Limit length in RSS (External Data Provider)
 

Is it possible to limit the length output of each thread e.g. 200 Characters to produce a RSS with the external data provider?

I need something like this too please, to limit words not characters. I also want to be able to put a "signature" at the end of each item

Yes. Here is a link to a post that covers this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....91&postcount=8

There is no way to limit it without using a plugin (as we do here).

This is a simplfied version of what we do ;

Hook: external_query
Code:

unset($vbulletin->GPC['fulldesc']);
$vbulletin->options['threadpreview'] = 200;
$hook_query_fields .= ",LEFT(post.pagetext,400) AS message";

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And what do I have to do here? Write this in a file and upload it as a plugin? :)

Admin CP >> Plugins & Products >> Add New Plugin >>

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Tried it but the RSS output looks not good:

XML Parsing Error: junk after document element
Location: http://www.domainxyz/external.php&rss2
Line Number 2, Column 1:<b>Parse error</b>: syntax error, unexpected $end in <b>/forum/external.php(67) : eval()'d code</b> on line <b>4</b><br />

I have updated the code in my previous post. You might give it a try.

ok now it works...but I fo not see any differences if I change 250 to 150?

Change this:

$vbulletin->options['threadpreview'] = 250;
to
$vbulletin->options['threadpreview'] = 150;

And this:

AdminCP >> vBulletin Options >> Forum Display Options (forumdisplay) >>
Length of Thread Preview Text (Set this value to 150)

hmm...when I call ...external.php?rss2 on Firefox it looks like that it shows up short but on the IE7 it still shows the full content...