[ABD]RSS Feed Poster

[thelinx]

Here's a suggestion:
You should make the first post customizable!

First, you should have an text field which sets the thread title, which can look something like this:

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News item: {BLOG_ITEM_TITLE}

Also, have a text area, which specifies the content of the first post where you can write something like this:

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A new item has been retreived from the {BLOG_NAME} news blog!
Date retreived: {BLOG_ITEM_DATE}
______________________________

{BLOG_ITEM_CONTENT}
Link: [url]{BLOG_ITEM_LINK}[/url]

And both text boxes should have quick links above/next to them which inserts a value. Example:

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First post contents:
_______________________________________
| TEXT AREA                            | Insert the Blog items title ({BLOG_ITEM_TITLE})
| Blah                                 | Insert the Blog items date ({BLOG_ITEM_DATE})
| Yawn                                 | Insert the Blog items link ({BLOG_ITEM_LINK})
| Some more text                       |
| And some more...                     |
| And stop.                            |
_______________________________________

Of course the {BLOG_***} strings should be replaced with the applicable text.
BBCode and smilies should be parsed too.

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Tell me if you like this idea, i think it would be great!

[MasterZ]

I think that would be a great idea, but I don't know how to do most of that. First I will make a default that will be used, in a future release I will make it customizable.

Right now I'm just trying to get a menu to work in the ACP

Progress is slow, but I am learning a lot about coding Olympus.

:: Edit ::
I am installing a copy of RC2 now to work on with this mod. Then I get lunch, then I get the ACP showing up. If someone wants to help me, please do You can IM me or visit either of the websites in my signature and get my attention on the chat box.

I am looking forward to getting this done.

[craven1]

thanks for trying to make this mod realy apreciated

[MasterZ]

no problem. I'm stuck against a wall right now though, asking for more information on the mod help forums but not getting anywhere

[MasterZ]

I got through the beginning stage of just having files that are recognized, now I am working at programming the ACP page.

Currently this mod can:
be added via module system in ACP
create the table for the feeds (in mysql only for now)

Currently working on:
creating form that adds a new feed
saving the feed to the DB

Next thing to work on:
Display list of all feeds
Edit feeds and save new info to DB

[thelinx]

Great!
Can´t wait 'til this is done!

[TyGuy]

Looking forward to this. Keep up the good work

[MasterZ]

I have not been able to do anything with this since my last post, but tomorrow is my day off and I will be working on it as much as I can.

[Anti.Social]

A nice idea, I had the same about 3 months ago but haven't had the time to sit down and actually start on it. Although I do have a placeholder for it on my mod dev/demo board and have since the middle of June lol.

[KidneyBoy]

Looking very forward to this one! I use "FIND" on phpBB2, and will NOT convert over to 3.0 until something like this comes along. It's just too important for my site! I'm very greatful that you are taking on this task, and look very forward to following its progress!

Thanks again!
KidneyBoy

[thelinx]

I´m having my forum on hold, until olympus is a real release, and many mods are real releases too.
Like this mod.
So, i will practically build on my forum for like...what can it be? Couple of months, until i will really leave it to the public.

[MasterZ]

In about an hour (after I eat lunch) I'm going to do more work on this. It has been slow, but I am getting it some.

Things I hope to have completed today (and please help me with these!!):
1) Accept input from already submited form
2) Save input to DB
3) Read and display info from DB

I hope to get this much done today at least, and by the end of the week I want to have this mod create the users that will be listed as the posters. Then I can start working on grabbing the feeds. That will be a tough part I think.

For this being my first mod I may have jumped in a little over my head, but I will get it. It will just take time.

I appreciate those who are waiting for this MOD, it really helps me to stay motivated knowing that my work will be used and is not going to be a waist of time.

[thelinx]

Heres a RSS reading tutorial: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/ian_g ... 61212.php3

[MasterZ]

Heres a RSS reading tutorial: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/ian_g ... 61212.php3

Thanks for the help, it looks like that is what I will need when I get to building the feed reader.

I wish the phpBB manual said more on inserting and updating data than just this

3.3.4. Inserting Data

3.3.5. Updating Data

3.3.6. Removing Data

Oh well, I will get it figured out.

[MasterZ]

Am I doing something wrong here for inserting data into the DB? I keep getting an error that says:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ n /homepages/18/d195457837/htdocs/development/phpBB3/includes/acp/acp_feed_poster.php on line 99

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						$sql = "INSERT INTO ' . feed_poster_feeds . $db->sql_build_array('INSERT', array(
							'feed_url'	=> $new_url,
							'forum_id'	=> $new_forum,
							'feed_type'	=> $new_type));
						$db->sql_query($sql);