RSS feed as "info box"

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That might work, but I'm not too keen on filling the DB with posts and having to manually clear it every so often.

I think I'll just try and hack the weather mod to permit two instances running. That's exactly what I need as this is sea conditions info vs. air conditions.

I can't believe there isn't a mod like this for any generic RSS feed. It would be useful in a number of transient data applications such as a stock ticker, joke of the day, or any type of distributed announcement.

--------------- Added [DATE]1253036733[/DATE] at [TIME]1253036733[/TIME] ---------------

Success! Here's what I did;

I took the add-on's php & xml files and and replaced every instance of "weather" with "seacond", checking to see if it made sense in context. I also replaced weather in all the filenames with seacond. Installed 'seacond' as per the instructions, and configured my new vbulletin option (and crontab) named "Seacond". Tested by replacing $weather in the navbar with $seacond, and it worked as expected.

Since I couldn't find an unobtrusive place for the block of data, and it generally only applies to fishermen, I modified the navbar template to replace "weather" with "Seacond" in the fishing forum only. Navbar mod follows:

PHP Code:

<!-- / ADDED FOR SEACOND AND WEATHER -->

<if condition="$foruminfo[forumid] == 3">
   <td class="alt1" width="45%">$seacond</td>
<else />
   <td class="alt1" width="45%">$weather</td>
</if> 


Anyone see any gotcha's to this approach?