxes on the same page.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 10, 2018

    nothing is showing except powered by Surfing Waves

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jun 10, 2018

    Sounds like an issue with the javascript on your page.Check if there are any conflicts with existing scripts.

  • Virk
    Virk
    on Jul 13, 2018

    It shows nothing but "powered by Surfing Waves"

  • Faiz
    Faiz
    on Aug 2, 2018

    If I want to display 5 different feeds I have to repeat the same code 5 different times, in all 5 instance the only thing that changes is the feed url. Is there a way we can use method like 'shortcode', i.e I will add the code only once on the page and add the feed url wrapped in a short code for eg. [surfing-waves-url=http://feeds.mashable.com/Mashable]


    Also, I am unable to find the default css source in the code, the source you mentioned in the earlier comment (i.e - http://feed.surfing-waves.com/css/style1.css) is not showing in the current code. Just curious to know where is the current code getting the CSS from?

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Aug 4, 2018

    @ Virk on July 13 2018 - Apologies for the delay. If all you see is powered by Surfing Waves then there's a problem with how you've placed the widget code on the site. Some CMS platforms can alter javascript placed on a page. I'd re-check and make sure the code is correctly included on the page.

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Aug 4, 2018

    @Faiz - you have to have a separate widget every time. Id you use the same code and only alter the URL, all widgets will show the same feed. This is due to caching.

    The widget uses a default css if no alternate css file is shown. The css is located inline, not in an external file.

  • Lio
    Lio
    on Aug 13, 2018

    Hi guys and thank you for this wonderful service!
    My feed is great, I just need to change the direction to RTL - what do I need to add in the custom CSS?
    Thanks!

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Aug 13, 2018

    Hi Lio, glad you like the widget.
    To change the text to RTL add the following to the custom css:
    .feed-container { direction: rtl; }

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Aug 24, 2018

    Nice widget. However, when one clicks on the news feed to open the original item, the feed stops and the page needs to be refreshed in order for the feed to start moving again. Any solutions? Thanx

  • Al
    Al
    on Aug 24, 2018

    Great widget. I've been searching for 3 days for something like this. I came across this site and thought "What can a bunch of Surfer Dudes do to help?" Apparently a lot! Great job.

    My comment is about the responsive feed dated Aug 10, 2016. I don't know if it was ever responded to but this is what I did. I did as you suggested but I also needed to add an IMG section.

    This works with Opencart too.

    .feed-container{
    width: 100%
    }
    img {
    max-width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    }

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Sep 6, 2018

    Looks like it has stopped working?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Sep 10, 2018

    It's a great tool. Please how do i display the image on the feed???

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Sep 10, 2018

    Use the Html (images / links): option in the settings

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Sep 18, 2018

    How long content update?

  • Aurora
    Aurora
    on Sep 20, 2018

    I really do appreciate this. I do have a question though. How do I make the font face: Raleway or HelveticaNeue? I tried putting in these words but the widget is not reflecting the fonts.

  • jenlibby
    jenlibby
    on Sep 24, 2018

    Aurora - You would change the line in your code to rssfeed_font_face="Raleway"; or rssfeed_font_face="HelveticaNeue";. I'm not entirely sure that HelveticaNeue will work or not, I believe it depends on if your site is already using this as a webfont or not.

  • jenlibby
    jenlibby
    on Sep 24, 2018

    I recently used your widget to embed an RSS feed for a school district. The feed pulls in school delays and cancellations from Powerschool. It works great, but the school would like it to only show posts made within a certain timeframe rather than X number of entries. (Having a school cancellation on the site from two weeks ago would create a lot of confusion with parents.) Is that possible?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 26, 2018

    Hi @jenlibby - unfortunately it is not possible to limit by timeframe. It's a sensible idea and we'll probably look at adding that functionality at some point.

  • GuestSean
    GuestSean
    on Oct 31, 2018

    XML Feed is selectively updating. Meaning adding the new data from XML but not deleting the removed data from the XMLfile. I have waited overnight.

  • GuestSean
    GuestSean
    on Nov 2, 2018

    XML Feed is selectively updating. Meaning adding the new data from XML but not deleting the removed data from the XMLfile. I have waited overnight.

  • sunny
    sunny
    on Nov 5, 2018

    I'd like to have the heading for each feed appear immediately above each feed, rather than just appearing once at the top as a single heading.
    Is that possible??

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Nov 7, 2018

    best rss feed widget.

  • Antonio
    Antonio
    on Nov 19, 2018

    Hi, I'm inserting the widget in my site.
    I know the css, but from your example I can not figure out how to connect them.
    Where should this code be inserted?
    <div class="header" id="feed-header">
    <div class="title">feed title</div>
    </div>
    <div class="content" id="feed-body">
    <div class="item-list">
    <div class="item">
    <div class="title">item title</div>
    <div class="description">item description</div>
    <div class="pubDt">x days ago</div>
    </div>
    </div>
    <div class="footer">feed foter text</div>
    </div>
    Can you show an example that works?
    Thank you
    Antonio from Italy

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Nov 21, 2018

    Hi Antonio, you have to use the widget code generated which should include a link to an external css file.
    You can find the details of how to customise the rss feed here

  • Antonio
    Antonio
    on Nov 21, 2018

    I have followed your instructions, but they do not work.
    I connected the external file here:
    rssfeed_css_url = "style.css";
    the style.css file is located in the same folder as the file that contains the widget
    the style.css file contains your css that I copied on the page:
    https://surfing-waves.com/custom-feed.htm
    under the title:
    "The CSS we use in our example
    Here's the contents of our style sheet. "
    and in fact the default is disabled.
    You do not understand where the classes are to be inserted
    header, feed-header, title, content, item, etc.
    There is no written in your instructions.
    Thank you for your answer
    Antonio from Italy

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Nov 21, 2018

    This >
    rssfeed_css_url = "style.css"

    Needs to have the full css file URL
    eg:
    rssfeed_css_url = "https://www.yoursite.com/style.css"

    The css classes are already in the widget markup. Your css file needs to specify the style using the class names already present.

  • Antonio
    Antonio
    on Nov 22, 2018

    Thank you for your reply, I finally understood.
    I have one last thing to ask you:
    If I want the custom title, for example:
    rssfeed_title_name = "NEWS LASTRIGIANE";
    may have a link to a page of my site, for example:
    https://www.lastraonline.it/ufficio_stampa/Notizie-dal-Comune.php
    what is the tag to insert?
    Thank you for your reply
    Greetings
    Antonio from Italy

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Nov 24, 2018

    Hi Antonio,

    There is no way to have a custom title and link it to a page on your site. This is probably somethign we should add. I'll put it on the things to do list.

    Best regards

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Nov 28, 2018

    Hi There! What does an "Feed Error 35" mean? I am currently using this feed in other applications, but it doesn't seem to work here.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Nov 29, 2018

    Hi there,

    Error 35 is an "Unknown SSL protocol error". This is occurring when our widget it trying to get the feed from the destination server.
    This is not something that we can fix. Sorry about that.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Nov 29, 2018

    why the widget no more display image

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Nov 29, 2018

    Hi There! What does an "Feed Error 35" mean? I am currently using this feed in other applications, but it doesn't seem to work here.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Nov 29, 2018

    Mine displays images

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Dec 7, 2018

    Hi there, I have copied and pasted the code in my wordpress html page but only this is showing: //feed.surfing-waves.com/js/rss-feed.js

    what is the trick ??

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Dec 21, 2018

    ERROR:

    GET file://feed.surfing-waves.com/js/rss-feed.js net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

    What can I do

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Dec 22, 2018

    @Guest on Dec 7, 2018 - Make sure that wordpress has not made any changes to the script code and that it appears correctly in the page source html.

    @Guest on Dec 21, 2018 - You have to have the code on a live web page or the feed will not display. If you want it to display on your local machine then change the following:
    Find:
    src="//feed.surfing-waves.com/js/rss-feed.js"
    Replace:
    If your web page is secure (https)
    src="https://feed.surfing-waves.com/js/rss-feed.js"

    If your web page is not secure (http)
    src="http://feed.surfing-waves.com/js/rss-feed.js"

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Dec 27, 2018

    Changing the feed url is not working ..working only when i take the dafault one which i got when created.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Dec 28, 2018

    Make sure you are using a valid feed URL

  • Avi
    Avi
    on Jan 9, 2019

    Hello,
    How can I change frot left to right?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 9, 2019

    Hi Avi, see the comments above that answer that question.

  • Kevin
    Kevin
    on Jan 18, 2019

    Custom CSS doesn't seem to show up. I have a valid URL to a valid CSS file. What am I doing wrong?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 18, 2019

    Okay, I WAS doing something wrong =) Is it possible to only display items that contain a certain string? I would like not to show some items.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 18, 2019

    Choosing to show items based on a certain string is not possible, sorry about that.

  • Mohammad
    Mohammad
    on Jan 30, 2019

    Hello,

    I have few questions if you don't mind to answer please!
    - is your widget help for SEO ?
    - How we can show thumbnail beside the text feed ?
    - what is the license terms for use it ...

    Thanks a lot

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Feb 3, 2019

    Hi there, in answer to your questions.
    - the widget displays in an iframe so there is no SEO benefit
    - choosing to display html will show images if they appear in your feed, there is no option to include additional thumbnails.
    - all we ask is that you have only one widget per page and that your use of the widget does not impact other users (for example, if you have a site with a huge amount of visitors)

  • Baz999
    Baz999
    on Mar 3, 2019

    Hi do you provide the source code which I can used to install on my own website? Thanks for the great work.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Mar 4, 2019

    Hi Baz999 - we don't offer the code to install directly. Sorry about that.
    All the best, SP.

  • Caleb
    Caleb
    on Apr 13, 2019

    Hey guys, having trouble with image display. I did exactly "In the Entry contents section, ensure that you turn the Html (images / links) button is set to "on". (This will result in the Entry contents maximum length being overwritten)" Still not working.

  • LadySunami
    LadySunami
    on May 13, 2019

    The widget will only work for 5-15 minutes, after which I end up getting an "error: feed does not exist" message for each of the included feeds.
    If I change the rssfeed_cache string to a new one (with no other changes) then suddenly it works again for another 5-15 minutes before giving me the same error again.

    The feeds themselves work just fine when I open them individually.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on May 20, 2019

    1stly thank you!
    I am trying to display a feed (i created through my zapier through my crm)
    to display the latest donors on my website.

    my issue is all titles are linking back to this website. I would love if they were not linked at all, or at least go back to my "donor recognition page" any help is appreciated

  • Guest
    Guest
    on May 29, 2019

    Helo. the news feeds dont display on my web page even after l have copied the code to my html page. what do l do, please?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jul 4, 2019

    I give up --
    I have used the little rss widget inside a simple html page for a year now to produce a nice listing of articles from 4 sites.
    It makes a simple local home page c:xxxstartpage.html.

    I thought I would change a couple of the sites.
    BUT no change I make to the rssfeed_url array values makes any difference!
    rssfeed_url[0]="https://etc '; rssfeed_url[1]="https://another";

    No matter what strings I put in those the same original 4 sites come up listed and used.

    I scoured this site for a simple,
    "How to change the RSS feeds" but came up empty.

    What the heck?
    tonyM

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jul 5, 2019

    Tony - Once you've made the changes you have to be patient. It takes a while for the changes to show up due to caching. Give it some time

  • Guest555
    Guest555
    on Aug 6, 2019

    I would love to use this for my webpage!

  • scotthco
    scotthco
    on Aug 8, 2019

    I'm trying to use one feed on one page and a different feed on another page. When I load the first page, everything's fine. When I load the second page, which is using a different feed URL in the script, the feed content is the same as the first page. I tried getting the feed script from a different browser so the rssfeed_cache was different, but that changed nothing. I trued clearing browser cache and cookies and nothing changed.

    Is there a way to use two different feeds on two different pages and actually have the two separate feed contents display???

    Scott
    Centennial, CO.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Aug 8, 2019

    If you are using different widgets and they have different rssfeex_cache values and the rssfeed_url values then they will show different feeds. Check you are not using the same values by mistake

  • scotthco
    scotthco
    on Aug 8, 2019

    I verified those values. Unlike most of my clients who host with me, this client hosts with GoDaddy, and I think that server has some odd caching going on; I noticed it once before with plain html updates not always appearing properly with a Control+F5 refresh. I'll try it again, give it some time, and see what happens.

    Thanks!

    Scott

  • Guest101
    Guest101
    on Sep 10, 2019

    widget is not working. it only show powered by surfing wave

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 11, 2019

    Hi Guest101, this is usually an issue with the addition of the widget code on the page. Please ensure that you have installed the code correctly and there are no errors.

  • _John_
    _John_
    on Sep 24, 2019

    I'm trying to format the content and title of a feed With different size and colours. Is that possible? I can't seem to find the right classes to format in css.

    for example:
    HEADLINE IN ARIAL BOLD 100px all caps, navy-blue
    description of the item in 24px, times new roman, gray
    -------------------- (separator line)
    NEXT ITEM IN ARIAL BOLD
    et cetera

    Thanks!

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 25, 2019

    Hi _John_, it is possible, please take a look at the customise your feed widget page linked at the top of this page.
    All the information you need is there.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Oct 30, 2019

    I was wondering whether the widget will perform differently when it is displayed on a mobile device. I recently tested it out on my website and it seems to work correctly in desktop and tablet mode, but appears blank in mobile mode. I don't want to go live and test it out until I see it working in test form. Any experience with the conversion to mobile and potential issues? Thank you

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Oct 31, 2019

    Hi Guest,
    We have not had any reports of the widget not working on mobile sites. I suggest you do thoroughly test before going live to satisfy yourself that there are no issues.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Nov 15, 2019

    Hello, I was going to use your widget but it is not functioning at all. I have used it before on an older page and that loads, but as of today for some reason when I went back it does not work. What happens is when I copy the code from the window and load paste into my page, the entire feed window is blank and only the footer with 'powered by Surfing Waves' is visible, I copied the default one to test and it still does not work.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Nov 19, 2019

    Great tool, I hope you keep it like it is for ever...

  • Jatin
    Jatin
    on Nov 21, 2019

    I am checking this on my blog https://srootertest.blogspot.com/ and there are three options: Cricket, Football and NFL. The widget is working for the first option only. It displays for the other two only for a fraction of a second and then it just displays a blank box with only "powered by Surfing Waves" text at the bottom right of the widget. I have tried removing <!-- and -->. Have also tried adding https and http in the js url. Now hoping that you can solve my problem as I have been on it since past week. Thanks

  • jatin2312
    jatin2312
    on Nov 23, 2019

    Hi. The feed on my blog seems to work fine only on safari. On UC browser, the scrollbar is nt working. On chrome and Firefox, it doesn't display the data on 2 of the 3 sidebar. Here is the link to my blog: https://srootertest.blogspot.com/. I have been trying to solve it since the past 10 days so I finally thought of writing to you for some help. Thanks :)

  • tecwork
    tecwork
    on Nov 23, 2019

    I like your website. I want to display two rss feed url on my webpage. One url in the left column and the other url in the right column. Can I do this? How do I do it?

  • wireys
    wireys
    on Jan 16, 2020

    Is there any way to change the auto scrolling function to be slow and continuous rather than segmented?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 18, 2020

    Unfortunately there is no way to change the scrolling.

  • naame
    naame
    on Jan 21, 2020

    Thank you so much Surfing-Wave, I am using this code on my website.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Feb 14, 2020

    Thnx so much guys. For small websites that blog just for fun like you and cant spend 100 usd for a feed widget beside 20 usd domain you are the god. Please keep it up

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Feb 28, 2020

    looks like this is not working

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Feb 28, 2020

    cert expired

  • JackBrick
    JackBrick
    on Mar 1, 2020

    Hi! First of all... the widget is AWESOME bro! Thanks so much for it. Second... It worked like a charm, much feed such wow. But since a day or three the widget seems broken? I checked the feed url I am using but that still publishes his xml. Can you guys help me out? www.brickstow.com is the website, the "Hot!"-section is where I have integrated your awesome widget.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Mar 2, 2020

    Hi, any idea when the cert issue will be fixed?

    P.S. thanks for providing this

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Mar 3, 2020

    is the service down?

  • Dhanya
    Dhanya
    on Mar 3, 2020

    Where the actual widget customizer... seems to have moved.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Mar 4, 2020

    Apologies for the inconvenience - the certificate error has been fixed.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Mar 4, 2020

    Apologies for the inconvenience - the certificate error has been fixed.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Mar 14, 2020

    Thanks heaps! From the brickstow team :D

    We are good for another year now I guess? :))

  • wsallum
    wsallum
    on Mar 18, 2020

    Excellent widget, thank you guys !

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Mar 22, 2020

    can you make it workd with opml files thanks excellent job

  • netwerx
    netwerx
    on Mar 29, 2020

    Hi,

    I'm currently testing this widget.... as I customize the look, the preview works well and shows my customized changes... however, when I go to place the code live by copying and pasting the embed code, the feed content is correct, but most of the customization is missing ( ie. number of characters, images, date/time, etc... ) Please advise. The only modification I made to the embed code is added the "https:" in the javascript.

    John C.

  • Gary
    Gary
    on Apr 7, 2020

    This widget is working well for me, but I would like to add a "Read more" link above the post date, and below the description. The "Read more" link should point to the same URL as the title.

    Can you please tell me if this is possible?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Apr 13, 2020

    Hi Gary, unfortunately this is not possible. Sorry about that.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 22, 2020

    Any way that I would be able to make the size responsive?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on May 23, 2020

    nice

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jul 1, 2020

    I have faced a problem that RSS always get the wrong feed, I suspect that might be the cache problem. Could you please help to solve it.

  • SW Media
    SW Media
    on Jul 1, 2020

    Hi Guest, it will be a caching problem. Firstly, you cannot use the same widget for different feeds unless they are all displayed in the same widget. You can't just copy it and change the rss feed. Secondly, once a widget has fetched the feed it will be cached - updating the feed URL will not change the content until it has had time to re-cache. Hope that helps.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jul 28, 2020

    This is not working for me.... I dont know why? Please help me...
    Please see this : http://prntscr.com/tpvgnj

  • Abhi4449
    Abhi4449
    on Jul 28, 2020

    Hello
    This is not working for me..
    the widget is not showing on my web page..
    Please help me it's urgent..
    Thanx

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Aug 1, 2020

    Hi Guest/Anhi4449. In your screenshot you have the widget on a local page, not on the internet. This s probably why it's not working. Try it on a live page and see if it works there.

  • Jr.
    Jr.
    on Aug 26, 2020

    Is this widget licensed? MIT

  • yt
    yt
    on Sep 19, 2020

    hi
    how do i change the RSS code to RTL?
    thank you

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 23, 2020

    Hi yt - you'll need to use a custom style sheet. See the comment on Aug 13, 2018

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Sep 23, 2020

    @Jr. on Aug 26, 2020 - you can view the terms and conditions of use here

  • Black Umbrella
    Black Umbrella
    on Oct 2, 2020

    Hello, thanks so much for such a perfectly customizable tool! My question is, is there any way to force the server to re-cache the feed? It seems like it is taking about 6 hours to recache on its own.

  • guikgc
    guikgc
    on Oct 9, 2020

    Hi,

    I've generated the widget code and after some minutes, I received the following message:

    url: "http://www.pardaladvocacia.com.br/direitoprevidenciario/feed/" error: timeout


    My website is: http://www.pardaladvocacia.com.br

    I noticed that when I use in rss_cache="site value" or "off" the widget works for 30min and after start to show this error.
    Can you please help me?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Oct 12, 2020

    Hi there,
    The error you have is due to the widget not being to fetch the feed. Until this is possible you will continue to see this error. Check to ensure the feed is working then wait for feed to recache.

  • Frankdimat
    Frankdimat
    on Nov 18, 2020

    Hi, i want to know if possible, how can i limit the number of items that scroll from my blog into your frame. P.e. if i want to see max 10 posts, where i can set this?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Nov 21, 2020

    Hi Frankdimat,
    It is not currently possible to limit the number of posts but that's certainly a good idea. I'll add that as something to look at doing.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Nov 26, 2020

    You guys are the best for making this free widget and keeping it running for 7 years. Thanks a bunch

  • Steven Watt
    Steven Watt
    on Dec 9, 2020

    Hello,
    Great widget but when I pastes into a HTML part in JIVE it only works in design mode. When I exit design mode it fails. Anyonecany ideas?

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Dec 10, 2020

    Hi Steven,
    I'm unsure that JIVE is but if it is a CMS of some sort what is probably happening is that it is altering the JavaScript the widget uses. Have a look at the source HTML on the live page and compare it to the actual code you should be embedding.If there are differences the issue is not with the widget.

  • Jen
    Jen
    on Dec 12, 2020

    The feed is not working for me. Does this still work? If so can you please tell me how. Also if it still works we would like to donate to you.

  • Stephen
    Stephen
    on Dec 13, 2020

    This widget is superb! I've be using it on my website for 5 years now with absolutely no problem. And yes, a link back to Surfing Waves is always displayed in courtesy for supplying this free service. Thank you.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Dec 13, 2020

    Hi Jen,
    The feed should be working fine. Once you have customised it using the options above just copy and paste the widget code onto your website.

  • Tim
    Tim
    on Dec 15, 2020

    i cant get it to display anything. Trying to display BBC news feed (it validates ok) but all I get displayed on my site is the link for surfing-waves. The actual news feed does not appear. Using: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml?edition=uk#

    Ive just copied/pasted into html.

  • Tim
    Tim
    on Dec 15, 2020

    Nevermind. Got it working. I added http to src:

    src="http://feed.surfing-waves.com/js/rss-feed.js"

    Previously it was:

    src="//feed.surfing-waves.com/js/rss-feed.js"

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 6, 2021

    Very nice article, I enjoyed reading your post, very nice share, I want to twit this to my followers. Thanks!.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jan 17, 2021

    Is there a way to display a local xml feed. The xml is in the same folder as the page. the page name is FlashNews_Rss.xml

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jan 24, 2021

    The widget server needs to be able to access the style sheet, it cannot do this if it is stored locally.

  • Alejandro de Argentina
    Alejandro de Argentina
    on Feb 1, 2021

    Excelente el trabajo de ustedes necesito saber donde o como coloco el código para poder ver directamente en un navegador, sin ponerlo en una pagina Web. Soy un principiante y se los agradeceria. Saludos

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Feb 3, 2021

    Thank you so much

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 18, 2021

    Is the widget still functional? We used it in our site but it just stopped feeding the rss.

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Jun 19, 2021

    Everything is working normally. Check whether it is an issue with your feed or whether access to the widget not has been blocked.

  • Sword
    Sword
    on Jun 21, 2021

    This widget is not working anymore. Can't connect to the server feed.surfing-waves.com

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 21, 2021

    I can't make this widget on this website anymore

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Aug 19, 2021

    i want to make my own widget can you please provide the code for that

  • Isaiah
    Isaiah
    on Sep 3, 2021

    widget not showing on my website, i only saw https://surfing-waves.com"
    displayed

  • 11irishjs
    11irishjs
    on Sep 16, 2021

    Thanks so much for this free service!

  • Devostock
    Devostock
    on Dec 11, 2021

    Thank you very much for the script

  • Alvin
    Alvin
    on Dec 23, 2021

    Thank you for keeping this service free! Lots of love from Brisbane, Australia

  • Miles
    Miles
    on Jan 16, 2022

    THANK YOU SO MUCH, THIS HELPS KEEP MY COMMUNITY WEBSITE RUNNING!!!

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Mar 10, 2022

    hi i think the russians got to this as it has been working perfectly for days now it comes up with feed error on this feed
    "https://www.google.com/alerts/feeds/15963884862445388411/14192283252165538598"

    i tried to redo the feed but no change

  • surf patrol
    surf patrol
    on Mar 12, 2022

    Hi Guest on Mar 10. 2022. The problem is with the Google Alert, not our widget. You'll need to choose a different feed.

  • joe
    joe
    on Jun 5, 2022

    Really love this plugin! I only have one problem. The feed im using has images, but they don't show up on the feed. I have Html (images / links): chosen, but they still don't show up. Any thoughts?

  • Rob B
    Rob B
    on Jun 26, 2022

    Thanks for Surfing-Waves.com!
    Any idea why http://distrowatch.com/news/dw.xml displays nothing?
    Tried https:// but neither loads anything.
    TIA

  • Ayat Mansour
    Ayat Mansour
    on Feb 4, 2023

    pls,
    how can i add custom css in html page to have rtl direction
    i tried to add
    <style type="text/css">
    .feed-container { direction: rtl; }
    </style>
    but it didn`t work

  • Jude
    Jude
    on Feb 18, 2023

    Thanks for this. I've looked all over for a decent free widget, and this is the best I could find. I only made one change to your code by adding feed.htm to your link. So any visitors will come straight here, since I can't find them page from your main site.

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Apr 13, 2023

    Hey Guys and Gals & non-binary pals;
    I tried to add a news link to the widget but it says invalid.

    https://www.france24.com/en/rss

    I ran it through:
    https://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.france24.com%2Fen%2Frss

    Result:
    Congratulations!
    [Valid RSS] This is a valid RSS feed.

    Please come back with an idea

  • BIPBIP59
    BIPBIP59
    on Apr 13, 2023

    Bonjour, je viens de faire connaissance avec votre site.
    Je cherche la possibilité de mettre un flux rss sur un site fait avec mobirise. Avec votre widget j'ai réussi à mettre mes flux sur le site de mon client. Par contre j'ai un problème de réglage : je n'arrive pas à mettre le flux au milieu de ma page et le flux n'est pas responsive.
    Est-il possible de me donner la solution pour avoir les flux corrects.
    Merci par avance pour votre réponse.
    Cordialement
    BIPBIP59

  • Gus
    Gus
    on Jun 5, 2023

    Great and simple solution. It works for me!! But, there is a suspect PHP PAGE line in .js file. I mean suspect for my server to load it outside. Can i have this PHP on my site too?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jun 13, 2023

    Great...........Just add image option

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Jul 2, 2023

    Hi. I am experimenting with your RSS feed for a website I am working on, but I cannot seem to get any images to appear? The source I am using does have images attached and they appear when linked to other readers, but not yours. I have the Html (images / links) button set to "on" as suggested in your FAQ's. I would like to use your reader as it works well but would like images to be attached if possible. Any suggestions?

  • Guest
    Guest
    on Sep 22, 2023

    rss feed frame can it be resposive ? What I have to do ? Thank you

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