Show Feeds in Magento

Update [28-May-2019] : I have developed an extension for Magento 2 platform, check it out Dw Rss Feed Reader for Magento 2

I have a blog using WordPress and a DecryptWeb Shop using Magento.

So I wanted to show latest feeds from my blog onto my shop, so that visitors can directly go to the post.

This article will explain how to do it.

Step 1

Create a file named latest_feeds.phtml in app/design/frontend/default/(your_theme)/template/callouts/

Create a PHP block that will fetch the feed and display it. I am using DecryptWeb feed for demonstration.

<?php 
try {
	$channel = new Zend_Feed_Rss('http://blog.decryptweb.com/rss2/'); 
	$f = 1; 	 
} catch (Exception $e) {
	$e->getMessage();
	$f =2;
}
?>
<?php if($f == 1): ?>
<div class="block block-latest-feeds">
<div class="block-title">
<strong><span><?php echo $this->__('Blog RSS') ?></span></strong>
</div>
<div class="block-content">
<ol id="graybox-latest-feeds">
<?php $i=0; ?>
<?php foreach ($channel as $item): ?>
<?php $i++; ?>
<li><strong><?php echo date('d.m.y',strtotime($item->pubDate)); ?></strong><a href="<?php echo $item->link; ?>" target="_blank">&nbsp;<?php echo $item->title; ?></a></li>
<?php if($i == 10) break; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

Note: I have used try catch block.

Step 2

Now we should decide where to place it depending on your design, I have placed it in left column.

Place it in app/design/frontend/default/(your_theme)/layout/catalog.xm for showing by default for whole catalog

<default>
<reference name="left">
<block type="core/template" name="left_feeds" template="callouts/latest_feeds.phtml"/>
</reference>
</default>

Hope it is useful