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RSS News Feed Hack · **Released**: 01-28-2004

My friend made this hack, he owns http://www.liquidpro.net. Check him out.
You may contact him at liquidpro@neo.rr.com. Or you can IM him on AIM at LiquidPro10.

An example is shown at http://www.xtreme-forumz.net. Go to the Techno forum under the General category. Then the CNET News sub-forum.

RSS News Feed Hack for vB 3.0.0. 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!

Instructons:
Note: DON'T FORGET TO MAKE A BACKUP OF EACH FILE BEFORE YOU MODIFY IT!

Copy the files to your web server... keep the same directory structure as in the zip file.
Run the rss_install.php file to setup the RSS script.
If you're upgrading run the rss_upgrade.php file to setup the RSS script. Don't forget to remove all previous modifications (you can find them by searching for "LiquidPro")

#### open the /index.php script ####
Find this:

PHP Code:


			
require_once('./includes/functions_forumlist.php');

Add below it:

PHP Code:


			
require_once('./includes/RSS/rss_update.php');

#### open the /forumdisplay.php script ####
Find this:

PHP Code:


			
require_once('./includes/functions_forumdisplay.php');

Add below it:

PHP Code:


			
require_once('./includes/RSS/rss_update.php');

#### open the /admincp/index.php script ####

Find this:

PHP Code:


			
construct_nav_group("$vbphrase[styles] &amp; $vbphrase[templates]", '<hr />');

Add below it:

PHP Code:


			
// Manage Hacks
// by: Andrew Wickham
// LiquidPro Inc.
//
construct_nav_option('RSS News Feed', 'rss_admin.php', '<br />');
construct_nav_group('Hacks');
//
// End Manage Hacks

You're done, thanks for installing the hack.

Hack by: Andrew Wickham (http://www.liquidpro.net)
Hack for: Xtreme-Forumz (http://www.xtreme-forumz.net)

Host Visions · #**212** 04-15-2004, 12:24 PM

How do I exclude the newsfeed forums from the 'view new posts' option?

Thanks

MaxScript · #**213** 04-29-2004, 12:31 AM

question , i notice when i install this that one forum shows up ? is it that i have to wait 24 hours for my other rss to work ?

wolfstream · #**214** 04-29-2004, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaxScript

question , i notice when i install this that one forum shows up ? is it that i have to wait 24 hours for my other rss to work ?

This doesn't create the forum for you, you must have the forum and the user created in order to get this working.
As far as the feeds, they update independently, apart from each other. Some feeds update every few days, some every few hours, some every few minutes. It all depends on the feed itself>

MaxScript · #**215** 04-29-2004, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfstream

This doesn't create the forum for you, you must have the forum and the user created in order to get this working.
As far as the feeds, they update independently, apart from each other. Some feeds update every few days, some every few hours, some every few minutes. It all depends on the feed itself>

thats what i did, so is up the feed itself ... ok thanks

Pseudomizer · #**216** 07-28-2004, 04:03 PM

None of the board links on the first posting work. Why ? I would like to see this in action and not to see a screenshot. Any help would be welcome.

Cheers,

Ming Keong · #**217** 07-29-2004, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pseudomizer

None of the board links on the first posting work. Why ? I would like to see this in action and not to see a screenshot. Any help would be welcome.

Cheers,

I'm using this hack to post at http://www.pdatrends.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7

rex_b · #**218** 07-30-2004, 05:13 PM

I keep getting this error after installing:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_IF in /home/rexb2/public_html/forum/index.php on line 66

what gives???

DWard · #**219** 10-12-2004, 07:12 PM

Do old news feeds get removed after a set time??

DWard · #**220** 10-14-2004, 12:39 PM

????

Sooner95 · #**221** 10-15-2004, 01:53 PM

i think this died or something..lol

Sooner95 · #**222** 10-15-2004, 01:59 PM

is this thread dead?

kadafi_alive · #**223** 01-20-2005, 08:24 AM

Anyone know how to uninstall it?

zurih · #**224** 01-20-2005, 05:31 PM

the hack uses 6 queries!!!
too much I think, no?!

phantomatvietna · #**225** 10-06-2005, 11:36 AM

May be i'll make a back-up before hacking this mods ! Thanks so much !

Snyper · #**226** 03-04-2006, 11:36 PM

Hello,

is a a new Version for vB 3.5.x avaible of follow ?

Greets

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