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NEW Modified RSS News Feed Hack · **Released**: 04-12-2004

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 " 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

NewOrder · #**502** 05-14-2005, 10:42 PM

im getting the follwing

rss.php

Warning: main(./includes/cron/rss.php..php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/cronadmin.php on line 56

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './includes/cron/rss.php..php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home2/tek/public_html/admincp/cronadmin.php on line 56

Slapyo · #**503** 05-15-2005, 02:08 AM

you have the wrong file in the cron area. it is looking for this file:

rss.php..php

that's not the name of the file. edit it so it only ends with .php

thuffner · #**504** 05-15-2005, 03:18 PM

Installed this and got the following error when pointing my browser to the rss.php file:

Quote:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: log_cron_action() in /www/t/thuffner/htdocs/board/rss.php on line 7

popowich · #**505** 08-05-2005, 02:55 PM

Hello,

I have troubles with Article Bot and duplicate threads being created.

Does this hack work about the same way? Is it more intelligent? (fewer duplicate posts)

Thanks!
-Raymond

lairnoc · #**506** 08-10-2005, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thuffner

Installed this and got the following error when pointing my browser to the rss.php file:

he i got the same error

is there someone that got a solution?

Slave · #**507** 08-26-2005, 09:37 AM

Is there anyway you can specify a Post Icon per feed?

floridaideal · #**508** 08-28-2005, 06:48 AM

Hello all

I am running VB3.08 and installed this hack no problem, everything went smoothly but soon as I try run the rss.php file I get this error!

rss.php

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/virtual/site58/fst/var/www/html/forum/includes/functions_newpost.php on line 409

I retried with a clean functions_newpost.php file but it came up with the exact same results, has anyone managed to install this on the latest version of vb and got past this error?

Thank you

Stu

Gold-Games · #**509** 08-28-2005, 08:18 AM

Hello,

I installed the Modified RSS News Feed Hack, but when running a scheduled task following error message occurs:

PHP Code:


			
Warning: main() [function.main]: Unable to access class.RSS.php in /home/www/htdocs/gold-games.com/forum/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 28



Warning: main(class.RSS.php) [function.main]: failed to create stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/htdocs/gold-games.com/forum/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 28



Fatal error: main() [function.main]: Failed opening required 'class.RSS.php' (include_path='') in /home/www/htdocs/gold-games.com/forum/includes/RSS/rss_update.php on line 28

Has anyone an idea how to fix the problem?

Greetz,
Robert

NxTek · #**510** 08-31-2005, 09:06 PM

Does this script correctly parse images in feeds to (img) vB code tags? I know the layout can't always match the original, but still displaying them would be nice.

Also, does the script correctly parse <enclosure> tags into (url) vB code tags? This is most often used for Podcasts.

webfreak · #**511** 09-06-2005, 10:37 PM

I'm new to vB and this is the first hack I tried installing. However, when I click the link in the Admin CP, I get a 404 page not found error. Any ideas?

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