New Posting Features - RSS items as posts

NAME: RSS items as posts v0.6.2
DESCRIPTION: RSS items are added as the posts of the choosen topic.
AUTHOR and IDEA: zCarot (www.zcarot.com)
INSTALLATION TIME: 2-5 minutes
DIFFICULTY: average

--------------------------------- DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------

By default vBulletin 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 can import RSS elements as threads and announcements.
This mod allows you to import them as messages as well!
It can be convenient for RSS with the important information which doesn't required to be discussed.

----------------------------------- REMARKS -----------------------------------

If the thread ID does not set, than the name of RSS feed will be the used as title of the topic.
If the topic still does not exist in the specified forum, it will be created with first item of RSS.
Practically all adjustments for display of RSS items as topics will influence on their display as posts.

---------------------------- INSTALL & UPGRADE ----------------------------

See at readme.txt

------------------------------------ HISTORY -----------------------------------

0.6.2 (2012/07/01)
- Fixed: backward compatibility with older vBulletin's versions
- Confirmed: vBulletin 4.2.0 support

0.6.1 (2012/04/07)
- Fix for support vBulletin 4.1.4 and newer

0.6 (2011/03/27)
- Small fix for full support of vBulletin 4.0.x and 4.1.x
- NEW: Support for reversing order of RSS feed
- FIXED: DB error with merging posts

0.5.3 (2009/01/14)
- Small fix for full support of vBulletin 3.8.x

0.5.2 (2008/06/28)
- FIXED: "Cannot pass parameter 2 by reference" if you choose "Update dateline of old post"

0.5.1 (2008/05/24)
- FIXED: another bug when thread ID was not set up, or thread ID = 0 (thx. Kerry-Anne)

0.5 (2008/05/24)
- NEW: now you have an option to merge many RSS items to one post (atrljoe's idea)
- NEW: now you have an option to close old thread after X posts (Kerry-Anne's idea)
- FIXED: if you choose "preview" or you have some errors in settings then your thread ID is set up to 0
- FIXED: if thread ID was not set up, or thread ID = 0, then mod will not work sometimes
- FIXED: bug then thread ID > 65535 (thx. Kerry-Anne)

0.3 (2008/04/24)
- Released for vBulletin 3.7.x (Now supports thread prefixes)

0.2.3 (2007/10/20)
- Another fix for 0.2 (Fatal error in cron task)

0.2.2 (2007/10/17)
- Another fix for 0.2 (Thread ID will be saved at RSS data after creating a new one)

0.2.1 (2007/10/16)
- Fix for 0.2 (you can't save thread ID)

0.2 (2007/10/15)
- Now it is possible to specify of thread ID

0.1 (2007/09/02)
- First release

---------------------------------- SCREENSHOTS -----------------------------------
Standard version
1 element = 1 thread:
Attachment 79188

My version.
1 rss feed = 1 thread:
Attachment 79189
1 element = 1 post:
Attachment 79190

[BirdOPrey5]

Thanks for the update. I use the old version, can you give more info on "FIXED: DB error with merging posts" because I don't think I ever ran into it- was this just for posts made by the mod or all posts on the board?

Just wondering if its necessary to upgrade sooner than later...

[zCarot]

<font color="DarkSlateBlue">This DB error can occur if you have enabled option "Merge many RSS items to one post".
So if you have not emails with this error - you don't need to upgrade.</font>

[BirdOPrey5]

Thanks. :up:

Will probably save this upgrade then until I upgrade vBulletin since I'll have to redo the file edits anyway.

[AURFSCAN]

Does what it says... thx zcarot

[Juggernaut]

Installed

[astdirect]

Is it possible to use an xml feed with this ? Or any way to modify so it accepts xml feeds into posts ?

[Juggernaut]

Stopped working after the upgrade to vbulletin 4.1.4, even after I re-did all of the file edits, and reinstalled.

[Alan_SP]

This is bad news. I really like it and I hope fix will be provided soon.

[anupam_luv]

yep, it stopped working after upgrade to 4.1.4 ... plz update ur version so tht we dnt need any "file edits" at all....

Thank You