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Display latest blog post in postbit using Magpie RSS
Developer Last Online: Jan 2010 
This mod borrows extensively from the work vauge did for vB 3.5 (as found here) and from the work nevetS did for a similar mod using CaRP RSS.
I did PM vauge requesting permission to update his mod as many people were having difficulty implementing it, but s/he hasn't been online in several months and didn't respond to my PM for over a week now, so I decided to go ahead and post the mod. This mod will allow forum members to add their blog's RSS feed URLs to their profile and have the forum display a link to their latest blog post next to their username every time they post in the forum. I had been using nevetS's CaRP mod for this for a long time, but the Magpie RSS reader is actually more powerful (can parse Atom feeds too) and flexible. Also, I don't know if anyone can find the free download for CaRP anymore. Installation:
That's it.  P.S. Updated per Marco van Herwaarden's suggestions for better performance and security. P.P.S. If anyone knows how to fix the XML file so that it injects the template code into the postbit_userinfo_left hook so folks don't have to make a manual template edit, by all means please share. P.P.P.S Unfortunately, there appears to be a conflict with the magpie code and vBulletin's AJAX code which is beyond my coding skills to fix. See page two of this thread for more details. Download Now Only licensed members can download files, Click Here for more information. Screenshots Show Your Support
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| Mod | Developer | Type | Replies | Last Post |
| Latest Blog Feed in Postbit using Carp RSS | nevetS | vBulletin 3.5 Add-ons | 81 | 15 Apr 2009 12:53 |
| Latest blog in postbit - magpierss | vauge | vBulletin 3.5 Add-ons | 26 | 28 Sep 2007 18:05 |
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27 Aug 2007, 17:08
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Reserved.
P.S. My First Reserve  
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27 Aug 2007, 20:31
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I added a screenshot.
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28 Aug 2007, 14:38
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When I read the title of this mod, I thought vb must have released its blog ^^ but then I got my hopes up too fast lol. nice mod tho.
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28 Aug 2007, 16:32
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Sorry about that! It's hard to describe some mods in just a few words.
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29 Aug 2007, 10:40
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Installed.
I will use this feature in the future. Really thanks, pmkb.
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29 Aug 2007, 10:56
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Is the magpie rss_fetch.inc file needed on each vBulletin page? You are currently loading it unconditionally in the "global_start" hook. This might lead to more overhead then needed.
As you overwrite $blogTitle and $blogLink each time you go thru the loop, only the last value will ever be displayed (assuming you can have more then 1 entry, otherwise the loop does also not make sense).
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29 Aug 2007, 11:09
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Good catch Herwaarden. Nice mod, but will wait till see a demo
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29 Aug 2007, 13:04
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gforce, what do you mean by a demo? I posted a screenshot of what it does from my own forum (see sig) where this mod is working. I have the mod installed on 3 forums and it works great.
Last edited by pmkb : 29 Aug 2007 at 13:48.
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29 Aug 2007, 13:42
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OK. I've updated the plugin per Marco van Herwaarden's suggestions to improve performance and security.
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29 Aug 2007, 21:07
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Originally Posted by hornstar1337
umm vb just released vblog right now 
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30 Aug 2007, 00:58
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Will this work with the vBulletin blog or is there an easier way to set this up? I'd rather it be done automatically and not have users be responsible for adding their RSS feed (which most probably won't do).
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30 Aug 2007, 03:15
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This was designed to let users who have their own blogs on their own sites display the latest blog post by their name. From what I saw of the vB Blog announcment, it offers RSS feeds, so it could be used to display the latest vB Blog post, but users would need to put the blog feed URL in their profile.
I imagine that vB will update their vB Blog at some point to include this feature, but as far as I can tell, right now it just shows a number indicating the number of blog posts instead of a title/link to the latest post.
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