simple RSS mod for phpBB3

[LaetusAtheos]

I got it working. The problem was the cut and paste space that I missed. Sorry.

Do you mind pointing out where the cut and paste text has a space? I have the same problem you had.

[Wolfseye]

I just installed that Mod and edited the overall_header.html like it was posted on page 2 about the Subsilver2 template, i am using a Template called Starcraft which seems to be based on the Subsilver2 theme. Problem is, its not showing up anywhere. Cleared my cache and all, but i dont see it.

Where is that to show up actually ? I don´t think i did something wrong, it just doesnt show up.

[id404]

IGNORE THIS POST.
problem kind of solved.

[sLm4ever]

worked very well ... thank you very much
I also edited the overall header to display the rss icon on the URL bar

[Flash_oS]

How to install this mod? There is no explanation.

[LaetusAtheos]

I have the actual rss feed working (well, have had it working since I installed the mod a few weeks ago). I still haven't had the time to find the white space, but am not worried about it.

How to install this mod? There is no explanation.

Well, there is an explanation; you just need to know where to find it

See http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 9&t=724145.

Basically, just follow the instructions in the xml install file.

[gamalbb]

what about using this mod with 3.0.3 ??

[soulpatch]

I installed this mod with 3.0.4 and when I get to the last part where you add it in the ACP, i don't see it in the drop down menu. When I go to the home page of my forums, I get this:

[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3763: Undefined index: rss_enable
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3764: Undefined index: rss_overall_forums
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3765: Undefined index: rss_overall_threads
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3766: Undefined index: rss_overall_posts
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3767: Undefined index: rss_egosearch
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3768: Undefined index: rss_forum
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3769: Undefined index: rss_thread

Is anyone else getting this? Please help.

[soulpatch]

I installed this mod with 3.0.4 and when I get to the last part where you add it in the ACP, i don't see it in the drop down menu. When I go to the home page of my forums, I get this:

[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3763: Undefined index: rss_enable
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3764: Undefined index: rss_overall_forums
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3765: Undefined index: rss_overall_threads
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3766: Undefined index: rss_overall_posts
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3767: Undefined index: rss_egosearch
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3768: Undefined index: rss_forum
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /includes/functions.php on line 3769: Undefined index: rss_thread

Is anyone else getting this? Please help.

Minor update here, I purged the cache and the above PHP Notices disappeared but I am still having trouble with this part:

A.1) Navigate to "System" tab.
A.2) Under "Module management" click on "Administration Control Panel".
A.3) Click on "System".
A.4) Clik on "General tasks".
A.5) in "add module" select "RSS" and click on "add module", them click on "yes".
A.6) Afert refresh screen click RSS "enable".
A.7) Afert refresh screen click again in "System" tab.
A.8) Now you will able to see "RSS" down the "General tasks" in left menu.
A.9) Click on "RSS" and set to your liking.

Once I get to Step A.4, I don't see RSS under "Add Module". Please help.

[microfud]

To follow up on a previous request, is there no way to limit the description field to say the first paragraph?

I have a friend who is a programmer who wrote a program in ruby to create rss feeds. He says it was simply doing something like this (in ruby):

def firstParagraph; @body.split(/<p>/).first[0...max_length]; end

I would really like to use this mod. But I don't want to offer the full content of my forums here. I think the incentive to steal the content (by another site) is just too great.

[Jolrael]

Nice mod! Thanks for the effort!

I have 1 feature request though; the URL in the RSS feed point to the topic and the specified post using an anchor (#<postID>). However, this does not work when the topic consists of multiple pages. Might be an idea to let the script find out the amount of posts per page, the amount of posts, and then calculate which start GET variable to use

Other than that, the mods works really well and does exactly what we were looking for

[irdem]

Hi Jolrael,
did you see this? : http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 0#p7411695

[Jolrael]

Hi Jolrael,
did you see this? : http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 0#p7411695

Hey irdem! I actually read through all posts to see if my problem wasn't already posted there. I guess I really need to consider getting me some glasses

I implemented your fix and it indeed fixed my problem! Thank you very much!

[Antheii]

Hi,

hello,
for the link of last post, i made a small change in line:

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 	   $post_link    = $board_url."/viewtopic.".$phpEx."?f=".$forumid."&t=".$topicid."#p".$row['topic_last_post_id'];

replaced with:

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              	   $post_link    = $board_url."/viewtopic.".$phpEx."?f=".$forumid."&t=".$topicid."&p=".$row['topic_last_post_id']."#p".$row['topic_last_post_id'];

Don't think the forum and topic ID's are needed, I replaced it with

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$post_link    = $board_url."/viewtopic.".$phpEx."?p=".$row['topic_last_post_id']."#p".$row['topic_last_post_id'];

And this works fine

To follow up on a previous request, is there no way to limit the description field to say the first paragraph?

Would like this feature too, but for the time being I did it like

Replace

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                   $description  = $user->lang['POST_BY_AUTHOR']." ".$row['topic_last_poster_name']." (".$user->lang['POSTED']." ".$user->format_date($row['post_time']).")<br/>".$row['post_text']."<br /><br /><a href=\"".$topic_link."\">".$user->lang['RSS_READ_TOPIC']."</a><hr />";

With

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                   $description  = $user->lang['POST_BY_AUTHOR']." ".$row['topic_last_poster_name']." (".$user->lang['POSTED']." ".$user->format_date($row['post_time']).")<br/>".substr($row['post_text'],0,200)."<br /><br /><a href=\"".$topic_link."\">".$user->lang['RSS_READ_TOPIC']."</a><hr />";

Of course you can play with the length of 200 characters a bit if you like.
Disadvantage of this solution is that it may cut words or links in half

Regards,

Hans

[theduffman]

I've installed this mod. I've put the link in the rightside link list in overall_header as instructed, but it mucks that link list up. Whenever I refresh, the rightside linklist dissapears. I can then make the rightside linklist reappear by pressing that font-size button.

I'm on phpbb 3.0.4 by the way. There must be some way to stop this from happening. Can anyone offer help?