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Hello, MyBB Community Forums.

Today, I am going to show you how to publish new threads or posts to Twitter or Facebook/both..

Just follow these simple steps below:

One - Login to your Twitter account at: http://www.twitterfeed.com
Two - After that, go to your Dashboard and click "Create New Feed"
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Three - Input your RSS link. Default: http://www.yourdomain.com/syndication.php
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NOTE: You can edit the link in "Advanced Settings"


Four - Select "Continue to Step Two." Then, choose the services you want.

For Twitter:
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Five - Have fun!

HOW TO INCLUDE NEW POSTS:

Go to your forum root and make a new file syndication2.php...and input this code...

<?php
/**
* MyBB 1.6
* Copyright 2010 MyBB Group, All Rights Reserved
*
* Website: http://mybb.com
* License: http://mybb.com/about/license
*
* $Id: syndication.php 5380 2011-02-21 12:04:43Z Tomm $
*/

define("IN_MYBB", 1);
define("IGNORE_CLEAN_VARS", "fid");
define("NO_ONLINE", 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'syndication.php');

require_once "./global.php";

// Load global language phrases
$lang->load("syndication");

// Load syndication class.
require_once MYBB_ROOT."inc/class_feedgeneration.php";
$feedgenerator = new FeedGenerator();

// Load the post parser
require_once MYBB_ROOT."inc/class_parser.php";
$parser = new postParser;

// Find out the post limit.
$post_limit = intval($mybb->input['limit']);
if($post_limit > 50)
{
    $post_limit = 50;
}
else if(!$post_limit || $post_limit < 0)
{
    $post_limit = 20;
}

// Syndicate a specific forum or all viewable?
if(isset($mybb->input['fid']))
{
    $forumlist = $mybb->input['fid'];
    $forumlist = explode(',', $forumlist);
}
else
{
    $forumlist = "";
}

// Get the forums the user is not allowed to see.
$unviewableforums = get_unviewable_forums(true);
$inactiveforums = get_inactive_forums();

$unviewable = '';

// If there are any, add SQL to exclude them.
if($unviewableforums)
{
    $unviewable .= " AND fid NOT IN($unviewableforums)";
}

if($inactiveforums)
{
    $unviewable .= " AND fid NOT IN($inactiveforums)";
}

// If there are no forums to syndicate, syndicate all viewable.
if(!empty($forumlist))
{
    $forum_ids = "'-1'";
    foreach($forumlist as $fid)
    {
        $forum_ids .= ",'".intval($fid)."'";
    }
    $forumlist = "AND fid IN ($forum_ids) $unviewable";
}
else
{
    $forumlist = $unviewable;
    $all_forums = 1;
}

// Find out which title to add to the feed.
$title = $mybb->settings['bbname'];
$query = $db->simple_select("forums", "name, fid, allowhtml, allowmycode, allowsmilies, allowimgcode, allowvideocode", "1=1 ".$forumlist);
$comma = " - ";
while($forum = $db->fetch_array($query))
{
    $title .= $comma.$forum['name'];
    $forumcache[$forum['fid']] = $forum;
    $comma = $lang->comma;
}

// If syndicating all forums then cut the title back to "All Forums"
if($all_forums)
{
    $title = $mybb->settings['bbname']." - ".$lang->all_forums;
}

// Set the feed type.
$feedgenerator->set_feed_format($mybb->input['type']);

// Set the channel header.
$channel = array(
    "title" => $title,
    "link" => $mybb->settings['bburl']."/",
    "date" => time(),
    "description" => $mybb->settings['bbname']." - ".$mybb->settings['bburl']
);
$feedgenerator->set_channel($channel);

$permsql = "";
$onlyusfids = array();

// Check group permissions if we can't view threads not started by us
$group_permissions = forum_permissions();
foreach($group_permissions as $fid => $forum_permissions)
{
    if($forum_permissions['canonlyviewownthreads'] == 1)
    {
        $onlyusfids[] = $fid;
    }
}
if(!empty($onlyusfids))
{
    $permsql .= "AND (fid IN(".implode(',', $onlyusfids).") AND uid='{$mybb->user['uid']}')";
}

    $query = $db->simple_select("posts", "subject, dateline, message, edittime, tid, fid, pid", "visible='1' {$permsql} {$forumlist}", array('order_by' => 'dateline', 'order_dir' => 'desc', 'limit' => $post_limit));    
    while($post = $db->fetch_array($query))
    {        
        $items[$post['tid']] = array(
            "title" => $post['subject'],
            "link" => $channel['link'].get_post_link($post['pid'], $post['tid'])."#pid".$post['pid'],        
            "date" => $post['dateline'],
        );
        $parser_options = array(
            "allow_html" => $forumcache[$post['fid']]['allowhtml'],
            "allow_mycode" => $forumcache[$post['fid']]['allowmycode'],
            "allow_smilies" => $forumcache[$post['fid']]['allowsmilies'],
            "allow_imgcode" => $forumcache[$post['fid']]['allowimgcode'],
            "allow_videocode" => $forumcache[$post['fid']]['allowvideocode'],
            "filter_badwords" => 1
        );
        
        $parsed_message = $parser->parse_message($post['message'], $parser_options);
        
        $query2 = $db->simple_select("attachments", "*", "pid=".$post['pid']);
        while($attachment = $db->fetch_array($query2))
        {
            $ext = get_extension($attachment['filename']);
            $attachment['filename'] = htmlspecialchars_uni($attachment['filename']);
            $attachment['filesize'] = get_friendly_size($attachment['filesize']);
            $attachment['icon'] = get_attachment_icon($ext);
            eval("\$attbit = \"".$templates->get("postbit_attachments_attachment")."\";");
            if(stripos($parsed_message, "[attachment=".$attachment['aid']."]") !== false)
            {
                $parsed_message = preg_replace("#\[attachment=".$attachment['aid']."]#si", $attbit, $parsed_message);
            }
            else
            {
                $parsed_message .= "<br />".$attbit;
            }
        }
        
        $items[$post['tid']]['description'] = $parsed_message;
        $items[$post['tid']]['updated'] = $post['edittime'];
        $feedgenerator->add_item($items[$post['tid']]);
    }

// Then output the feed XML.
$feedgenerator->output_feed();
?>

Atleast give credits to the author from where it has been copied: http://yaldaram.com/showthread.php?tid=4865

Sorry, couldn't find the that thread after I exited my browser.

Thanks Yaldaram!

I dont understand the point of the additional php file if the whole point of the twitterfeed site is to forward the posts for you to assigned accounts anyway

Am I missing something?

Thanks!

S

i think the new .php file is for new posts...since syndication.php is only feeds new threads...just rename the new php file of syndication2.php