External.php - display number of posts rather than by hour
 

As seems to be a problem with vB 3.5 RC3 or so and above, the external data handler will only generate a feed with the amount of entries in the past x hours.

This causes a number of huge problems for sites that use the rss capabilities for headlines on their sites.

The mod request is as follows:

Make a modification so that in the admincp > external data handler there is an option to override the hours setting, and override it with a number of posts option. The administrator could then choose x number of headlines, and external.php will create an rss feed with x number of headlines.

edit: Also an option for an amount of the post to syndicate, such as 10%, 50% of the post, or by number of words (spaces) so that the option to not reproduce the entire article is there.

I am not taking this mod up, but I will just let you know that the query is hardcoded in respects to its postcount limitation. You can make time infinite if you simply make the option a huge number.