[v1.6] Inferno RSS Forum Feeds Technology

This hack was made purely by request, and the fact IPB will have a similar system as default functionality, i wouldn't like them to have a upper hand to vbulletin

v1.5 Updates:
- Auto detect RSS settings system
- Forum stats rebuilt correctly (last post info)

v1.6 Updates:
- Various bug fixes

Description:
This once added to your forum allows you to connect to any RSS feed you desire, once set up the system will automatically post data from the RSS feed into threads within a specified forum.

Previews are available at the bottom, and an FAQ is built into the admin controls since I know not everyone will understand how to set up the options. Also an example to use a BBC UK News rss feed is below

Example BBC UK News Feed:
Feed Name: BBC UK News
Feed Location: http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonl...t_page/rss.xml
Feed Prefix: [BBC UK News]
Feed From User: Assign users username of your own choice
Feed Forum: Choose a forum you want threads to be posted into
Feed Read Direction: Newest First
Parent RSS Tag Name: channel
Items RSS Tag Name: item
Thread Title RSS Tag Name: title
Thread Post RSS Construct:

[b]Published:[/b] {XML[pubDate]}

{XML[description]}
[url={XML[link]}]Read More...[/url]

Note: After adding a new feed i suggest clicking update for that feed, this will manually update that singular feed specified, the cron job included will automatically update all feeds, best not to have it update them all from the start otherwise it could execute a lot of queries. Further more I highly recommend you do not have lots of feeds unless your server can with-stand it.

Enjoy

- Zero Tolerance

[Vierie]

Originally Posted by Regenerate

I can use BB code there? Ok, thx, I'll try...

Yes, you can.

[tuanluu]

Help with "RSS Settings" Please

I can now see the XML like the example

http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/index.xml

thanks

[oneillsean]

Vbulletin 3.5.1

I give this mod a thumbs up!

I installed this mod and have it working. Don't try to use google news rss feeds. They all kinds of formatting in the description. Went with yahoo.

I am seeing a few glitches. Random characters are appearing in the message body.
Example - http://www.snocrazy.com/forum/showthread.php?t=495
It might just be the feed from yahoo. I am also seeing off topic articles from them.

Here is a sample of google news rss feed. Let me know if you find a way to make it work.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <rss version="2.0">
- <channel>
<generator>NFE/0.8</generator>
<title>Google Search: snowmobile</title>
<link>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=snowmobile&ie=UTF-8</link>
<description>Google Search: snowmobile</description>
<language>en</language>
<webMaster>news-feedback@google.com</webMaster>
<copyright>&copy;2005 Google</copyright>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:48:57 GMT</pubDate>
<lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:48:57 GMT</lastBuildDate>
- <image>
<title>Google Search: snowmobile</title>
<url>http://news.google.com/images/news_res.gif</url>
<link>http://news.google.com/</link>
</image>
- <item>
<title>Filmmaker not guilty in snowmobile stunt death - CBC British Columbia (Audio)</title>
<link>http://www.cbc.ca/bc/story/bc_snowmobile-death20051110.html</link>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cbc.ca/bc/story/bc_snowmobile-death20051110.html</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><br><table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top><a href="http://news.google.com/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.cbc.ca/bc/story/bc_snowmobile-death20051110.html&cid=0">Filmmaker not guilty in <b>snowmobile</b> stunt death</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>CBC British Columbia (Audio),&nbsp;Canada&nbsp;-</font> <nobr>5 hours ago</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>A BC Supreme Court judge has decided there was not enough evidence to convict a Vancouver-area filmmaker in a <b>snowmobile</b> stunt that cost a young man his life. <b>...</b> </font><br></table></description>
</item>

[oneillsean]

It is replacing the character “ with “

Any ideas? Is this a Vbulletin thing?

Here is the xml.

- <item>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Emo council agrees to study snowmobile bylaw (Fort Frances Times)
]]>
</title>
<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/snowmobile/SIG=11n52m0o4/*http%3A//www.fftimes.com/index.php/2/2005-11-09/23380</link>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/snowmobile/SIG=11n52m0o4/*http%3A//www.fftimes.com/index.php/2/2005-11-09/23380</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:07:49 GMT</pubDate>
- <description>
- <![CDATA[ Dr. Ingrid Krampetz addressed Emo council at its regular meeting held Monday night about the safety of snowmobiles within the village limits. “They use excessive speed, whipping along where people could be walking,” she remarked.
]]>
</description>
</item>
- <item>

[D|ver]

Originally Posted by testing2

This works great!

Anyway, is there a way to have all feeds listed in a single thread, as opposed to having a single thread for each title?

e.g.) Suppose I create a thread id 100, and the script adds just the title and link from the RSS feed to this thread. After a month (or day, or week), I (or the script) can start a new thread for that month, and adds the new data into that single thread..

I think it can be done with a little bit of tweaking to this script.. Each feed seems to have too little information to warrant a new thread, but I like the idea of having just the title of the news in a thread.

Anyone who can help me on how to do this?

yeah that would be so so great
can anybody help us with that?

[Knoxvegan]

I can't figured out where to upload the files too. Also, it keeps kicking me out of the Admin CP ever since I created the task. Any ideas on both questions? Thanks.

[Knoxvegan]

I got the install fixed but I'm still suffering login problems after this install. It seems to kick everyone out randomly and require login.

[funfone]

Non stop duplictaes every day I'm afraid - clicks uninstall

[gc1]

I have a forum that deals with missing people that 3 ladies run that have gotten actual laws passed in their states regarding missing people.

You don't even know how much easier it has made these ladies jobs that works tirelessly for a non profit org to get amber alert rss feeds .

Thank You very much for this

[NineToez]

Love this mod, execpt for some duplicate posts and wish it didn't show up on the 'New Posts' section. You can prune the forum that you have these posts go in to which isn't a big deal, but all in all an excellent extension.