vbAdvanced Addon for AboutToday

[CyberRanger]

This is to install an addon to vBAdvanced for AboutToday (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=107319) . It assumes that AboutToday is installed, the RSS Feeds are active, and "How many rows across for $myfeeds variable?" is set to greater than zero.


In vBa CMPS, Add Module - Template.

1. Module Title - Make this whatever you want to display
2. Template to Include: adv_portal_myfeeds
3. Template Content:

<tr>
<td class="$bgclass">
$myfeeds
</td>
</tr>

4. Save it and refresh your vbadvanced index page!

[Daniel]

Nice one. Although, I have no use for it as I don't use vBadvanced.

[CyberRanger]

Nice one. Although, I have no use for it as I don't use vBadvanced.

LOL! I don't use it either but other members have requested the addon mod. :)

[Sooner95]

Very cool, will install thx!

[CyberRanger]

Very cool, will install thx!
I think you will also like the new feature in AboutToday ver 1.1 where you can turn off the local events since I don't think you use that. It will make your main AboutToday page a cleaner listing of your RSS summaries.

Note - you must install the latest version (at least 1.1 Gold) of AboutToday for the vBa mod to work!

[Sooner95]

ah that would explain why it doesnt work lol time to update.. 1.1

[Sooner95]

you sig link is messed up ..fyi

http://http//www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=107319

to many http's hehe

[Sooner95]

ok, updated to 1.1 set the myfeeds variable to 3, left column and i get nothing. I get the table to show, but nothing in it. do I have to do a forced update?

EDIT

tried forced update of RSS and got the same thing. Maybe i missed something.

[Nrat]

OK I have everything working right but I want it the display 2 different feeds.
on the portal. can I do this?

[CyberRanger]

ok, updated to 1.1 set the myfeeds variable to 3, left column and i get nothing. I get the table to show, but nothing in it. do I have to do a forced updated
Can you post a screen shot of what the vBa Mod looks like (in the admincp)? Or, PM me the info to look at it directly.

Thx (oh ... fixed my sig, thx again!)

[CyberRanger]

OK I have everything working right but I want it the display 2 different feeds.
on the portal. can I do this?
You can display as many feeds as you want but they have to be in the same vBa block.

[Sooner95]

Here you are.

The box that's titled Bulldog News. just nothin in it. Rss feeds work becuase they work on my main forums page.

[CyberRanger]

Here you are.

The box that's titled Bulldog News. just nothin in it. Rss feeds work becuase they work on my main forums page.
Right, I saw they are working on the forums home page. Would you mind giving me admission to your admincp so I can look at your settings?

[Sooner95]

Right, I saw they are working on the forums home page. Would you mind giving me admission to your admincp so I can look at your settings?

your set, just log on with your current account. I doubled checked stuff, but just didnt see anything. Maybe I just missed something. let me know.

[CyberRanger]

your set, just log on with your current account. I doubled checked stuff, but just didnt see anything. Maybe I just missed something. let me know.
Okay, you're set! I forgot to tell you that for each RSS Feed, you need to tell it if it should be included in the $myfeeds variable. (see the attached pic. I mis-labeled the variable as $displaymyfeeds on this screen ... need to fix that but it doesn't impact the operation.)

You vBa page is looking good! - http://www.bulldogbbs.com/

[Sooner95]

Excellent, it works! Thx!

[Krose]

thanx a lot! this one add sense to my site *clicked install*

[Nathan_R]

Good god, thank you! I've been scratching my head for two days on how to get About Today to work with vBA 2.1.0, and finally did a search this evening on your other About Today thread for vBA integration help.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[robgeo]

<i>*clicks install*</i>

[Blaine0002]

it dosent seem to work on 2.2.0

[CyberRanger]

it dosent seem to work on 2.2.0
2.2.0 of what???

[Blaine0002]

vbadvanced, i have it enabled, 3 width, and absolutely nothing shows up

http://www.gentendo.com/index.php

[CyberRanger]

vbadvanced, i have it enabled, 3 width, and absolutely nothing shows up

http://www.gentendo.com/index.php
What $myfeeds variable are you using? Have you assigned any feeds to that variable?

[Blaine0002]

yes im using regular myfeeds, its activated for each feed.

[CyberRanger]

yes im using regular myfeeds, its activated for each feed.
If you can PM me an admin login and password, I'll check it out.

[Blaine0002]

ok pmed.

[CyberRanger]

vbadvanced, i have it enabled, 3 width, and absolutely nothing shows up

http://www.gentendo.com/index.php
Okay, you are good to go! http://www.gentendo.com/index.php

The problem was that the template was created for your default style but that wasn't inherited by the Kirsch-fixed style. I created the template for that style and all is well!:)

p.s. I tweaked the feeds a bit too while I was in there so that you really get a 3 column display.

[Blaine0002]

sweet

[Blaine0002]

I want to change the url it outputs to when using a direct link to somthing else, where is the output?

[CyberRanger]

I want to change the url it outputs to when using a direct link to somthing else, where is the output?I don't understand what you mean. Can you give me an example or a screenshot?

[Blaine0002]

meh i figured it out and turned up with this http://www.gentendo.com/index.php
try clicking on one of the news articles, that was what i was trying to do:P

OH and BTW in your cache_template plugin, use a better template system, the way you have it now is terrible.

How can i put each news article into a seperate box instead of all into 1?

[CyberRanger]

OH and BTW in your cache_template plugin, use a better template system, the way you have it now is terrible.
Well, I don't mind constructive comments but you need to provide more detail about why it's "terrible".

[Blaine0002]

Well im not sureif that plugin is being used by somthing else, but for the portal i would reccommend you using an actual module and templates, this way users can customize the overall look and feel.
Ill see if i can fix somthing up for you in a bit.

[CyberRanger]

Well im not sureif that plugin is being used by somthing else, .
Now that I really look at it, I'm not sure that the template that is merged at the beginning of it is used for anything! I think I was testing it and forgot to delete the code!

[Blaine0002]

yeah. so it would be much easier as a module?

[doctorsyrup]

I want to change the url it outputs to when using a direct link to somthing else, where is the output?
I would like to do the same thing, so that the links output to my affiliate links. Please let me know how you did this. Thanks.

[dropbass]

dangit. I cannot get the VB Advanced module to pick up the feed. I have followed everything on these three pages to the T...any suggestions?

[dropbass]

Okay, I am using VBA version 2.2.o as well. Can you explain to me what I need to do?

[CyberRanger]

dangit. I cannot get the VB Advanced module to pick up the feed. I have followed everything on these three pages to the T...any suggestions?
Have you assigned any of the feeds to the variables that can be displayed in vba? For example, in admincp -> AboutToday -> RSS Feeds, you will need to have "Include this Feed in $myfeeds variable?" set to "Yes" for each feed that you want to display when $myfeeds is used in vba.

If you need more help, pm me your site url with an admin login and password and I'll take a look at it for you.

[CyberRanger]

dangit. I cannot get the VB Advanced module to pick up the feed. I have followed everything on these three pages to the T...any suggestions?
You are now up and running. You were really close! You just needed to set "How many rows across for $myfeeds variable?" (under admincp -> AboutToday -> Settings) to 1.

[dropbass]

You are now up and running. You were really close! You just needed to set "How many rows across for $myfeeds variable?" (under admincp -> AboutToday -> Settings) to 1.

Awesome. I must of misread your intro instructions. I thought it was supposed to be zero:

This is to install an addon to vBAdvanced for AboutToday . It assumes that AboutToday is installed, the RSS Feeds are active, and "How many rows across for $myfeeds variable?" is set to greater than zero.

I really appreciate it.:D

[CyberRanger]

Enjoy! Thanks for giving it a try.

[johnstires]

How can I tweak the template so that my feeds can be separated into different modules? FOr instance I want a module that shows only my current events feeds, one for sports, one for movies, etc.

[stud]

just installed - looks great! thanks

How can I tweak the template so that my feeds can be separated into different modules? FOr instance I want a module that shows only my current events feeds, one for sports, one for movies, etc.


i haven't tested it, but you should be able to use the $myfeeds2 and $myfeeds3 variables for this... just create different modules for each, and edit the code accordingly.

[CyberRanger]

i haven't tested it, but you should be able to use the $myfeeds2 and $myfeeds3 variables for this... just create different modules for each, and edit the code accordingly.Correct, you could have up to three different "modules" doing it that way. However, right now categories within the RSS Feeds aren`t supported.

[stud]

by default, i have this as a left column module... i enjoy the feature, however the spacing is a tad untidy... a lot of unused space

[berayiwu5]

Thanks for this add-on. Everything works fine for the stock CNN and Yahoo feeds. However, there are problems with non-latin1 character RSS feeds. No info. can be pulled from blogs that use non-latin1 or UTF-8 character sets. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks in advance.

[The Bish]

Perfect!

*Installed

[kiFF]

I can't get this to work for myfeedsdetail :( Any ideas? I already checked "Allow $myfeedsdetail to display?" and changed the code to

<tr>
<td class="$bgclass">
$myfeedsdetail
</td>
</tr>

[CyberRanger]

I can't get this to work for myfeedsdetail :( Any ideas? I already checked "Allow $myfeedsdetail to display?" and changed the code to
Have you also set "Include this Feed in $myfeedsdetai variable" to "Yes" for the feeds you want?

If yes, can you copy the contents of the plugin abouttoday_myfeeds here?

[kiFF]

Have you also set "Include this Feed in $myfeedsdetai variable" to "Yes" for the feeds you want?
Yes.

If yes, can you copy the contents of the plugin abouttoday_myfeeds here?
Where do I find that?

[kiFF]

This?

global $vbulletin, $myfeeds, $myfeeds2, $myfeeds3, $myfeedsdetail;

$globaltemplates = array_merge($globaltemplates, array('histtd_talkit_bit'));

if ($vbulletin->options['histtddisplaymyfeeds'] > 0)
{
// Get the RSS Feeds
$temp = $db->query_read("select todaytitles from " . TABLE_PREFIX . "histtd_rss where myfeeds = 1 order by name");


if ($temp != "") {

$myfeeds = '<table width="100%">';
$i = 1;

while ($rssfeeds = $db->fetch_array($temp))
{
if ($i == 1) // start the first row
{
$myfeeds .= '<tr>';
}

$myfeeds .= '<td width="540" valign="top"><table>'.$rssfeeds['todaytitles'].'</table></td>';

if ($i == $countfeeds) // finish row and start new
{
$myfeeds .= '</tr>';
}
elseif (($i % $vbulletin->options['histtddisplaymyfeeds']) == 0)
{
$myfeeds .= '</tr><tr>';
}

$i++;
}

$myfeeds .= '</table>';

}
}

if ($vbulletin->options['histtddisplaymyfeeds2'] > 0)
{
// Get the RSS Feeds
$temp = $db->query_read("select todaytitles from " . TABLE_PREFIX . "histtd_rss where myfeeds2 = 1 order by name");


if ($temp != "") {

$myfeeds2 = '<table width="100%">';
$i = 1;

while ($rssfeeds = $db->fetch_array($temp))
{
if ($i == 1) // start the first row
{
$myfeeds2 .= '<tr>';
}

$myfeeds2 .= '<td width="540" valign="top"><table>'.$rssfeeds['todaytitles'].'</table></td>';

if ($i == $countfeeds) // finish row and start new
{
$myfeeds2 .= '</tr>';
}
elseif (($i % $vbulletin->options['histtddisplaymyfeeds2']) == 0)
{
$myfeeds2 .= '</tr><tr>';
}

$i++;
}

$myfeeds2 .= '</table>';

}
}

if ($vbulletin->options['histtddisplaymyfeeds3'] > 0)
{
// Get the RSS Feeds
$temp = $db->query_read("select todaytitles from " . TABLE_PREFIX . "histtd_rss where myfeeds3 = 1 order by name");


if ($temp != "") {

$myfeeds3 = '<table width="100%">';
$i = 1;

while ($rssfeeds = $db->fetch_array($temp))
{
if ($i == 1) // start the first row
{
$myfeeds3 .= '<tr>';
}

$myfeeds3 .= '<td width="540" valign="top"><table>'.$rssfeeds['todaytitles'].'</table></td>';

if ($i == $countfeeds) // finish row and start new
{
$myfeeds3 .= '</tr>';
}
elseif (($i % $vbulletin->options['histtddisplaymyfeeds3']) == 0)
{
$myfeeds3 .= '</tr><tr>';
}

$i++;
}

$myfeeds3 .= '</table>';

}
}

if ($vbulletin->options['histtddisplaymyfeedsdetail'] > 0)
{
// Get the RSS Feeds
$temp = $db->query_read("select `description` from " . TABLE_PREFIX . "histtd_rss where myfeedsdetail = 1 order by name");


if ($temp != "") {

$myfeedsdetail = '<table width="100%">';
$i = 1;

while ($rssfeeds = $db->fetch_array($temp))
{
if ($i == 1) // start the first row
{
$myfeedsdetail .= '<tr>';
}

$myfeedsdetail .= '<td valign="top">'.$rssfeeds['desc'].'</td>';

if ($i == $countfeeds) // finish row and start new
{
$myfeedsdetail .= '</tr>';
}
elseif (($i % $vbulletin->options['histtddisplaymydetail']) == 0)
{
$myfeedsdetail .= '</tr><tr>';
}

$i++;
}

$myfeedsdetail .= '</table>';

}
}

[CyberRanger]

That looks good. Can you PM me your site url along with an admin login and password? I'll check it out for you.

[x YNWA x]

Erm which module Do I make?
BBcode, template or php? It doesnt say in the instructions, just says create a module, cheers

[CyberRanger]

Erm which module Do I make?
BBcode, template or php? It doesnt say in the instructions, just says create a module, cheers
In vBa CMPS, Add Module - Template. :) enjoy

[x YNWA x]

Sorry my mistake! I got it on the homepage now, but I have 1 problem with it on my forum page its www.pesforum.co.uk/forum

Basically at the bottom all the feeds are one big list, is there a way I can get them into columns side by side to each other, I know I can do this for the variable option but doesnt give the option for the default settings, thanks for the help

[x YNWA x]

Also another question is how do I setup the "Include this Feed in $myfeeds2 variable" and "Include this Feed in $myfeeds3 variable" options?

Would like rss feeds about something else say at the bottom of my homepage to go with the ones on the right, how would I add the no2 variable and no3 into the portal? thanks

[redskins_43]

i installed the main hack and about to install this one but am lost as to what the variable should be, greater than '0'?

"It assumes that AboutToday is installed, the RSS Feeds are active, and "How many rows across for $myfeeds variable?" is set to greater than zero."

i also had trouble viewing feeds using the main hack. sorry for posting here. thanks!!

[redskins_43]

well i changed it to 4 and i tried to install this hack and got this:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.7:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT *
FROM template
WHERE title = 'adv_portal_adv_portal_myfeeds'
AND styleid IN();

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 4
Error Number : 1064

[CyberRanger]

well i changed it to 4 and i tried to install this hack and got this:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.7:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT *
FROM template
WHERE title = 'adv_portal_adv_portal_myfeeds'
AND styleid IN();

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 4
Error Number : 1064
PM me your site url along with an admin login and password and I'll check what you have going on.

[redskins_43]

thanks a million...i just sent you the pm with that detail...

j

[redskins_43]

PM me your site url along with an admin login and password and I'll check what you have going on.

can you let me know when you logoff? i have another person who is helping with formatting the site....

thanks kindly for your assistance.

j

[redskins_43]

hello cyberranger...i appreciate your help and just pm'd ya....fyi.

thanks again.

j

[demojames]

After doodling around I finally figure everything out. Thanks!

[towermatt]

I am having a rough time with this. I feel like I'm pretty good at reading instructions (not to mention they are very straight forward) but I get this error when trying to create the module template.

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT *
FROM template
WHERE title = 'adv_portal_myfeeds'
AND styleid IN();

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 4
Error Number : 1064

I have the How many rows across for $myfeeds variable? set to 2

and Include this Feed in $myfeeds variable? set to yes

I assumed it worked for 3.6.x but that may be the problem now that I think about it

[towermatt]

I was able to fix this.

Had to create the template under admincp>styles and templates>add new template

put the content in there

then create the mod.

[cesar829]

I'm using vbadvanced b3.0 rc2 and can't see anything inside. Need help...Thanks...

[CyberRanger]

I'm using vbadvanced b3.0 rc2 and can't see anything inside. Need help...Thanks...I'm checking it. I'm stumped myself right now. The settings look fine but I can't get the variable to print out. Let me keep looking.

[cesar829]

For now I have disable the add-on. Thanks CyberRanger for looking into it.

[Networknutz]

I just added this to my site and followed all the instructions to a T but still can't get the feeds to show up in the template box.

Is there any conflicts with latests vbulletin and vbadvanced programs?

[advanced_help]

Originally Posted by cesar829
I'm using vbadvanced b3.0 rc2 and can't see anything inside. Need help...Thanks...

I'm checking it. I'm stumped myself right now. The settings look fine but I can't get the variable to print out. Let me keep looking.

Same problem, it doesn't work in Vbadvanced 3.0 RC2 !
Any solution ?:confused:

[bada_bing]

Does anyone know how to make a this work for VBPORTAL

[crazymilk]

Here you are.

The box that's titled Bulldog News. just nothin in it. Rss feeds work becuase they work on my main forums page.


this is the same for me can you help ranger?