Super News Feed 4.0

This app is meant to act as an Activity Stream, similar to
Facebook. The feed will include EVERYTHING (or as many different actions
as possible). A list of supported actions is below.

[b]Features:[/b]
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- Admin Module - manage configuration settings, as well as settings for individual RSS feeds

- Public Module - new tab on the board called "News Feed".
Shows all updates
Allows members to filter activity by their friends or by all members
Integrated with IPB's reputation system
Allows members to comment on some types of feed records
The screen will refresh with the latest content. The Refresh Rate is configurable in the System Settings.


- Profile Tab - new tab on member's profile called "My Feed"
Will display all updates made by that member


- Sidebar block -
Will display all updates made by all members


- Portal plugin -
Will display all updates made by all members


[b]Customization:[/b]
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- UCP - new section in the UCP for News Feed settings
Members can show/hide each kind of update
Set the maximum number of updates to show


[b]Settings:[/b]
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- System Settings - in ACP
Customize the global feeds (sidebar block, portal plugin, guest view) and show/hide each kind of update
Set Refresh Rate (in seconds) for global feed
Show/hide filter tabs
Show/hide sidebar block
Show/hide portal plugin
Set maximum number of records to show in global feed
Set maximum number of records to show in sidebar block
Set maximum number of records to show in portal plugin
Set maximum number of records to show in profile tab
Enable/disable
each kind of update - when an update type is disabled, it will not be
stored in the feed AT ALL. This means that members will not have access
to it either. They will not be able to customize it in their UCP, etc.
Retention period - how long should the system store updates
Cache Time - how often global feeds should be re-cached


[b]Supported Update Types:[/b]
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New account
New Topics
New Posts
Profile Comments
Status Updates
Status Comments
Display Name Changes
Photo changes
Sig changes
Group changes
Generic profile update
Friends
Reputation

IP.Blog Integration: new blog entries, blog comments
IP.Calendar Integration: new events, updated events, event comments
IP.Content Integration: new database records (including articles), new comments (including articles)
IP.Downloads Integration: new files, updated files, file comments
IP.Gallery Integration: new albums, new images, image comments


[b]Additional Comments:[/b]
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The feed will be pruned regularly to prevent it from becoming too large. This is configurable in the System Settings.