done, its odd how some show and some dont. I know certain forums have activity and they're showing blank?

Great mod! Anybody have any ideas as how to present this to my members? I'd rather not put up a sticky and point members to the cv_rss_feeds.php page. Maybe a button or link somewhere.

i.e. cmps navigations box

For Cool SciFi I just put the RSS image in my footer template as a link. The code to insert would be...

this is not working on me :(
check out
http://www.9nokta2.com/cv_rss_feeds.php

what is the problem ?

Did you upload the images folder to your server?

Do guests have permissions to view your forums?

So, KW802, where are we at with this? Just wonderin' :)

Thanks, I used that idea.

i have corrected the image path now the images are showing but there is still mistake. there is no forum to display
http://www.9nokta2.com/cv_rss_feeds.php

by the way yes my guests have permission to see the forums
also should i have to set the rss for each forum if yes how?

I've only got a few minutes but in short... with version 1.0.2 I added a debug option to help figure out problems like this one. Completely uninstall the version you're running (delete the PHP file and then in the ACP choose Plugins & Products => Manage Products => CinVin Forum Feed Listing => Uninstall) and then install a fresh copy of the 1.0.2 package. After that modify the cv_rss_feeds.php and look for...... and change it to:After that run it again to see if any message are displayed (would be at the top of your screen before your vB output). I'll try to catch you on IM again ASAP.

It makes life easier and most sites just have a simple "RSS" link or button at the bottom. I am a bit disheartened, though, that you went ahead and removed the tiny little CinVin text at the bottom of the screen and replaced it with your own rather than waiting for my answer to your original question last night. :( There is a branding free option available through CinVin for those that wish to remove it entirely like you did. People are also free to move it into their footer template to keep all of their copyrights & various notices together in one place.

I'll have to check out your site a little bit later when I have more time. What version of the package are you using and did you import the XML into your Product Manager?

Sorry about that, I just found the phrase myself and edited it. Didn't think it would be an issue so that's why I edited my post here.

What's the branding free option?

bump

Ok, I did what you said, hit me on MSN. Thanks for your time again.

thanks

i am using the last version and yes, of course i imported the xml :)

hello..

Is there way create to use rss.xml for each forum?

wonderful stuff, I would however wish to rename the file to rss.php for ease. :)

Please turn on the "debug" option and let me know what messages are shown.

Sorry, but I'm not sure what you mean by "rss.xml" -- Do you want to use XML instead or RSS or offer feeds for both or... ?

Sure, that'd be no problem. But if you do that you will also need to change the file name in the plugin ACP => Plugins & Products => Plugin Manager => CinVin Forum Feed Listing => Who's Online (Part 1) so that the Who's Online page doesn't break. I'll put it on the To Do list to make it easier to change the file name (most likely I'll create a new option in the ACP instead of having to modify the plugin directly).

before using this mod. do we have to set rss or xml feed for each forum? if yes, how?

I installed this latest version on my site http://www.versionist.com/cv_rss_feeds.php

debug mode set to "1" and this is the error i get DEBUG MODE IS TURNED ON! :) Not much help there

I do not have this installed in a http://www.versionist.com/forums directory.

The urls for the links are a bit messed up. I am running vbseo.
External php does appear to work
http://www.versionist.com/external.php

http://www.versionist.com/<!--%20BEGIN%20TEMPLATE:%20cv_ffl_forum_feed_link%20-->%20http://www.versionist.com/external.php

ACP => vBulletin Options => External Data Provider => Enable RSS Syndication

The debug mode is really meant for helping to see why a forum is not being listed, not for a forum being listed but with a bad URL.
I have to get my test site with vBSEO on it up updated to test it on. I haven't played with vBSEO for some time so off the top of my head I'm not sure why you'd be seeing the template names like that instead of the link.

Some forums have activity and they're still showing blank?

Give an explicit example. :)

(Also, remember, the blank screen is related to what the stock "external.php" script is doing, not this hack. ;) )

Didja forget me? :)

Like my admin area. I KNOW there are posts there, but the page is showing up blank still.

But General Chat is showing up just fine....:confused:

No, just not a chance to install vBSEO yet. Been a bit of a hectic few days.

Which forum explicitly? As a guest viewing your forums I don't see an "admin" area (which, I'm assuming, is a good thing).

Yes, the admin area is not visible to guests, but as an admin myself, shouldn't I be seeing it so I can use the RSS fee myself?

Kevin,

Thanks so much for responding to my request to make this! You did a great job!

I know that this isn't exactly related to this hack, but is it possible to limit the text of each post in the feed? So it creates a link directing the user to my forums to read the rest of the post?

Also, can you turn off feeds for individual forums?

Thanks

When you are attempting to view the feed, are you still logged in to vB? I haven't torn apart the vB 3.6.x version of external.php yet so off the top of my head I'm not sure how they're handling authorization in it.

:) Glad to help out.


By default vBulletin will use the 'threadpreview' value as the feed description. You could either change that or try this hack.

In this hack or do you mean in general? In this hack, no; it will show all forums that the person who is viewing the page has access to. In general, you can change the external.php to only include certain forums but as far as I know there are no vBulletin options to exclude forums.

The problem with only the main index showing on the RSS feeds is due to categories being set up as links, such as using # to make each category an anchor. This has nothing to do with VBSEO per say, although it too allows such anchoring to be done.

Perhaps this information will help you to rewrite the code a little bit differently in a way to enable those categories which are anchored to also show properly.

Discussions, is using the # tag something that a stock vBulletin does? I have several categories set up as links as well and in the code I skip them (actually, in this version it skips them in the next version there is an option to include them or not).

Yes

No, a stock version of Vbulletin doesn't use the # on categories. But is useful to implement # for search engine optimization or if you don't want members clicking on the category name.

By default RSS2 is enabled it seems, how can i change this to display on RSS format ?
I dont want the descriptions to be added alongwith RSS feeds.
(if there is any advantage / disadvantage of using rss2 over rss do let me know)

Thanks.

Very nice indeed.

I'd have to play around but it's something outside of the scope of this hack. Before you installed this hack (or if you uninstall it) are you able to view the RSS feeds for your admin forums?

Can you give an example of a typical implementation of it? I'll see what I can do.

Essentially RSS2 offers a lot more options than RSS feeds. If all you're after is a basic thread title & description then just about any of the forms will work but for your users subscribing to the RSS feeds then most likely there preference would be RSS2. To change the actual link to external.php then modify the "cv_ffl_forum_feed_link" template (it's in a grouping called "CinVin Forum Feed Listing Templates").

With the newer versions of external.php (as of vB 3.6.x I believe) the default was changed to be RSS2 instead of RSS. To change it back in regards to this hack then change the template from...... to:

We're getting close to the solution or problem. I disabled the hack and then went and tried to access the RSS feed by typing in the url i.e.

http://www.justpressplay.net/forum/e...2&forumids=123

The feed for the admin area came up a blank page but the general chat area showed up just fine.

Im getting blank pages too. Yahoo says it can't find the RSS file...

http://forums.gamesters-paradise.com/cv_rss_feeds.php

http://forums.gamesters-paradise.com...php?forumids=7

EDIT:
Strange, I went to JD45's site:

http://www.justpressplay.net/forum/external.php

I don't even get that, what gives?

I tried changing the template "cv_ffl_forum_feed_link", no joy.

This hack is realy handy as my forums are news based... :(

Sometime shortly (next couple of days at worst) I'll be updating the code to have some more debugging information in it as well a few other fixes.

In the interim... if all of the forums are getting blank pages, make sure you have RSS feeds turned on in your ACP!