vbAdvanced Addon for AboutToday

This is to install an addon to vBAdvanced for AboutToday . It assumes that AboutToday is installed, the RSS Feeds are active, and "How many rows across for $myfeeds variable?" is set to greater than zero.


In vBa CMPS, Add Module - Template.

1. Module Title - Make this whatever you want to display
2. Template to Include: adv_portal_myfeeds
3. Template Content:

<tr>
<td class="$bgclass">
$myfeeds
</td>
</tr>

4. Save it and refresh your vbadvanced index page!

[Blaine0002]

meh i figured it out and turned up with this http://www.gentendo.com/index.php
try clicking on one of the news articles, that was what i was trying to do:P

OH and BTW in your cache_template plugin, use a better template system, the way you have it now is terrible.

How can i put each news article into a seperate box instead of all into 1?

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by Blaine0002

OH and BTW in your cache_template plugin, use a better template system, the way you have it now is terrible.

Well, I don't mind constructive comments but you need to provide more detail about why it's "terrible".

[Blaine0002]

Well im not sureif that plugin is being used by somthing else, but for the portal i would reccommend you using an actual module and templates, this way users can customize the overall look and feel.
Ill see if i can fix somthing up for you in a bit.

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by Blaine0002

Well im not sureif that plugin is being used by somthing else, .

Now that I really look at it, I'm not sure that the template that is merged at the beginning of it is used for anything! I think I was testing it and forgot to delete the code!

[Blaine0002]

yeah. so it would be much easier as a module?

[doctorsyrup]

Originally Posted by Blaine0002

I want to change the url it outputs to when using a direct link to somthing else, where is the output?

I would like to do the same thing, so that the links output to my affiliate links. Please let me know how you did this. Thanks.

[dropbass]

dangit. I cannot get the VB Advanced module to pick up the feed. I have followed everything on these three pages to the T...any suggestions?

[dropbass]

Okay, I am using VBA version 2.2.o as well. Can you explain to me what I need to do?

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by dropbass

dangit. I cannot get the VB Advanced module to pick up the feed. I have followed everything on these three pages to the T...any suggestions?

Have you assigned any of the feeds to the variables that can be displayed in vba? For example, in admincp -> AboutToday -> RSS Feeds, you will need to have "Include this Feed in $myfeeds variable?" set to "Yes" for each feed that you want to display when $myfeeds is used in vba.

If you need more help, pm me your site url with an admin login and password and I'll take a look at it for you.

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by dropbass

dangit. I cannot get the VB Advanced module to pick up the feed. I have followed everything on these three pages to the T...any suggestions?

You are now up and running. You were really close! You just needed to set "How many rows across for $myfeeds variable?" (under admincp -> AboutToday -> Settings) to 1.