NEW Modified RSS News Feed Hack

Hack originally posted by: Xyphen - RSS News Feed Hack
Modified by: wolfstream - Modified RSS News Feed Hack

I am posting this up as a new hack because of the major changes made to how the script works. Also, I didn't want people to get confused as to which one to download since there were 3 different versions on the original post.

Xyphen released the original version, then wolfstream modified the script and corrected some errors. After that, I modified wolfstreams version to change how posts were inserted. Now the post count will increase, posts will be able to be searched, and similiar threads will work.

RSS News Feed Hack for vB 3.0.x. 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! Support provided through this thread.

Latest Version:
- 1.26 - for PHP 4.3.0 & above
- 1.26a - for PHP prior to 4.3.0

vBulletin Versions:
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1

PHP Versions:
- > 4.3.0
- < 4.3.0

Installation Overview:
- Files to edit: (2) /admincp/index.php, /includes/functions_newpost.php
- Files to upload: (4) rss.php, admincp/rss_admin.php, includes/RSS/class.RSS.php, includes/RSS/rss_update.php
- Queries to run: (4) in rss_install.php

History:
Version 1.26 (23 June 2004 - Slapyo, Natch)
- listing of bot's more intuitive (Natch)
- hopefully fixed duplicate problem (Slapyo)
- stripped html tags from title and description (Slapyo)

Version 1.25 (12 May 2004 - Slapyo)
- fix for &quot; showing up
- logs action in scheduled task log if turned on

Version 1.24 (20 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- posts now deleted with delete_thread function
- post counts updated when using delete all news

Version 1.23 (14 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- added ability to delete bots
- cleaned up includes
- fix for PHP versions prior to 4.3.0 calling html_entity_decode()

Version 1.22 (13 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- duplicate posts problem fixed
- fix for problem with ' appearing as \'

Version 1.21 (12 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- bot will not be subscribed to posts now

Version 1.2 (11 April 2004 - Slapyo)
- posts now inserted with build_new_post function

Version 1.1 (28 March 2004 - wolfstream)
- file edits taken down to 1
- cron script included

Version 1.0 (28 January 2004 - Xyphen)
- original release

Common RSS Feeds:
- Yahoo!
- CNET.com
- BBC
- Wired News
- The Register
- Ars Technica
- All Headline News

[kevinrstruck]

Works like a charm for me. No issues at all. Installed in about 5-10 minutes.


So far so good.

http://www.thephotostation.net/forum...splay.php?f=91
http://www.thephotostation.net/forum...splay.php?f=90
http://www.thephotostation.net/forum...splay.php?f=89

[Zachariah]

thanks Slapyo, ill install soon.

[kevinrstruck]

Originally Posted by kevinrstruck

Works like a charm for me. No issues at all. Installed in about 5-10 minutes.


So far so good.

http://www.thephotostation.net/forum...splay.php?f=91
http://www.thephotostation.net/forum...splay.php?f=90
http://www.thephotostation.net/forum...splay.php?f=89

It is working perfectly now.

[opsman]

I have found my problem with this error

Warning: file(): URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 39

Warning: file(http://news.yahoo.com/rss/): failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 39

Warning: implode(): Bad arguments. in /includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 39


How can I get by this any ideas
I tried all the official working news feeds but same answer everytime

[Zachariah]

my problems: 5 feeds no mater the order in the DB only the 1st feed posts.
Any one of the feeds work, but it will not post more than 1 in the bot list.

Thoughts ?

[RichieBoy67]

I have done this install a few times and never had a problem... this time I am getting the following


Warning: main(class.RSS.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/ureside/forums/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 28

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'class.RSS.php' (include_path='') in /home/www/ureside/forums/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 28


I have gone over my edits and do not see a problem... Is there something I have to edit in the update file???


I fixed it.... I had to go into the RSS/rss_updae.php and edit the path to the class.RSS.php file.... If somebody else has this problem I hope this helps

[Benj]

how would i set up the cron as a vbulletin sceduled task my host doesnt support cron job coz there crap

[libertate]

Excellent job. This fixed one of my problems. Thank you!

Some suggestions for version 1.27... :squareeyed:

* The management tasks[Add a Bot], [Modify Bots], [Delete Bots], [Delete All News] shouldn't it be a submenu item of RSS NewsFeed on the navigation frame, instead on a single page?

* When [Delete Bots] is selected, the name is not displayed only the ID. Can the name be added?

* A title for the feed would be nice. So instead of some obscure URL, a standard source would descibes it. i.e. "Medical News" instead of "http://blahblah.blah/~blah.rss"

* Would it be possible to display a list instead of individually managing the RSS feeds?
i.e.
1. [ Source(text)] [Title(text)] [User (text)] [Enabled (Radio)] [Delete (Radio)]
2. [ Source(text)] [Title(text)] [User (text)] [Enabled (Radio)] [Delete (Radio)]
It is very unlikely that someone whould have a 25+ feed... and if they do there is always the scroll bar... :nervous:

* Although I understand the convenience on deleting all fetched news, I don't think you need (should ) to have this option. The pruning of posts by user is already available.

* Can you add additional functionality such that are available in "fps_external " are available? That would be a PERFECT combination!

Again, thank you for a job well done.

[RichieBoy67]

I do not want the bot listing in the stats.... I cannot remember how to do this at this hour... can anyone help please???

Is there a way to do this???? I do not want the bots showing up in post count or anywhere else.....

Thanks

[Slapyo]

sorry, i don't have time to support this hack anymore. however, i don't want to leave you guys hanging.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=67078

check out the Article Bot. it's like my script but with alot more options and as far as i know it is currently being supported.