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NEW Modified RSS News Feed Hack · **Released**: 04-12-2004

Hack originally posted by: Xyphen - RSS News Feed Hack
Modified by: wolfstream - Modified RSS News Feed Hack

I am posting this up as a new hack because of the major changes made to how the script works. Also, I didn't want people to get confused as to which one to download since there were 3 different versions on the original post.

Xyphen released the original version, then wolfstream modified the script and corrected some errors. After that, I modified wolfstreams version to change how posts were inserted. Now the post count will increase, posts will be able to be searched, and similiar threads will work.

RSS News Feed Hack for vB 3.0.x. As long as vBulletin doesn't change the database structure much, this should be good for the next release also, and those to come.

Allows you to have a live RSS news feed (such as one from Google or CNET) in a forum. The user that posts it will basically be a bot, which *should* only be used for posting the news, but you can even make it for a regular user.

Comments are welcome! Support provided through this thread.

Latest Version:
- 1.26 - for PHP 4.3.0 & above
- 1.26a - for PHP prior to 4.3.0

vBulletin Versions:
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1

PHP Versions:
- > 4.3.0
- < 4.3.0

Installation Overview:
- Files to edit: (2) /admincp/index.php, /includes/functions_newpost.php
- Files to upload: (4) rss.php, admincp/rss_admin.php, includes/RSS/class.RSS.php, includes/RSS/rss_update.php
- Queries to run: (4) in rss_install.php

History:
Version 1.26 (23 June 2004 - Slapyo, Natch)
- listing of bot's more intuitive (Natch)
- hopefully fixed duplicate problem (Slapyo)
- stripped html tags from title and description (Slapyo)

Version 1.25 (12 May 2004 - Slapyo)
- fix for " showing up
- logs action in scheduled task log if turned on

Version 1.24 (20 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- posts now deleted with delete_thread function
- post counts updated when using delete all news

Version 1.23 (14 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- added ability to delete bots
- cleaned up includes
- fix for PHP versions prior to 4.3.0 calling html_entity_decode()

Version 1.22 (13 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- duplicate posts problem fixed
- fix for problem with ' appearing as \'

Version 1.21 (12 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- bot will not be subscribed to posts now

Version 1.2 (11 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- posts now inserted with build_new_post function

Version 1.1 (28 March 2004 - wolfstream)
- file edits taken down to 1
- cron script included

Version 1.0 (28 January 2004 - Xyphen)
- original release

Common RSS Feeds:
- Yahoo!
- CNET.com
- BBC
- Wired News
- The Register
- Ars Technica
- All Headline News

Milez · #**167** 05-03-2004, 12:39 PM

Quote:

just gotta find those places or deal with the tiny TINY descriptions.

Anyone have any idea where these feeds might be? 3 words does not a useful thread make.

Good script btw been following it since it was first hashed out.

krohnathlonman · #**168** 05-03-2004, 02:17 PM

The duplicate posts are the lack of pubdate.....

Also how do I make " display as " instead?

Slapyo · #**169** 05-03-2004, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leah

Is it possible to get this to work with rdf also?

will have to see if i can find an RSS/RDF class that can be incorporated into this.

Slapyo · #**170** 05-03-2004, 03:50 PM

in rss_update.php FIND:

Code:

				// Setup the thread

ABOVE ADD:

Code:

$rss_title = str_replace("&quot;", "\"", $rss_title);
$rss_description = str_replace("&quot;", "\"", $rss_description);

Slapyo · #**171** 05-03-2004, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milez

Anyone have any idea where these feeds might be? 3 words does not a useful thread make.

Good script btw been following it since it was first hashed out.

http://www.syndic8.com

search there for RSS feeds. you might find some that are longer than a sentance description.

bradsears · #**172** 05-03-2004, 04:10 PM

I'd love to get google news alert emails to work with this system. They generally have a slightly longer description and you can create them for any group of key words.

danbc · #**173** 05-04-2004, 09:05 AM

How/what/where do one use to get personalised information posted automaticly?

We have 3 news sources we want to use..

1 anticheat news
2 jokes & fun
3 tournement news

These items we want to post both on our own site in 3 different forums, but also make the RSS available to affiliate sites, who will then use a PHPNuke version of this script to have the same contens posted.

But I can?t find any way of doing this without being a scriptgeek

I?ve tried Nucleus, which has a admin login page, which fits our needs, since other site admins should be allowed to post news aswell..

But I can?t seem to get this to work

Any input/ideas?

The hack is working like a charm btw, so it?s gonna end up on our final site..:!

Slapyo · #**174** 05-04-2004, 12:10 PM

hm, if i understand you correctly. you can set up 3 different news bots to run. then vbulletin comes with an external data provider.

admincp -> vBulletin Options -> External Data Provider

you can chose javascript, RSS, XML.

danbc · #**175** 05-04-2004, 06:30 PM

Yep, but the problem is making a news source that the bots can connect to, and preffereble a solution that has an ability to have different users adding the source.

Ted S · #**176** 05-05-2004, 03:58 AM

Great hack, I had it up and running in minutes (yes minutes). I have only one question and that would be how/where do I modify class.RSS.php to filter for a word. That is to say I intend to pull down the entire rss feed from the bbc and cnn but I only want to use resutls that contain the word(s) "scuba" "diver" or "diving" in either their description or title. Clearly having this as a per-bot feature would be great but if you can tell me how to hard code it I'd be ever thankful.

vau7 · #**177** 05-06-2004, 02:30 AM

I moved to a new Server and now i get these errors if i run the cron:

Code:

Warning: main() [function.main]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(../class.RSS.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/htdocs/v109581/) in /www/htdocs/v109581/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 28

Warning: main(class.RSS.php) [function.main]: failed to create stream: Operation not permitted in /www/htdocs/v109581/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 28

Fatal error: main() [function.main]: Failed opening required 'class.RSS.php' (include_path='.:..') in /www/htdocs/v109581/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 28

Any Idea? I've installed & checked it now 3 Times, everything seems to be correct...

Thanks ins Advance

Leah · #**178** 05-06-2004, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slapyo

will have to see if i can find an RSS/RDF class that can be incorporated into this.

That would be great.
What are the requirement for the rss/rdf class?

I'm an amateur when it comes to this, but is this what you're looking for?
http://www.fase4.com/en/rdf/sub,doc,index.html

Slapyo · #**179** 05-06-2004, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vau7

I moved to a new Server and now i get these errors if i run the cron:

Code:

Warning: main() [function.main]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(../class.RSS.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/htdocs/v109581/) in /www/htdocs/v109581/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 28

Warning: main(class.RSS.php) [function.main]: failed to create stream: Operation not permitted in /www/htdocs/v109581/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 28

Fatal error: main() [function.main]: Failed opening required 'class.RSS.php' (include_path='.:..') in /www/htdocs/v109581/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 28

Any Idea? I've installed & checked it now 3 Times, everything seems to be correct...

Thanks ins Advance

might be a problem with the INI file and permissions set. if you can't change your INI file, you should contact your hosting provider. that's all i can think of.

Slapyo · #**180** 05-06-2004, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leah

That would be great.
What are the requirement for the rss/rdf class?

I'm an amateur when it comes to this, but is this what you're looking for?
http://www.fase4.com/en/rdf/sub,doc,index.html

looks like it could work. when i have some time i will go through this some more. in midterms right now with lots of tests and papers due. *faints*

LLFan · #**181** 05-06-2004, 05:52 PM

Fantastic addition to the vB hack community--thank you.

I have this issue when trying to run the scheduled task manually (since I have had no posts):

Code:

Warning: main(.rss.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mysite.com/forums/admin/cronadmin.php on line 56

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '.rss.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/mysite.com/forums/admin/cronadmin.php on line 56

Any ideas?

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