Miscellaneous Hacks - T-VBhoroscopes Addon -daily updated content

This is a quick vb-horoscopes feature to add to your forum.
I just made this and tested it on my forum, working fine as shown demo below

Requirements:
php fopen on
ADDED : IF fopen is not ON on your webserver , download the second zip file called gethoroscopes.php and replace the one in your cron folder with this one that uses Curl instead of fopen.
Installation :
-Upload the files to their respective locations
-Install the product using the VBulletin product manager
Your done !

You can test your script directly by going to your scheduled task
and using "RUN NOW" you should see the script output and then you
can go check your page at http://urforum/dailyhoroscopes.php


License :
- Your are allowed to query our website using the cronjob once everyday
Leave on default installation and you will not be breaking any rule, or only change the HOUR and MINUTE of runtime.
- You can freely modify the template the way you wish, all you need is
to leave the $result reference where you want it for the script to function
I will also appreciate if you share us with your modified template !

- You are required to keep the copyright text in your template, however if
you prefer to remove it, you can only do that after contacting me and recieving permission to do so ( free of charge ofcourse )

DEMO
http://www.tchatting.com/forum/dailyhoroscopes.php
or choose a sign
http://www.tchatting.com/forum/daily...php?sign=aries

If you use this and wish to recieve support please click INSTALL

[lebanon]

when u run the scheduled task manually , would u mind copy pasting ther esults here ?

[bada_bing]

Never mind figured it out.. It was a permissions issue

Any idea how to made this a block for vbadvance?

[project-Buckfas]

I have had this working great since I installed it shorty after its release. I'm just wondering is there any way I could pull the horoscopes from a different site?

If not I'll stick with what I got cause manual aint an option!

[lebanon]

Originally Posted by project-Buckfas

I have had this working great since I installed it shorty after its release. I'm just wondering is there any way I could pull the horoscopes from a different site?

If not I'll stick with what I got cause manual aint an option!

you can use vbhoroscopes v1 thats obtained for licensed members on my site only and gets horoscopes from astrology.com

[LostOne]

I am a newbie at this but my members are really interested into having the horoscope installed.

I uploaded both the vbhoroscope folder and the addon daily/updatecontent/ and I can't seem to make it work.

The horoscope is the only of the two that shows up in my manager.
When I do the run command I get this:

cron_horoscopes

Warning: main(/home/whedonve/public_html/forum/./includes/cron/gethoroscopes.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/cronadmin.php on line 108

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/whedonve/public_html/forum/./includes/cron/gethoroscopes.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /admincp/cronadmin.php on line 108

Done

The address where it supposedly shows from my file manager is here:
http://www.whedonverseandbeyond.net/...horoscopes.php
But it appears blank.

It seems that my file has too many folders before getting to the meat and bone in comparison to yours.

Again I am a newbie, can I have a more detailed set of installation information?

Sorry for the hassle and thanks in advance.

And how do I add the daily update again?

[SparKeh]

excellent hack! all working well here!

I was hoping to add a link in breadcrumbs under private messages saying "view your horoscope" or something, and once clicked it automatically takes the user to dailyhoroscopes.php?sign=gemini for example. How would I get the code to work out the users star sign from their date of birth?

[thepub]

I installed and when run in sccheduled tasks, I get this message :

cron_horoscopes
The file ./dailyhoroscopes/aries.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/taurus.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/gemini.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/cancer.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/leo.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/virgo.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/libra.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/scorpio.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/sagittarius.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/capricorn.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/aquarius.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/pisces.txt is not writable

Done

here http://theneighborhoodpub.com/dailyhoroscopes.php I get this:

Warning: main(./dailyhoroscopes/nosign.txt) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /dailyhoroscopes.php on line 83

Warning: main(./dailyhoroscopes/nosign.txt) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /dailyhoroscopes.php on line 83

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening './dailyhoroscopes/nosign.txt' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /dailyhoroscopes.php on line 83

what did I do wrong?

[TTG]

Installed and working well .. thanks lebanon

Clicked install

[project-Buckfas]

You need to set permissions (chmod) to 777

Originally Posted by thepub

I installed and when run in sccheduled tasks, I get this message :


here http://theneighborhoodpub.com/dailyhoroscopes.php I get this:



what did I do wrong?

[Konstantinos]

so the daily horoscope is updated from your site ? i assume by this way it can only be dispayed in english