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Sources

The source catalogue lives at AdminCP > [MC] News Aggregator > Sources. It holds every feed the aggregator pulls from.

Adding a source​

  1. Navigate to AdminCP > [MC] News Aggregator > Sources.
  2. Click Add source.
  3. Fill in:
    • Name: display name shown on the public page and in the ticker.
    • Feed URL: full HTTP/HTTPS URL to the RSS or Atom feed.
    • Active: untick to skip this source on fetch without deleting it.
  4. Click Save.

The next Fetch feeds cron run will hit the new source.

Editing a source​

Edit any source from the same page. Updating the URL takes effect on the next fetch; existing items keep their source_id reference so the source page (and source filter on the ticker) continue to associate them correctly.

Active vs disabled​

StateBehaviour
ActiveFetched on every cron cycle; items render publicly.
DisabledSkipped on fetch. Existing items remain visible on the public page until pruned.

Sources are disabled automatically when their consecutive-error counter reaches the Disable sources after X consecutive errors option (when that option is non-zero). The error counter resets to zero on the next successful fetch.

Deleting a source​

Deleting a source removes its row and every item it produced. To preserve historical items but stop new fetches, disable the source instead of deleting it.

Manual fetch​

To force a fetch outside the cron schedule, navigate to AdminCP > Tools > Cron entries and click Run next to Fetch feeds. The job hits every active source, respecting the configured concurrency and timeout.