Show RSS Feed Icon in each forum

So I wanted to add an image link to each forum for its unique RSS feed. This would allow people to subscribe to their favorite forums with their favorite News Reader instead of email. It would always be up to date and accurate.

There are three steps to doing this.

First, I decided I needed a small plugin to determine if RSS was turned on within the forumdisplay template. Go to your plugin manager and add the following code to the "forumdisplay_start" plugin.

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->options['externalrss'])
{
   $show['rss'] = true;
} 


Next we will be editing the forumdisplay template itself.

Find:

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:0px">
<tr>
<td class="tcat" width="100%">$vbphrase[threads_in_forum]<span class="normal"> : $foruminfo[title]</span></td>
<td class="vbmenu_control" id="forumtools" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_forumtools" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[forum_tools]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("forumtools"); </script></td>
    <if condition="$show['forumsearch']">
<td class="vbmenu_control" id="forumsearch" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_forumsearch" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search_this_forum]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("forumsearch"); </script></td>
    </if>
</tr>
</table>

And replace with:

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:0px">
<tr>
<td class="tcat" width="100%">$vbphrase[threads_in_forum]<span class="normal"> : $foruminfo[title]</span></td>
<td class="vbmenu_control" id="forumtools" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_forumtools" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[forum_tools]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("forumtools"); </script></td>
    <if condition="$show['forumsearch']">
<td class="vbmenu_control" id="forumsearch" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_forumsearch" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search_this_forum]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("forumsearch"); </script></td>
    </if>
    <if condition="$show['rss']">
<td class="tcat"><a href="external.php?type=rss2&forumids=$foruminfo[forumid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/feed_icon.png" height="14" width="14" alt="Feed Icon" title="Subscribe to $foruminfo[title]'s RSS Feed"></a></td>
    </if>
    </tr>
</table>

Finally the third step is to upload the attached image to represent your feed. If your site isn't set up to allow IE to view transparent backgrounds in PNG images, you will probably want to convert the image to a GIF format matted to your background.

Distibuted under the "Wayne License". You may modify to suit your needs, No Attribution Necessary, Redistribution allowed on sites which can verify legitimate vBulletin License Holders only.

[Cybershaolin]

How to integrate this in the forumhome in order to have the RSS icon inserted at the right of each category ?

[maxicep]

How can add rss icon to each Category on forumhome and Forumdisplay ?
pls help

[Fingertips]

Will this work in 3.6.7

[BigJimTheLug]

*installed* great!

vb 3.6.8, but I'd prefer to have these display at the forumhome template , too.

Anyways, it's up and running on mine.

Great work!

[Fingertips]

I looked in the plugin manager and I do not see forumsdisplay_start as a plugin. If I click add new plugin i can select it from the dropdown. SO where do I add this code.

if ($vbulletin->options['externalrss'])
{
$show['rss'] = true;
}

I added everything else fine but do not see the rss image. All other settings are correct.

[BigJimTheLug]

Originally Posted by Fingertips

I looked in the plugin manager and I do not see forumsdisplay_start as a plugin. If I click add new plugin i can select it from the dropdown. SO where do I add this code.

if ($vbulletin->options['externalrss'])
{
$show['rss'] = true;
}

I added everything else fine but do not see the rss image. All other settings are correct.

Go to add a new plugin

and add it where it says

PHP code.

[beduino]

Well,
I tried hardly - probably i'm making something wrong.
But i can't subscribe in rss readears and [finally] i test in other vbulletin install. and
really don't works
the message was

Warning: Unable to fetch RSS Feed in /includes/class_rss_poster.php on line 222

plugin is active, forumdisplay edited and... nothing. a example of link

http://www.saudebr.net/forums/extern...ss2&forumids=8

tks in advance
beduino

[Fingertips]

Thank you works great!!

[beduino]

Well...
mystery solved
1. i need open my site ...
2. this only works to public forums [of course...]
maybe my errors can be useful to someone

works great now
all the best
beduino

Originally Posted by beduino

Well,
I tried hardly - probably i'm making something wrong.
But i can't subscribe in rss readears and [finally] i test in other vbulletin install. and
really don't works
the message was
[/b]
plugin is active, forumdisplay edited and... nothing. a example of link

tks in advance
beduino

[wickland]

Installed and 5 stared, picking it up downtown!!!!

Thanks
Best Regards