it is rss 2.0 they just decided not to do pubdate. maybe if this script didnt rely on times so much.

the script shouldnt be doing this by times anyways. what if two rss feeds come out at the exact same time? it ignores one or both? it should just compare the titles or urls.

i may just scrap this thing and do this all in perl and just insert it right into the database, this is rediculous.

It needs a timestamp so that it can tell if it was released since the last time it checked. Sure, the script could query the database and see if it's already there, but why introduce more overhead? It really frosts me when RSS feeds DON'T contain that data. It doesn't really cost more to have a more complete feed. And RSS clients can do so much more with the extra data.

it relies on times and titles. because yahoo will release the same article 40 minutes later and obviously you don't want 2 of the same post. but it needs the time because a compliant rss feed would have pubDate in it. try the article bot in the vBulletin Integration forum. i am not sure exactly how that bot works.

when I run the task nothing happens.. just says

RSS Bot

that's all it should say. there is no output in the scheduled task manager besides that. threads should be created in your forum.

ah ha,, I am guessing that the other RRS news feed thread is dead and this one has the updates? lol

got me confused, I installed the other one..i should be ok tho, correct? can i reinstall this one over it and continue? thx

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: build_new_post() in /home/bulldog/public_html/forum/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 110

Ok, i get this... what am I missing?

nevermind, I used the OLD rss_update.php file and it works LOL

this rss news feed is a continuation of the other one in this forum.