RSS Feeds on Forumhome and Other vb Pages
Mod Version: 1.00 RC2, by tgmorris
This modification is in the archives.
| vB Version: 3.5.2 | Rating:  (2 votes - 5.00 average) |
Installs: 30 |
| Released: 14 Jan 2006 | Last Update: 16 Jan 2006 | Downloads: 92 |
 Not Supported
 Uses Plugins
Template Edits
Is in Beta Stage
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This product adds support for displaying RSS feeds on 1 or more vb pages.
The product will create 5 plugins and a new section, RSS Feed Processing, under vBulletin Options. Also added will be 2 new templates appropriately grouped under 'RSS Feed Templates'.
Configuration
Change the settings in 'vBulletin Options -> RSS Feed Processing' to suit your particular needs.
One thing that proves difficult for some users is creating the 'cache' directory. This directory needs to be CHMOD 777 and it should reside outside the web root. All of the RSS feeds will be cached in that location so depending on how the product is configured (i.e. allowing users to define their own feeds) the size of the directory could grow signficantly.
An advanced feature that is only available for non-user specified feeds is the ability to include code to filter and/or modify the feed content. If the feeds are being provided for your users this can prove to be a very powerful tool.
Placing the content on pages
As supplied the RSS Feed content will be displayed below the "What's Going On" block. This may be changed by modifying the 'RSS Feed - Content Generation' plugin in different ways.
The RSS feed content is placed in the $feedcontent array with an entry for each feed. To manually place the feeds in templates refer to the entries for 3 feeds as $feedcontent[0], $feedcontent[1] and $feedcontent[2]. If the content for a given feed cannot be decoded then that array entry will be empty.
Revisions
1.00 RC2 16-Jan-2006
Added support to allow the displayed feeds to collapse when not a user-specified feed.
If you find this product useful donations via PayPal may be made via the http://www.babblers.org/index.php?pg=sponsors.
Do not reproduce or publish elsewhere without my written permission.
The product will create 5 plugins and a new section, RSS Feed Processing, under vBulletin Options. Also added will be 2 new templates appropriately grouped under 'RSS Feed Templates'.
Configuration
Change the settings in 'vBulletin Options -> RSS Feed Processing' to suit your particular needs.
One thing that proves difficult for some users is creating the 'cache' directory. This directory needs to be CHMOD 777 and it should reside outside the web root. All of the RSS feeds will be cached in that location so depending on how the product is configured (i.e. allowing users to define their own feeds) the size of the directory could grow signficantly.
An advanced feature that is only available for non-user specified feeds is the ability to include code to filter and/or modify the feed content. If the feeds are being provided for your users this can prove to be a very powerful tool.
Placing the content on pages
As supplied the RSS Feed content will be displayed below the "What's Going On" block. This may be changed by modifying the 'RSS Feed - Content Generation' plugin in different ways.
- Find where you want the output in the FORUMHOME template and change the search sttring accordingly.
- Delete all the search-related text and manually edit the template(s) where you want the content to appear.
The RSS feed content is placed in the $feedcontent array with an entry for each feed. To manually place the feeds in templates refer to the entries for 3 feeds as $feedcontent[0], $feedcontent[1] and $feedcontent[2]. If the content for a given feed cannot be decoded then that array entry will be empty.
Revisions
1.00 RC2 16-Jan-2006
Added support to allow the displayed feeds to collapse when not a user-specified feed.
- Modified the rss_feed_rss template
- Updated the RSS Feed - Function plugin
If you find this product useful donations via PayPal may be made via the http://www.babblers.org/index.php?pg=sponsors.
Do not reproduce or publish elsewhere without my written permission.
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