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Post Pinger (Ping Update Services) · **Released**: 02-16-2006

This extension will ping update services such as technorati.com, or weblogs.com when a new thread is posted. You can add as many services as you wish to ping in the admin CP.

Here is a good explanation of what update services are:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services

It is recommended that you have rss and xml syndication turned ON in your vbulletin settings.

You should not add too many services as it could slow down your forum when people post new threads.

This does not update services when replies are posted, only when a new thread is started.

Installation:

Upload the IXR_Library.inc.php file to your forum root.

Install product.

Define settings in the vb options under post pinger.

Click Install!

Will offer support here as I can or at my forum at http://www.worldwidecreations.com

This modification is FREE of charge, but if you wish to reward me for my work, and encourage future modifications by me, please donate below:

Jafo232 · #12 02-17-2006, 06:52 PM

Screenshot posted.

XanTrax · #13 02-17-2006, 07:22 PM

Maybe I am missing something here....Whats the real use of this? - to ping a location everytime someone posts?

I think I understand it, could you explain the purpose of pinging those places named above?

Jafo232 · #14 02-17-2006, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XanTrax

Maybe I am missing something here....Whats the real use of this? - to ping a location everytime someone posts?

I think I understand it, could you explain the purpose of pinging those places named above?

See:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services

amykhar · #15 02-17-2006, 08:21 PM

Could this be set up so that we could configure it on a per-forum basis? For example, the computer forum could ping technorati, but the political forum could ping somewhere else.

Jafo232 · #16 02-17-2006, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amykhar

Could this be set up so that we could configure it on a per-forum basis? For example, the computer forum could ping technorati, but the political forum could ping somewhere else.

Not with this hack, no.

amykhar · #17 02-17-2006, 08:55 PM

Actually, I'm going to change it to do that for me. It seems to be a simple thing to move the setting from the vbulletin options to the forum options. So, instead of having a list of forums to exclude, the setting would be in the forum manager. In each forum, it will have a list of places to ping when a new thread is posted in that forum.

It won't take me too long to do, and I'll gladly give you the code if you want it.

Jafo232 · #18 02-18-2006, 12:52 PM

Sure, always ready to accept code.

3dsoft · #19 02-20-2006, 05:43 PM

Polls won't work after install of your plugin.

Is there a bugfix available?

Jafo232 · #20 02-21-2006, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3dsoft

Polls won't work after install of your plugin.

Is there a bugfix available?

Polls working just fine for me, what happens when you create one?

3dsoft · #21 02-21-2006, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jafo232

Polls working just fine for me, what happens when you create one?

After I click on submit, nothing happens (it looks like the poll webpage is loading but it is not). The next page just does not load anymore. This only happens when trying to start a poll.

Normal posts work without a problem. On my server is vbulletin 3.5.3 installed. When I deinstall post pinger, polls work without a problem again.

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