This mod (which will be included as an extra in version 9) will allow you to display recent posts from your forum in other pages and even other websites using the Web Wiz Forums built in RSS Feed.
Just place the code below into any ASP page, on any website, where you want the recent posts to be displayed, it will then grab the most recent posts from your forums RSS Feed:-
<%
Dim objXMLHTTP 'MS XML Object Dim objRSSFeedItem 'XML Feed Items Dim sarryRSSFeedItem 'RSS Feed array Dim strHTML 'HTML Table results Dim strWebWizForumsURL 'Web Wiz Forums RSS Feed Dim intTimeToLive 'Time to live in minutes
'Holds the URL to the Web Wiz Forums RSS Feed strWebWizForumsURL = "http://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_topic_feed.asp"
'Time to live (how long the RSS Feed is cached in minutes) '0 will reload immediately, but place more strain on the server if the page is called to often intTimeToLive = 10
%> <table class="tableBorder" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr class="tableLedger"> <td><strong>Recent Forum Posts</strong></td> </tr><%
'If this is x minutes or the feed is not in the web servers memory then grab the feed If DateDiff("n", Application("rssWebWizForumsUpdated"), Now()) >= intTimeToLive Then
'Create MS XML object Set objXMLHTTP = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument") 'Set the type of request HTTP Request objXMLHTTP.setProperty "ServerHTTPRequest", True 'Disable Asyncronouse response objXMLHTTP.async = False 'Load the Web Wiz Forums RSS Feed objXMLHTTP.Load(strWebWizForumsURL) 'If there is an error display a message If objXMLHTTP.parseError.errorCode <> 0 Then Response.Write "<strong>Error:</strong> " & objXMLHTTP.parseError.reason 'Create a new XML object containing the RSS Feed items Set objRSSFeedItem = objXMLHTTP.getElementsByTagName("item") 'Loop through each of the XML RSS Feed items and place it in an HTML table For Each sarryRSSFeedItem In objRSSFeedItem 'Web Wiz Forums RSS Feed Item childNodes '0 = title '1 = link '2 = description (post) '3 = pubDate '4 = guid (perminent link) strHTML = strHTML & " <tr class=""tableRow"">" & _ vbCrLf & " <td>" & _ vbCrLf & " <a href=""" & sarryRSSFeedItem.childNodes(1).text & """ title=""Posted: " & sarryRSSFeedItem.childNodes(3).text & """>" & sarryRSSFeedItem.childNodes(0).text & "</a>" 'If you wish to display the entire post, uncomment the line below 'strHTML = strHTML & vbCrLf & " <br />" & sarryRSSFeedItem.childNodes(2).text & "<br /><br />" strHTML = strHTML & vbCrLf & " </td>" Next 'Release the objects Set objXMLHTTP = Nothing Set objRSSFeedItem = Nothing 'Stick the whole lot in a application array to boost performance Application.Lock Application("rssWebWizForumsContent") = strHTML Application("rssWebWizForumsUpdated") = Now() Application.UnLock End If
'Display the Web Wiz Forums Posts in an HTML table Response.Write(Application("rssWebWizForumsContent")) %> </tr> </table> |
Change the URL in red to your own Web Wiz Forums RSS Feed.
The feed is cached and updates every 10 minutes to prevent strain on your server, but you can change this value to any you want, in minutes by changing the value in red.
This displays just the subjects as links to the actual post. If you wish to display the entire post, uncomment the line in blue.
Edited by -boRg- - 22 July 2007 at 4:21pm