Go Back   vb.org Archive > vBulletin Modifications > Archive > vB.org Archives > vBulletin 3.0 > vBulletin 3.0 Full Releases

Reply
 
Thread Tools
NEW Modified RSS News Feed Hack Details »»
NEW Modified RSS News Feed Hack
Version: 1.00, by Slapyo Slapyo is offline
Developer Last Online: Apr 2013 Show Printable Version Email this Page

Version: 3.0.0 Rating:
Released: 04-12-2004 Last Update: 06-22-2004 Installs: 146
 
No support by the author.

Hack originally posted by: Xyphen - RSS News Feed Hack
Modified by: wolfstream - Modified RSS News Feed Hack

I am posting this up as a new hack because of the major changes made to how the script works. Also, I didn't want people to get confused as to which one to download since there were 3 different versions on the original post.

Xyphen released the original version, then wolfstream modified the script and corrected some errors. After that, I modified wolfstreams version to change how posts were inserted. Now the post count will increase, posts will be able to be searched, and similiar threads will work.

RSS News Feed Hack for vB 3.0.x. As long as vBulletin doesn't change the database structure much, this should be good for the next release also, and those to come.

Allows you to have a live RSS news feed (such as one from Google or CNET) in a forum. The user that posts it will basically be a bot, which *should* only be used for posting the news, but you can even make it for a regular user.

Comments are welcome! Support provided through this thread.

Latest Version:
- 1.26 - for PHP 4.3.0 & above
- 1.26a - for PHP prior to 4.3.0

vBulletin Versions:
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1

PHP Versions:
- > 4.3.0
- < 4.3.0

Installation Overview:
- Files to edit: (2) /admincp/index.php, /includes/functions_newpost.php
- Files to upload: (4) rss.php, admincp/rss_admin.php, includes/RSS/class.RSS.php, includes/RSS/rss_update.php
- Queries to run: (4) in rss_install.php

History:
Version 1.26 (23 June 2004 - Slapyo, Natch)
- listing of bot's more intuitive (Natch)
- hopefully fixed duplicate problem (Slapyo)
- stripped html tags from title and description (Slapyo)

Version 1.25 (12 May 2004 - Slapyo)
- fix for &quot; showing up
- logs action in scheduled task log if turned on

Version 1.24 (20 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- posts now deleted with delete_thread function
- post counts updated when using delete all news

Version 1.23 (14 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- added ability to delete bots
- cleaned up includes
- fix for PHP versions prior to 4.3.0 calling html_entity_decode()

Version 1.22 (13 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- duplicate posts problem fixed
- fix for problem with ' appearing as \'

Version 1.21 (12 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- bot will not be subscribed to posts now

Version 1.2 (11 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- posts now inserted with build_new_post function

Version 1.1 (28 March 2004 - wolfstream)
- file edits taken down to 1
- cron script included

Version 1.0 (28 January 2004 - Xyphen)
- original release

Common RSS Feeds:
- Yahoo!
- CNET.com
- BBC
- Wired News
- The Register
- Ars Technica
- All Headline News

Show Your Support

  • This modification may not be copied, reproduced or published elsewhere without author's permission.

Comments
  #322  
Old 06-29-2004, 01:22 AM
Deimos Deimos is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 529
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

Fixed it, for some reason it didn't like my user id being the reporter, as soon as I set it to a new user I setup, it started posting ok.

I now have a new problem (yay...)
I accidently overwrote my forum index file with the one from the vbadvanced page...no problem, I restored it
But as soon as I load the forums, I get....

Quote:
Deimos: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: build_new_post() in /home/deimos/public_html/forums/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 103
Anyone know why? I haven't changed any files
If I disable the news bots, it loads ok, but if I enable it, it breaks
Er...
Reply With Quote
  #323  
Old 06-29-2004, 01:52 AM
Slapyo Slapyo is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Rancho Cucamonga
Posts: 370
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

ya, like gmtalk said ... sometimes the news feeds are not updated very often, maybe once or twice a week. what is the rss feed you are using. which website is it coming from?
Reply With Quote
  #324  
Old 06-29-2004, 01:54 AM
Slapyo Slapyo is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Rancho Cucamonga
Posts: 370
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

hrm trying getting a new copy of /includes/functions_newpost.php and re-editing the files.
Reply With Quote
  #325  
Old 06-29-2004, 02:22 AM
Deimos Deimos is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 529
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

Thanks slap, it was my mistake, I uploaded an old version of the index file which called the rss_update file

Btw, I have a question for you
I've installed or setup an RSS type news ripper, which grabs news from a URL..
It then puts this info into an RDF file
I've tried pointing the RSS news feed to this file, but it doesn't add the contents to the forum
The layout of the RDF file is....

Quote:
Content-Type: text/html

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rdf:RDF
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns="http://my.netscape.com/rdf/simple/0.9/">

<channel>
<title>ORIGIN - Ultima Online - Main</title>
<link>http://update.uo.com/fyi.html</link>
<description>FYI</description>
</channel>
<item>



&nbsp; <b>Ultima Registration Server Downtime</b>


Jun 25 2004 6:02PM CST (GMT -06:00)&nbsp;


<item>



Beginning at 10:00PDT on Friday, June 25th the Ultima Registration and account management servers may experience approximately 1 hour of downtime for maintenance.



</rdf:RDF>
The script i'm using to grab the news is....

http://www.openconcept.on.ca/guide-html2rdf.phtml

Now, i'm guessing it doesn't like the layout of the RDF file somehow, as it just won't add what's in there to my forum
The RSS does work aok for other news things like yahoo news etc, but not this custom thing.....

Any ideas ?
Reply With Quote
  #326  
Old 06-29-2004, 02:26 AM
Deimos Deimos is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 529
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

By the way, if i'm asking for to much, I apologise
Reply With Quote
  #327  
Old 06-29-2004, 03:05 PM
rsuplido rsuplido is offline
 
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 114
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

Have you all tried adding a feed coming from a VB3 RSS2 feed? It can't extract it. Any workaround?
Reply With Quote
  #328  
Old 06-29-2004, 05:01 PM
rsuplido rsuplido is offline
 
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 114
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Deimos
Thanks slap, it was my mistake, I uploaded an old version of the index file which called the rss_update file

Btw, I have a question for you
I've installed or setup an RSS type news ripper, which grabs news from a URL..
It then puts this info into an RDF file
I've tried pointing the RSS news feed to this file, but it doesn't add the contents to the forum
The layout of the RDF file is....



The script i'm using to grab the news is....

http://www.openconcept.on.ca/guide-html2rdf.phtml

Now, i'm guessing it doesn't like the layout of the RDF file somehow, as it just won't add what's in there to my forum
The RSS does work aok for other news things like yahoo news etc, but not this custom thing.....

Any ideas ?
I'm getting the same problem and it seems like the includes\class.RSS.php file, supports only RSS 0.91. Also, if you look at your example, <channel> and </channel> is declared above. Usually <item></item> are in between the <channel></channel> tags. You might want to do some tweaking on the class.RSS.php file and remove the <channel> test.

Regards.
Reply With Quote
  #329  
Old 06-29-2004, 08:18 PM
Deimos Deimos is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 529
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

Remove the channel test? hmm
Reply With Quote
  #330  
Old 06-29-2004, 10:16 PM
Slapyo Slapyo is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Rancho Cucamonga
Posts: 370
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

goes like this:

Code:
<channel>
	<item>
		<title></title>
		<link></link>
		<pubDate></pubDate>
		<description></description>
	</item>
</channel>
that is the format that it follows, if there are more items, they go between the <channel> tags.

for now, this is just a RSS feed. i haven't had time to look into adding different kinds of feeds like RDF or ATOM. i might if i get some time.
Reply With Quote
  #331  
Old 06-30-2004, 08:44 AM
Deimos Deimos is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 529
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

Thanks Slap, it'd be awesome if you could..
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 06:50 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.12 by vBS
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
  • Page Generation 0.04893 seconds
  • Memory Usage 2,312KB
  • Queries Executed 25 (?)
More Information
Template Usage:
  • (1)SHOWTHREAD
  • (1)ad_footer_end
  • (1)ad_footer_start
  • (1)ad_header_end
  • (1)ad_header_logo
  • (1)ad_navbar_below
  • (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr
  • (1)bbcode_code
  • (3)bbcode_quote
  • (1)footer
  • (1)forumjump
  • (1)forumrules
  • (1)gobutton
  • (1)header
  • (1)headinclude
  • (1)modsystem_post
  • (1)navbar
  • (6)navbar_link
  • (120)option
  • (1)pagenav
  • (1)pagenav_curpage
  • (4)pagenav_pagelink
  • (2)pagenav_pagelinkrel
  • (11)post_thanks_box
  • (11)post_thanks_button
  • (1)post_thanks_javascript
  • (1)post_thanks_navbar_search
  • (11)post_thanks_postbit_info
  • (10)postbit
  • (11)postbit_onlinestatus
  • (11)postbit_wrapper
  • (1)spacer_close
  • (1)spacer_open
  • (1)tagbit_wrapper 

Phrase Groups Available:
  • global
  • inlinemod
  • postbit
  • posting
  • reputationlevel
  • showthread
Included Files:
  • ./showthread.php
  • ./global.php
  • ./includes/init.php
  • ./includes/class_core.php
  • ./includes/config.php
  • ./includes/functions.php
  • ./includes/class_hook.php
  • ./includes/modsystem_functions.php
  • ./includes/functions_bigthree.php
  • ./includes/class_postbit.php
  • ./includes/class_bbcode.php
  • ./includes/functions_reputation.php
  • ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php 

Hooks Called:
  • init_startup
  • init_startup_session_setup_start
  • init_startup_session_setup_complete
  • cache_permissions
  • fetch_threadinfo_query
  • fetch_threadinfo
  • fetch_foruminfo
  • style_fetch
  • cache_templates
  • global_start
  • parse_templates
  • global_setup_complete
  • showthread_start
  • showthread_getinfo
  • forumjump
  • showthread_post_start
  • showthread_query_postids
  • showthread_query
  • bbcode_fetch_tags
  • bbcode_create
  • showthread_postbit_create
  • postbit_factory
  • postbit_display_start
  • post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start
  • post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end
  • post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start
  • post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end
  • post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start
  • post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end
  • fetch_musername
  • postbit_imicons
  • bbcode_parse_start
  • bbcode_parse_complete_precache
  • bbcode_parse_complete
  • postbit_display_complete
  • post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start
  • pagenav_page
  • pagenav_complete
  • tag_fetchbit_complete
  • forumrules
  • navbits
  • navbits_complete
  • showthread_complete