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mattswanson · #1 11-29-2006, 09:55 PM

I'm kinda new to this so bear with me if I have asked this in the wrong place or the answer is obvious. Has anybody created a RSS, XML, or Javascript feed that will allow me to show the newest and/or most active threads in my forums on a site outside of vBulletin. I'm using vBulletin as discussion forums on a news site and I'd like to include some feeds out of vBulletin on to the news site itself.

Thanks in advance.

Matt

Kirk Y · #2 11-29-2006, 09:59 PM

Search for 'vBExternal'.

peterska2 · #3 11-29-2006, 09:59 PM

it's already built it. in your admincp go to vBulletin Options > External data provider and turn on which ever options you want to use.

The link you need for the feed will be one of

external.php?do=rss
external.php?do=rss2
external.php?do=xml
external.php?do=js

Prefix these pages with the URL to your forum and then you can use the feeds anywhere that you want.

Kirk Y · #4 11-29-2006, 10:02 PM

Oh yeah, I've forgotten about that - I like to display thread snippets instead.

peterska2 · #5 11-29-2006, 10:06 PM

Depending on how you format it, you can display loads of things with them. I'm working on something completely new for my site using them at the moment.

Kirk Y · #6 11-29-2006, 11:48 PM

Let us in on it if you get it working, that'd be so much simpler.

mattswanson · #7 11-30-2006, 07:32 PM

Thanks everybody. I appreciate it.

peterska2 · #8 11-30-2006, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acidburn0520

Let us in on it if you get it working, that'd be so much simpler.

I will, but I'm not saying that it will be an easy install. Some of it is pretty horrendous code at the moment although it works.

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