Add-On Releases - CinVin vB Forum Feed Listing

[ Older version can be found here ]

This nifty little utility will present a list of all of your forums RSS feeds on one page! Your users can then easily pick & choose which forums they want to subscribe to via RSS, Google, Yahoo, or Bloglines.

Ever go to a big site like CNN and view their page of RSS feeds that you can subscribe to? This is the same thing but for your vBulletin forums!

In addition to your users, the search engine spiders will love this!

We went out of our way to make sure that this CinVin vBulletin add-on was quick & easy to both install and modify!

• Automatically adds an RSS button to your footer template.
• Automatically adds an RSS Feeds link to your navbar template in the Quick Links drop-down menu.
• Correctly shows where your visitors are when viewing the Who's Online page.
• Forums can be specifically excluded from being listed.
• Ability to specify which usergroup to use for permissions when viewing the list of forums.
• "Link" forums can be turned off from showing.
• All options are configured through the vBulletin ACP.
• All descriptions and names are completely phrased so you can quickly add alternate lanquages or change the existing wording.
• All display output is handled through vBulletin templates so you can quickly change the output appearance.
• All templates and phrase are installed as a vBulletin product through your ACP which means there are no file edits!
• Compatible with vBSEO.
• Easy integration with vBadvanced CMPS.
• Debug mode to help you with any problems you may be having.

Installation only take a few moments...

• Unzip the .zip file that you downloaded.
• Upload the single PHP file and single folder in the upload_to_your_forum_folder folder from the download to your forums folder.
• Go into your ACP and select Plugins & Products => Manage Products => Add/Import Product => {Select the CinVin_vB_Forum_Feed_Listing.xml file from the download} => Import

You're all done! Just point your browser to http://www.yoursite.com/forums/cv_rss_feeds.php to view your new RSS feed listings.

DEMO #1: CinVin RSS Feeds (this is the 'stock' version)

DEMO #2: Cool Sci-Fi RSS Feeds (this one has been integrated with vBa CMPS)


FAQ's
- What vB versions? This should work with all versions of vB 3.6.x and above. It should also work with vB 3.5.x but I have not tested it on that version.

- Can I remove the "CinVin" text at the very bottom? NO! Believe it or not that little text is what allows us to work on hacks like this for free and, more importantly, to continue to support them. You are free to move the notice to your footer template, for example, if you would like to keep your notices all together but for removing it entirely a Branding Free license is available through CinVin.


Revisions
2.4.3
- Fixed issue if "Show Private Forums" is turned on in your ACP then private forums would have also been listed. As of 2.4.3 private forums will not be listed regardless of the ACP option.

2.4.2
- Fixed the "Excluded Forums" option for when multiple forums are selected.

2.4.1
- Fixed an uncached template (cv_ffl_rss_link_in_quicklinks).

2.4.0
- A new feature has been added to automatically add an "RSS Feeds" link to your navbar template in the Quick Links drop-down menu.
- All prior reported issue fixes are included.
- Version jump to 2.4.0

2.3.0
- A new feature has been added to automatically add an RSS button to your footer template as can be seen here at CinVin. The option is turned on by default and can be turned on or off in the ACP.
- Session ID variables have been removed from the cv_ffl_forum_link template as some older styles that were converted to the vB 3.6.x were having some issues.
- The method of including the vBadvanced CMPS file for CMPS 2.x & older has been changed. If you are using CMPS but not integrating the CinVin Forum Feed Listing with it then you may have seen an error at the top of the page.
- For those interested in removing the "CinVin" branding from the footer, the Branding Free License cost has been reduced.

2.2.1
- Private release

2.2.0
- Added new feature to show forums based upon a usergroup ID. The default value is now usergroup ID 1.
- Fixed 'Excluded Forums' option; was not working in all circumstances.
- Fixed display issue introduced in 2.1.1 for vBSEO users.
- Code cleanup.
2.1.1
- Fix for vBSEO users that were having an issue with no forums being listed.

1.x.x - 2.1.0
- Several new features, check your ACP.

1.0.2
- Strip HTML from forum descriptions
- Fixed forum link to go to forum display instead of external.php
- Added additional template (cf_ffl_forum_link) for forum links versus feed links
- Removed logic that would not show a forum if the forum was not listed on the forum jump menu

1.0.1
- Added WOL plugins

[KW802]

Originally Posted by Cybershaolin

Does this version (2.4.2) works with 3.6.8 or we must download the specific version for 3.6.8 (2.3.0) here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=133365 ?

It *should* work fine with it, with the possible exception of the plugin to add the link to the Quick Links menu (I can't remember when that template hook was added).

[star88]

works great
thank you :up:
* installed *

[Wrams]

Right i'm very new to all this sort of stuff. Lol I have it all installed and checked to make sure its all correct. But, when i click on a RSS feed to google its says oops link apears to be broken. Please check back in a few seconds. or something simular to that. I have enabled the vBSEO and done everything you have suggested. Like i said i have NO experience in this what so ever.

Forgive me if i'm creating you problems...Looks like the Fish will be used on me...

Actaully its saying in Google homepage that the feed being requested cannot be found. Its all the feeds...Ooops I've gone wrong somewhere and can't figure out where. Duh

P.S I clicked Installed

[KW802]

Wrams, mind posting a link to where you have it installed so I can get a better feel for the problem?

[EagleNick]

I have realized that this modification is pulling the page title and table head from the "Homepage Name" (specified in the ACP) rather than the forum name.

This needs to be fixed

[intelgio2]

This is great - thanks! I have installed it at my photo site.

One question I have is in regard to social forums... Even though these forums are viewable by guests and are on the RSS index, they do not appear to have data pulled. I have checked to see if there is an automated task that runs, but it does not appear that there is...

Any ideas?

Scott

[NeverBored]

I have one idea that would be a great addition... Add a custom feed tool. Put a check box by each feed to combine any feeds they choose into one url.

[shervin_dvb]

hi
i have this problem
how this problem the remove???


http://www.My forum/%3C!--%20BEGIN%20TEMPLATE:%20cv_ffl_forum_feed_link%20--%3Ehttp://www.My forum/external.php?forumids=16<!-- END TEMPLATE: cv_ffl_forum_feed_link -->

[EagleNick]

Originally Posted by NeverBored

I have one idea that would be a great addition... Add a custom feed tool. Put a check box by each feed to combine any feeds they choose into one url.

I've already suggested this

See:

Originally Posted by EagleNick

I have a suggestion: It would be neat if users could tick a checkbox next to the forums they want to subscribe to (in the event that they want to subscribe to multiple forums in one feed) and then at the bottom (below the list of feeds) a feed URL is generated that they can access.
This is similar to MyBB's feed choices.

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Originally Posted by shervin_dvb

hi
i have this problem
how this problem the remove???

http://www.My forum/%3C!--%20BEGIN%20TEMPLATE:%20cv_ffl_forum_feed_link%20--%3Ehttp://www.My forum/external.php?forumids=16<!-- END TEMPLATE: cv_ffl_forum_feed_link -->

http://www.cinvin.com/forums/showpos...21&postcount=7

[shervin_dvb]

thanks for Answer To Me