Miscellaneous Hacks - T-VBhoroscopes Addon -daily updated content

This is a quick vb-horoscopes feature to add to your forum.
I just made this and tested it on my forum, working fine as shown demo below

Requirements:
php fopen on
ADDED : IF fopen is not ON on your webserver , download the second zip file called gethoroscopes.php and replace the one in your cron folder with this one that uses Curl instead of fopen.
Installation :
-Upload the files to their respective locations
-Install the product using the VBulletin product manager
Your done !

You can test your script directly by going to your scheduled task
and using "RUN NOW" you should see the script output and then you
can go check your page at http://urforum/dailyhoroscopes.php


License :
- Your are allowed to query our website using the cronjob once everyday
Leave on default installation and you will not be breaking any rule, or only change the HOUR and MINUTE of runtime.
- You can freely modify the template the way you wish, all you need is
to leave the $result reference where you want it for the script to function
I will also appreciate if you share us with your modified template !

- You are required to keep the copyright text in your template, however if
you prefer to remove it, you can only do that after contacting me and recieving permission to do so ( free of charge ofcourse )

DEMO
http://www.tchatting.com/forum/dailyhoroscopes.php
or choose a sign
http://www.tchatting.com/forum/daily...php?sign=aries

If you use this and wish to recieve support please click INSTALL

[edenx]

I want horoscopes in Spanish, do I have any chance for this?

[Mys]

In the last day or so, I have been receiving the following error when I click on any of the signs and am unable to retrieve horoscopes:

Not Found
The requested URL /horoscopes/virgo.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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Apache/1.3.37 Server at tchatting.com Port 80

I did notice that tchatting.com appears to be undergoing some maintenance which may account for the disruption.

[lebanon]

is it still happening ? this could have happened if for any reason your site when running the cronjob could not connect to my website.
You can rerun the cronjob manually from scheduled tasks and that should fix it.
Or wait till the next task to rerun itself.

[Jimandbob]

It seems to be working ok for me

[Devil Woman]

I have just recently installed this and gone to test it but when I click on a sign there is no horoscope there it is just blank, I have just gone to see if the same problem is coming from the source site http://www.tchatting.com/forum/dailyhoroscopes.php and the same problem is on there.

Any help is appreciated

Thanks.

[lebanon]

Devil woman, true , this error occured today due a server write failure on my server, without further technical details, the error is fixed and the feed is running smoothly as ever.
( all users who were denied the feed for this day should rerun the cron manually ), or wait till its next run.

[Devil Woman]

Hi thanks for that, I have just re-run the cron for the horoscopes and this is what I got

The file ./dailyhoroscopes/aries.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/taurus.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/gemini.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/cancer.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/leo.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/virgo.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/libra.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/scorpio.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/sagittarius.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/capricorn.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/aquarius.txt is not writableThe file ./dailyhoroscopes/pisces.txt is not writable

Still nothing is showing when I click on a horoscope either, woud maybe reinstalling the hack help?

Thanks

[Devil Woman]

No worries about the above I have now sorted this had to change the chmod to 777 on the dailyhoroscopes folder in the ftp aswell as all the files inside the dailyhoroscopes files, re-ran the cron and is now all working and installed

Thanks.

[Code Monkey]

This no longer seems to be working. All horoscopes are only showing a "1";

[dodgeboard.com]

I having problems at our site as well. The text files are showing "0" filesize and there is nothing in them. The source site (tchatting.com) seems to be working fine.