[codemoxie]

The script applies to your own feed so I am not sure that being banned is a factor

In terms of interaction, the RSS feeds from vbulletin or fully supported and tested by vBulletin and the community rather than having a separate script entirely with all new db access which can be vulnerable to db problems. If it were me, I would try not to use external code that interacts with the db directly short of it having a long history of testing and support from the community, leaves a user too open to breaks into the db. Also, by relying on the RSS feeds, they stay pretty constant whereas a db interaction would require updates as does the vbulletin code and design changes.

Finally, the script works with any RSS feed so could be incorporated to use any type rather than limiting someone to just their own forum.