[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

[NineToez]

Had to reinstall this since I moved my hosting and I'm getting "Invalid URL to RSS Given" which worked just fine before but now it's not?!? Yes, I uploaded all the necessary files and imported the XML, however now I'm running 3.5.3 vs. 3.5.1 as before; did I forget to CHMOD a folder/file perhaps?

[clubplanet]

Originally Posted by jluerken

I tried to uninstall the product but this is also not working.
The entry stays in the admincp.

How can I get rid of this hack?

Had to figure this out myself. Here is how:
1. Go to Scheduled Tasks -> Scheduled Task Manager and delete the cron entry for Inferno RSS
2. Go to Manage Products, choose uninstall from the dropdown Box
3. Delete these files:

admincp/ffrss.php
includes/xml/cpnav_ffrss.xml
includes/xml/help_ffrss.xml
includes/cron/cron_ffrss.php

[thuffner]

How do you make the article bots' posts NOT count towards the board's total posts/threads?

Thanks!

[BaconDelight]

This is mostly working, but I've noticed a couple things.

First, sometimes when I hit "edit" on a feed I've created, the RSS Settings revert back to a previously saved state, rather than showing whatever changes I made to them last time. I find myself having to go in a couple times and hitting "Save" to be sure it's actually updated.

Secondly, for some reason, when using this feed, if I try to put {XLM[guid]} in my post construct, all I get is "array" instead of the contents of guid. Any ideas?

[Jafo232]

Installed..

I recommend you lower the amount of time RSS feeds are crawled.. Every minute seems like overkill.. Set mine for every 15 minutes or it slows the forum down significantly, even with one feed.

[GamerJunk.net]

How would I format this to look good....I'm feeding auctions from Ebay onto my site

<channel>
<title>fEEdBaY: Video Games : Accessories</title>
<link>http://rss.feedbay.net/getfeed.php?cid=49220</link>
<language>en-us</language>
−
<description>

fEEdBaY.net: Delivering eBay category listings and custom search filters via RSS since 2006. Watch for our IPO!

</description>
−
<item>
−
<title>
PSP 5 Enhance Replacement Analog Stick Sony Playstation
</title>
−
<link>
http://click.feedbay.net/go.php?u=%D...0DAV%1E%036%BC
</link>
−
<description>
<IMG ALIGN="LEFT" SRC="http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/pict/8255935608.jpg"/>
−
<div valign="top">
−
<table>
−
<tr>
<td align="right">Auction #:</td>
−
<td>
<b>8255935608</b>
</td>
<td align="right">Location:</td>
−
<td>
<b>United States</b>
</td>
</tr>
−
<tr>
<td align="right">Current Price:</td>
−
<td>
<b>$0.10</b>
</td>
<td align="right">Bids:</td>
−
<td>
<b>0</b>
</td>
</tr>
−
<tr>
<td align="right">Started:</td>
−
<td>
<b>2006-02-04 04:10:00</b>
</td>
<td align="right">Ends:</td>
−
<td>
<b>2006-02-07 04:10:00</b>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</description>
</item>

[Snatch]

Originally Posted by b6gm6n

try editing your "new posts" link in your navbar template

Add the &exclude=27 (change 27 to the forum id where your feeds are posted)

http://www.mysite.com/forum/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=27

-b6

I had made this but it doesn?t work for me. It alway shows me the new threads and posts.
Another trick ?

GreeTz
Snatch

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by jluerken

Sorry to say NxTek but I am not using RSS Feeds containing Video or Sound Files.

btw. this is not the meaning of RSS.
Its like using email for ftpying files

Sorry, I had to laugh at this.

I know it was said above, but your analogy is bad, and the entire premise is flawed.

RSS + sound = podcast.
RSS + video = video podcast

Ever heard of those? :surprised:

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by Snatch

I had made this but it doesn?t work for me. It alway shows me the new threads and posts.
Another trick ?

GreeTz
Snatch

I've read you could turn off "Index New Posts in Search Engine" for the RSS forum, in Admin CP Forum Manager. This will prevent searches on that forum, so presumably will work? Not sure though.


You could also install this hack: Opt Out Forums from Get New/Get Daily. Works for me, and allows users to choose what they prefer on an individual basis, which I like. If you read the thread too, you'll see there's a way to set some forums to be "opted out" by default for everyone.

Hope this helps!

[username12]

Yahoo works perfectly... until I click on one of the links and get "Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded".