This nifty little utility will present a list of all of your forums RSS feeds on one page! Your users can then easily pick & choose which forums they want to subscribe to via RSS, Google, Yahoo, or Bloglines.
Ever go to a big site like CNN and view their page of RSS feeds that you can subscribe to? This is the same thing but for your vBulletin forums!
In addition to your users, the search engine spiders will love this!
We went out of our way to make sure that this CinVin vBulletin add-on was quick & easy to both install and modify!
Automatically adds an RSS button to your footer template.
Correctly shows where your visitors are when viewing the Who's Online page.
Forums can be specifically excluded from being listed.
Ability to specify which usergroup to use for permissions when viewing the list of forums.
"Link" forums can be turned off from showing.
All options are configured through the vBulletin ACP.
All descriptions and names are completely phrased so you can quickly add alternate lanquages or change the existing wording.
All display output is handled through vBulletin templates so you can quickly change the output appearance.
All templates and phrase are installed as a vBulletin product through your ACP which means there are no file edits!
Debug mode to help you with any problems you may be having.
Installation only take a few moments...
Unzip the .zip file that you downloaded.
Upload the single PHP file and single folder in the upload_to_your_forum_folder folder from the download to your forums folder.
Go into your ACP and select Plugins & Products => Manage Products => Add/Import Product => {Select the CinVin_vB_Forum_Feed_Listing.xml file from the download} => Import
FAQ's
- What vB versions? This should work with all versions of vB 3.6.x and above. It should also work with vB 3.5.x but I have not tested it on that version.
- Can I remove the "CinVin" text at the very bottom? NO! Believe it or not that little text is what allows us to work on hacks like this for free and, more importantly, to continue to support them. You are free to move the notice to your footer template, for example, if you would like to keep your notices all together but for removing it entirely a Branding Free license is available through CinVin.
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Been looking for something like this for ages - Great!
I have a problem though. The links don't work. When hovering over the link the link shows:
http://www.forum.familyhistory.uk.com/<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE:cv_ffl_forum_feed_link --->http://www.forum.familyhistory.uk.com/external.php <!-- END TEMPLATE:cv_ffl_forum_feed_link-->
Link to site: http://www.forum.familyhistory.uk.com/cv_rss_feeds.php
I have tried tracking the <!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE and can only find it in the fuctions.php around line 2881
Been playing around with. For whatever reason the feeds to not comply with some standards. I tried importing into an RSS reader and the mesage I receive from link validator is:
XML syntax error. Root element is missing. This feed is valid, but may cause problems for some users. We recommend fixing these problems.
Code:
*
line 21, column 35: description contains bad characters (2 occurrences) [help]
<description>BEVERLY HILLS (MI) \x96- Time once again for the FTS e-Mailbox, ...
^
*
line 24, column 119: content:encoded contains bad characters (52 occurrences) [help]
... erif"><font size="2">BEVERLY HILLS (MI) \x96- Time once again for the FTS e ...
Been looking for something like this for ages - Great!
I have a problem though. The links don't work. When hovering over the link the link shows:
http://www.forum.familyhistory.uk.com/<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE:cv_ffl_forum_feed_link --->http://www.forum.familyhistory.uk.com/external.php <!-- END TEMPLATE:cv_ffl_forum_feed_link-->
Link to site: http://www.forum.familyhistory.uk.com/cv_rss_feeds.php
I have tried tracking the <!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE and can only find it in the fuctions.php around line 2881
Please help,
Cheers,
Dave
I'm also encountering a similar problem.
Did you manage to fix your problem, Dave?
- Version 2.x is delayed as I work out some vBSEO issues. The current version posted in this thread is supposed to be working just fine with vBSEO according to their developer guidelines but obviously it isn't. When I use their functions to create vBSEO standardized URLs I am getting mixed results. As soon as I hear back from their tech' guys for a resolution I'll either update this thread or incorporate the changes in the new version.
- If you are getting a blank page when attempting to view the RSS results for an individual forum then make sure that you have (a) RSS feeds enabled in your ACP and (b) the last thread in that forum is newer then the X days specified in the ACP.
- If you are getting a blank page when attempting to the cv_rss_feeds.php page then the usual problem is a missing template (eg: something may have gone wrong when importing the product). If you are still getting a blank page then try either installing a fresh copy and importing a fresh copy of the product (uninstall the current one loaded and then install the fresh product XML) or you can submit a Support Ticket at CinVin and I'll take a look.
hello KW i have that issue with the blank page but not all are like that selected post show blank page i follow all that you said and everything appears in order.
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