Does VB include a newsbot?

[webducknj]

Is there a newsbot in VB somewhere that can search the internet and post news headlines that meet some basic search criteria?
Thanks,
Bart

[Lynne]

One that scours the internet for news? No. You can enter RSS feeds and only have it post certain posts from that feed that have words you are interested in.

[webducknj]

tried it, thought i did ok but got this

Warning: Unable to fetch RSS Feed in [path]/includes/class_rss_poster.php on line 232


look familiar?

thanks for the help
bart

[Lynne]

It looks like you aren't using a valid feed. What is the URL you are entering into the "URL of Feed" textarea?

[webducknj]

lynne,
i was under the impression you just put the basic url of the site but i went there and found they have an RSS feed area. using that made the feed on my site work.
now i've got to decide if i want to put it in a left side column with the forums or in a module with the CMS page.
thanks for the help,
bart