vbAdvanced Addon for AboutToday
 

This is to install an addon to vBAdvanced for AboutToday . It assumes that AboutToday is installed, the RSS Feeds are active, and "How many rows across for $myfeeds variable?" is set to greater than zero.


In vBa CMPS, Add Module - Template.

1. Module Title - Make this whatever you want to display
2. Template to Include: adv_portal_myfeeds
3. Template Content:

<tr>
<td class="$bgclass">
$myfeeds
</td>
</tr>

4. Save it and refresh your vbadvanced index page!

Nice one. Although, I have no use for it as I don't use vBadvanced.

LOL! I don't use it either but other members have requested the addon mod. :)

Very cool, will install thx!

I think you will also like the new feature in AboutToday ver 1.1 where you can turn off the local events since I don't think you use that. It will make your main AboutToday page a cleaner listing of your RSS summaries.

Note - you must install the latest version (at least 1.1 Gold) of AboutToday for the vBa mod to work!

ah that would explain why it doesnt work lol time to update.. 1.1

you sig link is messed up ..fyi

http://http//www.vbulletin.org/forum...d.php?t=107319

to many http's hehe

ok, updated to 1.1 set the myfeeds variable to 3, left column and i get nothing. I get the table to show, but nothing in it. do I have to do a forced update?

EDIT

tried forced update of RSS and got the same thing. Maybe i missed something.

OK I have everything working right but I want it the display 2 different feeds.
on the portal. can I do this?

Can you post a screen shot of what the vBa Mod looks like (in the admincp)? Or, PM me the info to look at it directly.

Thx (oh ... fixed my sig, thx again!)

You can display as many feeds as you want but they have to be in the same vBa block.

Here you are.

The box that's titled Bulldog News. just nothin in it. Rss feeds work becuase they work on my main forums page.

Right, I saw they are working on the forums home page. Would you mind giving me admission to your admincp so I can look at your settings?

your set, just log on with your current account. I doubled checked stuff, but just didnt see anything. Maybe I just missed something. let me know.

Okay, you're set! I forgot to tell you that for each RSS Feed, you need to tell it if it should be included in the $myfeeds variable. (see the attached pic. I mis-labeled the variable as $displaymyfeeds on this screen ... need to fix that but it doesn't impact the operation.)

You vBa page is looking good! - http://www.bulldogbbs.com/

Excellent, it works! Thx!

thanx a lot! this one add sense to my site *clicked install*

Good god, thank you! I've been scratching my head for two days on how to get About Today to work with vBA 2.1.0, and finally did a search this evening on your other About Today thread for vBA integration help.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

<i>*clicks install*</i>

it dosent seem to work on 2.2.0

2.2.0 of what???

vbadvanced, i have it enabled, 3 width, and absolutely nothing shows up

http://www.gentendo.com/index.php

What $myfeeds variable are you using? Have you assigned any feeds to that variable?

yes im using regular myfeeds, its activated for each feed.

If you can PM me an admin login and password, I'll check it out.

ok pmed.

Okay, you are good to go! http://www.gentendo.com/index.php

The problem was that the template was created for your default style but that wasn't inherited by the Kirsch-fixed style. I created the template for that style and all is well!:)

p.s. I tweaked the feeds a bit too while I was in there so that you really get a 3 column display.

sweet

I want to change the url it outputs to when using a direct link to somthing else, where is the output?

I don't understand what you mean. Can you give me an example or a screenshot?

meh i figured it out and turned up with this http://www.gentendo.com/index.php
try clicking on one of the news articles, that was what i was trying to do:P

OH and BTW in your cache_template plugin, use a better template system, the way you have it now is terrible.

How can i put each news article into a seperate box instead of all into 1?

Well, I don't mind constructive comments but you need to provide more detail about why it's "terrible".

Well im not sureif that plugin is being used by somthing else, but for the portal i would reccommend you using an actual module and templates, this way users can customize the overall look and feel.
Ill see if i can fix somthing up for you in a bit.

Now that I really look at it, I'm not sure that the template that is merged at the beginning of it is used for anything! I think I was testing it and forgot to delete the code!

yeah. so it would be much easier as a module?

I would like to do the same thing, so that the links output to my affiliate links. Please let me know how you did this. Thanks.

dangit. I cannot get the VB Advanced module to pick up the feed. I have followed everything on these three pages to the T...any suggestions?

Okay, I am using VBA version 2.2.o as well. Can you explain to me what I need to do?

Have you assigned any of the feeds to the variables that can be displayed in vba? For example, in admincp -> AboutToday -> RSS Feeds, you will need to have "Include this Feed in $myfeeds variable?" set to "Yes" for each feed that you want to display when $myfeeds is used in vba.

If you need more help, pm me your site url with an admin login and password and I'll take a look at it for you.

You are now up and running. You were really close! You just needed to set "How many rows across for $myfeeds variable?" (under admincp -> AboutToday -> Settings) to 1.