# I followed the RSS installation intructions, but it shows nothing

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [August 24, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886 "2015-08-24T22:06:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![krbhlp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@krbhlp](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/krbhlp)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/1 "2015-08-24T22:06:48Z")

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I have created a [dfgo.com/category/feed/feed.txt](http://dfgo.com/category/feed/feed.txt) file with the pre-set text here [http://getkirby.com/docs/solutions/blog/rss](http://getkirby.com/docs/solutions/blog/rss) Then I added a template called feed.php only with the pre-set php code (nothing else in the file), so here are the full file contents:

```
    <?php

echo page('category')->children()->visible()->flip()->limit(10)->feed(array(
  'title' => $page->title(),
  'description' => $page->description(),
  'link' => 'category',
));

?>

```

And I have downloaded the plugin and copied a folder named “feeds” to site/plugins folder. When I open [dfgo.com/category/feed/](http://dfgo.com/category/feed/), it is a completely empty file (there is absolutely nothing on it, even in source). I have over 20 published posts in that category. Do I need some PHP extension or to do something else or maybe I’ve done something wrong in the first place?

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**Author:** ![mauricehh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/mauricehh/32/13439_2.png) [@mauricehh](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/mauricehh)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/2 "2015-08-25T08:07:58Z")

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Are those \>20 published posts direct children of the “category” directory?

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**Author:** ![krbhlp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@krbhlp](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/krbhlp)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/3 "2015-08-25T14:57:57Z")

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They are in the folder content/category/posts.

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/4 "2015-08-25T15:01:16Z")

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Then your above code will not work, you need to add the subfolder

```php
<?php
echo page('category/posts')->children()->visible()->flip()->limit(10)->feed(array(
  'title' => $page->title(),
  'description' => $page->description(),
  'link' => 'category',
));

?>

```

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**Author:** ![krbhlp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@krbhlp](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/krbhlp)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/5 "2015-08-25T15:37:33Z")

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By “posts” I meant that there are the post folders in there, not a separate folder. Sorry for the confusion. Basically it looks like this: content/category/all-the-post-folders-here

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/6 "2015-08-25T15:41:42Z")

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Ok, that was a misunderstanding.

Is your plugin folder really called “feeds”? Then rename it to “feed”.

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**Author:** ![krbhlp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@krbhlp](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/krbhlp)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/7 "2015-08-25T15:54:03Z")

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Just renamed it - didn’t fix it.

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/8 "2015-08-25T16:03:46Z")

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- No php errors?
- feed.txt and feed.php both in small letters?
- posts visible?
- Do you have that problem both locally and remote?

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**Author:** ![mauricehh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/mauricehh/32/13439_2.png) [@mauricehh](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/mauricehh)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/9 "2015-08-25T16:09:29Z")

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Could you provide us with a screenshot of the folder structure of your ‘category’ directory?

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**Author:** ![krbhlp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@krbhlp](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/krbhlp)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/10 "2015-08-25T16:24:40Z")

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There you go [enter link description here](http://s1.postimg.org/wcj0qsw0v/adsfdsfdsfdsdsadsf.png)

The written “content” by me was supposed to be “category” - apologies for the mistake. But I think you get the picture either way.

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**Author:** ![anon77445132](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@anon77445132](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/anon77445132)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/11 "2015-08-25T16:27:14Z")

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You content files have to be for example:

`content/category/1-folder-a/post.txt`  
`content/category/2-folder-b/post.txt`

and so on, if the template file is named “`post.php`”.

Every folder name has to be different to all others, if you look after the leading number and the first “`-`”.

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/12 "2015-08-25T16:35:02Z")

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> [@anon77445132](#):
>
> You content files have to be for example:
> 
> content/category/1-folder-a/post.txtcontent/category/2-folder-b/post.txt
> 
> and so on, if the template file is named “post.php”.

While this is true, it is irrelevant in the current context, because the template/s for the posts is not called.

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**Author:** ![anon77445132](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@anon77445132](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/anon77445132)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/13 "2015-08-25T16:36:31Z")

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The directories in the hardcopy have **no name** (only the leading sorting number and the “`-`”)!  
This is the main error, I think

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/14 "2015-08-25T16:38:20Z")

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I guess the titles were deleted for privacy reasons

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**Author:** ![anon77445132](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@anon77445132](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/anon77445132)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/15 "2015-08-25T16:40:59Z")

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> [@texnixe](#):
>
> I guess the titles were deleted for privacy reasons

I don’t guess and hope, that @krbhlp will help us with the truth…

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**Author:** ![krbhlp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@krbhlp](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/krbhlp)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/16 "2015-08-25T16:46:31Z")

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Yes, I removed the names for privacy reasons. They are all named as follows:

1-something/mytextyfilything.txt  
2-dsjkfsd/awesome.txt, stuff.txt, here.txt  
3-dskgf3ugf837/something.txt, else.txt

Etc.

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/17 "2015-08-25T16:50:41Z")

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You should not have multiple text files in your post folders . Don’t know if that’s the reason why it doesn’t work, but it will certainly lead to errors at one point or the other.

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**Author:** ![anon77445132](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@anon77445132](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/anon77445132)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/18 "2015-08-25T16:51:34Z")

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Why are there **more than one** `*.txt` files in one directory?

Kirby needs, that **every** content file has it’s **own** directory.

Or are “the more than one \*.txt files” namend e.g. `pic001.jpg.txt` and the file `pic001.jpg` is in the same directory?

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**Author:** ![krbhlp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@krbhlp](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/krbhlp)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/19 "2015-08-25T17:52:19Z")

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No, it’s more than one file. But there are folders with just one text file. I think they should be displayed properly then still?

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/i-followed-the-rss-installation-intructions-but-it-shows-nothing/1886/20 "2015-08-25T18:17:12Z")

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I tested this a bit and it does not seem to be the reason for the error.

Is there nothing in the server php error log that might give a hint at what’s going wrong?

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