vBulletin LTS

Add Feed To MyYahoo, Msn, Google & Blogline Button In Every Forum
Mod Version: 1.00, by Mudvayne

Actually its my first release in vbulletin.org . Its not a hack even. Just a template modification to provide Rss feed to forums user. Since last few month we have been searching it for many place. Didn't find any. After our try finally we came into a shape. A working shape. Also find some also looking for it.So just shareing it.

Hope Some one may find it helpful.

Note:
This modification can be called as an extension of Show Forum Icon In Each Forum, hack by Wayne Luke. This must be installed in your forum. That will show ur all forums feed url & this url u will be needed later on. Now made a list all of ur feed urls.

How To Use This Modification:
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1.Rss/Rss2 Mustbe enabled to use this modification.
2.Rss Auto discovery should be enabled for better out put. So that search bot could detect ur feed.
3.Show Forum Icon In Each Forum, hack by Wayne Luke, must be installed.

How To Enable Rss Auto Discovery:
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Source: https://www.google.com/webmasters/bot.html

Question:
Answer:
1.You will be needed a rss.xml file. You can generate it using any source (like i use http://www.rorweb.com). Be sure that during create the list u've listed all of ur feed url (previously u have saved it!!). Generate the list copy-paste it in note pad, save as it as "rss.xml"
2.Put that rss.xml file in your root directory.This should get the location http://www.mysite.com/rss.xml

Its now time to modify/edit ur template :

1. Adding autoDiscovery:

Open ur headincludes template.

Put at the very top of all code:
2. Adding My yahoo, My Msn, Google & Bloglines button to your forum for each catagory:

Open FORUMDISPLAY template.

Find for:
Add above:
3. You can put can xml button in ur home page that linked with ur http://www.mysite.com/rss.xml

4. You will find related image in the zip folder. Just upload these to /images/misc directory. This button we used in our site, just make the button a bit tiny . Feel free to change them as per ur demand. We tried to add original & modified button.

Description:

If any one interested to provide rss feature to there user or any external reader. Using this button user (registerd/unregisterd in forum) can have the rss/xml feed in thee yahoo, msn, google & bloglines page by using there yahoo id, msn id or gmail id or any other blog service.(example: Blogline, etc.)

Optional Feature:
Also the feed can be modified for rss1, atom using http://www.feedburner.com ( I guess feedburner is the best service) and can serch there feed in many place. Also u can put advertise or any info that will help to increase site traffic. During generating rss.xml plz put key word as per ur need, that will help search engine to detect ur feed. There are some service who provide add for rss feed (may be simalr to PPC system). After finished use any ping service to let the feed finder/bloge service know about your feed.

Ping service:
http://www.pingomatic.com
http://www.pingoat.com

*If any one need any more feature like : add podcast button or any other blog service button feel free to contact.

*Live Demo & for more resource : http://www.golpo.net

This Modification is totally free. And its first release in vb. So plz dont remove the copyright text.

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Any kind of modification is warmly wellcome. Also please let everybody know about your modification.