RSS setup

Hi. I'm new to vBulletin but I need to set up an RSS feed from the site. I know I have to enable the setting in "vBulletin options" then "external data provider". BUt after I turn everything on and try the RSS I get an error saying "Safari can’t open the page “feed://www.mysite.com/forum/external.php?type=RSS2” because it could not load any data from this location."

Any help would be greatly appreciated. THanks.

Is this still a problem?

Building the content of the RSS feed is a cron job. It might not show up straight away.

its still not working. I'm getting the same error

it happens with any web browser or just safari?

all browsers and any rss reader that I have tried. I'm actually trying to setup a rss feed to show the forum latest posts on a home page of a site I'm working on.. I know the php script I'm using to display the rss feed works because I have tested it out with other feeds from other sites.. So I know there is a problem with the feed being generated from v-bulletin.

Try reuploading the external.php file, check your cron jobs to see if there is a job for generating the RSS feed, and make sure you have the RSS option activated and not the XML or Javascript.

If still doesnt work, I would submit a support ticket to vb.com.

thanks// I'll give that a try

is the cron.php file associated with the RSS function?

The cron.php is associated with every chronologically activated function in the forum, so yes.

Are you sure you enabled the vBoptions for syndicated links ?
maybe if you posted a link for us to see, it would help troubleshoot the problem :)

There are some other irregularities associated with this cron.php file on the server. The server admins want to disable the file because it eating up 75% of the servers resources. obviously there seems to be a more serious issue then just the RSS. What would happen if the cron.php file were to be disabled?

Take a look at what you have on AdminCP>>Scheduled Tasks>>Scheduled Task Manager. That's all the stuff cron.php does.

Now take a look at your scheduled task log, there you will see which tasks are being run regularly. Cron.php by itself won't eat 75% of your server resources, the scheduled tasks you have setup could.