RSS Feed Rethink

New design for all the RSS Feed you apply to your forum.

Actually, inside vBulletin, you have:

nex_rssfeed_before.jpg

  1. a rss feed inside a forum is used only to display small amount of text from the feed itself… having to click the thread title to see the small text of the feed is irrelevant.
  2. no capability to show the image attached to the feed is irrelevant too, as it’s one of the gains we had lately with RSS2.
  3. having the RSS post have the dateline of the moment the cron will grab the info… this is irrelevant because the feed have to be fluid with its own feedline.

So now, we will see the feeds in a different way:
nex_rssfeed_rethink.jpg

Does that look professional enough ?!

details of the changes:

1- Creation Date of Thread is now based on the original posting date of the feed itself. if the GMT is different, the creation date will be the moment when the cron grab the info.

2- The attached images of each feed can be retrieved on feed connection and inserted as a thumbnail for the thread.

3- Feed content is displayed in forumdisplay, instead of having to open the thread to read the comment. RSS Feeds are for insights, not for clicking all the way… so displaying the entire feed when you open the forum is better, and the display we use by default is similar to most of the News displays of these Feeds.

4- when you add the https://unpapapro.com/free-visual-elements/post-date-threads-threadbit/431/ hack, it look even more professional.

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though this hack require that you edit 2 files to work properly, because it edit the core functions of the RSS Reader, which does not contain any hook for addons.

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note: update: cloni reported that the search form on top of the page was not working properly… it is now fixed… no version change. was just a at the wrong place…

note: october 23, 2009: updated product file to version 1.0.2, edited template and product so vBSEO is not interacting anymore with the url.

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83 thoughts on “RSS Feed Rethink”

  1. nexia dit :

    Product re-released, with a new screenshot… 🙂

    have a good feed!

  2. kevinl dit :

    Oh my god! hahah

    I requested something like this on .org the other day. I was looking to strip the image because it was ruining my forumdisplay but this looks much better!

    Thank you!

  3. nexia dit :

    i simply added a CSS element to make the image align to the left instead of just showing right away, so it is not breaking the look of a good post.. 🙂

    btw, you can start requesting things here too.. 🙂

  4. nexia dit :

    i simply added a CSS element to make the image align to the left instead of just showing right away, so it is not breaking the look of a good post.. 🙂

    btw, you can start requesting things here too.. 🙂

    EDIT: and the next thing i do for the RSS Feeds is to apply the same technique but at the opposite, when using external.php with our own RSS Feed… adding the first attached image to the feed elements, with a link in the text, and the description, etc… because actually, the RSS Feed of vBulletin is crappy. they planned a better one for 4.0, but i will double it.

  5. kevinl dit :

    This all sounds pretty cool! I use RSS feeds a good amount on my site. My members love them. It’s a way for them to get news that might not look for. I like the plans for this in the future also!

    I use provb advanced forums and this looks very nice with that. It streamlines well with my other forums. Almost like they were written together 🙂

    @nexia 14018 wrote:

    btw, you can start requesting things here too.. 🙂

    I just might take you up on that offer 😉

    Thanks!

  6. Volion dit :

    Great MOD, however it’s not creating thumbs of old feeds, breaking the layout of the forum.

    RPG news – KOWW.net

    Thanks,

    _V

  7. nexia dit :

    logically, it store the thumbnail information when it grab the new feed, so it’s impossible to do it with old feeds… nobody can do a thing about that

    and as i can see, your feed have mega sized images attached, would be good to have a resize [img] hack on your site to make them smaller and integrate better in your display…

  8. Volion dit :

    I was thinking that also, they sure do like to attach monster size images with the feed. ;p

    I may just delete that feed and start it over so they get thumbed..

    _V

  9. nexia dit :

    my engine is not generating thumbnails though, it’s adding the thumbnails to the feed…

    because some RSS Feed engines can attach a thumbnail to resume the content of the feed, that’s what you see usually in News Feeds, Sports Feeds. when you click the News you enter to the full content, and the thumbnail is replaced with the actual image, like the big image of your feeds… but it’s not for all feeds.

    the images that are in your feeds are actually attached images, not thumbnails.

    the thumbnails are an element of the feed infos… vBulletin do not store these infos, my engine does… this is the difference.

  10. Volion dit :

    Ah, great little engine though, going to use it even if they want to attach crazy large images, if it gets to out of hand I will just switch feeds to something more manageable.

    The other two feeds are working out nicely.

    Thanks Nexia,

    _V

  11. nexia dit :

    you’re welcome Shawn… 😉

  12. nexia dit :

    error reported from vb.org, the search box is not working… my error, i kept the original code of the popup, forgot about the

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  • cloni dit :

    @nexia 21093 wrote:

    error reported from vb.org, the search box is not working… my error, i kept the original code of the popup, forgot about the

    Yea, that was me, who reported this error. 🙂
    Great to see, that you´re working on it and will fix that.

    I appreciate you´re awesome work mate and hope to see moreeee. ;D

    Cheers bud

  • cloni dit :

    Can you please fix the search form nexia? Does this take much of time or just a few lines of code?! 😉

    I have this installed and running smooth, but does not look professional with a nonworking search engine. o_O

  • nexia dit :

    will be fixed in the next minutes, i’m actually debugging all the releases one by one.. 🙂

  • Spikeman dit :

    Did this get fixed Nexy?

  • nexia dit :

    hum, yeap… sory if it is not indicated…

  • Spikeman dit :

    Thanks :grin_Grin:

  • MsJac dit :

    Thanks for this – will give it a try!

    Jacquii.

  • mikey1991 dit :

    Thanks for this 🙂

  • mikey1991 dit :

    WOOT it worked, I didn’t think it would… lmao.

    Feeds – ExplosiveGFX – The definitive source for graphics enthusiasts!

    🙂 Great stuff Nexy

  • nexia dit :

    @mikey1991 22911 wrote:

    WOOT it worked, I didn’t think it would… lmao.

    Feeds – ExplosiveGFX – The definitive source for graphics enthusiasts!

    that’s not funny… :grin_Sealed:

    i know i have some addons that need refining, but hey, i’m far from perfect.. lol

  • mikey1991 dit :

    Nah, it wasn’t against you nexy! It was against me, whenever there are file edits, my forum usually white pages 😛 😀

    Anyway, I came back to say that the RSS Poster robot is not posting feeds anymore, the scheduled task is enabled, just nothing is fetched…?

    When I preview the feeds, I know there is new content, so :/

  • nexia dit :

    hum, not posting anymore… this modification is fetching more info from each feed grabbed, but is not modifying the way the content is grabbed… i’ll take a look.

  • nexia dit :

    TZZZZZ oh… i’ll check that… i suppose your board is up-to-date so i have to check if something was done in the latest version of vB… 🙂

  • mikey1991 dit :

    Yeah my board is up to date… 🙂

  • trotskid dit :

    It’s curious.. I’ve installed the Nexia’s Post Date for Threadbits some time ago and works very well on all the forums, but in the forum that i’ve created for the feeds doesn’t work.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks

  • nexia dit :

    hum, curious really, i coded both engines for the same usage, and as you see in the screenshot, it works together… i’ll check that this weekend!

  • trotskid dit :

    @nexia 23008 wrote:

    hum, curious really, i coded both engines for the same usage, and as you see in the screenshot, it works together… i’ll check that this weekend!

    Much appreciated.

  • trotskid dit :

    Hi. When a non connected user watch the forum of the rss feed doesn’t appear correctly the link “More…”.

    What can cause this?

    Thx

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  • nexia dit :

    hum, deactivate this product, i’ll make a full check on it, before any security risk is attain…

  • trotskid dit :

    Ok. I send you a PM.

  • cloni dit :

    Weird! This works perfectly for me in vB 3.8.2

  • trotskid dit :

    Me on 3.8.3 🙁

  • nexia dit :

    @trotskid, i tested it, and the only way it was possible to replicate your problem was to deactivate the BBCodes in the forum where the feeds are posting… so make sure it is set properly so we can debug it :

    AdminCP >> Forum Manager >> Your Feed Forum >> Enable / Disable Features >> Allow BB Code

  • trotskid dit :

    Thx nexia, but in this case if I disable the bbcodes then doesn’t show the link appropriately (like non connected user) when a user are connected.

  • nexia dit :

    i mean that have to be Enabled… i asked you to check if it was…

  • trotskid dit :

    It was enabled.

  • nexia dit :

    hum, so, is your RSS Feed “User Name” user is in a group where BBCodes are disabled?

  • trotskid dit :

    I’ll check it.

    edit: Everything is correct. Also it happens with my user (admin).

  • trotskid dit :

    Fixed uninstalling and installing the product (also updated to v3.8.4).

    @trotskid 23006 wrote:

    It’s curious.. I’ve installed the Nexia’s Post Date for Threadbits some time ago and works very well on all the forums, but in the forum that i’ve created for the feeds doesn’t work.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks

  • mikey1991 dit :

    Still not fetching new feeds… I’ll try re-doing it all.

  • nexia dit :

    i installed it anew this week in this forum, and everything is working fine, i don’t know for you… the code is not supposed to affect anything

  • wld dit :

    Hi nexia!

    This modification looks great !! We have a news forum and I have to admit that the page showing individual rss feeds is pretty boring.

    Would this mod work with PHP 4.4.8 ?

  • nexia dit :

    if vBulletin works on your installation, the product will do it.

  • wld dit :

    Ok, great… thanks!

    I have one more question. Where do I need to upload the “DS_STORE” file?

  • nexia dit :

    oh, it’s an old pointless file for Macintosh users… when i update the release they will vanish… forget about it.. 🙂

  • wld dit :

    I see, thanks for the super-fast reply :grin_Grin:

  • wld dit :

    Hi nexia!

    I have installed the mod successfully but have a few issues with it. In some cases when a feed’s headline link is clicked the new page will not display the feed’s content but instead will display a page with a “forbidden” message:

    Forbidden

    You don’t have permission to access /forum/law-news/30378-will-california-s-new-anti-paparazzi-law…………..

    Another issue I found is when I access the feed page (forumdisplay page for feeds) as an unregistered user most of the new “formatting” is gone (images and feed content are not displayed).

  • nexia dit :

    hum, strange behaviors.

    for the missing content for guests, i will have to check the code to see if any permission is blocking its content… maybe the RSS Feed have bbcodes disabled or something.

    for the url with wrong permissions, i have no idea, i’ll check.

  • wld dit :

    Ok, thanks!

    Btw, I didn’t make the file edit for the “includes/cron/rssposter.php” file because I couldn’t find it…

    FIND : (line 155 of the official version)

    switch($feed->feedtype)

    Is the only purpose of rssposter.php file edit to make a new more relevant timestamp?

  • nexia dit :

    if you do not edit that file, you have no need of the addon, as it’s the main goal of the engine…

    the file edits are to add the new elements like the thumbnails or any elements you may see fit for your own feeds (extra data, like movies, urls etc)

    oh, the file was changed in 3.8.4… i’ll edit the release…

    it is below, in line 180…

    Quote:
    includes/cron/rssposter.php

    FIND: (line 155 of the official version, 180 in 3.8.4)

    switch($feed->feedtype)

    JUST BEFORE, ADD:

    # little addition from nexia to read enclosed images:
    if (isset($item))
    {
    foreach($item AS $enc => $val)
    {
    $item = $val;
    }
    }
    $item = ($item AND TIMENOW > strtotime($item)) ? strtotime($item) : TIMENOW;
    # end of little additions

    FIND (line 282, 343 in 3.8.4):

    $itemdata->set(‘startdate’, TIMENOW);

    REPLACE WITH:

    #$itemdata->set(‘startdate’, TIMENOW);
    $itemdata->set(‘startdate’, $item);

    FIND (line 378 in 3.8.4):

    $itemdata->set_info(‘chop_title’, true);

    JUST AFTER, ADD:

    $itemdata->set(‘dateline’, $item);

  • wld dit :

    for the url with wrong permissions, i have no idea, i’ll check.

    Yeah, this one is quite strange. I was testing it as an admin using the same source for feeds and I don’t see any patterns why this would be happening so far…

  • wld dit :

    Sorry nexia, I was just working on my previous post and missed your last reply.

    Ok, I will do the edits now 🙂

  • nexia dit :

    @wld 23486 wrote:

    Yeah, this one is quite strange. I was testing it as an admin using the same source for feeds and I don’t see any patterns why this would be happening so far…

    hum, maybe the admin is having permission to access that forum but not the others…

  • wld dit :

    I was testing it as a top admin with all the permissions enabled and the forum for the feeds is the same. This only happens with the addon being activated.. :-/

  • wld dit :

    I made all the suggested cron file edits and reinstalled the plugin but still have the problems I was talking about before. I even tried to disable few addons but no luck.

    I may have to put this one on hold for now… :grin_Cool:

    Btw, is there an easy way to just add feed images to forumdisplay page?

    That would solved the problem with the forbidden pages for now. :grin_Wink:

  • nexia dit :

    the feed images are just grabbed with my system, not yet with the default system.

    i do not understand your situation right now, as the script was tested on dozens of sites without a flaw…

  • wld dit :

    Hi nexia!

    I know this modification works flawlessly on other forums like on this great site for example:

    http://explosivegfx.com/forum/graphics-news-f61.html?f=61

    I think there may be other hack on our forum interfering with your mod.

    Anyway, thank you for all the help so far!!

  • wld dit :

    Hi nexia !!

    I’m still trying to figure out what is causing the issues. It is kind of addicting to find out where the problem is. :grin_Turtle:

    This is a great hack and it seems to work well except for unregistered users.

    And it is kinda puzzling why some feeds give forbidden access pages and some don’t. I was tasting it again as a regular registered user and as an admin and the results are identical — the feeds which give forbidden access pages are the same. When the mod is disabled all feed links are accessible to all forum usergroups.

  • wld dit :

    Well I may found the pattern for feeds showing forbidden pages when their main title is clicked. It seems they are all “long/ longer” threads. Any idea why this could be happening? 8)

  • nexia dit :

    hum, vbSEO i suppose is the cause… can’t help at all here…

  • wld dit :

    Thanks for the reply, I will ask the vbseo support team about it.

    But what about unregistered users unable to see the mod? Are there any permissions I should check? I already checked the bb code permissions…

    Below is the link to our news feed page, the mod is anabled right now:

    Law News – WORLD Law Direct Forums

  • nexia dit :

    i find it really strange that guests can not see it, there is no permission whatsoever in my system.

  • wld dit :

    Ok, thanks.

  • wld dit :

    Hi nexia,

    I’m still trying to figure out why unregistered users can’t see modified pages.

    Do you have any suggestions where should I look at? Thanks.

    UPDATE:

    I disabled the vBSEO software and it works correctly.

  • wld dit :

    I got this response from Brian (vBSEO stuff):

    The forbidden links appear to be coming into the rss parser incorrectly.

    http://www.domain.com/forum/law-news/30617-greg-craig-might-his-way-out-but-why-div-class-thread_feed-img-src-http-online-wsj-com-media-craig_cv_20090804085904-jpg-border-0-alt-br-br-perception-reality-br-br-legal-world-old-saw-gets-bandied-about-every-time-law-firm-starts-struggle-single-defection-may-may-not-have-do-anything-leads-whispers-firm-s-trouble-leads-more-defections-leads-actual-trouble-br-br-we-were-reminded-dynamic-while-reading-href-http-www-nytimes-com-2009-10-22-us-politics-22craig-html-hp-target-_blank-nyt-profile-afternoon-white-house-counsel-williams-connolly-alum-greg-craig-br-br-according-article-cites-colleagues-democrats-close-white-house-craig-expected-leave-his-post-end-year-br-br-what-s-strange-about-very-few-if-anyone-can-point-any-major-gaffes-made-craig-during-his-short-tenure-lawyer-white-house-craig-s-crime-according-nyt-he-s-alleged-have-jumped-headlong-into-handful-thorny-issues-perhaps-overpromised-how-fast-he-administration-could-effect-president-obama-s-decision-close-detention-center-guantanamo-bay-br-br-case-against-craig-made-out-thusly-nyt-br-blockquote-mr-craig-handed-one-most-difficult-portfolios-white-house-he-drafted-executive-orders-banning-torture-ordering-guantanamo-closed-within-year-over-objections-central-intelligence-agency-he-recommended-release-justice-department-memos-describing-harsh-interrogations-br-br-mr-craig-took-flak-those-decisions-criticized-not-doing-more-build-consensus-within-administration-prepare-political-ground-congress-prospect-closing-guantanamo-one-year-deadline-he-helped-set-has-proved-more-difficult-than-anticipated-now-appears-unlikely-met-br-br-blockquote-click-href-http-online-wsj-com-article-sb124935604510503669-html-target-_blank-here-story-august-craig-situation-wsj-s-evan-perez-br-br-course-one-might-disagree-tack-taken-obama-administration-any-these-issues-but-where-we-sit-we-wonder-why-craig-s-guy-take-blame-s-almost-like-he-set-up-fail-either-he-jumps-decisiveness-alienates-some-he-works-months-build-consensus-gets-assailed-foot-dragging-br-br-indeed-nyt-s-peter-baker-hints-fact-criticism-might-unwarranted-br-blockquote-classic-not-particularly-savory-washington-story-when-administration-stumbles-whispers-begin-fingers-point-search-someone-blame-certain-point-assumptions-can-become-self-fulfilling-official-cross-hairs-finds-harder-do-job-mr-craig-s-case-friends-said-he-unfairly-being-made-scapegoat-decisions-supported-across-administration-br-br-blockquote-according-baker-s-piece-many-white-house-angry-treatment-craig-s-gotten-s-not-like-craig-only-one-pushing-one-year-deadline-close-guantanamo-defense-secretary-robert-gates-pushed-too-br-br-still-whatever-reason-damage-may-done-white-house-particular-power-perception-power-said-sidley-austin-s-href-http-www-sidley-com-ourpeople-detail-aspx-attorney-971-target-_blank-brad-berenson-former-associate-white-house-counsel-under-george-w-bush-if-people-perceive-you-under-attack-way-out-limits-your-effectiveness-br-br-href-http-feedads-g-doubleclick-net-lvhovhaivtelsm9grm5oljw86zo-0-da-target-_blank-img-src-http-feedads-g-doubleclick-net-lvhovhaivtelsm9grm5oljw86zo-0-di-border-0-alt-br-href-http-feedads-g-doubleclick-net-lvhovhaivtelsm9grm5oljw86zo-1-da-target-_blank-img-src-http-feedads-g-doubleclick-net-lvhovhaivtelsm9grm5oljw86zo-1-di-border-0-alt-br-br-href-http-feeds-wsjonline-com-ff-wsj-law-feed-jvdjun13xa-dgqhmoex5im-yil2auoc8za-target-_blank-img-src-http-feeds-feedburner-com-ff-wsj-law-feed-d-yil2auoc8za-border-0-alt-href-http-feeds-wsjonline-com-ff-wsj-law-feed-jvdjun13xa-dgqhmoex5im-d7dqb2pkexk-target-_blank-img-src-http-feeds-feedburner-com-ff-wsj-law-feed-i-jvdjun13xa-dgqhmoex5im-d7dqb2pkexk-border-0-alt-href-http-feeds-wsjonline-com-ff-wsj-law-feed-jvdjun13xa-dgqhmoex5im-f7zbnmyn0lo-target-_blank-img-src-http-feeds-feedburner-com-ff-wsj-law-feed-i-jvdjun13xa-dgqhmoex5im-f7zbnmyn0lo-border-0-alt-href-http-feeds-wsjonline-com-ff-wsj-law-feed-jvdjun13xa-dgqhmoex5im-v_sglipbpwu-target-_blank-img-src-http-feeds-feedburner-com-ff-wsj-law-feed-i-jvdjun13xa-dgqhmoex5im-v_sglipbpwu-border-0-alt-href-http-feeds-wsjonline-com-ff-wsj-law-feed-jvdjun13xa-dgqhmoex5im-qj6idk7rits-target-_blank-img-src-http-feeds-feedburner-com-ff-wsj-law-feed-d-qj6idk7rits-border-0-alt-br-img-src-http-feeds-feedburner-com-r-wsj-law-feed-4-jvdjun13xa-border-0-alt-div-name-rssfeed.html [/CODE]

    Looks like the url isn’t getting split from the post body.

    why it doesn’t work for guests is also beyond me (i made a user, vbseotest). The plugin must have an option? or has a case in it for $show[‘member’] in either the template or the php itself.

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    Looks like the url isn’t getting split from the post body.

    why it doesn’t work for guests is also beyond me (i made a user, vbseotest). The plugin must have an option? or has a case in it for $show in either the template or the php itself.

  • nexia dit :

    ok, first, from what i see, the url itself is way too long, this is not related to vbSEO or my engine, but the source where you take your rss feed, which is building URLS that are illegal.

    for the guests thing, no idea… illogical.

  • wld dit :

    Thanks for the reply!

    When vBSEO is disabled there are no issues at all… everything works fine. It’s definitively related to the vBSEO plugin, but I have no idea what’s wrong.

    Sometimes there are things between earth and heaven which are hard to figure out…

    :E

  • nexia dit :

    as i said, the source feed create titles that are too long… these titles are stored properly in vBulletin, but vbSEO instead of creating thread urls like “showthread.php?id=234”, create urls based on the source title itself. a legal url have 120 characters and less… the example you give is way too long, making it impossible for the browser to handle it.

  • wld dit :

    But when your mod is disabled there are no issues with feed titles… all vBSEO url rewrites works correctly. Somehow these two great mods don’t like each other 🙂

  • nexia dit :

    ok, so you say my tool create wrong urls… that’s something i did not link to in your comments… i will check this.

  • nexia dit :

    i think i may have fixed the problem… will need some tests, but on this site the rss feeds have no more problem with the url…

    update the product file, no need to re-edit the .php files.

  • wld dit :

    WOW! The problem with urls is fixed… thank you Nexia!

    The last remaining issue are those unregistered users. Brian mentioned something about $show or option? in either the template or the php. Do you think it is possible? I was also looking at the code within the XML product to see if I could find anything but I’m not a coding expert at all… :grin_Sealed:

    And what makes it even more weird is when vBSEO is disabled the issue is fixed.

  • nexia dit :

    FOUND…

    you have to set the permissions of your guest group to “Can View Others’ Threads” AND “Can View Thread Content”… so the content of the preview is set… this is a basic setting of vBulletin and i always forget about that…

  • wld dit :

    I already had both permissions set to Yes. When vBSEO is disabled it is not a problem –unregistered users can see pages correctly. This is kind of strange why would enabling vBSEO plugin cause this problem.

  • nexia dit :

    hum… this is a strange thing… OH… yeah… vbSEO disable viewing previews for guests… 🙂

    search for this: Remove Thread Preview Text For Guest Visitors?

    and they will not say i’m not helping them…

  • wld dit :

    WOW… you are the man!! That was it… I completely forget about this setting, lol.

    You should be providing customer support at vBSEO. :grin_Grin:

  • nexia dit :

    rofl, not really, i know nothing about vbSEO and these guys are dedicated, i would not be able to support or even work with these guys… *(even if part of there team is on this site for fun!)

  • mikey1991 dit :

    So, was looking in the ol’ server error logs, and saw this:

    Code:
    [error] [client My-IP.**.**.**] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IF, expecting ‘:’ or ‘{‘ in /home/mikey/public_html/forum/includes/cron/rssposter.php on line 182,

    SO, I went into rssposter.php and looked at line 182.. but I can’t see anything wrong?!?

    [php] switch($feed->feedtype)

    if (isset($item))
    {
    foreach($item AS $enc => $val)
    {
    $item = $val;
    }
    }
    $item = ($item AND TIMENOW > strtotime($item)) ? strtotime($item) : TIMENOW;

    {[/php]

    Line 180 – 190 of rssposter.php

    This is line 182:

    [php] if (isset($item))
    [/php]

    I don’t see the error… do you?

  • mikey1991 dit :

    OMG i’m such an idiot.

    I put this code

    Code:
    if (isset($item[‘enclosure’]))
    {
    foreach($item[‘enclosure’] AS $enc => $val)
    {
    $item[‘enclosure_’ . $enc] = $val;
    }
    }
    $item[‘timestamp’] = ($item[‘pubDate’] AND TIMENOW > strtotime($item[‘pubDate’])) ? strtotime($item[‘pubDate’]) : TIMENOW;

    AFTER, and not BEFORE…

    To fix it, I just moved it to BEFORE and now it’s working!

    OMG I can’t believe it was that simple 🙁

    Working with vBSEO too !!

  • nexia dit :

    looks like your site is up today.. lol

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