Very interesting post, thx! In my next version, I think I'll give the admin an option of using either fopen or cURL.

Okay, what have you done so far? Did you follow these directions:

Installation

Copy the following files to your server in the forums directory:

abouttoday.php
includes/class.csv.php
includes/class_abouttoday.php
includes/plugin_abouttoday.php
includes/xml/bitfield_abouttoday.xml
includes/xml/cpnav_abouttoday.xml
admincp/abouttodayadmin.php

From the admincp, import the product file product-abouttoday.xml (Manage Products - Add/Import Product).

REFRESH your admincp window. You should now see a listing in the left column of the admincp for "AboutToday".

If yes, what do you get when you open abouttoday.php?

westpointer-- I made some grave errors in my cURL substitution code that caused the feeds to work once, then stop. I've rewritten the cURL code a dozen or so times, but I can't get it to work again. If you could modify your code to allow cURL, it would be greatly appreciated. As it stands, I just don't have the capacity to make the cURL mod work. :(

I Dont Think That A Lot Of People Are Aware Of The Power/potential Of Rss... I Do!! I Added This Hack To My Site... And I Love It.. My Members Are Going To Get A Kick Out Of It In The Morning When They Log On!!
I Have To Learn A Few Things About It... Such As Grouping The Various Rss Into Categories Like The Events...
Either Way.. You Made A Great Hack Buddy And I Appreciate It....

Install?? Absolutely!!

Thanks, Westpointer for this fantastic stuff.

How can manage, that letters as "ä", "ö" in the German language are written as those?

hmmm ... not sure! I'll check into that. How do they appear now?

Glad you like it! Regarding the categories, that's one feature I don't have right now that I've been considering: adding the ability to create categories and then group the feeds by categories. Does that sound useful?

Okay, I'll see what I can do!:)

Okay, its working but im not sure if i did everything right, could you please check this through and let me know if it might casue me problems later.

I first uploaded the individual files to the forum directory (not the whole folders). I uploaded the product via teh admin CP. I then refreshed the browser and nothing happened, there was no new title on the left.

So then i i deleted all or most of the individual files in the forum directory. I then uploaded all the files again BUT this time i uploads the WHOLE 'includes' folder as it was in the zip file, so i didnt take the files out individually to upload as to the forums directory. I then closed and re-opened the browser and
the 'AboutToday' title was there on the left :)
I did the same with the adminCP folder, uploaded that too

Im not actually sure if the second procedure is what you meant (by uploading the whole folder).
Please tell me if this is correct? Thanks.

Also, in that includes folder in the forum directory, the total file and folder count has come to 81. I think this is the result of an successful install?