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Hi Addicts,
Just wanted to let you know you can take a look at the beta of our new RSS/XML feed.
Here: http://www.pocketpcaddict.com/module...orums&file=rss
This version includes story images, story info, smilies, etc. Links back to PPCA aren't working yet, but we're working on them.
Any comments so far?
For the desktop, I like Feed Demon from Bradsoft. It costs $29.95 but it does a great job. Also, every time I go to Help> check for update there is ALWAYS a new version.
Ok, so I've been playing around with this computer thing for a while, but I am still quite clueless in other areas. What is the point of a news stream? Is it for 'pushing' news onto computers (PoPC's, Desktops, etc.)? Why would I do that as opposed to just going to the respective web sites?! Sorry, but I was just wondering...
Ok, so I've been playing around with this computer thing for a while, but I am still quite clueless in other areas. What is the point of a news stream? Is it for 'pushing' news onto computers (PoPC's, Desktops, etc.)? Why would I do that as opposed to just going to the respective web sites?! Sorry, but I was just wondering...
The idea is instead of clicking 20-30 bookmarks to get updates on say Politics, you could have all of those links in one news feed (grabber) that grabs all the headlines and stories automatically for you so you don't have to surf and click. Just scroll down the list and you've got everything right in one spot. YMMV
The news feed seems to work well with Pocket RSS. By the way Pocket RSS is a pretty slick piece of software. Thanks for the tip Brad! A whole new world of RSS is opening up to me...... 8-)
do not get the feed at all
Error loading the channel: error C00CESOD occurred, A semi colon character was expected.
Keith, I am looking for a solution to this. There is some characters such as the & in text that is throwing that error... now just figuring out which character it is
The news feed seems to work well with Pocket RSS. By the way Pocket RSS is a pretty slick piece of software. Thanks for the tip Brad! A whole new world of RSS is opening up to me...... 8-)
cool! I'm glad you like it. RSS can be fun, just keep an eye on your memory usage. If you get 40 to 50 feeds loaded into pocket RSS, you'll be eating up some memory
When you say the feed works well, are you referring to the feed off of the front page or the one that I linked to in this forum thread?
Here's what it looks like on pocket RSS
Several questions
1- should we see forum topics ? If yes, why don't we see all the replies ?
2- See screenshot #2 : There is too much empty lines.
Manu, thank you for posting those pictures. Yes, currently the feed polls from the forums. Candidly, there are two ways to look at this and I am tossing around in my mind what's way to go.
1. We could have two RSS feeds. One would be for the news the other would be for the forums.
2. I can limit that the two only news posts which is the direction I'm currently leaning. That is why it is still the beta of the new feed.
But this site is for everyone... what do you all think?
I'm running the NewsBreak from Illium software.
I can give them a good feedback.
You can see also pictures from "GIZMODO", chose any channel you like, get it updated every time you are connected. very good product.
I'm running the full and registrated version.
Candidly, there are two ways to look at this and I am tossing around in my mind what's way to go.
1. We could have two RSS feeds. One would be for the news the other would be for the forums.
2. I can limit that the two only news posts which is the direction I'm currently leaning. That is why it is still the beta of the new feed.
Brad I'm a little confused
I thought the news always went to the forums as well. So isn't a forum feed really a combination of forum AND news.
Also I agree with Manu. With regard to the forum topics shouldn't we also see the replies? Or is that out of the scope of the RSS feed?
I would prefer 2 different feeds, 1 for news, 1 for the forum. BUT, there's something quite toilsome with forum's feeds : most of the time, topics are no longer threaded.
Is there any other way ? Maybe it's a limitation of PHPbb
Brad I'm a little confused
I thought the news always went to the forums as well. So isn't a forum feed really a combination of forum AND news.
Also I agree with Manu. With regard to the forum topics shouldn't we also see the replies? Or is that out of the scope of the RSS feed?
Yes, it is a little bit confusing. That makes the fixing of it even that much more difficult. Yes our forum news do go to the front page. Yet, I do not know how effective it would be to have a RSS feed that included everything that went into the forums. In other words, if we could parse out the posts that were not news on the front page then it would be a pretty good news feed. However, if we wanted a forum feed that included every single thing that went to the forum then that would not make a very good "news" feed. Instead, it would be our separate forum feed
As far as putting replies in to the feed, that would sort of defeat the purpose. One could not reply to the posts and it would virtually make the pull on the server unmanageable. Most people who are RSS users have their readers automatically pull the feeds once an hour or so. The idea that it would pull an undetermined amount of posts like that every hour on the hour could really hammer the server.
hope this makes sense
I would prefer 2 different feeds, 1 for news, 1 for the forum. BUT, there's something quite toilsome with forum's feeds : most of the time, topics are no longer threaded.
Is there any other way ? Maybe it's a limitation of PHPbb
can you explain to me what you mean by the topics are no longer threaded? I'm afraid I've never understood the "threaded" concept. What does that mean?
Sorry, my english is not as good as I would want
I read some forums via RSS feeds (this, for example http://www.davidco.com/forum/rss.php ), but all replies for all topics are all messed up. I would prefer all replies for the same topics within one feed.
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