vBulletin Blog - How to get blogs in new posts search

Many people are concerned over the lack of integration of the blog system with the main forum software. I see many posts asking "how do I get my blogs to show up in new posts?"

Basically you need to utilise the blog RSS feed and get it to post a blog as a post.

This is how to do it.

From your admincp - RSS Feed Manager
Add a new RSS Feed
Feed enabled: Yes
URL of feed: http://www.yoursite.com/blogs/feed.rss
Check every: 30 mins
Feeds to fetch: 0
Username: choose or make a new one - blog bot or something
Forum: chose an existing one or make a new forum and select options as you see fit, or see below.
Allow Smilies: yes
Display Signature: no
convert html to bb code: yes


Title template: {rss:title}
Body template:

PHP Code:

{rss:content:encoded}
[url={rss:link}]Click here to be taken to the Blog...[/url]
[url="http://www.yourwebsite.com"]Name of your forum [/url] 


In the next sections, pick what you want but also make sure you do the following
Thread action delay 1
Close thread after delay: yes

Making a new forum
When making a new forum for your blog posts, chose the setting your want for other users, but make sure of the following:

Act as forum: yes
Index New Posts in Search Engine: yes
Forum is open: yes

You can chose whether the forum is hidden or visible, but make sure the username you specified above is in a group that can post to this forum.

Permissions

I didn't want others to post so they have no post permissions. To get to the blog, they click on the link in the post and get taken there directly. To be able to see the posts they must have.

Can View Forum: yes
Can View Thread Content: yes
Can View Others' Threads: yes
Can Search Forums: yes


A working version is at www.midlandsweather.org.uk
My blog forum (so that you can see an example of the posts made is at www.midlandsweather.org.uk/mwf-blog


Please click ***install*** if you use this.

[optrex]

Have you checked your blog RSS feed? To me it is only showing your blog posts, so the mod is working correctly. RSS feeds display what guests see, so make sure your permissions are correct for unregistered users

[hotwheels]

I have the guest permission set.....It works for my powertv channel. If someone posts a video, it will start a new thread with a link to the video and the usersname.

The blog mod for rssfeed, is only showing my blogs. When i have a user start a blog, that users blog isn't updating to the forum i selected.

[optrex]

The problem is it will only refect what is in your blog RSS, so you need to sort that out first for this mod to work for you.

http://www.insanemustangs.com/forums....php?type=RSS2 Your feed
which is a reflection of your blog page
http://www.insanemustangs.com/forums/blog.php?do=list

looking at both of them, it looks like no-one else has made a blog post. Have you got new blogs sitting in the moderation queue?

[optrex]

Just logged into your site - its a permissions issue. You need to look at your guest access

[hotwheels]

Okay, here are my current settings:

Can View Forum
Yes

Can View Thread Content
Yes

Can View Others' Threads
Yes

Can Search Forums
Yes

Can View Calendar
Yes

Can View Others' Events
Yes

Can View Member Info
Yes

Can View Others' Profile Pictures
Yes

Can View Albums: Users without this permission will still be able to see picture in public and profile album if they know the exact URL.
Yes

This Usergroup is not a 'Banned' Group: (Setting this to no will cause the group to be treated as a banned group, this will prevent the sending of email notifications, show a banned error message on the permission error pages and other unspecified behaviors.)
Yes

Can View Social Groups
Yes

Can this usergroup view the vBPicGallery?
Yes

Can View Other's Blog
Yes

Can Search Blogs
Yes

Can View Attachments
Yes

That is everything i have set to yet in the unregistered usergroup.......As far as i can tell, that is everything. If you look at yours in the admincp, what do you have set different? I am at a total loss on what is missing here......Like i say, if i post a blog it will show in the forums, but if another member does, it won't show up.....

[Artes_Marciales]

Great Idea!!

[Artes_Marciales]

My blog feed duplicate threads

[webnsn]

Thanks

Now i can use RSS Feed @ www.wikinewforum.com

wow, i am going to this site and easily able to install all