Newsfeed with Selector menu

[tomshawk]

Hello,

This mod was talked about in this thread
I assume clord got busy, I created my own version of it, It looks alot like his, but, I dont know what he is using to pull feeds with. i.e. What Aggregator

Anyway, I used carp

Obviously, this is the one Prerequisite: but, if you have another aggregator you can modify this to use your own

Carp
http://www.geckotribe.com/rss/carp/

you can download the free version here:
http://www.geckotribe.com/rss/carp/docs/download.php

Install Instructions:
http://www.geckotribe.com/rss/carp/docs/install.php

within the zip file is an instruction.txt file that should explain everything.

Demo:
http://www.tech-unity.com

Hope you like

[tomshawk]

Updated the Instruction.txt file in the zip

There was something I forgot to mention about the carp path in the php file.

hope you all enjoy

[Sc0rpion]

Very nice indeed and easy to install. Installed and running great. Appreciate the work you put in.

Thankyou.


p.s Is there a way for it to display more than one feed per site. So say a site has 6 diffrent feeds, I only need to click on that sites feed link in the dropdown box and all 6 feeds will scroll one after another.

[tomshawk]

Originally Posted by Sc0rpion

Very nice indeed and easy to install. Installed and running great. Appreciate the work you put in.

Thankyou.


p.s Is there a way for it to display more than one feed per site. So say a site has 6 diffrent feeds, I only need to click on that sites feed link in the dropdown box and all 6 feeds will scroll one after another.

Yes, there is a way

open the php file for your feed that is in the feed folder you created and find the line that has the feed

example from my site:
CarpCacheShow('http://www.mcseworld.com/forums/external.php?forumids=120,177,212');

below it add
echo '<p>';
CarpCacheShow('http://www.mcseworld.com/forums/external.php');

replacing http://www.mcseworld.com/forums/external.php with the new feed from the same site

For a live example

Hit my site, and choose MCSEWorld from the list of feeds.
http://www.tech-unity.com

Glad you like

[Sc0rpion]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

[theMusicMan]

Hi tomshawk

Thanks for posting this.... however... I am stuck!!!!

What should happen when I select my newsfeed from the dropdown menu ...? Do I need to do anything else...?

Also, in the template file I see a reference to a file called mydomain/pages.php?getpage=RSS but I dont see that file anywhere in the Zip file or in the CARP installation files... what is this?

Sorry about being dull...

[tomshawk]

Sorry theMusicMan

That reference is a link to a custom page I have set up on my site, where people can lists of feeds on my site and pull a paticular one if they want http://www.tech-unity.com/pages.php?getpage=RSS

You can change that link to something else, or get rid of it all together.

As for what it is supposed to do,
Once you click on something in the dropdown, the box itself should change to the feed which you selected and scroll up.

Check out my site, to see it in action. It will give you an idea as to what it should look like. I dont see it on your site, so I cant troubleshoot it, sorry!

[Jester]

I'm sure I am doing something wrong but I can't figure out how to correct the following error message:

Warning: main(/home/strofan/carp/carp.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/strofan/public_html/feed/feed1.php on line 7

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '/home/strofan/carp/carp.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/strofan/public_html/feed/feed1.php on line 7

The path is correct and the files are there, what could be causing the problem?

[tomshawk]

From the errors, it looks like carp is not installed, or maybe it was installed to a different directory then what was in my example.

Could I get a link to your site?

[Jester]

Sure the link is: www.astrosfan.org

The module is currently setup so that the Admin is the only one who can view it.

[tomshawk]

Originally Posted by Jester

Sure the link is: www.astrosfan.org

The module is currently setup so that the Admin is the only one who can view it.

Because your module is only for admins, I cant really test.

Can you make a page for it, and just post the link here?

BTW, upload the file I attached into the root of your server and open it.

You should get something like this.

http://www.tech-unity.com/ssnews.php

This will tell you if Carp is installed correctly, because the errors I see above tell me it's not yet.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by tomshawk

Because your module is only for admins, I cant really test.

Can you make a page for it, and just post the link here?

BTW, upload the file I attached into the root of your server and open it.

You should get something like this.

http://www.tech-unity.com/ssnews.php

This will tell you if Carp is installed correctly, because the errors I see above tell me it's not yet.

Thank you for attaching that php utility. It appears that you are correct, as I am seeing the same error messages. So would it be in the Carp files or the vBulletin files that I need to check (to correct this problem)?

I've left the file in the root so that you could see what the error message is.

[Jester]

I figured out what the problem was, I did not have /public_html/ as a part of the path. Now that it is working, it is having a problem with one of my other modules. On the right side I have a scores feed from CBSSportsline.com. When both the Newsfeed and the Scores are active, the Newsfeed is appearing where the Scores are and Scores are where the Newsfeed is. Crazy..

[gothic1213]

Really like the work, thankyou very much for the hard work.
However, I keep getting the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: carpconf() in /home/lcsystem/public_html/feed/feed1.php on line 10

The carp installation is as yours, so paths are all correct.
Many thanks in anticipation.

[tomshawk]

Originally Posted by gothic1213

Really like the work, thankyou very much for the hard work.
However, I keep getting the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: carpconf() in /home/lcsystem/public_html/feed/feed1.php on line 10

The carp installation is as yours, so paths are all correct.
Many thanks in anticipation.

If you did not modify the feed1.php line 10 should say

CarpConf('maxitems',10);

All this line does is tell carp how many posts to pull from the site you set.

I'm assuming the directory where you installed carp is /home/lcsystem/carp/
If it is a different directory, modify line 12 to your represent your carp.php file.

Copy the attached file to the root of your server and load it into your Web Browser

You should get the feed from my site.

If you get the same error, check your carp installation, if this file works. Post the contents of line 10 of your feed1.php file

[gothic1213]

Many thanks for the really prompt reply.
I ended up having to use:
require_once "./carp/carp.php";
for line 12 in the end, no idea why! When using the original line it kept saying carp was not installed. Still, works fine now and again, many thanks.

[tomshawk]

Interesting

None-the-less I'm glad it works

[ptmuldoon]

I've got this setup and working nicely. But can someone possibly tell where to find the code to change font and font size? I'm looking in the feeds and in the carp files and can't seem to find any reference to it. It must be there, but I'm missing it.

[ptmuldoon]

anyone?

[Alderwazeh]

Thanks a lot Tomshawk...
Indeed great work ... I will install it soon ...I enjoed your site installtion for this feed and I will do the same ... I appricaite it ..
This site gives free RSS News feeds I would say .. I picked the bbc news from there
http://www.freshcontent.net/