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[Velo]

How do you incorporate a news feed into b2?

For instance, I want my b2 site to display news from http://www.steampowered.com/rss.xml -- and update every time it is updated. How would I go about doing that?

I know there's lots of posts on this (and I looke through all of them), but no one really gave a clear answer.

Thanks.

[sh0ck]

All you need is a script to fetch the xml/rss feeds. Look here:

http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/XML_and_PHP/
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[Velo]

I have a two scripts and several readers, but those only read the newsfeeds. Now I need advice on how to put it actually into the b2 structure. Like what file do I put the script into and where?

Thanks

[Velo]

*bump* anyone??? RSS Feeds...yes...no....maybe lol

[Sigg3]

Ehh..
You mean into your template/Design, right?

You could include it, by <?php include(filename.dot); ?>
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[Velo]

Yes, into the actual template design.

ok so I include the news aggregator (or the news grabbing script) into my index.php? Is that right? Or is it another page. Sorry I am new to php so I need really specific help right now.......and I'm going after the generic b2 style of posting things...only posting news from another site. I just tried inserting that code into my index.php and I keep getting parse errors

[Sigg3]

I include a page with "Current" information on my frontpage.

The file itself looks like this:
http://www.sigg3.net/currently.php

but the outcome is integrated into the design.

If the seperate page with feeds looks like that, see what kind of css classes and stuff it has, include them in your index' css file, then include the seperate page into the index (using the variable above).
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