|
Easy way to trim external RSS feed
by
14 Jun 2008
I've seen that many vb admins are frustrated with the way external.php handles your RSS feeds. The point of frustration is that their entire post, content is published externally thus eliminating the need for readers to visit their cherished websites. I've gone thru the same pain and here is an easy way, no coding, no modication of templates. Step 1. Do yourself a favor and set your RSS URL on http://www.feedburner.com. It is a great RSS machine and it is part of Google. You can enter as many feeds as you like. Vbulletin uses external.php file for RSS output.  Step 2. Enable External Data Provider via Admin CP > Vbulletin Options. Step 3. Once you've done with the setup of your URL, on the FeedBurner to Tab called "Optimize". I attach a screenshot from my account. It should look like this: Step 4. Down below, you will see a menu called "Summary Burner". This is our magic box. Step 5. Go there and configure as many characters per feed item as you wish. This will essentially trim your content. Play with it until you are satisfied and all the work must be done. Voila! My feeds are now set up on http://feeds.feedburner.com/investrusska and crawled by Google, too.  .Enjoy. |