Implemented - RSS Import/Feeder

[AmericanForum.com]

I'm not sure if K&M already programmed the possibility to import RRS feeds into specific forums.

I use this feature with one of my IPB forums and love it because it allows us to fill

our forum with useful content and its all automated.  

 

[Dan]

Absolutely a must have.

 

[steven s]

Absolutely a must have.

Don't forget to Like the first post then.

 

[Dan]

Don't forget to Like the first post then.

Already done sir

 

[Wildcat Media]

Wonderful suggestion! Was already looking for an AddOn

Brentnauer is totally right when he asks for an "omit from recent activity" option to prevent from flooding the recent activity.

SMF has a feature where you can "ignore" the new posts and threads in selected forums. Thing is, this is done by individual user, so you would either have to tell everyone about it regularly (I mean, who reads forum rules anyway? ), or just periodically do a manual database update to switch the forum settings over to private.

One thing I do, also, is set up my RSS feeds to go into a specific forum area, then let users opt in if they want to be able to read that area. For those who don't care about news feeds, they can skip it entirely. Those who want them can join our "News" group on their own and read. And of course, ignore the forums if they don't want to see news flooding their "unread posts".

So yes...we definitely could use incoming RSS feeds, but whether it's built in or an add-on, I'll leave that up to our gracious hosts.

 

[Lucas]

Any updates on this suggestion? I'd really like to see this too.

 

[Aarmin]

The only issue I've ever had with RSS feeds in forums is that it completely floods the recent activity and what's new pages.

If this were added, it'd be wonderful to have a "omit from recent activity" option, or at least some way to mitigate the massive amount of content when trying to see what other, living, members are up to.

I have no practice with using an RSS feed importer, but this may also be a concern with me (not quite sure yet).

 

[FirasD]

-1
Because it can be stealed just like some Arabic forums, So if M&K gonna program it they should support it with a Security system too .

 

[Wired]

+1 to having RSS feeds imported into threads / forums.

FirasD: HUH? What stealing what???

 

[Barnes]

+1 Really need this, as my site will pull the latest news headlines into a forum, and users can the comment

 

[Cory Booth]

It was also be nice to add some parsing capabilities as well.
For example most feeds with a URL will redirect your visitor to the news site, I add target="_blank" to all inbound URLs

 

[Paul B]

All external URLs are already appended with target="_blank" and have a css class of externalLink.

 

[Paul B]

I'm not sure if K&M already programmed the possibility to import RRS feeds into specific forums.

You will be pleased to know that this feature has now been implemented as of Beta 6.

 

[Cory Booth]

Awesome!

Now if K&M could have some *ahem* free time...

EDIT...

I didn't realize this was also a precurser to letting us know beta 6 was released!
LOLOL

Thanks!

 

[Grover]

Is it just me or are the 2 first example-feeds provided in the upper screenshot here of the new Feeder quite amusing

? I mean... we all know that both BBC and The Register took a certain kind of interest in the forum-world as of recently...

 

[Salty]

The implemented feeder is great, although I have a suggestion.

Feeds to push content inside individual threads. I'd rather not spam up an entire subforum with articles.

Or, "link forums" to allow feeder use and just putting the thread url there.

 

[Cory Booth]

The implemented feeder is great, although I have a suggestion.

Feeds to push content inside individual threads. I'd rather not spam up an entire subforum with articles.

Or, "link forums" to allow feeder use and just putting the thread url there.

I created an "Articles" forum and then put all the RSS feeds in there.
(it's also why I pestered Jaxel for a method to remove a forum from the RecentThreads module)

 

[Lone Wolf]

Can each feed have its own Prefix?

 

[dieketzer]

Can each feed have its own Prefix?

not yet, although kier indicated he was working on that.