Ok, I would highly recommend creating a subforum labeled news. I did that BBC feed, and it went nuts posting 30 Threads at once. LOL.

http://today.reuters.com/rss/topNews/

Would anyone be willing to dissect this for me, as in what is what for the Feed control? I have noticed two places I would like to use have this same format, but I can't figure it out.

Edit: Wow, this is really hard, I've tried about three times to figure it out. But I can't dissect the XML feed. :(

ok.... installed but not working :(

I keep getting this error:

anyone else with this problem?


(I tried several source and I tried using the BBC example above with same result) :(

No the BBC link worked beautifully. My problem is, he used RSS 1.0 as an example, many sites use RSS 2.0 which is harder to decode IMO.

I want Gamespot, IGN and Reuters, but they all use RSS 2.0 which I have no idea what to do with.

heh I think I know how....mine's just not working :( (help??!! :( :))
for yours it looks thesame as the bbc one...

Parent RSS Tag Name : channel
Items RSS Tag Name : item
Thread Title RSS Tag Name : title
Thread Post RSS Construct :

Published: {XML[pubDate]}

{XML[description]}
}]Read More...

grr..uninstalled reinstalled...same results for all the feeds I try:

HHHAAAALPPPPPPPPP!!!? :(

could u make the next release also available for 3.0.7?

This was working fine, but now it seems it wont save the RSS setting after I add a new feed. So when I click update, it saying that I left all the options empty.

EDIT: I add html which was the problem. >_< . Now everything works fine. v2 should def be a HOTM.

:up:

It's still working fine here...

i have had no problems at all and i know nothing about this if you read what he says its common sence install file tells you everything u need to install it and then the example above and google will give you any other answers..

the only real question i have is is it possible to get whole news stories or does rss only post brief descriptions so its like a headliner

OK, so I set up the cron job exactly like the instructions told me to...

Add the following cron job:
Title: RSS Feeds Update
Day of the Week: *
Day of the Month: *
Hour: *
Minute: 1 - - -
Log Entries: Up to you
Filename: ./includes/cron/cron_ffrss.php

And I get a fatal error...

I just installed it for testing purposes and it works fine. Would be much better when it automatically detects the RSS settings though :)

Nice work still

Great script - really. Unfortunately, my users HATE it. :disappointed: Why? Some have the "new posts" url bookmarked, and now they're seeing RSS feed posts mixed in there. I wonder if there's a way to set up a subforum where new posts, basically the RSS feeds, won't show up in the "new posts" search.

In the cpnav_ffrss.xml file change:
to:
that should mve the option set down below the Vb Options

deffo gotta be considered for HOTM this one....

Did anyone get the cron job to work for them?

I received the same error today when I set up the cron job, Any Ideas???

I set up a Scheduled Task (I assume this is a cron job in vB) and a cron job in my server. IGN and Cnet.com's RSS feeds work fine. However Gamespot, IMDB, Wired.com and Reuters keep showing no updates. I'm pretty sure they update their news frequently though...

Okay common error, running a task in scheduled task manager returns an error, this is due to vBulletin software itself, it's the same for -any- cron job when run via the CP manually, look on vbulletin.com bug tracker for more info on that.

Vizionz, its all dependant really on how much information the feed contains, if the feed contains a whole story then you can extract that, if it doesn't, then i'm afraid not.

People getting errors with bbc rss feeds? Seems to work fine on mine with no problems, i'll do a little more research into it :)

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yeah people are ahead of the game. if you could grab all there news there would be no need for people to go to there websites.

Thanks much Zero Tolerance, Your work here is very Impressive for such a Young Man and Greatly Appreciated.

People love it when technology can save us the hard manual work...

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^ When will that be available Zero? (Thats awesome! BTW)

That would be now, i thought i'd release it with that addition and a minor problem fix to help users who arn't sure what to do with the rss settings :)

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I take it the zip file today has been updated?
Got the email, Sorry.

Updating now. Thanks

Yep, re-download and read the upgrade instructions :)

- Zero Tolerance

Upgrade went smooth as allways.
Other then help with filling in the fields were there any other changes?

Edit: Hmm, Worked the second time I ran it for some reason. All good now.

Upgrade Error:

Yeah the posting of threads had a slight change, the last post info for the forum was corrected, and an error message was fixed :)

@ The guy with a mySQL error - Strange, in the xml file for the products, change <code version="1.5"> to <code version="1.0">, should work then. :)

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I received the same error but on the second attempt on the xml upload it worked fine from what I see.

Might be a bug with the vb products system, anyhow, i updated the zip so the install code was for v1.0, and not v1.5. Should still execute for new users installing fresh.

- Zero Tolerance

It would be great if you could choose to skip the initial import and only have it add news from point of activation on.

Also, I noticed that it just keeps track of the last title added in the db. Currently I want to implement a feed that is not keep up chronologically. It is a list of most popular news items within the past 6 hours.

What I would like it to do is post what is new between the last feed and the current feed whithout, of course, posting what has already been posted, if possible :ermm:

Quite a bit more complex but tossing out the request anyway :D

Karma++ for this resource, good job and I hope v2 is around the corner, can't wait.

Btw; bug fix for manual cron in rc2


[edit]
By the way, what should I change so the assigned username that makes the newthreads also instant-email-subscribes to it?

It would require a lump of code being added into the includes/class_ffrss.php, however for v2 i can make it feed specific if you want, when adding/editing a feed you choose the desired subscription type for the user account posting the thread(s).

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Everything seems fine except any forum where I have news posted come up as done but with errors on page and the drop down menu's wont work. All pages not associated with the news are ok, Any Ideas?
This is since the update.

This might be with vb itself since it applies to pages where there are more then one page of topics in any one forum.
I'll shoot this by vb.com.

Edit,It turns out the error is in the style I'm using.

Edit2: Problem solved. YAY
:nervous: :nervous:

Never mind in that case, I've made a new user who will make the posts. Seems to work just fine.

http://www.vbulletin-fans.com/showthread.php?t=10619
Just a few parsing things I'd like to see a stripper for :)
I still don't like turning on HTML in forums.

I like this Idea of creating a new member to act as the news poster, Mind if I ummm borrow it :squareeyed:
Why didnt I think of this.

I am very very sad...

I still get this message for every feed I try (bbc example):

:( :(


anyone where to BEGIN looking for where this problem is coming from?

Instalated and working fine. I was waiting for this for a long time.

ARRRRGHH!!!!!! :(


even the auto detector gives me: