UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads Version 7/8 Support RSS Configuration

Am interested in knowing what configuration would be required so that all new posts are sent out with all content of the posts.

I'm thinking that there must be some entries for the following that will allow it to happen:

Number of topics/posts to include in Feed:
Include body in feed:

To include the entire body, you'd just need to put in a very large number for the Include body in feed. 10 or 20k characters should cover it for most posts unless some of your users write novels

As for including all new posts. There isn't a setting just for that, as what's actually new will depend on the user and when they are looking at the feed. Usually it's around the last 10 topics but you can adjust that to more if you'd like.

Are ya'll talking about RSS Feeds? I've seen the screen in the cp but don't know what it is for or whether it is safe to activate.

I pulled up a search in the search box, but nothing pops up under RSS Feeds or RSS.

Thanks.

RSS has been discribed as the "New E-mail"
But i would advise you to do a google on RSS

For you :- DONT TURN IT ON IF ITS A PRIVATE FORUM

RSS feeds allow you to tell your users when new content is posted (either new topics or new replies) to specific forums (should they have an RSS reader).

The RSS system does not keep private forums in mind (at this time), so be sure not to select them.

for an example of output (with no post body) see here

Myself, I hope that Rick starts storing the poster name as the Author rss tag to allow some further customizations...

Rick, I have the RSS feed on my board set at:

• Feed cache time: 15
• Feed type: Recent posts (not New topics)
• Number of posts to include: 150
• Include body in feed: 3000 characters

I figure 3000 characters averages out to about 600 words. That ought to cover it for just about any post. Anything longer and the person reading the feed can go to the source.

Using the above settings, Threads produces a .xml file that the IE7 browser displays pretty well, but there are some shortcomings... View mine here ( but ONLY with IE. Firefox displays all the xml tags.)

The biggest issue is that carriage returns (line feeds) are left embedded in the text, which IE7 ignores. These should be converted to html <br> breaks. Without the linefeeds, all the text is run together.

Threads software translates the author into an html:
Posted by Steve C:
With content starting on a new line.

Since it includes html for that, it seems like modifying the linefeeds could be done as well.