Topic: RSS Feed Icon for boards

[chep]

http://mysite.com/smf/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss

Hello I think this would create and overall board feed. No?

I tried it and put it in my "News" rotation

http://www.chep-net.com/smf/index.php

[vbgamer45]

Yes it would.

[chep]

So a technical question...

If I offer a feed and a user subscribes to it; is the feed cached somewhere so that any arbitrary program does not flood my site\database with http gets every 10 seconds?

[vbgamer45]

I might be sort off cached

Code: [Select]

// Get the associative array representing the xml.
if ($user_info['is_guest'] && !empty($modSettings['cache_enable']) && $modSettings['cache_enable'] >= 2)
$xml = cache_get_data('xmlfeed-' . $xml_format . ':' . md5(serialize($_GET)), 240);
if (empty($xml))
{
$xml = $subActions[$_GET['sa']][0]($xml_format);

if ($user_info['is_guest'] && !empty($modSettings['cache_enable']) && $modSettings['cache_enable'] >= 2)
cache_put_data('xmlfeed-' . $xml_format . ':' . md5(serialize($_GET)), $xml, 240);
}


[chep]

I suppose I will have to go read what cache_put_data does.

[vbgamer45]

It doesn't look like the feed itself is cached I took a quick look at it.

[chep]

I suppose if anyone is malicious they could tank my board without a feed anyway. Unless I enforce stricter flood control.

Although having a cache might be a good idea to ease the load on the database.

[Tanks]

http://mysite.com/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss

That wont work.. that was the reason my rss didnt work on most readers..

You have to go to server settings and change the URL for your site to http://www

After doin this your rss feeds will work fine

http://www.mysite.com/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss

Will work fine..

Hope this helps for some - That was the problem i had !

[vbgamer45]

That's strange I would why in the world it would require www

[Tanks]

That's strange I would why in the world it would require www

I dont know.. but i seen this problem a few times now..

If you dont use www.. it looks like its working because you can open the feed in your browser.. but when you put the feed into a RSS reader you get "No feed found at this URL"

When you add the www it seems to work perfect.. dont ask me why LoL

Even if your site works fine without www the feed wont work without it :-s

[dsanchez]

Hello, this mod looks interesting but actually I would just love a single RSS icon in the bottom of my page that show the latest post. This mod is able to do this?

[zoki]

I installed this mod but cannot see it anywhere. It just says it is installled. I am using different theme than default theme...  

[vbgamer45]

Mods only installs on the default theme.

[genesteinberg]

Mods only installs on the default theme.

And what's the good of that? Too many of these mods can't be extended to themes other than the default -- which means they can't be used. Thanks for nothing

Or can anyone suggest how I would adapt it to another theme?

Peace,
Gene

[vbgamer45]

All mods that makes changes to a theme only install on the default theme since themes can have different coding the package manager would have no way to install it on them.
You can install mods maunally.
http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?topic=402
 

[genesteinberg]

All mods that makes changes to a theme only install on the default theme since themes can have different coding the package manager would have no way to install it on them.
You can install mods maunally.
http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?topic=402
 

All right, this is greek to me. My Webmaster is on hiatus, so I need better guidance.

I'm using the Classic YaBB SE Theme. So where do I put what to make this work?

Step by steps will help.

Peace,
Gene

[genesteinberg]

Isn't there anyone willing to help?

It'll probably take the PHP-experts amongst you five minutes to do this, and me five years

Peace,
Gene

[Sven0]

is it possible to feed only the first message of each thread in a news forum...?

[Tanks]

Reply for Gene Steinberg, i am no php coder but i think i can help you:

In file Themes/[your theme]/BoardIndex.template.php
Find:

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', $board['name'], '</a></b>Add after:

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&nbsp;<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=.xml;board=' . $board['id'] . ';type=rss"><img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/rss.png" alt="rss" /></a>




In file Themes/[your theme]/MessageIndex.template.php
Find:

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', $board['name'], '</a></b>
Add after:

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&nbsp;<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=.xml;board=' . $board['id'] . ';type=rss"><img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/rss.png" alt="rss" /></a>


You can use vbgamers very nice tool to find out this: http://server.daniel15.com/smf/package.php

Good luck 

[genesteinberg]

Reply for Gene Steinberg, i am no php coder but i think i can help you:

In file Themes/[your theme]/BoardIndex.template.php
Find:

Code: [Select]

', $board['name'], '</a></b>Add after:

Code: [Select]


&nbsp;<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=.xml;board=' . $board['id'] . ';type=rss"><img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/rss.png" alt="rss" /></a>




In file Themes/[your theme]/MessageIndex.template.php
Find:

Code: [Select]

', $board['name'], '</a></b>
Add after:

Code: [Select]


&nbsp;<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=.xml;board=' . $board['id'] . ';type=rss"><img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/rss.png" alt="rss" /></a>


You can use vbgamers very nice tool to find out this: http://server.daniel15.com/smf/package.php

Good luck 

I appreciate your advice. I'm using the Classic YaBB SE Theme, and I checked the classic/BoardIndex.template.php file and DID NOT find the first string. So I'm stuck unless someone can help me move beyond this.

Peace,
Gene