AboutToday - Bring RSS Feeds and Daily Events to Your Site!

[wfcmod]

I installed the product, everything seems to be fine but I cannot find were I should change the administrator permissions. When I go to usergroup manager...edit administrators there are no options to set for abouttoday. I'm using vb3.6. Any ideas what I miss?

[ubblite]

I installed the product, everything seems to be fine but I cannot find were I should change the administrator permissions. When I go to usergroup manager...edit administrators there are no options to set for abouttoday. I'm using vb3.6. Any ideas what I miss?
You might want to re-upload the files to your FTP, something might be missing. Normally you can change all permissions within the usergroup area.

[wfcmod]

You might want to re-upload the files to your FTP, something might be missing. Normally you can change all permissions within the usergroup area.
Great! I de- and re-installed the product and that solved the problem
Thanks a lot!

[wfcmod]

In the standard calendar I can choose to post events that last a couple of days. Is it somehow possible to do this also for the abouttoday events? It would give me a great option to provide the users with some website news.

[xfaethorx]

has anyone created a batch file for histroical events...I was hoping someone had done a more global batch file of events as currently i don't have any on there. Please someone do one as an addition for this hack!

[xfaethorx]

also when you create a thread from an rss link is there a way to increase the maximum number of characters as I currently get a link to the story and half a sentance pertaining to the story.. can we increase this or change it so it either the link on its own and nothing else or a configurable limit of characters for the body of the message

[ubblite]

@xfaethorx

Are you referring to the thread title posted or the actual contents in the RSS feed? If it's the RSS feed, you can't change that part as you have to go with what the provider has and in that case I'd select a different RSS feed which contains more text.

[glorify]

Liked it, but had to uninstall. A lot of times I change the look of the templates, but this hack made it impossible to do that :(

[ubblite]

Liked it, but had to uninstall. A lot of times I change the look of the templates, but this hack made it impossible to do that :(
I don't understand. How did this hack make it impossible?

[glorify]

Have you tried to change the templates on this?

[lexx27]

Does anybody know the solution of the encoding problem (greek). I was using Atakan Rss before and I hadnt any problem...

[CyberRanger]

Does anybody know the solution of the encoding problem (greek). I was using Atakan Rss before and I hadnt any problem...
I'm afraid I'm not sure how to fix it. Can you post a pic of what it looks like and what it should look like?

[lexx27]

Ok, here is the pic, some letters have the problem, not all of them. τ for example.

[G_Man]

Ok, here is the pic, some letters have the problem, not all of them. τ for example.


I get that with a couple of my feeds, too. :confused:

[Mysticales]

Sorry to bump, but no one knows about the preview article thing with it linking to "more" and actually displaying correctly instead of just cut off parts etc or odd behavior when you set a limit and show more then 1 article?

[ubblite]

@Mysticales

Not sure what you mean but if I understand you correctly it depends on the feed as some display differently than others, which doesn't have anything to do with AboutToday. What is the XML to the feed you are referring to? Maybe you have a link to your site showing how it cuts part off as I'm not sure what you mean.

[Mysticales]

<a href="http://www.darkmystics.com/forums/abouttoday.php?do=rss&id=3" target="_blank">http://www.darkmystics.com/forums/ab...hp?do=rss&id=3</a>

I have a maximum of 1500 length set, 3 articles to show.

Now "Sometimes" it formats ok, sometimes it may give me a good partial article for the 1st and 2nd one, but the 3rd one may be all crumpled, then if you also look at the "links" that are shown, sometimes the url is messed up on things.

Basically lets say this... like the RSS Bot we all know about that makes posts, that one takes a arcticle, posts part of it, and sets rest to the "more" which clicks back to the source article.

Basically... looking for it to parse the articles better, say maybe give "x" chars per article then cut it off and link to the source. Vs one global length modifier.

This way I could do 5, 10 articles shown, whatever, and it would only show a preview of the article then link them to the full story.

[bandare]

I s there a way to add this as a module to vbadvanced?

[lexx27]

Add-ons...

[lexx27]

It would be great if there was a feature to categorize feeds.

[Maagic]

Is there a way to add this as a module to vbadvanced?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=108274

[Mysticales]

Hey I am having a issue, just went to fully put this in for my users and well... ForumHome and the main RSS feeds are not showing anymore. I could delete them and they get removed, but if I add a new feed, it does not show up in the home page of abouttoday.php

I DID check the SQL DB, it is putting the feed info there just fine from adminCP.

My "Guess" it has something to do with the SEO url rewrite, which is a htaccess file and so on.

Any suggestions what I can do to get feeds showing again?

[Chicago_VLNU_4s]

can some1 tell me what i have to edit out the .xml file or anything else so it doesn't show up on tha FORUMHOME template? i made a link for it in the navagation menu and only want it there.. help??

ALSO, can someone provide me with some RSS feed links?? i really don't understand how to work this. Maybe some1 can make a good list for us or somethin? Thanks

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

how would I make this a completely separate page?

Its too big at the bottom of the forumhome...but I'd love to have it be a page members could go to get all their news in one place. :)

[Nuguru]

Hello Everyone,

Well I gotta say that this is a pretty cool addition, however I am finding the spacing at the top a bit of an issue (see attachment).

Does anyone know how to delete atleast a line of spacing at the top. Possible just deleting a <br> or something like that?

Any help would be appreciated.


Thank You,

Nuguru :)

[Mysticales]

That might be from your navbar template.

But yea.. would be nice to get my feeds showing again. >.< Had uninstalled and reuploaded it all again.. so not sure where the fix could be.

Ok I think I found out.. seems our other site staff did something with the RSS feeds again.. making them useless it looks... Have to get on them about it.

Which left one issue tho... seems when I did "Force Update" now, it redirects it to a bad url does a /./abouttoday.php

Which that part I can fix if I rename all the ./abouttoday.php in the file to remove the ./

But not sure if it was set that way for a reason or not.. not to mention still wondering if SEO and abouttoday conflict some still.

[Nuguru]

That might be from your navbar template.

But yea.. would be nice to get my feeds showing again. >.< Had uninstalled and reuploaded it all again.. so not sure where the fix could be.

Hello,

No my navbar is great everywhere else. I don't think it is that. Are you talking about the histtd_navbar in abouttoday templates?

I looked through every Abouttoday template and could not find the spacing fix.

Good luck with your project.

Is there anyone else that may know how to fix the spacing problem?

Thank You,

Nuguru

[CyberRanger]

Hello,
...
Is there anyone else that may know how to fix the spacing problem?

Thank You,

Nuguru

I see what you mean about the spacing issue. I'll take a look at that.

Sorry to all for not providing much input lately. Real life has really been kicking my butt the last month. By the 2nd week of September, I should be able to really start contributing again.

[Nuguru]

Hello Everyone,

Well I gotta say that this is a pretty cool addition, however I am finding the spacing at the top a bit of an issue (see attachment).

Does anyone know how to delete atleast a line of spacing at the top. Possible just deleting a <br> or something like that?

Any help would be appreciated.


Thank You,

Nuguru :)


Hello Westpointer,

I was wondering if you were able to come up with a fix on how I can delete a line above the mod so that it is in portion to normal spacing. It basically just seems like <br><br> or something. If you could give me some advice on fixing this issue, I would greatly appreciate it.


Thank You,

Nuguru

[CyberRanger]

http://www.darkmystics.com/forums/abouttoday.php?do=rss&id=3

I have a maximum of 1500 length set, 3 articles to show.

Now "Sometimes" it formats ok, sometimes it may give me a good partial article for the 1st and 2nd one, but the 3rd one may be all crumpled, then if you also look at the "links" that are shown, sometimes the url is messed up on things.

Basically lets say this... like the RSS Bot we all know about that makes posts, that one takes a arcticle, posts part of it, and sets rest to the "more" which clicks back to the source article.

Basically... looking for it to parse the articles better, say maybe give "x" chars per article then cut it off and link to the source. Vs one global length modifier.

This way I could do 5, 10 articles shown, whatever, and it would only show a preview of the article then link them to the full story.

The "Maximum Length" property is, I'm afraid, fairly stupid. Right now, it just yanks the first x characters from the feed. This can mean that tags are cut in the middle, etc. I think that's why your formatting looks so bad. I may need to re-look how I do that. Maybe strip all the tags first, then add the "more" at the beginning of the feed. I think that would solve the problems you're are seeing.

[CyberRanger]

Which left one issue tho... seems when I did "Force Update" now, it redirects it to a bad url does a /./abouttoday.php

Which that part I can fix if I rename all the ./abouttoday.php in the file to remove the ./
I think you can safely remove the ./ if that is causing a problem. I haven't tested it yet but I don't think it's necessary.

[venomx]

Will you port this to vb 3.6?

[Ascor]

i have it just installed in 3.6, i use only the rss feed to let people choice creat new thread or not and all work nice !
Thank you westpointer for this great work :)

[Puck 24/7]

Will you port this to vb 3.6?
It already works with 3.6.

[Nuguru]

Hello Westpointer,

I was wondering if you were able to come up with a fix on how I can delete a line above the mod so that it is in portion to normal spacing. It basically just seems like <br><br> or something. If you could give me some advice on fixing this issue, I would greatly appreciate it.


Thank You,

Nuguru

Hello Westpointer,

Any luck on how this space can be adjusted? It's just a space, come on, throw me a bone here. It looks horrible.


Thank You,

Nuguru :)

[egyptsons]

great I will try it

[CyberRanger]

Hello Westpointer,

Any luck on how this space can be adjusted? It's just a space, come on, throw me a bone here. It looks horrible.


Thank You,

Nuguru :)I hope to look at this tomorrow. Unfortunately, what may seem like a simple space thing can be much more complicated.:nervous:

[Maagic]

Is there any way to get these to display horizontally instead of vertically? I got a big block of unused space on the right and center of my forum now and it looks kinda ugly

http://www.so-there.net/uploader/files/1/abouttodayspace.JPG

[CyberRanger]

Is there any way to get these to display horizontally instead of vertically? I got a big block of unused space on the right and center of my forum now and it looks kinda ugly
I agree! I have a fix in mind for that.

[CyberRanger]

Hello Westpointer,

Any luck on how this space can be adjusted? It's just a space, come on, throw me a bone here. It looks horrible.

Well, it is simple! I really need to get in here and clean up my code some. For now, to fix this until I can release a full update, do this:

In abouttoday.php

FIND (around line 1748):
$dmain .= "<br /><br /><table width=\"".$stylevar['tablewidth']."\">
<tr align=\"center\">
<td class=\"thead\" width=\"100%\">".$dl->titlerss."</td></tr></table>";

REPLACE with (remove the breaks):
$dmain .= "<table width=\"".$stylevar['tablewidth']."\">
<tr align=\"center\">
<td class=\"thead\" width=\"100%\">".$dl->titlerss."</td></tr></table>";

I should have all this in templates and will in the next version.

[puregraf]

Hi, I have been using RSS feed for 2 months, but since 8-17 my RSS feeds stopped and I cant figure out why, can someone help me please? I had added about 5 RSS feeds or so, and they all were working daily, posting new RSS feeds to a Forum section I set so that all the RSS feeds are posted under that Forum category section. You can see it here: http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-space/index.php

Thanks in advance

[CyberRanger]

Hi, I have been using RSS feed for 2 months, but since 8-17 my RSS feeds stopped and I cant figure out why, can someone help me please? I had added about 5 RSS feeds or so, and they all were working daily, posting new RSS feeds to a Forum section I set so that all the RSS feeds are posted under that Forum category section. You can see it here: http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-space/index.php

Thanks in advance
I suspect you are victim to what is hitting a lot of others - CNN is screwing with its feeds!

For example, "Top Stories" (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss) works correctly, outputing the XML. Here's a little pic of how the page looks. That's what one would expect.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

But, "Space" (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_space.rss) is messed up, linking to Feedburner instead of outputing the XML.

Here's how the "Space" page looks:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

I've sent CNN an email asking about this. I'll post any response I get.

[puregraf]

I suspect you are victim to what is hitting a lot of others - CNN is screwing with its feeds!

For example, "Top Stories" (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss) works correctly, outputing the XML. Here's a little pic of how the page looks. That's what one would expect.
http://www.brentandmary.net/images/abouttoday/cnntopstories.gif

But, "Space" (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_space.rss) is messed up, linking to Feedburner instead of outputing the XML.

Here's how the "Space" page looks:
http://www.brentandmary.net/images/abouttoday/cnnspace.gif

I've sent CNN an email asking about this. I'll post any response I get.

so to fix this i must remove the CNN RSS feeds?

thanks

[CyberRanger]

so to fix this i must remove the CNN RSS feeds?

thanks
:angry: Yes, until CNN gets the feeds back to how they should be displaying that's the only option.

[puregraf]

ok thanks

[soletrader]

Thank you for this great hack. However, I do have one problem after installation. The RSS feed will now show in my forum home in the Today's Events category.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2006/09/9.jpg

I would love to fix this problem or perhaps remove it. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you

[CyberRanger]

Thank you for this great hack. However, I do have one problem after installation. The RSS feed will now show in my forum home in the Today's Events category.

I would love to fix this problem or perhaps remove it. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you
In the admincp -> AboutToday -> Settings, change 'Display RSS Feeds in "Today's Events"?' to "No". :)

[soletrader]

OMGGG thank you soo much!

[Charles_1]

I agree! I have a fix in mind for that.

Hi westpointer

It's great to see that you will adjust it. Thank you for your efforts!

[Nuguru]

Well, it is simple! I really need to get in here and clean up my code some. For now, to fix this until I can release a full update, do this:

In abouttoday.php

FIND (around line 1748):
$dmain .= "<br /><br /><table width=\"".$stylevar['tablewidth']."\">
<tr align=\"center\">
<td class=\"thead\" width=\"100%\">".$dl->titlerss."</td></tr></table>";

REPLACE with (remove the breaks):
$dmain .= "<table width=\"".$stylevar['tablewidth']."\">
<tr align=\"center\">
<td class=\"thead\" width=\"100%\">".$dl->titlerss."</td></tr></table>";

I should have all this in templates and will in the next version.

Hello,

Great, I removed the 2 <br>'s and looks better.

Thank You,

Nuguru :)

[Nuguru]

Hello,

I was wondering if the page load speed is dependant on the number of RSS feeds going to this mod? The reason why I ask is because I have only 20 feeds going to AboutToday and it seems to be the slowest loading page out of all my pages.

Thank You,

Nuguru :)

[CyberRanger]

Hello,

I was wondering if the page load speed is dependant on the number of RSS feeds going to this mod? The reason why I ask is because I have only 20 feeds going to AboutToday and it seems to be the slowest loading page out of all my pages.

Thank You,

Nuguru :)When you load the AboutToday.php page, it does check to see if any of the feeds need updated. If you site isn't very busy, ie the feeds aren't getting updated very often via the vb scheduled tasks, then loading the page could be slow as the feeds update. Otherwise, it should load fairly fast.

[OrangeFlea]

Something is wrong. I've uploaded everything correctly, installed the product, ran the AboutToday.php (it was fine), and re-checked my settings. I'm getting no news. I've forced some feeds, but still nothing

[CyberRanger]

Something is wrong. I've uploaded everything correctly, installed the product, ran the AboutToday.php (it was fine), and re-checked my settings. I'm getting no news. I've forced some feeds, but still nothing
PM me your site URL along with the username and password that can access the admincp and I'll check it out for you.:)

[CyberRanger]

Something is wrong. I've uploaded everything correctly, installed the product, ran the AboutToday.php (it was fine), and re-checked my settings. I'm getting no news. I've forced some feeds, but still nothing
Thanks for the login info. You are up and running!

I made the following changes to your settings:


Under AboutToday -> Settings, I changed "Display RSS Feeds in "Today's Events"?" to YES. This makes a summary of the feeds appear at the bottom of forumhome. EDIT: I set this back to "NO" after I re-read your message and saw you don't want those to display.
Under AboutToday -> RSS Feeds, I modified the two feeds you have by changing "Display this Feed in "Today's Events"?" to YES. This tells the feed to appear in the summary RSS feeds at the bottom of forumhome.
Under AboutToday -> RSS Feeds, I modified the two feeds you have by changing "Include this Feed in $myfeeds variable?" to YES. This tells the feed to be read for your vba page.
Under AboutToday -> RSS Feeds, I modified the two feeds you have changing "Direct Link to Feed?" to NO. This way, when someone clicks on the link in vba or at the bottom of forumhome, they are taken to the abouttoday page instead of leaving your site and going directly to the story on another site. You may want it the way it was but I wanted to be sure you understood what that does.

[OrangeFlea]

You're great. Simply outstanding.

[OrangeFlea]

Hmm, is it possible to have little thumbnails or images on the vBa page, as opposed to having just text? If so, how?

[CyberRanger]

Hmm, is it possible to have little thumbnails or images on the vBa page, as opposed to having just text? If so, how?Do you mean if the RSS Feed has an image to include that image?

[OrangeFlea]

Exactly, and not for the Abouttoday.php page, but on the RSS list (vbA home page) itself. Also, is there a way to sort the feeds in a certain order?

[ILTK]

Great product :)

I was wondering if there was any plans of maybe adding filters to filter out items from feeds?

Sometimes some of the feeds include entries with links to cracks, serials and other questionable material and I'd like to filter out those sites somehow.

[CyberRanger]

Exactly, and not for the Abouttoday.php page, but on the RSS list (vbA home page) itself.No, there isn't. I'll look into it some more but I'm not sure there is a way to do that. Also, is there a way to sort the feeds in a certain order?Yes, the RSS feeds are sorted based on the NAME field. So you could number your feeds 1,2,3, etc then use the TITLE field for what to display to the user.

[CyberRanger]

Great product :)Thanks!

I was wondering if there was any plans of maybe adding filters to filter out items from feeds?Not right now but I plan to add that in the future.

[venomx]

Will this work on 3.6.1?

[CyberRanger]

Will this work on 3.6.1?Yes, vb 3.5 and up.

[venomx]

Fresh install of About Today and vB3.6.1 and its giving me errors. I get weird errors in the PSS pages, like URL= and if I click the button to talk about it and the feed has an image with it I get a url for the image and /img> at the end...

EX: http://www.hotoffthewire.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5

[Shazz]

Make sure the </img> code is fully set.... If you see it at the end

[venomx]

I just gave up on everything. I deleted the account my forum was on and now I am just parking that domain. Too much bull with updates and errors.. :(

[CyberRanger]

I just gave up on everything. I deleted the account my forum was on and now I am just parking that domain. Too much bull with updates and errors.. :(
Ah man! You shouldn't have done that! I could have walked you through what to do in a few minutes. If you change your mind, PM me your sites url along with a username and password that can access the vb admin.

[G_Man]

Hey Westpointer,

Been using the hack for sometime now with no problems, so thanks again

did want to ask about something you mentioned about 5000 posts ago! :p You said the next version would possibly enable you to have automatically posted threads that are not replied to automatically deleted...

You still planning on adding this. I have some great feeds going, like quotes. Some get replies, some don't... I am stacking up the threads though!! LOL If you aren't going to do this I might delete a feed or two.

Thanks again for the great Mod. :D

[Slingblade61]

Install went fine......I have been reading this thread for ages and have seen a couple of references to CMPS.......does it (can it) work there?

If so, how?

[CyberRanger]

did want to ask about something you mentioned about 5000 posts ago! :p You said the next version would possibly enable you to have automatically posted threads that are not replied to automatically deleted...
yes, I do still plan to add that feature. Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. RL and all that has been taking up too much time!

[CyberRanger]

Install went fine......I have been reading this thread for ages and have seen a couple of references to CMPS.......does it (can it) work there?

If so, how?
Are you talking about vbAdvanced? If yes, go here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=108274

[Slingblade61]

Sweet.

Thank you!

[G_Man]

yes, I do still plan to add that feature. Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. RL and all that has been taking up too much time!


Cheers!! And no worries about time... I know how RL can be, which is why I avoid it at all costs!! LOL ;)

Thanks again for this GREAT Mod. :D

[CRBadBeat]

When I try to get it to create the treads autimatically by adding a user ID, it won't save the ID. I enter a user that is an Adminstrator with every permission possible but after it says it saves it, it is back to 0. :)

[CyberRanger]

When I try to get it to create the treads autimatically by adding a user ID, it won't save the ID. I enter a user that is an Adminstrator with every permission possible but after it says it saves it, it is back to 0. :)Make sure you are using the userid (the number) and not the user name.

[CRBadBeat]

CRBadBeat = Dummy - LOL

Thanks, that was the issue ;)

[Lionel]

Hi, I did a str_replace in the php and the cron so I could format image properly. Any idea why the last image will not format?

[gasxtreme]

I have this modification installed, and it hasn't updated since August 29, 2006..... Any ideas?

Here is the site: http://www.kampfgruppe.us/abouttoday.php?do=rss
Here is a feed: http://www.historychannel.com/global/feeds/tdihrss.jsp?category=worldwarii

thanks
-steve

[CyberRanger]

Hi, I did a str_replace in the php and the cron so I could format image properly. Any idea why the last image will not format?
Where did you place the str_replace and what was the command?

[CyberRanger]

I have this modification installed, and it hasn't updated since August 29, 2006..... Any ideas?

Here is the site: http://www.kampfgruppe.us/abouttoday.php?do=rss
Here is a feed: http://www.historychannel.com/global/feeds/tdihrss.jsp?category=worldwarii

thanks
-steveHmmm ... the feed looks good. Can you pm me an admin login and password? I'll check it out for you.

[CyberRanger]

CyberRanger = WestPointer

Bringing my on-line persons into one person.:)

[Lionel]

Where did you place the str_replace and what was the command?

$dtodayx = "<ul class='smallfont'>".iif($title == '',$rss_channel["TITLE"],$title) ."&nbsp;<a href='".$vbulletin->options['bburl']."/abouttoday.php?do=rss&amp;id=".$rssid."'>+</a>";
$dtodayx = str_replace('<img','<img style="padding-right:10px;"',$dtodayx);
}
else
{
$dtodayx = "<ul class='smallfont'><a href='".$vbulletin->options['bburl']."/abouttoday.php?do=rss&amp;id=".$rssid."'>".iif($title == '',$rss_channel["TITLE"],$title) . "</a>";
$dtodayx = str_replace('<img','<img style="padding-right:10px;"',$dtodayx);

$dmainx .= "<tr valign=\"top\"><td class=\"alt1\" valign=\"top\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\"><ul><li><a href=\"" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"] . "\" target=\"_blank\">" .$rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["TITLE"]. "</a>".$talkitlink;
$dmainx = str_replace('<img','<img style="padding-right:10px;"',$dmainx); }
else
{
$dmainx .= $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["TITLE"];
$dmainx = str_replace('<img','<img style="padding-right:10px;"',$dmainx); }

[reteep]

Hi there,

at first: great plugin!

I got one question: Is it possible to show all feed postings in $myfeeds without dividing them into an additional <td>?

Example:
- rss1feed item
- rss2feed item
- rss1feed item
- rss3feed item

All in one table and one table column sorted by date. If it's possible, what part of the code do I have to change to prevent the forming of an additional column?

Thanks a lot!

[Mysticales]

So how is it coming with the feed max length per article thing?

[CyberRanger]

So how is it coming with the feed max length per article thing?
serious updates next week.... scout's honor!

[tansu]

is not working on 3.6.2?
There is nothing in admincp

[CyberRanger]

is not working on 3.6.2?
There is nothing in admincpWorks get in 3.6.2. Make sure you've uploaded all the files properly and refresh your admincp.

If you need help, PM me your site url with an admin username and password.

[tansu]

Sorry for the interrupt..
I re-upload all files and xml's did not ask me to overwrite, so I put them in a wrong place I think in the first place..
Thanks..

[reteep]

serious updates next week.... scout's honor!

Cool, looking forward to it =)

[johnstires]

Awesome hack, just what I was looking for to clean up my RSS feeds.

I have a couple of questions. How can I move the column that lists the RSS feeds to the right of the feed display? I already have a left hand column and it looks weird with 2 lefthand columns and then the main content.

Also, is there a way to make the RSS feeds show by default rather than the events section?

[CyberRanger]

Awesome hack, just what I was looking for to clean up my RSS feeds.

I have a couple of questions. How can I move the column that lists the RSS feeds to the right of the feed display? I already have a left hand column and it looks weird with 2 lefthand columns and then the main content.
Thanks! You'd have to modify the templates. I plan to really make some changes next week. I'll see if I can make that an option.
Also, is there a way to make the RSS feeds show by default rather than the events section?
If you aren't using the local events, set "Disable Local Events?" to Yes in AboutToday -> Settings. NOTE - "can view disabled AboutToday" over-rides this! So, if you are an admin with "Can View Disabled" permissions, you will still see the local events!!

[johnstires]

Total noob question probably, but what do the $myfeeds variables do?

Also, is there a setting to expand the window for the RSS feeds summary? I was able to change the template but it looked as though there was a setting, but I couldn't find it.

[johnstires]

When you load the AboutToday.php page, it does check to see if any of the feeds need updated. If you site isn't very busy, ie the feeds aren't getting updated very often via the vb scheduled tasks, then loading the page could be slow as the feeds update. Otherwise, it should load fairly fast.

What is considered updating often? My page is loading slowly. and I have about 20 feeds. I have the feed check every 60 minutes. Any other ways to speed this up?

[CyberRanger]

Total noob question probably, but what do the $myfeeds variables do?The $myfeeds variables let you place summary information from your RSS feeds on ANY page and ANY place you want if that page is vb powered (ie global.php is called). Here is a good example of what you can do: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1007391&postcount=215

[CyberRanger]

What is considered updating often? My page is loading slowly. and I have about 20 feeds. I have the feed check every 60 minutes. Any other ways to speed this up?
The RSS feeds are updated by the vb scheduler. Also, when the AboutToday page is loaded, a check is run. The question is really how busy is your forum. The scheduled task will only run if folks are visiting your site. If not, then the feeds are probably being updated when abouttoday.php is called. There's not much of a way to speed that up. Instead, you may need to increase the update time until the site has more hits.

If instead, your site does have a lot of traffic ... check each feed to make sure the url is still valid. A bad url could slow down the update process.

[CyberRanger]

Also, is there a setting to expand the window for the RSS feeds summary? I was able to change the template but it looked as though there was a setting, but I couldn't find it.In abouttoday.php, look for this around line 1756

$sizeofselect = 180;

Change the 180 to a higher number to make the window wider. (Yes, I need to get that number more easily configured!)

[Shazz]

I have gotten some Database errors from it, There all different as well on my 3.6 None so far on 3.5 , Same installation and mods/modules

[CyberRanger]

I have gotten some Database errors from it, There all different as well on my 3.6 None so far on 3.5 , Same installation and mods/modules
Should work fine on 3.6.x. I have it running on boards from 3.5.0 to 3.6.2.

Can you post one of the errors you are getting?

[reteep]

Warnung: require_once(./includes/class_abouttoday.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /includes/cron/cron_abouttoday.php (Zeile 23)

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './includes/class_abouttoday.php' (include_path='.:/php/includes:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/d00002/smarty') in /home/d00007/websites/mb/vb/includes/cron/cron_abouttoday.php on line 23


Scheduled task fails, the smarty path is apparently wrong, where can I change it?

Thanks!

[johnstires]

The RSS feeds are updated by the vb scheduler. Also, when the AboutToday page is loaded, a check is run. The question is really how busy is your forum. The scheduled task will only run if folks are visiting your site. If not, then the feeds are probably being updated when abouttoday.php is called. There's not much of a way to speed that up. Instead, you may need to increase the update time until the site has more hits.

If instead, your site does have a lot of traffic ... check each feed to make sure the url is still valid. A bad url could slow down the update process.

My site is currently very small, as it is a private site for me and about 15 other friends. I set each feed to update every 5 minutes. The cron runs every 15 minutes.

My site is still horribly slow, like 5 minutes to load. Please help.

[CyberRanger]

My site is currently very small, as it is a private site for me and about 15 other friends. I set each feed to update every 5 minutes. The cron runs every 15 minutes.

My site is still horribly slow, like 5 minutes to load. Please help.
Please follow what I've already recommended. 1) Set your feed refreshes much higher. For a site that small, I'd go to at least 120 minutes. 2) Check each feed to make sure that each url is still valid.

Once you do that, if abouttoday.php still loads slowly, send me an vb admin login and password (via PM) and I'll check it out.

[CyberRanger]

Scheduled task fails, the smarty path is apparently wrong, where can I change it?

Thanks!
Are you sure that all the product files have been uploaded? Otherwise, I'm a stumped on this one. Can you PM me a vb admin login and password along with your site URL?

[johnstires]

Please follow what I've already recommended. 1) Set your feed refreshes much higher. For a site that small, I'd go to at least 120 minutes. 2) Check each feed to make sure that each url is still valid.

Once you do that, if abouttoday.php still loads slowly, send me an vb admin login and password (via PM) and I'll check it out.

Oh, I thought you meant increase the frequency. I'll give this a try. Thanks for your quick support!

[CyberRanger]

Oh, I thought you meant increase the frequency. I'll give this a try. Thanks for your quick support!
Be sure to check the validity of each feed too! Also, you may want to stagger the frequency. For example, if you have an news source that is updated often, set that to 60 minutes. If you have another site that is updated only daily, set that to a higher number, like 360 or so minutes.

In my next release, I'll probably only have feeds updated via scheduled tasks so that user's don't notice any delay in these kinds of situations.

[johnstires]

Be sure to check the validity of each feed too! Also, you may want to stagger the frequency. For example, if you have an news source that is updated often, set that to 60 minutes. If you have another site that is updated only daily, set that to a higher number, like 360 or so minutes.

In my next release, I'll probably only have feeds updated via scheduled tasks so that user's don't notice any delay in these kinds of situations.

Your solution helped, but I still see it going slow sometime and faster at others. I'll tinker around with the settings a bit more.

A scheduled task would be awesome. Thanks for this great hack!

[teedizz]

Can you please explain to me what " How many rows across for $myfeeds variable? " means exactly? Im not good with code talk...lol....ive read the dewcription but im still confused as to what that means. Thanks.

[teedizz]

I installed you RSS feed mod & everything works beutifully, Im VERY pleased with your work. I ran into one problem tho & was wondering if you could help me with it. Basically, everything works great until I try to create a thread from the feed itself to open a discussion in the forums. I end up getting this error:



Fatal error: Call to undefined function: verify_bs_opponent() in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/streetz/includes/visionscripts/psionic_bsh/threadfpdata_presave.phpon line 3

when I go to line 3 of that php file it reads:


$bsh_status = verify_bs_opponent($this->registry->GPC['bsh_opponent']);


I contacted VisionScripts about the error & they asked me to contact the coder of the hack first so thats what Im doing. Thanks alot for any info.

[CyberRanger]

Can you please explain to me what " How many rows across for $myfeeds variable? " means exactly? Im not good with code talk...lol....ive read the dewcription but im still confused as to what that means. Thanks.
The $myfeeds variables let you place summary information from your RSS feeds on ANY page and ANY place you want if that page is vb powered (ie global.php is called). Here is a good example of what you can do: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1007391&postcount=215

I really should have called that "columns" across. If you set it to two and you have two feeds assigned to $myfeeds, you'd get this:

feed1 feed2

If you had it set to 1, you'd get:

feed1
feed2

[CyberRanger]

I installed you RSS feed mod & everything works beutifully, Im VERY pleased with your work. I ran into one problem tho & was wondering if you could help me with it. Basically, everything works great until I try to create a thread from the feed itself to open a discussion in the forums. I end up getting this error:



Fatal error: Call to undefined function: verify_bs_opponent() in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/streetz/includes/visionscripts/psionic_bsh/threadfpdata_presave.phpon line 3

when I go to line 3 of that php file it reads:


$bsh_status = verify_bs_opponent($this->registry->GPC['bsh_opponent']);


I contacted VisionScripts about the error & they asked me to contact the coder of the hack first so thats what Im doing. Thanks alot for any info.Well, I gotta say VisionScripts is passing the buck. I don't know what the product is but apparently they've had you change a vbulletin file. The create threads feature in abouttoday uses the datamanager. For it to fail, it sounds like you've modified (or the VisionScript program) has modified a file used to create threads.

I'm afraid the error clearly belongs to them, as it is being caused by a call to one of their functions (verify_bs_opponent). What you need to find out is what file contains the function that is being called, then I can help you with placing an include for that file.

[teedizz]

Well, I gotta say VisionScripts is passing the buck. I don't know what the product is but apparently they've had you change a vbulletin file. The create threads feature in abouttoday uses the datamanager. For it to fail, it sounds like you've modified (or the VisionScript program) has modified a file used to create threads.

I'm afraid the error clearly belongs to them, as it is being caused by a call to one of their functions (verify_bs_opponent). What you need to find out is what file contains the function that is being called, then I can help you with placing an include for that file.


Hey cyber, I contacted vision scripts & this is what the response was:

Ok. Please tell him to place the following code before initializing the datamanager:

if (file_exists(DIR . './includes/visionscripts/psionic_bsh/newthread_start.php'))
{
require(DIR . './includes/visionscripts/psionic_bsh/newthread_start.php');
}

That file contains the needed function, and it's not going to obstruct the functionality of his hack while allowing for the functionality of the battle hack.

Can you please let me know any info to get it working correctly. Thanks.

[CyberRanger]

Ok. Please tell him to place the following code before initializing the datamanager:

if (file_exists(DIR . './includes/visionscripts/psionic_bsh/newthread_start.php'))
{
require(DIR . './includes/visionscripts/psionic_bsh/newthread_start.php');
}



Can you please let me know any info to get it working correctly. Thanks.

Okay, in abouttoday.php, look for this around line 100:

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_newpost.php'); /* included to build editor for description */
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions.php'); /* included to strip bbcode */

Add the visionscript code BELOW that.

In ./includes/cron/cron_abouttoday.php, look for this around line 24:

require_once('./includes/class_abouttoday.php');
require_once('./includes/functions_wysiwyg.php');

Add the visionscript code BELOW that.

We could place it more exactly so it's not always called but this will ensure the job gets done (I hope!)

[CodeRed]

CyberRanger you got mail... well a PM more like it. hehe

Im interested in hiring you to make a couple of minor tweaks that are specific to our forum...

Thanks

[CyberRanger]

CyberRanger you got mail... well a PM more like it. hehe

Im interested in hiring you to make a couple of minor tweaks that are specific to our forum...

ThanksGot it, let me check it out and I'll get back to you later tomorrow.

[CodeRed]

sounds good...

i cant wait...

[teedizz]

Okay, in abouttoday.php, look for this around line 100:

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_newpost.php'); /* included to build editor for description */
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions.php'); /* included to strip bbcode */

Add the visionscript code BELOW that.

In ./includes/cron/cron_abouttoday.php, look for this around line 24:

require_once('./includes/class_abouttoday.php');
require_once('./includes/functions_wysiwyg.php');

Add the visionscript code BELOW that.

We could place it more exactly so it's not always called but this will ensure the job gets done (I hope!)

Thanks for trying to help me, for some reason Im still getting the same error.

[CyberRanger]

Thanks for trying to help me, for some reason Im still getting the same error.
Bummer! If you want to PM me your site URL plus a vb admin login and password AND an ftp login and password I'll take a peek at it.

[friendly]

Yay! CyberRanger is my hero! I love it when this 40 something year old
non-programmer can install a plugin so easily. Thank you so very much! Seems like a great guy too! His response to my questions were prompt, patient and kindly.

In the meantime, is there a way to correct this? I get posts like:

"Daniel Baldwin busted in hot SUV, police say
Read full story for latest details.http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_showbiz?i=6Rego2</img>"

Cheers!

[friendly]

I removed CNN. Other feeds look great.

[teedizz]

Thanks for your help cyberranger. vision actually got everything worked out for me but I appreciate the time you did take to help me bro.

** Hey Cyberranger, i was wondering if this was possible. Right now when I create a thread from the feed in a specific forum, I see inside the thread it has a short description & a link that will re-direct users to the outside feed site. My question is how can I make it to when someone goes to create a thread from a feed, that the link in the feed in automatically posted inbetween [*frame]link from the feed goes here[*/frame]? **

[teedizz]

** Hey Cyberranger, i was wondering if this was possible. Right now when I create a thread from the feed in a specific forum, I see inside the thread it has a short description & a link that will re-direct users to the outside feed site. My question is how can I make it to when someone goes to create a thread from a feed, that the link in the feed in automatically posted inbetween [*frame]link from the feed goes here[*/frame]? **


bump

[CyberRanger]

bump
Please don't do that; it simply clogs up the thread.

Right now, you can't easily do that. But Paul M helped me with a coding issue that I didn't understand. Next week, I should be cranking out a revision that will make that possible.

[friendly]

This is possibly one of the best mods I've used. Thanks again!

[msidnam]

This may have been answered before but is their a way to get it to display on the right side of the forums instead of the bottom?

[CyberRanger]

CyberRanger you got mail... well a PM more like it. hehe

Im interested in hiring you to make a couple of minor tweaks that are specific to our forum...

Thanks

For CodeRed and others! Here is an example page that shows how one could use the $myfeedsdetail variable to create a custom news page.

In the admincp -> AboutToday -> Settings, set "Allow $myfeedsdetail to display?" to "Yes".

Now, under AboutToday -> RSS Feeds, edit the feed you are interested in displaying, setting "Include this Feed in $myfeedsdetail variable?" to "Yes".

Place the attached testme.php file in your forums directory. Done!

(CodeRed - in your situation, I turned off "Use RSS image?" for the feed you wanted. I think it looks better that way. You may want to try that too)

[CyberRanger]

This may have been answered before but is their a way to get it to display on the right side of the forums instead of the bottom?

Here is a detailed example I did for showing the feeds under the navbar. You would use the same logic expect you'd want the myfeeds variable set to 1 (so the items are listed in a single column) and then place $myfeeds in your right hand column.

**********************************************

I'm going to make some of the feed summaries show on one forum under the navbar. I think that would be a good example to help everyone realize some of what they can do with this mod.

The end result is going to be this. I've selected two feeds to show at the top of the Main Forum using the $myfeeds variable:

http://brentandmary.net/images/abouttoday/forumwith-rss.gif

On other forums, we'd won't see the feeds:

http://brentandmary.net/images/abouttoday/forumwithout-rss.gif

Here are the steps:


In admincp->abouttoday->settings, change the "How many rows across for $myfeeds variable?" to two.

http://brentandmary.net/images/abouttoday/myfeeds-rows.gif

For the two RSS Feeds you want to display, in admincp->abouttoday->RSS Feeds, set "Include this Feed in $myfeeds variable?" to "Yes"

http://brentandmary.net/images/abouttoday/myfeeds.gif

The final step is to place the $myfeeds variable in the navbar template. We'll place it all the way at the bottom of the template with a conditional to only appear on the main forum (id of 2)

http://brentandmary.net/images/abouttoday/navbar.gif


Done!

ALSO - if you don't want the feeds at the bottom set admicn -> AboutToday -> Settings, "Display RSS Feeds in "Today's Events"?" to "No".

[CodeRed]

For CodeRed and others! Here is an example page that shows how one could use the $myfeedsdetail variable to create a custom news page.

In the admincp -> AboutToday -> Settings, set "Allow $myfeedsdetail to display?" to "Yes".

Now, under AboutToday -> RSS Feeds, edit the feed you are interested in displaying, setting "Include this Feed in $myfeedsdetail variable?" to "Yes".

Place the attached testme.php file in your forums directory. Done!

(CodeRed - in your situation, I turned off "Use RSS image?" for the feed you wanted. I think it looks better that way. You may want to try that too)


thanks a ton for the info CR.... unfortunately its not quite working for me... :(

im guessing the reason may be that im still using VB 3.5.1... ugh.

Thanks a ton for your help regardless and I hope to get updated soon and give it another try...

EDIT: the testme.php page loads entirely with the correct header, footer, title etc its just that its not displaying the $myfeedsdetail information

[CyberRanger]

EDIT: the testme.php page loads entirely with the correct header, footer, title etc its just that its not displaying the $myfeedsdetail informationPM me a vb admin login and password for your site and I'll check it out. Probably just need a little tweak.

[CodeRed]

you got mail

[CodeRed]

thanks a ton for your help... it works great now!!!!

[imfeelingitdawg]

Great mod! Have it running and it's looking good. Thanks!

[Coach_Guru]

How to create automatically threads of a complete feed, not only few lines?

Thanks.

[CyberRanger]

How to create automatically threads of a complete feed, not only few lines?
Thanks.Sorry, there's no way to do that with this mod. Not really a mod limitation but an RSS feed limitation.

[cddw.ltd]

Will it work ok on ver 3.6.4?

:)

[kofoid]

feedburner isn't working for me... allow_url_fopen is on.... any ideas?

[CyberRanger]

feedburner isn't working for me... allow_url_fopen is on.... any ideas?
What is the url of the RSS feed you are trying to use?

[kofoid]

Thanks for your quick response!! I tried:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/AmandasThoughtfulSpot

and

http://feeds.feedburner.com/AmandasThoughtfulSpot?format=xml


I am using this as a blog feed.

[CyberRanger]

Thanks for your quick response!! I tried:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/AmandasThoughtfulSpot

and

http://feeds.feedburner.com/AmandasThoughtfulSpot?format=xml


I am using this as a blog feed.
Neither of those will work. You need the raw feed from the site that displays an xml page when viewed in a browser.

[kofoid]

any idea how I get that in feedburner?

[kofoid]

GOT IT!! :) Thanks!

[CyberRanger]

GOT IT!! :) Thanks!Great! Enjoy.:)

[TitanKing]

CyberRanger, this is truly and awsome idea. I love it and it really brings excitement to my site. Thanks for the good work. I voted it for MOTM !

Great work...

[yonglvnv]

Great mod and is working well except for one issue. When I click Talk About It button to create one thread, it creates multiple threads of all headlines, sometimes up to 30 threads. Checked all settings, but I must have missed something. What did I miss?

[dead7]

Fantastic hack, excellent work! Works like a charm.

I have one question. When it actually creates the thread based off of the RSS feeds I'm wondering if I can get the RSS Feed Name to show on that thread?

In some instances i combine sources into a forum for automatic news posting and it would be helpful if i could put the source (Rss feed name) on the thread itself by the link to the whole article.

Thanks again if you can help me w/ how to do this

[TitanKing]

Hey guys,

I seem to have a problem with the automatic retrieval of RSS feeds, I need to do it manually with Force RSS feed updates. Even if I run the cron file directly it doesn't update.

I am running Vbulletin 3.5.4,
does anyone have any ideas? I must add that the rest of my cron's are running perfectly.

Regards,
Titan

[CyberRanger]

Hey guys,

I seem to have a problem with the automatic retrieval of RSS feeds, I need to do it manually with Force RSS feed updates. Even if I run the cron file directly it doesn't update.

I am running Vbulletin 3.5.4,
does anyone have any ideas? I must add that the rest of my cron's are running perfectly.

Regards,
Titan
When you run the cron file directly (via scheduled tasks in the admincp) what does the log file show?

[theczech]

Hey guys,
I'm trying to get this up and running on my 3.5.1. I'm following the instructions to the T, I upload the files to the FTP, but right after i upload the xml file in Product manager, it "crashes" my site - noone can log in or out, and part of the database (all of my calendar events and users) become unretriavable. I closed the Admin CP and couldn't log back in, my site was pretty much hosed. I found a way to disable all custom plugins/products through editting config.php so I was able to log back in and uninstall abouttoday, which brought my site back up.

Anyone had a similar experience? Is there something I'm doing wrong? Any ideas?

This product sounds like an awesome mod and I'd really love to use it, and from what I'm reading in this thread it hasn't caused anyone such instabillity.

I hope it's just something trivial I'm overlooking during the installation and someone here can point it out to me.

Thanks!!

[CyberRanger]

Hey guys,
I'm trying to get this up and running on my 3.5.1. I'm following the instructions to the T, I upload the files to the FTP, but right after i upload the xml file in Product manager, it "crashes" my site -...
That's odd. The product file hasn't been changed in many months (sorry about that!) so it's very stable. I'd try downloading the zip file of the product again then re-uploading the files to your server. Make sure you upload the files in text mode. If you want to PM me a vb admin user name and password along with ftp info for your site, I'll check it out for you.

[theczech]

That's odd. The product file hasn't been changed in many months (sorry about that!) so it's very stable. I'd try downloading the zip file of the product again then re-uploading the files to your server. Make sure you upload the files in text mode. If you want to PM me a vb admin user name and password along with ftp info for your site, I'll check it out for you.


Thanks ...sent you a PM.

I tried to install it again today. Again, immediatelly after uploading the xml file through the product manage the same thing happened. As soon as I disabled the product things went back to normal.

[ArchangelX]

Great stuff!

[browie]

I love this so much. Awesome.

[Black_Widow]

Hello,
is it possibile to have threads started from rss entries opened in different forums?
I'd like to start threads opened from sport RSS in the forums about sport
..from cinema rss in the forums about cinema.
etc...

Thank you

[browie]

Hello,
is it possibile to have threads started from rss entries opened in different forums?
I'd like to start threads opened from sport RSS in the forums about sport
..from cinema rss in the forums about cinema.
etc...

Thank you

Yes, Just go to Admincp -> AboutToday -> RSS Feeds

Then scroll down to EDIT a Feed, Pick the sports feed and hit ok. Then scroll down and where there is a ZERO, you'll need to put the forum number that is related to SPORTS.

If you're not sure, go to your Forum and hover your pointer over the thread, the number is at the end of the URL.

[browie]

I've got a question...

When i got to the homepage... abouttoday.php it's black and I can't see the readings or the links. But at the bottom of my forums it's the right color. Some one wanna point me into the right direction for changing the background? I'm searching the php file now.

EDIT: Scratch that for some reason it's the right color now.

Now my problem is i've tried to put $myfeeds in certain forumids and it's not working :(

<if condition="$forumid == 6">
$myfeeds
</if>

[Sooner95]

Just a quick question..

Is there a way to get the images to show up properly in a feed when it creates a thread for it?

All it gives me in the link, to the image, which does work. IF i edit the link, then the pic shows up fine then.

Anyhow, just wondering if their was a fix, or if its just the way the feed is.

[browie]

Now my problem is i've tried to put $myfeeds in certain forumids and it's not working :(

<if condition="$forumid == 6">
$myfeeds
</if>

I'd really like some one to help me on this code. It is not working and I've tried lots of different ways. I'm not sure why it's still showing on every page.

[browie]

I'd really like some one to help me on this code. It is not working and I've tried lots of different ways. I'm not sure why it's still showing on every page.


HOLY COW, I figured it out. OH BOY OH BOY....

<if condition="$foruminfo[forumid]==6">
$myfeeds
</if>

I put this in the FORUMDISPLAY template right under ---> $navbar

I am REALLY excited about fixing a code that didn't work. I"M REALLY EXCITED.

[yonglvnv]

Great mod and is working well except for one issue. When I click Talk About It button to create one thread, it creates multiple threads of all headlines, sometimes up to 30 threads. Checked all settings, but I must have missed something. What did I miss?
I haven't been able to figure this out. Would appreciate help. Thanks.

[OrangeFlea]

I have six feeds, and want to create 2 columns (3 feeds a column), but whenever I set the my variables to 2, I get nothing. No results.

[CyberRanger]

I have six feeds, and want to create 2 columns (3 feeds a column), but whenever I set the my variables to 2, I get nothing. No results.What are you setting to two columns and where are you expecting to see it??

[CyberRanger]

Great mod and is working well except for one issue. When I click Talk About It button to create one thread, it creates multiple threads of all headlines, sometimes up to 30 threads. Checked all settings, but I must have missed something. What did I miss?
I haven't seen that. What version of VB are you running? Can you PM me you site URL along with an admin login and password so I can check it out?

[OrangeFlea]

What are you setting to two columns and where are you expecting to see it??

Forumhome.

It's all set under one vertical line as of now, as opposed to being set as two colums, with 3 feeds on each. I want to set it up like this:

feed 1 feed 2
feed 3 feed 4
feed 5 feed 6

[CyberRanger]

Forumhome.

It's all set under one vertical line as of now, as opposed to being set as two colums, with 3 feeds on each. I want to set it up like this:

feed 1 feed 2
feed 3 feed 4
feed 5 feed 6
The feeds that appear under "Today's Events" are not controlled via the myfeeds variables. (I plan to update that so that you can control the layout there better.) The myfeeds variables are designed to be placed where ever you want them on your website. See: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1116275&highlight=myfeeds#post1116275

Note in the example I use <if condition="$forumid == 2">
$myfeeds
</if> that should be <if condition="$foruminfo[forumid]==2">
$myfeeds
</if>

[cashpath]

Anyone know if this works with 3.6.4?

[OrangeFlea]

The feeds that appear under "Today's Events" are not controlled via the myfeeds variables. (I plan to update that so that you can control the layout there better.) The myfeeds variables are designed to be placed where ever you want them on your website. See: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1116275&highlight=myfeeds#post1116275

Note in the example I use <if condition="$forumid == 2">
$myfeeds
</if> that should be <if condition="$foruminfo[forumid]==2">
$myfeeds
</if>

So you're saying it's possible to get it the way I mentioned in my previous post? All I have to do is make that change?

[Shazz]

Anyone know if this works with 3.6.4?

Works fine.

[CyberRanger]

So you're saying it's possible to get it the way I mentioned in my previous post? All I have to do is make that change?Are you trying to get it to appear as more than one column in the "Today's Events" section of forumhome?

[wolf32]

Great hack! Is it compatible w/ 3.6.4?

[CyberRanger]

Great hack!Thanks! Is it compatible w/ 3.6.4?Yes!

[Shazz]

Alot of the stuff is already in 3.6.4 on the RSS part :|

[wolf32]

3. From your forum directory, bring up the file abouttoday.php.

-What do I do here? Sorry, I just don't get it :o .

Also, how do you specify what forum you want the threads, created by the feed, to go to?

[abramelin]

how can i set up it to display turkish chars correctly?

[CyberRanger]

3. From your forum directory, bring up the file abouttoday.php.

-What do I do here? Sorry, I just don't get it :o .
In your web browser, go to http://www.your.site/forum/abouttoday.php


Also, how do you specify what forum you want the threads, created by the feed, to go to?For each feed you create (admincp-About Today - RSS Feeds), type in the forumid in "Allow option to create forum discussion?"

[CyberRanger]

Alot of the stuff is already in 3.6.4 on the RSS part :|
Yes, it is. If you have 3.6.x and your goal is to merely have threads created off of RSS feeds, you don't really need this product.

If you want to maintain your own "Today in History/Sports/Jokes/etc" database this is your hack. Also, if you want a page that summarizes all the current feeds without adding threads this is your hack. Or, if you want to be able to display selected feeds on any page on your site, this is your hack!

:-)

[CyberRanger]

how can i set up it to display turkish chars correctly?Sorry but I don't really know! I'll try to check it out.

[abramelin]

this is a very good hack but the char problem makes it unusable here is a demo how it displays the turkish chars

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[CyberRanger]

this is a very good hack but the char problem makes it unusable here is a demo how it displays the turkish chars
Can you post the link to the RSS feed? That will help me with trouble shooting. Thx!

[abramelin]

here it is;
http://www.9nokta2.com/abouttoday.php?do=rss&id=4

[CyberRanger]

here it is;
http://www.9nokta2.com/abouttoday.php?do=rss&id=4If you do the feed in the RSS thread creator that comes with vb 3.6.x, does it look correct in the created thread?

[abramelin]

i dont use auto thread creation

[wolf32]

In your web browser, go to http://www.your.site/forum/abouttoday.php


For each feed you create (admincp-About Today - RSS Feeds), type in the forumid in "Allow option to create forum discussion?"

Thanks:) . Once quick problem. Whenever I create a thread for a certain feed, what'sdisplayed is the link to the story and under the link "[URL=". What is this [URL= thing about?

Also, I'm pretty new to RSS feeds. So, does an RSS feed infringe copyrights; or do I have to ask the owner of the site I want a feed from to acquire it?

[CyberRanger]

Thanks:) . Once quick problem. Whenever I create a thread for a certain feed, what'sdisplayed is the link to the story and under the link "URL=". What is this URL= thing about? When the feed is created into a thread, any html img tags are converted into bbcode IMG tags. I find that the feed image tags tend to contain dynamic url's. Unless you have set vbulletin to allow dynamic img tags (admincp -> vbulletin options -> Message Posting and Editing Options -> Allow Dynamic URL for IMG Tags), vbulletin will convert the dymanic bbcode IMG tags to bbcode URL tags. The bad thing is ... that converion from an <img> tag to the bbcode url tag doesn't seem to work well sometimes creating the broken URL tags. Try turning on "Allow Dynamic URL for IMG Tags" and see if that helps.

Also, I'm pretty new to RSS feeds. So, does an RSS feed infringe copyrights; or do I have to ask the owner of the site I want a feed from to acquire it?As far as I know, you don't need to contact the feeding site. I do think you should leave a link to the actual article in the feed. vb3.6.x includes thread creation off of feeds so I feel the vb folks would have checked this out before adding the feature.

[wolf32]

As an administrator I am able to view "abouttoday" but my normal users are not able to? I went through settings in the Admin CP but came up with nothing. Where do I go to change accessibility?

[CyberRanger]

As an administrator I am able to view "abouttoday" but my normal users are not able to? I went through settings in the Admin CP but came up with nothing. Where do I go to change accessibility?You'll need to modify the usergroup settings for your registered users.:)

[sgrynd]

I have this installed on 3.6.3 and for the most part is working fine, however I am having a problem with thread creation. When the talk about it button is hi t,it creates the thread with the link and a few words from the feed.

Here is an example - From the rss feed; http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot
Everything You Know About Disks Is Wrong

modapi writes "Google's wasn't the best storage paper at FAST '07. Another, more provocative paper looking at real-world results from 100,000 disk drives got the 'Best Paper' award. Bianca Schroeder, of CMU's Parallel Data Lab, submitted Disk failures in the real world: What does an MTTF of 1,000,000 hours mean to you? The paper crushes a number of (what we now know to be) myths about disks such as vendor MTBF validity, 'consumer' vs. 'enterprise' drive reliability (spoiler: no difference), and RAID 5 assumptions. StorageMojo has a good summary of the paper's key points."

What is posted in my forums is:

Everything You Know About Disks Is Wrong

modapi writes

This seems to happen for every feed that I have. Have I missed a setting somewhere?

Thanks for the hack!

[CyberRanger]

This seems to happen for every feed that I have. Have I missed a setting somewhere?You aren't missing anything! I need to get an update out. It seems like the latest versions of vb treat quotes a little different. If the feed has double quotes in it, the thread text is being truncated at the first double quote. I'll try to get something out in the next few days.

[sgrynd]

Ah, that makes sense, thanks for the quick response I will keep an eye out for th eupdate.

[CyberRanger]

I have this installed on 3.6.3 and for the most part is working fine, however I am having a problem with thread creation. When the talk about it button is hi t,it creates the thread with the link and a few words from the feed. Can you give this a try:

On line 1218 of abouttoday.php, find:
$pagetext = html_entity_decode($_GET['story']);

Change to:
$pagetext = $_GET['story'];

[sgrynd]

It seems to be working for the quick few I tested, will try a few more and get back to you.

Thanks for the quick update!

[wolf32]

Problem only happens with SI.com. Have no idea why, any suggestions.


Link: www.u-connex.com/RSS_error.jpeg

[obmob]

Hello, this seems powerful, is there a 3.6 version? :D

[CyberRanger]

Hello, this seems powerful, is there a 3.6 version? :DThis version will work on 3.6.4. I am in the process of totally recoding the RSS portion of the program to take advantage of the inherent RSS abilities of vb 3.6.x.

[firefox100]

Great work CyberRanger, is what was searching. I will install it, I will comment then how it was me.

[djchris]

Hi CyberRanger,

I've installed your mod and love every bit of it.
I understand that for the rss url, I have to use a .rss link. am I right?

I'm looking at using rss feeds from the following urls:
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/rss/0,6166,,00.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/rss/index.htm#sg

But these rss feeds don't seem to work because they are .xml formats.

Would love your assistance in this.
Thanks.

[CyberRanger]

Hi CyberRanger,

I've installed your mod and love every bit of it.
I understand that for the rss url, I have to use a .rss link. am I right?

I'm looking at using rss feeds from the following urls:
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/rss/0,6166,,00.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/rss/index.htm#sg

But these rss feeds don't seem to work because they are .xml formats.

Would love your assistance in this.
Thanks.
You need to select the feeds that end in xml. For example, on http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/rss/0,6166,,00.html this feed should work: http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/mnt/xml/allheadlines.xml

[djchris]

Thanks..
Sorry, my fault. I set the forumid wrongly....hence it didn't show.

[Mys]

Install was smooth as silk for me (3.6.4) and everything is working as promised!

Would it possible to include a Query in this hack that would add a Happy Birthday message to Today's Events on the date of each member's birthday?

:D

[deezelpope]

This is WONDERFUL!!! *Installed without a hitch!* Thank you very much!!:up: :D

[CyberRanger]

I installed AboutToday and followed instructions. Now when I go to Admin CP -> AboutToday -> Setting - I get a 404 error

Is this because of version incompatibility? Or could I have done something incorrectly, please advise if you can.
Thanks
Amit Wadhwa
I would suggest you re-upload all the AboutToday files then from the admincp, import the product file product-abouttoday.xml (Manage Products - Add/Import Product). When you import the product-abouttoday.xml file, be sure "Allow Overwrite" is set to Yes.

[wolf32]

Great Mod!:)

I have around 20 different RSS feeds and have it set where a thread is created when a person chooses to talk about that feed.

When I want to create a thread for the feed a majority of the time I get a message saying "Redirecting" rather than "Your thread has been created!"

Once I "Force RSS Update" it will then create the thread, but only after I force the update.

Is there a way to fix this agonizing problem, to where whenever I create the thread, it will be created and I won't have to "Force RSS Update" every time?

Note: I didn't have this problem when I had around 7-12 feeds.

http://www.u-connex.com

[Kleptomaniac]

Nice mod. Installed perfectly ... no problems at all here. Thanks. /Installed

[CyberRanger]

Great Mod!:)

I have around 20 different RSS feeds and have it set where a thread is created when a person chooses to talk about that feed.

When I want to create a thread for the feed a majority of the time I get a message saying "Redirecting" rather than "Your thread has been created!"

Once I "Force RSS Update" it will then create the thread, but only after I force the update.

Is there a way to fix this agonizing problem, to where whenever I create the thread, it will be created and I won't have to "Force RSS Update" every time?

Note: I didn't have this problem when I had around 7-12 feeds.

http://www.u-connex.comThat's a perplexing problem which I can't figure out how it could even happen. "Force RSS Update" should only create the threads if the feed is set to automatically create the threads when the feed is added. Can you PM me a site admin login so I can look at it in greater detail?

[sjcctan]

Hello,

May I know will this add-ons work on ver 3.53? :confused:

[CyberRanger]

Hello,

May I know will this add-ons work on ver 3.53? :confused:

Yes, it will. :-)

[The Bish]

Simply put... this is freakn AWESOME!

Never mind... found the link to the vbadvanced thread. Greatness!

Prosper-Living (http://prosper-living.com)

The Bish

[pscyhosis]

cannot read Chinese news rss feed?
Only one word was showed.
Please hlep

[Natercia]

I have vbulletin version 3.6.5, and have the option of using RSS Manager. I have entered my info for the feed, including RSS URL. How do I know or when will my site start producing threads on the rss i picked?

Thank you.

my website is

www.mamatales.com/forums

[CyberRanger]

I have vbulletin version 3.6.5, and have the option of using RSS Manager. I have entered my info for the feed, including RSS URL. How do I know or when will my site start producing threads on the rss i picked?

Thank you.

my website is

www.mamatales.com/forumsI'm a little confused. Are you asking about the AboutToday product or the built-in VB rss manager?

[YabbaDabba]

Very Nice!!

INSTALLED

Some questions:

1 - Where is the template defined for displaying the feed content on the abouttoday.php page? I would like to move the [Start/Join Discussion] button to the bottom of the cell.
figured it out - see below

2 - On the Home page "Upcoming Events", is it possible to display the feed headlines in multiple columns? Two or maybe three cols would be nice. Most headlines are short and punchy and they don't need all that room.

3 - Is there a way for an admin to skip over some items in a feed, like a news article that's off-topic?

4 - What is the necessity of "Force Feeds Update"? Can't that be a query in admincp on a feed-by-feed basis?

5 - I would like to move the admincp menu for "About Today" next to the RSS Feeds menu item. Got a quick way to do that?

6 - Abouttoday page seems to default to "List View" and I prefer "Summary View". Can there be a way to force this in AT's admincp?

Some minor Suggestions:

1 - Preview Feed button (like vB's RSS Manager has)

2 - Replace the Edit Feed and Delete Feed blocks with a Feed list and Add/Edit/Delete buttons

3 - Optionally allow title-less feed items to be skipped.

4 - When editing an existing RSS Feed, the button at the bottom of the form ought to say "Save Feed" not "Edit Feed".

5 - In the Admincp > About Today > Settings > Reason Section is Disabled, "maintenance" is spelled wrong.

6 - The "Get Feed Now" button doesn't really "get" the feed. I'm guessing it just displays what is in the cache. Rename it "Display Articles". OR you could add real "Get Feed Now" functionality to that button.

Some Major Suggestions

1 - When clicking a [Start a Discussion] button (to start a new thread), it would be nice to optionally allow the user to specify the forum where he wants the new thread started. It could be a simple form with a forum drop down list AND a small edit area where he can append his (optional) remarks below the feed content.

2 - And while I'm dreaming, I would like to be able to have 2 of these apps on my site. One for news feeds and one for opinion feeds. Short of tweaking all the base files to avoid variable overlaps and database conflicts, it would be nice if this could do it automatically.
OR
3 - Short of multiple instances of AT, implementing your Category concept for rss feeds could achieve nearly the same result. But I'd like to be able to display each category of feeds separately on forumhome.

Feedburner Problems

Have a couple RSS2 feeds that abouttoday doesn't seem to want to parse. The vB RSS Manager does parse them properly. (I was using a bot before to post threads in my forums from these feeds). Any suggestions or fixes?

Update: I'm guessing the issue is Feedburner as I see others here are having a problem too. Both IE and vB RSS Mgr handle them just fine.

I tried experimenting with the available feedburner links and for one feed I was able to find a working alternative feedburner feed address that worked. For the other, no luck. The problem feed (which is only offered in feedburner format):
http://feeds.feedburner.com/wdtprs/ZDys (G-rated)

One useful tip: you can submit a blog url to feedburner and it will scan the code for other feed types and give you their url. That helped me in another case.

Of course, the best solution is for abouttoday to parse fb feeds regardless of the format. :D
You outclass VB on handling the other feeds.


Environment _________________________
vB 3.6.5
PHP 5.2.0-8+etch1
MySQL Version 5.0.32-Debian_7etch1-log
Server API cgi/fast-cgi

[YabbaDabba]

General Feeds Problem:

I have seen a couple situations where the article display on abouttoday gets messed up.
(See attached graphic)

Since the articles can contain upper chars and other content oddities, I assume that is what is causing this...but that's just a guess. :confused:

First article is fine.
Second displays above the table (missing table tags; it's just sitting in an unformatted part of the table).
<br />He cites St. Thomas Aquinas to defend abortion.</li></ul></td></tr>

Let?s Stand with Cardinal Mahony<br />If Fabian had an ounce of honesty, he would have left the Church long before he lent support to murder of the unborn. If he were a man, he would cast away his apparent fidelity to Christ before he set his hand to betraying </li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
Article "#3" and beyond are not in the html.

This is another case where vB handles the feed without a problem.

Any ideas??

[YabbaDabba]

About half way done reading the comments in here. <<phew>>

Congratulations on such a great add-on and the wonderful support. :up:

I see most of my concerns have been mentioned before, so just count my comments as checkmarks on the "ideas" list. ;)

RE: the broken article displays, at least one of them is due to the double quotes issue. I will try your fix (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1188563&postcount=688).

I have another that breaks on this line: "Amigos de los Ni?os"

The ? causes the rest of the article and the rest of the feed to disappear. :eek:

I can send you more info if you need it.

[YabbaDabba]

RE: the broken article displays, at least one of them is due to the double quotes issue. I will try your fix (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1188563&postcount=688).I guess the problem I am seeing is a variation that hasn't been addressed yet. The article/feed is broken when I'm looking at a particular feed in abouttoday.php.

Removed "html_entity_decode" but that didn't have any visible affect on the article display.
Went the extra mile and did:
1 - deleted feed with double quotes.
2 - forced update
3 - updated abouttoday.php with your fix
4 - added same feed (with double quotes)
5 - forced update

Display in abouttoday.php Summary View was the same, i.e., the article terminated at the first double quote.

And just to be clear, these uni-sex ;) double quotes (") are okay and these directional quotes (“ and ”) are not.
Not sure what characters these (“ and ”) are, perhaps Unicode 201C and 201D?

I also have some weirdness like Let?€™s displayed in the articles.
It is in the feed as Let’s (a right single quote?) and vB RSS Mgr displays it as Let’s (also a right single quote?).

Any suggestions or pointers?

This is the last hurdle before I can release this for use on our forums.
A multi-byte(?) character in one article can screwup not only AT's handling of the article, but AT's handling of its feed (and on occasion, a neighboring feed as well).

[YabbaDabba]

I didn't like the "Talk About It" button at the end of headline because different headline lengths made the button's position look random.

I wanted to move the "Talk About It" button to the bottom-right of the article cell in abouttoday.php. That way, when displaying multiple articles from a feed, all the buttons would line up neatly.

The Talk ABout It button is defined in template histtd_talkit_bit and called in abouttoday.php via $talkitlink at about line 1975.

First remove $talkitlink from its present position next to the title:

OLD:
$dmainx .= "<tr valign=\"top\"><td class=\"alt1\" valign=\"top\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\"><ul><li><a href=\"" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"] . "\" target=\"_blank\">" .$rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["TITLE"]. "</a>".$talkitlink;
NEW:
$dmainx .= "<tr valign=\"top\"><td class=\"alt1\" valign=\"top\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\"><ul><li><a href=\"" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"] . "\" target=\"_blank\">" .$rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["TITLE"]. "</a>";


And move it to a new position at about line 1682

OLD:
$dmainx .= "<br />".iif($maxlengthevent>0,substr($rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["DESCRIPTION"],0,$maxlengthevent)." ...[<a href=\"" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"] . "\" target=\"_blank\">more</a>]",$rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["DESCRIPTION"]) . "</li></ul></td></tr>";

NEW:
$dmainx .= "<br />".iif($maxlengthevent>0,substr($rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["DESCRIPTION"],0,$maxlengthevent)." ...[<a href=\"" . $rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["LINK"] . "\" target=\"_blank\">more</a>]",$rss_channel["ITEMS"][$i]["DESCRIPTION"]) . "</li></ul><div align=\"RIGHT\">$talkitlink</div></td></tr>";

where RIGHT can be LEFT or CENTER also.

In the final, I also took out the ul and li tags, but that's just my preference. :cool:

The result is much cleaner looking to my eye.

[YabbaDabba]

These were recommended to me. I am simply passing them on should anyone find them useful.

A tutorial on character code issues
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/chars.html
Excellent

Character Sets / Character Encoding Issues
http://www.phpwact.org/php/i18n/charsets
Pretty good overview of common issues but some gaps in coverage.
Has good list of resources at end too.

[ForumDrop]

Just installed this on one of our Forums, but I keep getting this error code:

XML Error: not well-formed (invalid token) at Line 1

Thoughts?

[CyberRanger]

These were recommended to me. I am simply passing them on should anyone find them useful.
Thanks for the detailed comments. I really need to recode a lot of this. As you can see, it's been a long time since I did an update. Now, just to find some time!

[CyberRanger]

Just installed this on one of our Forums, but I keep getting this error code:

XML Error: not well-formed (invalid token) at Line 1

Thoughts?At what point do you see that error? If it's for a specific feed, what's the feed? If on install, I'd suggest you re-download the zip file, extract it, and re-upload all the files to your server and re-import the product.

[YabbaDabba]

I really need to recode a lot of this. As you can see, it's been a long time since I did an update. Now, just to find some time!
If I may be so bold, I would suggest that the next priority/release should be:

1 - Handle feeds well
This includes "odd" double byte characters in feeds (e.g., “, ”, ?).

This is so critical, I'd ask that this be done before anything else is touched. Make this change and AT becomes instantly useable.

[mccollin]

I've had this installed for a long time, and all of a sudden it has started generating the following error - "XML error: junk after document element at line 2". Anyone else run into this, or have an idea what could be causing it?

[CyberRanger]

I've had this installed for a long time, and all of a sudden it has started generating the following error - "XML error: junk after document element at line 2". Anyone else run into this, or have an idea what could be causing it?
One of your feeds is providing invalid data. Take the url of each feed and pull it up in your browser. The bad feed should become evident. You can also disable a feed in turn, force an RSS Update as you disable each one, until the error stops.

[mccollin]

Thanks for the nearly instantaneous reply. I found a bad feed and deleting it took care of the problem.

[basilrath]

just curious when you add the $myfeeds variable into the sidebar, which works great .......how can we gat more than two items in ie topics under the main head

not the collums as i need that on one collumn but the depth if you see wat i mean......

just curious

thanks in advance in anyones done it

[CyberRanger]

just curious when you add the $myfeeds variable into the sidebar, which works great .......how can we gat more than two items in ie topics under the main head

not the collums as i need that on one collumn but the depth if you see wat i mean......

just curious

thanks in advance in anyones done it
I think I understand what you want. Try changing the value of "Number of RSS SUMMARY events to display?" in admincp -> RSS Feeds for the feed in question. You many need to do a "Force RSS Update" to see the result.

[rabbits slayer]

Does this work with "atom" feed too? like: http://someoneiknow.blogspot.com/atom.xml

[AndyPandy]

'Link to story

Read full story for latest details. [URL=

I get this every time I try to post a topic based on the feed. Is it not possible to display the whole article and a link to it at the bottom when talking about the feed?

[CyberRanger]

I get this every time I try to post a topic based on the feed. Is it not possible to display the whole article and a link to it at the bottom when talking about the feed?
I think that's what the feed in question is showing. no way around that. I know CNN has started doing that with a lot of their feeds. :mad:

[CyberRanger]

Does this work with "atom" feed too? like: http://someoneiknow.blogspot.com/atom.xmlSorry, it doesn't. The feed needs to be xml.

[kiFF]

My profile says this: "Last Activity: Today 09:22 PM
abouttoday DebateRound Forums Viewing Events @ 09:22 PM "

I changed the name of the "Product Title" to "NewsRoom", so why does it still say "abouttoday"? Is there a way to make the Last Activity say "NewsRoom" instead?

[CyberRanger]

My profile says this: "Last Activity: Today 09:22 PM
abouttoday DebateRound Forums Viewing Events @ 09:22 PM "

I changed the name of the "Product Title" to "NewsRoom", so why does it still say "abouttoday"? Is there a way to make the Last Activity say "NewsRoom" instead?

Yes, in the admincp -> Plugin Manager. Edit the AboutToday plugins online_location_unknown and online_location_process to get the wording you want.

[egyptsons]

dosen't work well with Arabic Language :(

[CyberRanger]

dosen't work well with Arabic Language :(no, sorry, I need to work on that.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

anyone know if this works with 3.6.6??

[egyptsons]

anyone know if this works with 3.6.6??
Please NOTE: This mod has been modified for vb ver 3.6.4. It should work on vb ver 3.5.4 and 3.6.x.

So it should work.

[The Bish]

I can confirm that 3.6.6 works. Well it works as well as it did before the upgrade at least.

[MoB Dudditz MD]

When I use this as a vBa column 200px wide, the text does not wrap and there is empty space on the left-nor will it interact with custom css
Any way to get the text to wrap?
Or to control the CSS in order to modify font color?
TY

[CyberRanger]

When I use this as a vBa column 200px wide, the text does not wrap and there is empty space on the left-nor will it interact with custom css
Any way to get the text to wrap?
Or to control the CSS in order to modify font color?
TY
The problem is in how the style sheet is apply the padding to the list that the feeds are in.

Here's a fix for now. In the file abouttoday.php, around line 1564 AND 1568

FIND:
$dtodayx = "<ul class='smallfont' ul class='smallfont'>

REPLACE WITH:
$dtodayx = "<ul class='smallfont' ul class='smallfont' style=\"margin-left:-20px\">

Do the same thing in the file includes/cron/cron_abouttoday.php on lines 273 AND 277. You may need to adjust the value of margin-left to get the optimum look for your board. You may be able to modify it so your custom CSS is used too. Let me know how it goes!

Note that once you make this change, you'll need to do a manual refresh (Force RSS Update from abouttoday.php) of the feeds to see the result.

[RichTJ99]

not sure what happened but this stopped working on our site, sort of. It still shows up but the RSS feeds no longer update. Everything stopped updating on April 19th. We updated from 3.5.x to 3.6.5 around April 15th and I was updating templates for a week or two later.

I checked the RSS addies and all seem to be fine. I deleted one of the feeds and tried to add it back but things aren't showing up like before.

Sorry for the spotty descriptions. Any ideas?

[CyberRanger]

not sure what happened but this stopped working on our site, sort of. It still shows up but the RSS feeds no longer update. Everything stopped updating on April 19th. We updated from 3.5.x to 3.6.5 around April 15th and I was updating templates for a week or two later.

I checked the RSS addies and all seem to be fine. I deleted one of the feeds and tried to add it back but things aren't showing up like before.

Sorry for the spotty descriptions. Any ideas?
If you can PM me your site URL along with an admin name and password, I'll see if I can find anything.

[RichTJ99]

If you can PM me your site URL along with an admin name and password, I'll see if I can find anything.
:up:

[CyberRanger]

abouttoday is having trouble reading from this site: http://rss.crash.net/crash_18.xml. Let me look into it some more. For now, I disabled that feed on your site.

edit: nope, I was wrong. It's having trouble with anything from http://rss.crash.net/ trying to figure out how to make it work.

[CyberRanger]

abouttoday is having trouble reading from this site: http://rss.crash.net/crash_18.xml. Let me look into it some more. For now, I disabled that feed on your site.

edit: nope, I was wrong. It's having trouble with anything from http://rss.crash.net/ trying to figure out how to make it work.
I think I figured out what you need to do. One of your feeds (for example) is http://rss.crash.net/crash_18.xml. If you enter that url, it brings up http://rss1.mediafed.com/feed/crash/BRITISH_SUPERBIKES. If you enter THAT url (in the abouttoday rss setup) as the url for your feed, it works!

I've fixed the three feeds you had. All is well!

[RichTJ99]

thanks much :up:

[mccollin]

I had this working fine before, but in the last several weeks its started getting 406 errors when I click on the "Talk About It" link. I don't believe I've changed anything.

This error (HTTP 406 Not Acceptable) means that Internet Explorer was able to receive information from the website you visited, but the information was not in a format that Internet Explorer can display.

And then on one of the feeds, I get a different error when clicking the Talk About It link.

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /forums/abouttoday.php on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


Here is a link to the site... any ideas would be appreciated?

[mccollin]

<a href="http://www.northeastfoto.com/forums/abouttoday.php?do=rss" target="_blank">http://www.northeastfoto.com/forums/...day.php?do=rss</a>

[CyberRanger]

I had this working fine before, but in the last several weeks its started getting 406 errors when I click on the "Talk About It" link. I don't believe I've changed anything.



And then on one of the feeds, I get a different error when clicking the Talk About It link.



Here is a link to the site... any ideas would be appreciated?
Can you PM me a user account I can use to see what happens when I try to "Talk About It"

[mccollin]

PM Sent.

[phOny]

I had this on my old site and im just about to install on www.warcraftforums.co.uk - its an awesome hack, It saves me so much time, I can quickly and easily update the forums when I dont have a lot of time.

Thank you!

[JonV]

Genius mod :)

However is there any way to make more $myfeeds $myfeeds1 $myfeeds2 $myfeeds3 $myfeeds4 $myfeeds5 and so on ?


So my forum is set up with difrent skin colors based on Categorys
I want seperate rss sidebars for every skin.

$myfeeds
$myfeeds1
$myfeeds2
$myfeeds3
$myfeeds4
$myfeeds5
$myfeeds6
$myfeeds7
$myfeeds8
$myfeeds9

[CyberRanger]

I had this working fine before, but in the last several weeks its started getting 406 errors when I click on the "Talk About It" link. I don't believe I've changed anything.



And then on one of the feeds, I get a different error when clicking the Talk About It link.



Here is a link to the site... any ideas would be appreciated?Sorry for the delay. I can get some of the feeds to create threads (like this one: http://www.northeastfoto.com/forums/showthread.php?p=100333#post100333) but others won't, although they do on my test site.

Can you give the account you PM'ed me access to the admincp?

Thx!

BTW - I love how you've incorporated the AboutToday feeds on your homepage. You have a very nice looking site.

[mccollin]

Sure... what things will you need access to in the AdminCP... just trying to save a step.