noppid 06-09-2005, 12:31 PM Ok folks, we have added a new feature to the site. This feature will allow you to put in the URL to your blog or forum's newsfeed and display the most recent post in your post bit.
Go to the User CP and under "edit profile", the last field is "Add your last blog post to your posts. Enter the URL to your Blog or Forum RSS Feed." Enter the URL to your RSS feed there.
After doing so, your latest post or blog entry will display in your posts here on VBW. Another FREE link back to you for promotion!
This is new and I guess ya could say beta. With your help, we can refine it if necessary though.
We hope you utilize this feature, another great benefit of membership at VBW!
Michael 06-09-2005, 01:21 PM Wow nice addition. Is this a downloadable hack?
EDIT: I dont think it likes WP style rss files which have an .php extention :(
noppid 06-09-2005, 01:49 PM Wow nice addition. Is this a downloadable hack?
EDIT: I dont think it likes WP style rss files which have an .php extention :(
Your entry seems to be working?
bassnutz 06-09-2005, 06:57 PM What does this do exactly? How do I get the RSS feed from my site?
noppid 06-09-2005, 07:37 PM What does this do exactly? How do I get the RSS feed from my site?
What kind of site? vB?
That would be something like...
http://www.your-site-name.com/forums/external.php?type=rss
Michael 06-10-2005, 03:33 AM Your entry seems to be working?
I dont see it anywhere. Mabye it is an IE only script or something? O_o
noppid 06-10-2005, 03:39 AM I dont see it anywhere. Mabye it is an IE only script or something? O_o
I see it right under your username and avatar.
AnthonyCea 06-10-2005, 03:44 AM I don't see anything either, I am on IE at the moment also :confused: :wave:
Michael 06-10-2005, 05:13 AM Weird it has appeared now. Mabye the forum was cached on a previous version or something?
sarahk 06-10-2005, 05:24 AM works for WordPress for me ;)
AC - been on holiday? we've missed you!
ResaleBroker 06-10-2005, 08:42 AM Was there a problem last night with this feature? After I set up the feed it didn't display. I thought there might be a lag time but then I noticed that no other member's feed was being displayed either.
Michael 06-10-2005, 10:19 AM I think it just took a while for the browsers to adjust to the changes.
They are all working fine for all members now. (That i have seen)
ResaleBroker 06-10-2005, 10:29 AM How often do the feeds update? The post showing up from my forums is from yesterday at 2:40 p.m.
noppid 06-10-2005, 02:39 PM It was a bug I created. I had made the URL field private. It needed to be public.
I was up last night, er, this morning when you guys reported it and fixed it. I didn't post it was fixed, I went to bed.
:)
noppid 06-10-2005, 02:40 PM How often do the feeds update? The post showing up from my forums is from yesterday at 2:40 p.m.
It's supposed to be an hourly update. I have no clue if it works yet. You guys are my testers. :wave:
bassnutz 06-10-2005, 02:45 PM What kind of site? vB?
That would be something like...
http://www.your-site-name.com/forums/external.php?type=rss
Yes, it's a vB site. I added the code you posted, but it doesn't work. :(
Very cool hack though! :)
noppid 06-10-2005, 02:49 PM Yes, it's a vB site. I added the code you posted, but it doesn't work. :(
Very cool hack though! :)
It appears that this feature may not be enabled on your forum. vBulletin options->external data provider.
bassnutz 06-10-2005, 02:56 PM It appears that this feature may not be enabled on your forum. vBulletin options->external data provider.
hmm, I didn't even know that existed. You were right, I had it disabled. Not anymore. Maybe it will work now?
noppid 06-10-2005, 03:18 PM hmm, I didn't even know that existed. You were right, I had it disabled. Not anymore. Maybe it will work now?
It should in about an hour.
I have to see what I can do about the cached "nothing" when there is an error. I have always dealt with it globally during install and never had to worry again. Now I have to account for user's trial and error.
Thanks for the heads up. If ya notice anything else, holler. :)
noppid 06-10-2005, 04:10 PM OK, I'm gonna use a feed check in the user cp profile save to kick out an error if the feed comes up empty or throws an error.
I wanted to consolidate this to one file edit, but there's no good way to notify the member of a feed error and fix it without code in the profile.php too.
No big deal, we can do this in a few lines of code.
Ignore the errors you see in my postbit, I'm forcing them.
bassnutz 06-10-2005, 06:05 PM Well, it seems to be working fine for me now. Thanks for adding it. And for helping me use it.
AnthonyCea 06-10-2005, 07:22 PM works for WordPress for me ;)
AC - been on holiday? we've missed you!
No, I just had some problems with some smart asses and some major idiots (Compar).
When the administrator started giving me bad reputation when I struck back at them that was it for me and I quit that other place thankfully. Got tired of the self serving bastards and kids on that board who all think they are fourm superstars :p :p :wave:
You know yfs1 = your favorite smart ass :wave:
noppid 06-10-2005, 07:31 PM I'm all for venting, but let's not turn a good thread into a ****ing match. We all have our pluses and minuses. :)
Hi AC! :wave:
Joeychgo 06-10-2005, 07:34 PM you all are likeing that Wave smily a little too much :)
AnthonyCea 06-10-2005, 07:34 PM Why not Noppid, you and I have not got into it of late :confused:
Yeah, well it is a good thing for the members here, thanks for installing it Noppid.
If the thread gets nasty, just split it off, I don't think I will get many takers, but we will see if a brave soul shows up :eek: :wave:
Joeychgo 06-10-2005, 08:22 PM Yeah - lets see if one does :)
AnthonyCea 06-10-2005, 08:33 PM Yeah, that's all we need is the "Toot Show" :p :eek:
PS: That alone could destroy this forum :p
PSS: I am sure Minstrel can't wait :)
PSSS: Noppid's RSS feed link is just great, right folks :confused:
PSSSS: I only post for the big ADSENSE bucks here Noppid :p :wave:
noppid 06-10-2005, 08:51 PM PSSS: Noppid's RSS feed link is just great, right folks :confused:
PSSSS: I only post for the big ADSENSE bucks here Noppid :p :wave:
PSSS: You making fun of me?
PSSSS: Big bucks? Do you think I'd still be hanging on forums if I was making big bucks? :wave:
AnthonyCea 06-10-2005, 08:55 PM You're a great guy and one of the best forum players I have ever seen :rolleyes: :wave:
ResaleBroker 06-11-2005, 08:26 AM Hello AC! ;)
Noppid, the feed doesn't seem to be updated very frequently. The feed that's showing up for me is from yesterday at 5:16 p.m.
AnthonyCea 06-11-2005, 08:31 AM Great to see you again RB :)
Noppid will put it together and get the old code working :cool:
ResaleBroker 06-11-2005, 08:40 AM Great to see you again RB :) Ditto!
Noppid will put it together and get the old code working :cool:I have much faith in Noppid. :cool:
noppid 06-11-2005, 07:02 PM I got distrated from this to do the port of vBGarage to vBulletin 3.5.
I'll get more done this weekend I imagine. It's still raining. I got out for a while today and went to lunch as well. So for the time I have invested, I got alot done.
But two all nighters will do that. :p
I'll try and play with this code too. Man, I got mounds of code to redo for vBulltin 3.5 too!
Hi AC! :wave:
AnthonyCea 06-11-2005, 09:28 PM These guys are all waiting Noppid, don't let these members down :wave:
noppid 06-11-2005, 09:33 PM These guys are all waiting Noppid, don't let these members down :wave:
I checked the code, it's fine. I still need to do the sanity checks on the URL submit in the ACP though.
But if you look at the RSS feeds in question, despite there being newer posts on the forum, the displayed entires here are the same as first item in the raw RSS.
So it's a vBulletin external.php issue as far as I can tell.
AnthonyCea 06-12-2005, 12:56 PM http://buyawebsitebiz.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Put this in the form and it is not working :confused:
noppid 06-12-2005, 04:16 PM http://buyawebsitebiz.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Put this in the form and it is not working :confused:
That is XML, we use RSS. I will however explore the option.
Does that site have an RSS export as well? It's very common to have both available.
AnthonyCea 06-12-2005, 04:29 PM http://buyawebsitebiz.blogspot.com/
Look at the source code and tell me :confused:
noppid 06-12-2005, 05:31 PM How to get RSS on a Blogger Blog (http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=290&topic=36).
AnthonyCea 06-12-2005, 05:39 PM One has to convert their site to a pro package to change this feed.
It would be better if you supported XML as others do my man.
PS: Does anyone have an idea how to convert to a "Blogger Pro Package"?
noppid 06-12-2005, 05:55 PM One has to convert their site to a pro package to change this feed.
It would be better if you supported XML as others do my man.
PS: Does anyone have an idea how to convert to a "Blogger Pro Package"?
Why don't I just drive up and set the whole damn thing up for you on a real blog of your own? :wave:
Then you can quit complaining! :D
AnthonyCea 06-12-2005, 06:23 PM Well until you have an idea on how to convert this free package into a "pro package" or someone else does, the only way folks are going to be able to use the feed feature here is for you to enable XML in your program :o
noppid 06-12-2005, 06:53 PM Well until you have an idea on how to convert this free package into a "pro package" or someone else does, the only way folks are going to be able to use the feed feature here is for you to enable XML in your program :o
What if I only want posts from forums and not blogs? This place is about vBulletin forums, ya know?
Besides, I don't feel like it today. :D
Nicky Scars 06-13-2005, 06:02 PM I just wanted to add that this was a great idea. :)
Since we or well most anyway should all have vB communities this is a great way for us all to show off little feeds from our own sites.
AnthonyCea 06-27-2005, 04:48 PM Got mine working Noppid by using the URL for the RSS feed instead of the XML URL :D
Thanks for this great tool. :wave:
noppid 06-27-2005, 06:23 PM I just wanted to add that this was a great idea. :)
Since we or well most anyway should all have vB communities this is a great way for us all to show off little feeds from our own sites.
Wish I could say the idea was original, but it's not. It's just basicly a version of the service Shawn provides at DigitalPoint.
ResaleBroker 06-27-2005, 08:31 PM Wish I could say the idea was original, but it's not. It's just basicly a version of the service Shawn provides at DigitalPoint.Gee Whiz, it sure would be nice if someone would release this hack. [Hint - cough - hint]
AnthonyCea 12-17-2005, 02:11 PM What happened to this Noppid baby :confused:
My old buddy and pal, friend, chap, bloke, bro, fam, homey:confused: :D :wave:
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