XF 2.2 RSS Import: Use other than the predefined frequency and truncate content

[mgeuss]

The RSS Feed Importer has several predefined frequencies with 10 minutes beingt the shortest.
The value is written to the field "frequency" in the table "xf_feed".
My question is: If I change the value directly in the database, will this work or will it be ignored?
I know it depends on how often the Cron Job is running and any manual change will be overwritten if I change the settings in the admin panel.

Second question: The variable {content} fetches the content of the RSS feed. Is there any chance to truncate the length to for instance 500 characters?

 

[Mike]

You can probably set the value in the DB to whatever you want, but as you've noted, there are certainly caveats.

Any content manipulation would require an add-on/custom development