RSS the 10 latest post within unique threads

[ricker]

I think the title says it all ... we're working on an RSS widget for the board and many users don't want to see the last 10 posted threads, but rather that last 10 POSTS. Since we're still quite small this isn't too crazy of a request, but we'll have an option for which you'd like to see.

Can external.php get this task done? Has anyone seen anything close to this that we can start with? I looked into VBExternal but I still need unique threads (so that the 10 broadcasted posts aren't all from the same thread).

Thanks so much.

[majorxp]

If you figure this out, I'd be interested in this as well. I would also love to see login to permit rss of non-public forums.+

[TJFweb]

Originally Posted by ricker

I think the title says it all ... we're working on an RSS widget for the board and many users don't want to see the last 10 posted threads, but rather that last 10 POSTS. Since we're still quite small this isn't too crazy of a request, but we'll have an option for which you'd like to see.

Can external.php get this task done? Has anyone seen anything close to this that we can start with? I looked into VBExternal but I still need unique threads (so that the 10 broadcasted posts aren't all from the same thread).

Thanks so much.

Yes, I would like to see this too.

I'm amazed that vB doesn't already have this functionality implemented. In my opinion the vB developers are treating RSS more as a gimmick rather than anything else.

[banjolawyer]

I need this too !!!

[Hellcat]

Hmm.... schouldn't be too hard if you simply read directly from the database.
Then do a little dupe-check on the thread IDs to prevent multiple posts from the same thread.

IMO you don't even have to call vB APIs.

I might be wrong, but the idea is cool, since my members also start asking for RSS feeds.
MAybe I should do some reading about the RSS specs

[LBmtb]

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