CinVin vB Forum Feed Listing
 

[ BY REQUEST ]

This nifty little utility will present a list of all of your forums RSS feeds on one page! Your users can then easily pick & choose which forums they want to subscribe to via RSS, Google, Yahoo, or Bloglines.

Ever go to a big site like CNN and view their page of RSS feeds that you can subscribe to? This is the same thing but for your vBulletin forums!

In addition to your users, the search engine spiders will love this! ;)

We went out of our way to make sure that this CinVin vBulletin add-on was quick & easy to both install and modify!

• Automatically adds an RSS button to your footer template.
• Correctly shows where your visitors are when viewing the Who's Online page.
• Forums can be specifically excluded from being listed.
• Ability to specify which usergroup to use for permissions when viewing the list of forums.
• "Link" forums can be turned off from showing.
• All options are configured through the vBulletin ACP.
• All descriptions and names are completely phrased so you can quickly add alternate lanquages or change the existing wording.
• All display output is handled through vBulletin templates so you can quickly change the output appearance.
• All templates and phrase are installed as a vBulletin product through your ACP which means there are no file edits!
• Compatible with vBSEO.
• Easy integration with vBadvanced CMPS.
• Debug mode to help you with any problems you may be having.

Installation only take a few moments...

• Unzip the .zip file that you downloaded.
• Upload the single PHP file and single folder in the upload_to_your_forum_folder folder from the download to your forums folder.
• Go into your ACP and select Plugins & Products => Manage Products => Add/Import Product => {Select the CinVin_vB_Forum_Feed_Listing.xml file from the download} => Import

You're all done! Just point your browser to http://www.yoursite.com/forums/cv_rss_feeds.php to view your new RSS feed listings.

DEMO #1: CinVin RSS Feeds (this is the 'stock' version)

DEMO #2: Cool Sci-Fi RSS Feeds (this one has been integrated with vBa CMPS)


FAQ's
- What vB versions? This should work with all versions of vB 3.6.x and above. It should also work with vB 3.5.x but I have not tested it on that version.

- Can I remove the "CinVin" text at the very bottom? NO! Believe it or not that little text is what allows us to work on hacks like this for free and, more importantly, to continue to support them. You are free to move the notice to your footer template, for example, if you would like to keep your notices all together but for removing it entirely a Branding Free license is available through CinVin.

Revisions
1.0.1
- Added WOL plugins

1.0.2
- Strip HTML from forum descriptions
- Fixed forum link to go to forum display instead of external.php
- Added additional template (cf_ffl_forum_link) for forum links versus feed links
- Removed logic that would not show a forum if the forum was not listed on the forum jump menu

1.x.x - 2.1.0
- Several new features, check your ACP.

2.1.1
- Fix for vBSEO users that were having an issue with no forums being listed.

2.2.0
- Added new feature to show forums based upon a usergroup ID. The default value is now usergroup ID 1.
- Fixed 'Excluded Forums' option; was not working in all circumstances.
- Fixed display issue introduced in 2.1.1 for vBSEO users.
- Code cleanup.

2.2.1
- Private release

2.3.0
- A new feature has been added to automatically add an RSS button to your footer template as can be seen here at CinVin. The option is turned on by default and can be turned on or off in the ACP.
- Session ID variables have been removed from the cv_ffl_forum_link template as some older styles that were converted to the vB 3.6.x were having some issues.
- The method of including the vBadvanced CMPS file for CMPS 2.x & older has been changed. If you are using CMPS but not integrating the CinVin Forum Feed Listing with it then you may have seen an error at the top of the page.
- For those interested in removing the "CinVin" branding from the footer, the Branding Free License cost has been reduced.

[high]* soulface clicked Install![/high]

Nice hack kevin :)

Uncached templates: cv_ffl_forum_feed_link (103)

easy install... thanks.. just 1 question is how to forum permissions apply? example is if someone uses the site feed they wont get private forum access?

tested w/ yahoo so far :)

LOL, just wanted to ask the same question :p

Whoops! Sorry, I missed that one. I'll fix it in the next update. To patch it, modify the cv_rss_feeds.php and look for...... and change it to: It should be using the permissions of the user that's logged in. If you're viewing the page logged in, take note of any private forums, etc. that you have access to and then log out. When you view the page again you should see only the forums that guest have access to.

As a side note... the page will display a list of the forums that the user has access to but the actual RSS feeds are still coming from the "external.php" script so even if somebody sees a forum that they shouldn't then they still won't see the threads in it.

To give a working example of that, view the CinVin demo link above as a guest. I have the "Styles Support" forum visible to guests but they can't read the threads in it. The forum is listed on the page but when you try to view the RSS feed for that forum it'll be blank since they don't have permissions to view the threads, only view the forum.

i see none of forums - but the main site is displayed in your .php.

just tried to add a feed with url/external.php?type=RSS2&forumids=17
not listed in cv_rss_feeds.php

how to list all forums / subforums on cv_rss_feeds.php ?

Sorry, not sure I'm following the question.

have a lot of feeds in yahoo. so i like your hack -
if in know how rss run in vb.

your feed listing lists all forums - right ? or do i need to make any feeds
with rss manager in acp ?

right now i see only one feed - or should this be correct when i have about 30 forums ?

Nice one, installed, thanks!

Thanks for the feedback, everybody. :) If anybody has some suggestions or ideas on what else I can throw in there, please let me know.

I just updated the package to version 1.0.1 so that the Who's Online page shows properly now. :)


Can I see a link?

pm is sent ;)

Nice hack, well done but....

I get a db error when i click on the RSS image for the whole forum
I also get a blank page when i click on any other RSS image?
It says im unregistereed in the error message as well :( lol

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM user WHERE referrerid =;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1 Error Number : 1064
Date : Wednesday, December 6th 2006 @ 10:54:09 PM
Script : http://www.bashys-place.com/forums/external.php
Referrer : http://www.bashys-place.com/forums/cv_rss_feeds.php
IP Address :
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vb_database

Great idea!

There is a slight problem with HTML Descriptions for forums. See here: http://www.webgurus.de/forum/cv_rss_feeds.php

Regards, Wachtmeister

kw whats the problem here for some reason i have it double each time ?

Cocko, bashy: I'll check it out late tonight when I'm back at my house.

OOohh.... I need to strip HTML tags from the forum descriptions. When I'm back home tonight I'll get a fix for that.

Bashy: Your error doesn't seem to be related to this hack. If I go directly to your external.php script I get the error as well. To confirm, just uninstall the product and go directly to your external.php script to see what you get.

very nice, woked flawlessly:

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


thank you

Wachtmeister, I'll update the attachment later tonight to version 1.0.2 but for now modify the cv_rss_feeds.php file and around line 139 find...... and change it to::cool:

oops, I get this too

nominated for MOTM....great hack.......I'd love the ability to add my site's other RSS Feeds to the list......but its a little over my head at this point

Great work Kevin.

I just visited your link and, at least with IE6, I'm seeing your RSS feeds after clicking on the RSS button. Nice site BTW. Is the name from the Aerosmith tour?

Which other RSS feeds do you offer besides the forums? I have a few other things on my sites besides the forums as well (eg: vBGallery, vBa Links, etc.) so I'd be interested in seeing what you've got in mind. :)

:)

hey you forgot to answer my problem that i am having.

I didn't forget, I didn't see it. :knockedout:

Looks like you the the "html in the forum description" problem also. Try this fix...

I have a main page thats tied to my forums....I have an RSS Feed page there as well, but nothing nearly as nice as yours.....would it be possible to integrate them all together under one page
http://hardwarelogic.com/content/?page=17
http://forums.hardwarelogic.com/cv_rss_feeds.php

I posted about trying to do this a while back. You did an awesome job KW802 :)

This is going to help alot of Vbulletin sites.

Cheers

I'm not familiar with PHP Cow at all. Are the tables in the same DB as vBulletin or are they in different DBs?

different DB.....and I have no idea how to edit DBs

Doesn't work right for me.. ONly showing 1 thing:

http://www.cruiselinefans.com/cv_rss_feeds.php

excellent thanks clicks install also you selling the copyright?

Unfortunately I'm not in a position to try to work with another package (PHP Cow) right now. I'll put it on the 'One of these days...' list of things to check out.

HHHmm.... I haven't looked at Cocko's PM yet but I'm wondering if he's also running his forums in the root folder. I'll have to experiment a bit when I get home but I can't see any reason why it would affect it. The code just loops through the list for forums in the cache to produce the output. The main link is always shown but if no forums are listed beneath it then it's not finding any in the cache that meet the criteria.

Selling the copyright? Not sure I'm following, it's a freebie hack that anybody can use (but not redistribute).

Thank you..:)

You're right in IE it works fine on the forum ones and general one, just not in FF.

Nominated for HOTM as well

this sign "vB Forum Feeds by CinVin"

Totally installed. Thank you! ;)

works fine here. thanks.

I think I know what you & Cocko may have in common. Do you have an IM that I could get you at to confirm something rather than going back and forth via the forums or PM? If yes, please PM and I'll track down you sometime tommorrow.

INSTALLS!!!!!!!!!!!

I have the exact thing happening as REX_B. Look here: http://www.makeuptalk.com/forums/cv_rss_feeds.php

I am not running it from my root directory either. Any ideas?