dcteam 03-06-2005, 01:58 PM I'm thinking about writing hacks for vB and am looking for ideas. I do like the latest Blog entry in your title, as invented and implemented by Shawn of Digital Point (somehow I think everybody here already knew that :) ) so that will probably be my first mod.
I'm looking for other useful hack ideas. Any that I implement will be done for free and link credit provided.
Joeychgo 03-06-2005, 04:34 PM I would love that feature here - Shawn wont give it up. I'll help you test anything that you make... Noppid can tell you I can be quite helpful making hacks, I just cant code to save my life.
PM me I have a few good ideas for hacks.
noppid 03-06-2005, 04:51 PM I would love that feature here - Shawn wont give it up. I'll help you test anything that you make... Noppid can tell you I can be quite helpful making hacks, I just cant code to save my life.
PM me I have a few good ideas for hacks.
Yep, Joe is great at layout and SEO considerations. He contributed alot to the new vbgarage multicar version. I couldn't have gotten it without the help.
That blog hack is probably real easy BTW.
Joeychgo 03-06-2005, 05:16 PM Well - whenever you wanna hammer it out noppid, lemmie know :) We could use it here.
noppid 03-06-2005, 07:03 PM Well - whenever you wanna hammer it out noppid, lemmie know :) We could use it here.
I need to know what blog ware you use. Then we need to make sure the users are releated in both DB's if they are seperate. Then we write one query to pull the blog info. Best case senerio is that the vB and blog are in the same DB and seperated with table prefixes.
However, if this is not done properly, it can add 20 queries to show thread. It's a cool hack, but no hack is worth 20 queries.
I wonder if Shawn's is doing that?
I'm guessing here, I have not seen any code for a blog at all.
Joeychgo 03-06-2005, 08:13 PM its not the code for the blog - it allows you to list the blog feed under "options" in your user cp. (http://forums.digitalpoint.com/profile.php?do=editoptions) If you enter a blog, vb will then display the latest blog entry title under your name in every post. It also checks every hour or so for a new blog entry.
noppid 03-06-2005, 09:27 PM its not the code for the blog - it allows you to list the blog feed under "options" in your user cp. (http://forums.digitalpoint.com/profile.php?do=editoptions) If you enter a blog, vb will then display the latest blog entry title under your name in every post. It also checks every hour or so for a new blog entry.
Well damn, that's some pretty slick stuff, I thought it was pulling from their blog on their site.
I'll look at it and see what's up.
Joeychgo 03-06-2005, 09:35 PM even though I dont know how to code - it doesnt sound all that hard. It is basically looking at the xml or rss every hour or two, and updating the title.
noppid 03-06-2005, 10:25 PM even though I dont know how to code - it doesnt sound all that hard. It is basically looking at the xml or rss every hour or two, and updating the title.
I already wrote a cron job for John, so this should not be too hard to do. I have to see if I will use an external xml parser or do it myself.
Joeychgo 03-06-2005, 11:15 PM sounds great
noppid 03-07-2005, 11:10 AM Speaking of John, If you see this and have some time to spare, I need some CSS help. Thanks
noppid 03-10-2005, 03:53 PM Do you have an RSS feed reader you use? I'm willing to take a stab at this, but I use carp. http://www.geckotribe.com/rss/carp/ It's free however, I use the $9.95 version to display images.
Just for the record, that free RSS reader someone wrote on DP is just not an acceptable app. It should not be used.
If I do it, it will be coded for carp.
Joeychgo 03-10-2005, 04:17 PM DP only shows the title of the last entry in the blog - why is an RSS feeder necessary? wouldnt a scheduled task work?
noppid 03-10-2005, 06:21 PM DP only shows the title of the last entry in the blog - why is an RSS feeder necessary? wouldnt a scheduled task work?
Where do we pull the title data from then?
As we discussed, he pulls if you have a blog with an RSS feed. Then his RSS reader is set to only display the first item link and store it in his DB under your profile. I assume if it's a batch file run in the background anyway. If he does it on the fly, it's even easier, but I don't care for that idea. Even the cron job to do it under vb is a bad idea IMO if there are too many sites to pull from.
I aint up to that part, I have no code in fact. I'm trying to plan.
So anyway, the reader gets the blog data from your site to his.
noppid 03-10-2005, 06:22 PM DP only shows the title of the last entry in the blog - why is an RSS feeder necessary? wouldnt a scheduled task work?
Oh and I just noticed, I said reader, not feeder. You are feeding already.
Joeychgo 03-10-2005, 08:21 PM I dont know the difference actually -I know nothing about RSS or XML stuff
noppid 03-10-2005, 10:12 PM I dont know the difference actually -I know nothing about RSS or XML stuff
Ok if I pursue this, you can use carp, it's free.
To get this from your blog for your site is just DB stuff. To get other member's blog info would require them to have an RSS feed available to pull from.
RSS is the same thing as XML. That's how DP gets the info.
Joeychgo 03-10-2005, 10:34 PM ok- what do you need from me?
noppid 03-10-2005, 10:49 PM ok- what do you need from me?
I've what I need. I'm just making sure you're in agreement before I make an effort. It's pretty much for you.
Joeychgo 03-11-2005, 01:21 AM im not sure what you mean I can use "CARP" --- I dont know what that is....
noppid 03-11-2005, 02:15 AM im not sure what you mean I can use "CARP" --- I dont know what that is....
It's the program that will get the blog post from each members site so we can store it and show it in post bit.
Joeychgo 03-11-2005, 02:18 AM ok - what would I need to do with it? (remember, im not on a dedicated server)
noppid 03-11-2005, 02:43 AM ok - what would I need to do with it? (remember, im not on a dedicated server)
It's a php app. It is a very easy install with no maintenance needed. It installs above the forum root and is called by an include. I also used it for the news page hack I made. PM me about that one if ya want.
Anyway, it's a free app too. As I said though, I paid um the 9.95 to be able to display images. I think that let's ya remove the link back to them too. http://www.geckotribe.com/rss/carp/
Joeychgo 03-11-2005, 02:56 AM let me know when you need it installed, maybe you can talk me through the installation
noppid 03-11-2005, 04:54 AM let me know when you need it installed, maybe you can talk me through the installation
yep, it will be a snap. You can handle it just fine.
I still have to think of the best way to do the scheduled pulls so that no matter how many pulls we do, it's a smooth and not intensive process.
Joeychgo 03-11-2005, 04:58 AM cron job? scheduled task?
noppid 03-11-2005, 05:55 AM cron job? scheduled task?
Are you screwing with me now?
Joeychgo 03-11-2005, 06:09 AM Are you screwing with me now?
well - wasnt meaning to - LOL
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