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Quote:

Originally Posted by Entourage

Installed it, works perfect. got 3 news feeds working lovely.

Have only a 2 questions:
- Is it possible to delete a complete bot?
- Possible to filter out the HTML tags?

How do you mean to delete a complete bot?

Filter out HTML - You can use php replace tags for that

Quote:

Originally Posted by sjau

How do you mean to delete a complete bot?

Well I added three bots now, I want to delete a bot from the Motify bot list.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Entourage

Well I added three bots now, I want to delete a bot from the Motify bot list.

I had the same problem Entourage and deleted the bot with phpMyAdmin directly from the DB. There is no build in option to do so.

I have also a question. The news feed is working well but only if there aren't already posts in the forum.

How can I use the sheduled task option to prune all posts from a special forum at a explicit time?

When and how do the posts to the forum happen?

I've installed it and added a bot, when will the posts show up?

hooooolllleeeeey crap!

I installed this and I have never seen my server load and mem usage go so high before!!!

any ideas why?

Thanks.

Christian

Quote:

Originally Posted by PranK

hooooolllleeeeey crap!

I installed this and I have never seen my server load and mem usage go so high before!!!

any ideas why?

Thanks.

Christian

I uninstalled it for the same reason.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgowder

When and how do the posts to the forum happen?

I've installed it and added a bot, when will the posts show up?

Can anyone help? The source I'm using is:

http://IndianCountry.com/rss/index.php

Did you remember to add a cron to the rss.php file ??

As the instructions say:
Open up your cron manager (in admincp->scheduled tasks -> add scheduled task) and add an entry for rss.php. You should update every hour at the most. The filename for this is ./rss.php.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockergrrl

I think I missed that!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockergrrl

I just downloaded the zip again, where did you see that?

This is what I have in the instructions:

HTML Code:

Copy the files to your web server... keep the same directory structure as in the zip file.



Run the rss_install.php file to setup the RSS script.

If you're upgrading run the rss_upgrade.php file to setup the RSS script.



#### open the /index.php script ####



Find this:

require_once('./includes/functions_forumlist.php');



Add below it:

require_once('./includes/RSS/rss_update.php');



#### open the /forumdisplay.php script ####



Find this:

require_once('./includes/functions_forumdisplay.php');



Add below it:

require_once('./includes/RSS/rss_update.php');



#### open the /admincp/index.php script ####



Find this:

construct_nav_group("$vbphrase[styles] &amp; $vbphrase[templates]", '<hr />');



Add below it:

// Manage Hacks

// by: Andrew Wickham

// LiquidPro Inc.

//

        construct_nav_option('RSS News Feed', 'rss_admin.php', '<br />');

        construct_nav_group('Hacks');

//

// End Manage Hacks



You're done, thanks for installing the hack.

And I don't have a rss.php file in my unzipped directory???

ok, here is the code to use the build_new_post function in vB to insert the data. this will make the post number increase automatically, make the posts searchable, make similar threads work. however, there is one tiny problem.

- the posts have \n\n in them, when they should be actual new lines. anyone know how to fix this?

other than that, it works just fine. i just need to figure this last thing out.

original authors code commented out:

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php



require('./global.php');

require('./includes/functions_newpost.php');



// RSS News Feed Hack

// ------------------------------

// By: Andrew Wickham of

// LiquidPro Inc.

//



// get the rss settings

$query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "rss_settings");

$data = $DB_site->fetch_array($query);



$rss_enabled = $data[enabled];



if($rss_enabled == 1) {

    // include the RSS class

    require_once('class.RSS.php');



    $query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "rss_user WHERE enabled = '1'");

    while($data = $DB_site->fetch_array($query)) {

        $rss_source = $data[source];

        $rss_forumid = $data[forumid];

        $rss_userid = $data[userid];



        $foruminfo = fetch_foruminfo($rss_forumid);

        $bbuserinfo = fetch_userinfo($rss_userid);



        //$query2 = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE userid = '$rss_userid'");

        //$data2 = $DB_site->fetch_array($query2);



        //$rss_user_data[username] = $data2[username];

        //$rss_user_data[posts] = $data2[posts];



        // get the bot`s username

        //$rss_user_query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE userid = '$rss_userid'");

        //$rss_user_data = $DB_site->fetch_array($rss_user_query);

        //$rss_username = $rss_user_data[username];

        //$rss_posts = $rss_user_data[posts];

        $rss_data = implode("",file($rss_source));



        $rss = new RSS($rss_data, 1);

        $rss_allItems = $rss->getAllItems();



        // check and see what items are in the database, and mark the old ones as old

        $rss_query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE rss_feed = '1' AND postuserid = '$rss_userid'");



        for($i = count($rss_allItems) - 1; $i >= 0; $i--) {

            $rss_allItems[$i][OLD] = false;

        }



        // if there's no items in the database

        if($DB_site->num_rows($rss_query) == 0) {

            for($i = count($rss_allItems) - 1; $i >= 0; $i--) {

                $rss_allItems[$i][OLD] = false;

            }

        }



        // filter out the old items

        while($rss_thread_data = $DB_site->fetch_array($rss_query)) {

            for($j = count($rss_allItems) - 1; $j >= 0; $j--) {

                if($rss_thread_data[title] == $rss_allItems[$j][TITLE] &&

                   $rss_thread_data[rss_date] == $rss_allItems[$j][pubDate]) {

                    $rss_allItems[$j][OLD] = true;

                }

            }

        }



        // insert the new items into the database

        for($j = count($rss_allItems) - 1; $j >= 0; $j--) {

            if(!$rss_allItems[$j][OLD]) {

                // update the user profile

                //$rss_posts++;



                $rss_title = $rss_allItems[$j][TITLE];

                $rss_dateline =  $rss_allItems[$j]['pubDate'];

                $current_dateline = time();

                $rss_description = $rss_allItems[$j][DESCRIPTION];

                $rss_description .= "\r\n\r\n[url=" . $rss_allItems[$j][LINK] . "]View the Entire Article[/url]\r\n";



                // change <br> tags to newline

                $rss_description = str_replace("<br>", \n, $rss_description);

                $rss_description = str_replace("<br />", \n, $rss_description);





                $rss_title = html_entity_decode($rss_title, ENT_NOQUOTES);

                $rss_description = html_entity_decode($rss_description, ENT_NOQUOTES);

                /*

                //$rss_title = str_replace("&apos;", "\'", $rss_title);

                //$rss_description = str_replace("&apos;", "\'", $rss_description);

                //$rss_title = str_replace("?", "--", $rss_title);

                //$rss_description = str_replace("?", "--", $rss_description);

                //$rss_title = str_replace("$", "\$", $rss_title);

                //$rss_description = str_replace("$", "\$", $rss_description);

                //sql and php don't recognize the html escape strings.

                */

                $rss_description=mysql_escape_string($rss_description);

                 $rss_title=mysql_escape_string($rss_title);



                // get the next available threadid

                //$rss_threadid_query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread ORDER BY threadid DESC");

                //$rss_threadid_data = $DB_site->fetch_array($rss_threadid_query);

                //$rss_threadid = $rss_threadid_data[threadid] + 1;



                // get the next available postid

                //$rss_postid_query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post ORDER By postid DESC");

                //$rss_postid_data = $DB_site->fetch_array($rss_postid_query);

                //$rss_postid = $rss_postid_data[postid] + 1;



                //$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post (`threadid`, `username`, `userid`, `title`, `dateline`, `pagetext`, `allowsmilie`, `showsignature`, `visible`) VALUES ('$rss_threadid', '$rss_username', '$rss_userid', '$rss_title', '$current_dateline', '$rss_description', '1', '1', '1')");

                //$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread (`title`, `forumid`, `firstpostid`, `lastpost`, `open`, `postusername`, `postuserid`, `lastposter`, `dateline`, `visible`, `rss_feed`, `rss_date`) VALUES ('$rss_title', '$rss_forumid', '$rss_postid', '$current_dateline', '1', '$rss_username', '$rss_userid', '$rss_username', '$current_dateline', '1', '1', '$rss_dateline')");

                //$DB_site->query("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum SET lastpost = '$current_dateline', lastposter = '$rss_username', lastthread = '$rss_title', lastthreadid = '$rss_threadid' WHERE forumid = '$rss_forumid'");



                // Setup the thread

                $post['signature'] = true;

                $post[title] = $rss_title;

                $post[message] = $rss_description;

                $post[poststarttime] = TIMENOW;

                $post[posthash] = md5($post[poststarttime] . $bbuserinfo['userid'] . $bbuserinfo['salt']);



                // build the thread

                build_new_post('thread', $foruminfo, array(), 0, $post, $errors, $rss_userid);

            }

        }

        // update the posts in the database

        //$DB_site->query("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET posts = '$rss_posts' WHERE userid = '$rss_userid'");

    }

}



//

// ------------------------------

// End of RSS News Hack



?>

and in functions_newpost.php i added a variable into the function and wrapped the global statement around an IF/ELSE:

PHP Code:


		
			
// ###################### Start newpost #######################

function build_new_post($type = 'thread', $foruminfo, $threadinfo, $parentid, &$post, &$errors, $rss_userid = '0')

{

    //NOTE: permissions are not checked in this function



    // $post is passed by reference, so that any changes (wordwrap, censor, etc) here are reflected on the copy outside the function

    // $post[] includes:

    // title, iconid, message, parseurl, email, signature, preview, disablesmilies, rating

    // $errors will become any error messages that come from the checks before preview kicks in

    if ($rss_userid == '0')

    {

        global $DB_site, $vboptions, $vbphrase, $bbuserinfo, $forumperms, $usergroupcache, $_REQUEST;

    }

    else

    {

        global $DB_site, $vboptions, $vbphrase, $bbuserinfo, $forumperms, $usergroupcache, $_REQUEST;

        $bbuserinfo = fetch_userinfo($rss_userid);

    }

Ok, went back and installed the new version posted in the thread. It seems to be working better.

Couple of questions now.

Will thread views increase??

Only one of my feeds is working. I have all of them going to the same forum with the same userid, is that a problem??

Here are all of my feeds:
http://IndianCountry.com/rss/index.php
http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/mostemailed
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/native...messages?rss=1
http://www.nativenationsnet.net/backend.php

The 2nd one is the only one that shows up in the forum.

When I run the cron job by hand through Admin CP I get this error:

Error:

Warning: file(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/gathering/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 36

Warning: file(http://www.nativenationsnet.net/backend.php): failed to open stream: Resource temporarily unavailable in /home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/gathering/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 36

Warning: implode(): Bad arguments. in /home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/gathering/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 36

I thin kit is a great great hack but I've a Problem with it.

If i let i generate the link from a backend.php it looks like this:

http://www.wavebone.net/modules.php?...le&sid=118

But the real link is

http://www.wavebone.net/modules.php?...rder=0&thold=0

So it wont work for me.

How can i fix it?

Thanks in advance,

regardly

v7

someone just needs to rewrite this :(

that is what i am trying to do. i am at the last step basically. i just need to figure out how to insert the post with newlines. the way i wrote it uses vB's build_new_post function so that it works. look at post #174 in this thread. here is the code i have been working with. i just need to find out how i can insert the post with actual newlines, instead of viewing \n\n on the post. otherwise it works just fine and it uses vB's build_new_post function which means it will be searchable, post counts go up, similiar threads will work ... everything.

modified rss_update.php, my new way to insert the post:

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php



require('./global.php');

require('./includes/functions_newpost.php');



// RSS News Feed Hack

// ------------------------------

// By: Andrew Wickham of

// LiquidPro Inc.

// Updated By: Donnie La Curan

//



// get the rss settings

$query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "rss_settings");

$data = $DB_site->fetch_array($query);



$rss_enabled = $data[enabled];



if($rss_enabled == 1) {

    // include the RSS class

    require_once('class.RSS.php');



    $query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "rss_user WHERE enabled = '1'");

    while($data = $DB_site->fetch_array($query)) {

        $rss_source = $data[source];

        $rss_forumid = $data[forumid];

        $rss_userid = $data[userid];



        $foruminfo = fetch_foruminfo($rss_forumid);

        $bbuserinfo = fetch_userinfo($rss_userid);



        $rss_data = implode("",file($rss_source));



        $rss = new RSS($rss_data, 1);

        $rss_allItems = $rss->getAllItems();



        // check and see what items are in the database, and mark the old ones as old

        $rss_query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE rss_feed = '1' AND postuserid = '$rss_userid'");



        for($i = count($rss_allItems) - 1; $i >= 0; $i--) {

            $rss_allItems[$i][OLD] = false;

        }



        // if there's no items in the database

        if($DB_site->num_rows($rss_query) == 0) {

            for($i = count($rss_allItems) - 1; $i >= 0; $i--) {

                $rss_allItems[$i][OLD] = false;

            }

        }



        // filter out the old items

        while($rss_thread_data = $DB_site->fetch_array($rss_query)) {

            for($j = count($rss_allItems) - 1; $j >= 0; $j--) {

                if($rss_thread_data[title] == $rss_allItems[$j][TITLE] &&

                   $rss_thread_data[rss_date] == $rss_allItems[$j][pubDate]) {

                    $rss_allItems[$j][OLD] = true;

                }

            }

        }



        // insert the new items into the database

        for($j = count($rss_allItems) - 1; $j >= 0; $j--) {

            if(!$rss_allItems[$j][OLD]) {



                $rss_title = $rss_allItems[$j][TITLE];

                $rss_dateline =  $rss_allItems[$j]['pubDate'];

                $current_dateline = time();

                $rss_description = $rss_allItems[$j][DESCRIPTION];

                $rss_description .= "\r\n\r\n[url=" . $rss_allItems[$j][LINK] . "]View the Entire Article[/url]\r\n";



                // change <br> tags to newline

                $rss_description = str_replace("<br>", \n, $rss_description);

                $rss_description = str_replace("<br />", \n, $rss_description);



                $rss_title = html_entity_decode($rss_title, ENT_NOQUOTES);

                $rss_description = html_entity_decode($rss_description, ENT_NOQUOTES);



                $rss_description=mysql_escape_string($rss_description);

                $rss_title=mysql_escape_string($rss_title);



                // Setup the thread

                $post['signature'] = true;

                $post[title] = $rss_title;

                $post[message] = $rss_description;

                $post[poststarttime] = TIMENOW;

                $post[posthash] = md5($post[poststarttime] . $bbuserinfo['userid'] . $bbuserinfo['salt']);



                // build the thread

                build_new_post('thread', $foruminfo, array(), 0, $post, $errors, $rss_userid);

            }

        }

    }

}



//

// ------------------------------

// End of RSS News Hack



?>

and in functions_newpost.php i did this:

FIND:

PHP Code:


		
			
function build_new_post($type = 'thread', $foruminfo, $threadinfo, $parentid, &$post, &$errors)

REPLACE WITH:

PHP Code:


		
			
function build_new_post($type = 'thread', $foruminfo, $threadinfo, $parentid, &$post, &$errors, $rss_userid = '0')

FIND:

PHP Code:


		
			
// $errors will become any error messages that come from the checks before preview kicks in

global $DB_site, $vboptions, $vbphrase, $bbuserinfo, $forumperms, $usergroupcache, $_REQUEST;

REPLACE WITH:

PHP Code:


		
			
    // $errors will become any error messages that come from the checks before preview kicks in

    if ($rss_userid == '0')

    {

        global $DB_site, $vboptions, $vbphrase, $bbuserinfo, $forumperms, $usergroupcache, $_REQUEST;

    }

    else

    {

        global $DB_site, $vboptions, $vbphrase, $bbuserinfo, $forumperms, $usergroupcache, $_REQUEST;

        $bbuserinfo = fetch_userinfo($rss_userid);

    }

If i do it your way i get just cryprtical signs on index.php

Quote:

Originally Posted by vau7

If i do it your way i get just cryprtical signs on index.php

what do you mean? i have no problems with it at all and i didn't touch index.php ... what are these cryptical signs you are talking about? do you have a screenshot or link so we can see. but like i said, i've made these changes and have had no problems at all with the bot making posts, users making posts/polls. the only problem i am running into, is pretty much getting the newlines to actually be newlines instead of just the text \n\n in the posts.

Slapyo, thanks! Can you zip your final version?

Quote:

Originally Posted by dethfire

Slapyo, thanks! Can you zip your final version?

This should work to correct the newline problem. Create a replacement var.
{br} as the tag and text to replace with <br />.
I have a similiar tag for use when posting code on one of my forums. It will act as the break tag even in a forum that doesn't have html enabled.

How would I got about replacing the   tags in the post feeds

I tried putting something like " - " put it doesn't want to take.
or even " " with a space - nothing.

Suggestions?
Thanks

@aws ... thanks, i will look into this and see if it works. from the sounds of it, it should! how exactly would i go about making a replacement variable? forgive the silly question, i just bought vB and am very new to it.

@rockergrrl ... this function should replace all those.

PHP Code:


		
			
$rss_title = html_entity_decode($rss_title, ENT_NOQUOTES); 

$rss_description = html_entity_decode($rss_description, ENT_NOQUOTES);

I have that already in the rss_update.php file...

Still getting   tags showing up in posts. :/

Check attachment

what about this?

PHP Code:


		
			
$rss_title = str_replace("&nbsp;", " ", $rss_title); 

$rss_description = str_replace("&nbsp;", " ", $rss_description);

And when is the Version 2 coming ?

If i use : http://www.redlabour.de/vbulletin/in...RSS/rss_update

i get

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /is/htdocs/53751/www.redlabour.de/vbulletin/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 10

on line 10 is : $query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "rss_settings");

And i even have the Problem with no updates for the Feeds.

Can somebody post a new install.txt or post a complete *.zip with all corrections for this Hack ? :tired:

Quote:

Originally Posted by redlabour

And when is the Version 2 coming ?

If i use : http://www.redlabour.de/vbulletin/i.../RSS/rss_update

i get

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /is/htdocs/53751/www.redlabour.de/vbulletin/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 10

on line 10 is : $query = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "rss_settings");

And i even have the Problem with no updates for the Feeds.

Can somebody post a new install.txt or post a complete *.zip with all corrections for this Hack ? :tired:

i might have something ready tonight. i'm not at my machine so i can test the final thing out. but i will be out there later tonight and can give it a shot. if everything is good, i will package it up and include a install.txt file as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slapyo

In the description of the first post are Modifications at the index.php.
Why do you wrote

Quote:

i have no problems with it at all and i didn't touch index.php ...

?

I've mixed up your edits and the Hack from the #1 Post. Wrong?
If i only do yours there is no abilty do the options in the acp?

I'm so confused now. Please tell it me slowly :disappointed:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slapyo

what about this?

PHP Code:


		
			
$rss_title = str_replace("&nbsp;", " ", $rss_title); 
$rss_description = str_replace("&nbsp;", " ", $rss_description);

Nope, that didn't work :/

Now I have a problems with bold and italics in posts as well...

I tried:

PHP Code:


		
			
// change <b> tags
$rss_description = str_replace("<b>", "[b]", $rss_description);
$rss_description = str_replace("</b>", "[/b]", $rss_description);
 
// change <i> tags
$rss_description = str_replace("<i>", "[i]", $rss_description);
$rss_description = str_replace("</i>", "[/i]", $rss_description);

But that didn't work. Should I just do a replacement var for those?

Thanks again!

I wrote a PM to Xyphen - maybe he can tell us when V2 is coming out.

For the first i uninstall this Hack - i wait for a stable version or some stable feedbacks from other Users of the changes from "Slapyo" !

Quote:

Originally Posted by vau7

In the description of the first post are Modifications at the index.php.
Why do you wrote
?

I've mixed up your edits and the Hack from the #1 Post. Wrong?
If i only do yours there is no abilty do the options in the acp?

I'm so confused now. Please tell it me slowly :disappointed:

:rolleyes:

Hey is not the Coder of the first posting !

The original ist from 'Xyphen' - his name is 'Slapyo' !! :tired:

Sorry - me again :

Did i understand your rigtht @Slapyo - with your changes to the Code this Hack is automatically posting new News from the Feeds without deleting the new ones ?

Or is it overwriting the old ones ?

And is there a option to delete one of my Feeds in the AdminCP ?

@vau7 ... my changes were to the rss_update.php and functions_newpost.php, that's it. i think the original coder had changes in other files. here is the post that includes the file that i downloaded and have been working with.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=139

when i get home tonight i will throw together a package that will include everything that i have done and give the install. it will be a complete package.

just the code i have shown will not work just by itself. you have to have everything else installed properly. see the link i posted for the files that i used to install.

@rockergrrl ... that should work actually. i noticed you have 2 $rss_descriptions for each one. i think that's my fault for some code i posted for you. this should work because when inserting the data it uses the url tags to make the link.

PHP Code:


		
			
// change <b> tags

$rss_title = str_replace("<b>", "[b]", $rss_title);

$rss_description = str_replace("</b>", "[/b]", $rss_description);



// change <i> tags

$rss_title = str_replace("<i>", "[i]", $rss_title);

$rss_description = str_replace("</i>", "[/i]", $rss_description);

@redlabour ... my changes in code only change the way the actual post is made. instead of manually inserting the post (original), my code uses vB's built in function to insert the post enabling searching, similiar threads, and correct post counts.

if you installed the code properly there is a link in the admincp to HACKS which has RSS News Bot under that. you can add, edit, or delete a bot. if you don't want to delete it, you can just turn it off. however, this is all part of the original code. i make no changes to the way the bot collects the data, or admincp changes, just how the data is posted.

Oy....

Can't get it to work.. even updated threads... no go... :ermm:

I can't ge the &nbsp problem fixed either.....

And then changing the bold and italics tags it puts ".<br><i>" in the posts. :ermm:

Thanks again for all your help, I greatly appreciate it!

Screens...

@Slapyo - no in the Admin CP you can only edit the Feeds - there is no "Delete" Funktion.

And sorry - i have to ask again (i know i have written it a little bit confusing before !) :

If the Hack is working correctly does the robot post the News and overwrite them if there are new ones or does he add all of them - means old and new News. I can?t know it by now because it did only worked one time with no more update of the News. ;)
Can somebody tell me this ? (Sorry - my english is a little bit untrained - i work on it again ! ;)

oh, ok i though there was a way to delete a bot in there...wasn't sure.

the way it works is this. when the bot grabs the news it will check all the news articles. if there is a new one, it will skip that news article. sometimes i have noticed that with Yahoo! news i get repeated titles, but the content of the article is different, so they are different posts. but it should not repeat an article, it will just goto the next one.

new news, will be new posts and the old news will be kept, no posts are deleted. but no repeat posts should be made.

That was something i understand no definitely !! ;) Thanx ...

ok, here it is. i just ran it on my server and it worked fine. there are a couple things...

1 - might be a cleaner/neater way to convert the ASCII to normal characters
2 - might not convert all the ASCII to normal characters

so you may end up with like ' or   or &#010 .... whatever it may be ... if someone wants to look at the code and see if they could clean it up that would be great. that code is in /includes/RSS/rss_update.php ... it's towards the bottom.

i have it running on my forums that i just started up ... you can see it here, http://www.sportsbabble.net

if anyone would help me get these RSS feeds running on my vb3 I will gladly pay you funds via paypal! If interested, please PM me here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slapyo

ok, here it is. i just ran it on my server and it worked fine. there are a couple things...

Great work! Thanks!

I have one minor issue though.
I've set the user id in rss_admin, but the threads show a different user id as the poster.

EDIT:
Actually it seems to be a random user id every time the rss feeds are posted...

Quote:

Originally Posted by mirdin

my problem use to be that it would post the news as whoever the person was that triggered the cron script. but i fixed that, and have had other users, and visitors trigger the script and it always posts as my bot.

after thinking about your problem some, it sounds like the problem that i had before. did you make the changes in your functions_newpost.php? it should change the build_new_post function and then change the global variables just below that in the function.

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