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RSS feeds on forumhome · **Released**: 10-08-2004

RSS feeds on forumhome

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Author: Ken 'LiveWire' Iovino
Site: www.initialz.com
Version: 1.0.0
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Updates

None At this Moment

What this does
This will show RSS feeds on your forumhome page, for a good example go to www.webhostingtalk.com and look on the right menu, you will see "WebHostingTalk News, News by HostingTech.com". This hack will allow you to do exacly what they have done there.

Please note that im not that experiance with RSS feeds, but i know this worked for me when i was in need to have feeds on my forumhome, but maybe alot of sites are diffrent, but i doubt it. Anyway i would suggest you have small know how in PHP to modify the code to your taste. Read the comments to fully understand.

To do list...

Time to install: 3-5 minutes
Queries to run: 0
File Mods: 1
- /forums/indexphp
Templates to edit: 0
Templates to add: 0
New Phrases: 0

Please read carefully and make all the necessary changes as stated. This is will work if installed properly.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN! If you like this hack

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Help & Support
Before asking for support Please make sure you have done all necessary changes! If you still need support please post a reply here.

Please post bugs and errors here. Hope you like, feedback welcomed.

AnhTuanCool · #12 10-15-2004, 04:04 AM

Please don't mind this stupid question but What is RSS feeds anyway? :ermm:

Logikos · #13 10-15-2004, 05:54 AM

RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. But it's not just for news. Pretty much anything that can be broken down into discrete items can be syndicated via RSS. Basicly content taking from one site, and added to another. If you wanted to place the world news on your home page, would you search and update articles all the time? Naw, you could use an RSS feed to automaticly grab news and updated on your site. And you do nothing.

AnhTuanCool · #14 10-15-2004, 09:12 PM

Sounds nice, I'll install ya mod now to see how is it looks like, thank you for explaining

Erwin · #15 10-16-2004, 12:18 PM

You forgot to say you need to edit the forumhome template to put the variable $rss_news where you want to show the newsfeed.

Logikos · #16 10-18-2004, 02:06 AM

Opps thanks Erwin, i'll update the install the second I get home.

Erwin · #17 10-19-2004, 12:17 AM

I expanded the hack so members could choose different newsfeeds or add their own... however, my site is too busy for this hack - the constant fopen of RSS feeds killed my server when we reach our peak over 1,000 users online.

So I've had to remove the hack. Some kind of cache which updates hourly or so would be ideal.

huuquynh · #18 11-08-2004, 06:46 AM

Yes, I agree with Erwin. You should create a table and put syndication's information there.

dookie · #19 12-04-2004, 03:03 PM

Is it possible to have more than one newsfeed (2 or more different feeds)?
What do I have to do to have more than one feed?

*installs*

Lord Brar · #20 12-04-2004, 03:29 PM

So, are we going to get a version with cache facility, livewire?

dookie · #21 12-08-2004, 02:42 PM

Is it possible to integrate the feature that we can set the number of news to fetch? eg the last x news?

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