As you know, until recently (revision 6), RSSeo! required that you server permitted loopback connections via one of the following functions: cURL , fsockopen , fopen and file_get_contents. This provided a good solution but more and more hosting providers were imposing restrictions on loopback connections, causing RSSeo! not work properly.
The RSJoomla team proposes a second solution that requires the exec function to be enabled. You can read more about this function in the PHP manual. Basically this will only allow the RSSeo! component to bypass the loopback restriction and provide full functionality to RSSeo!.
The RSSeo! installation procedure remains the same but, in order to use the exec function some additional steps have to be carried out:
- Download the indexseo.php file: View my downloads > Component > New index file for "exec" use
- Unzip the downloaded file
- Place the indexseo.php file into your root Joomla! installation folder
- After the RSSeo! component installation, go to Components > RSSeo! > Settings > Crawler and set the PHP command option as follows:
- for servers that run Linux as an operating system, just type in "php"
- for servers that run Windows operating system, type in the path to the php executable file (php.exe), for example: C:\php\php.exe
We recommend contacting your hosting provider regarding permissions to use exec function.
To find out what operating system your server uses just open your Joomla! administration panel and go to Help > System Info: PHP Built on.
