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.
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!
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
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.
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It's on my to do list to type up the instructions! I ended up helping the wife make some cookies last night so my choices were... (A) Type up some instructions or (B) Eat some freshly baked cookies. I went with choice B. I'll get something typed up today.
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Originally Posted by tobybird
Great, great hack! Installed but am going to have to remove it too because of guests being able to view private forums. It would be wonderful if we had the option to select which forums we wish to provide an rss feed for.
As others have mentioned, it's based upon the permissions of the user who is viewing the page. You see everything because you are likely the admin' of your site. Logout and view the page as a guest or a non-admin account.
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Originally Posted by Capper5016
hmmmm, maybe I spoke too soon......not working very well with firefox.....some feeds are fine, others are blank pages, and still others have one feed or two.......any suggestions?
I have yet to see any blank pages with IE. I'll play around with FF & Opera today to see what I get. If you're getting a blank page though... it's most likely not because of this hack. When you click on the RSS button, for example, you're seeing the output of the normal vBulletin "external.php" script. But, who knows, I'll check it out.
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Originally Posted by Kihon Kata
guests can view private forums? eeeeeek, uninstalls
No, guests can not view private forums. The views are permissions based like any other page in vB would be.
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Originally Posted by Capper5016
I'm not seeing that issue. I've checked with various accounts, and its completely based on the user permissions
Hmmm, I did test as a guest. All they have to do is simply view the RSS feed and the private content is there.
For example the private boards on my site, guests can view forum and post titles but can not view thread content. With the RSS hack in place the content provided in the feed is viewable in a text form (as to be expected). But this is still a concern for my site as I run a parenting board and my private boards are those that contain pics of the kids. It's the published links that are my concern...
Actual private categories and their forums are hidden as they should be. Let me reinstall and see if I missed something.
eta: Odd, this is happening on some but not all. I've checked all my permissions, tested as a guest and everything else I can think of. I'm going to go ahead and click install because I think this is an awesome mod. And if I may, I would really love it if you could give us the ability to choose which forums to provide feeds for in your next version. Thanks!
Hmmm, I did test as a guest. All they have to do is simply view the RSS feed and the private content is there. ..
Tobybird, this hack to view the forum list would have no affect on what guests can & can't see once they go to http://www.yoursite.com/forums/external.php as that is controlled through the permissions of the stock vBulletin external.php script. Even if a private forum was accidently listed with this hack then once they clicked on the link they still wouldn't be able to see anything if the forum permissions are correct. If a guest is able to go directly to your external.php link and view threads from a private forum then a different problem is going on.
whats the difference to forums where this nice hack works perfectly ?
Edit: sorry read not all the thread news.
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Originally Posted by KW802
I think I know what you & Cocko may have in common. Do you have an IM that I could get you at to confirm something rather than going back and forth via the forums or PM? If yes, please PM and I'll track down you sometime tommorrow.
whats the difference to forums where this nice hack works perfectly ?
I've tried a few different things & Kihon Kata was kind enough to help me experiment a bit this morning and so far the only thing that I can find in common so far with Kihon's site and RexB's site is that they are both running vBSEO. I wouldn't think it'd make a difference but that's the only thing so far I'm finding. Cocko, do you have vBSEO on your site as well? I can't view your site from work so I can't check myself right now.
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12-07-2006, 01:09 PM
I'll get something typed up today.
It would be wonderful if we had the option to select which forums we wish to provide an rss feed for. 
