function feeds_ui_edit_help in Feeds 6
Same name and namespace in other branches
- 8.2 feeds_ui/feeds_ui.admin.inc \feeds_ui_edit_help()
- 7.2 feeds_ui/feeds_ui.admin.inc \feeds_ui_edit_help()
- 7 feeds_ui/feeds_ui.admin.inc \feeds_ui_edit_help()
Introductory help for admin/build/feeds/edit/config page
1 call to feeds_ui_edit_help()
- feeds_ui_edit_page in feeds_ui/
feeds_ui.admin.inc - Edit feed configuration.
File
- feeds_ui/
feeds_ui.admin.inc, line 12 - Contains all page callbacks, forms and theming functions for Feeds administrative pages.
Code
function feeds_ui_edit_help() {
return t('
<p>
You can create as many Feeds importer configurations as you would like to. Each can have a distinct purpose like letting your users aggregate RSS feeds or importing a CSV file for content migration. Here are a couple of things that are important to understand in order to get started with Feeds:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Every importer configuration consists of basic settings, a fetcher, a parser and a processor and their settings.
</li>
<li>
The <strong>basic settings</strong> define the general behavior of the importer. <strong>Fetchers</strong> are responsible for loading data, <strong>parsers</strong> for organizing it and <strong>processors</strong> for "doing stuff" with it, usually storing it.
</li>
<li>
In Basic settings, you can <strong>attach an importer configuration to a content type</strong>. This is useful when many imports of a kind should be created, for example in an RSS aggregation scenario. If you don\'t attach a configuration to a content type, you can use it on the !import page.
</li>
<li>
Imports can be <strong>refreshed periodically</strong> - see the minimum refresh period in the Basic settings.
</li>
<li>
Processors can have <strong>mappings</strong> in addition to settings. Mappings allow you to define what elements of a data feed should be mapped to what content fields on a granular level. For instance, you can specify that a feed item\'s author should be mapped to a node\'s body.
</li>
</ul>
', array(
'!import' => l(t('Import'), 'import'),
));
}