RSS-News feed..

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 10:08 am

With so many updates going on and news items being added regularly would it not be a good idea to create an RSS feed for the site, this way many people using RSS newsreaders will be able to get the news updates automatically.. Just an idea.. of course you could always use RSS-News to read this news feed.. http://www.rss-news.co.uk (shameless plug for my own software of course Smile

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Kai Regular Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 81

hm, there isn't THAT much updating/newsposting going on at the frontpage it there? RSS feed isn't needed imo...

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 10:47 am

depends on what you count as regular.. i think with software an update of more than one a month is very regular, maybe not with world news but certainly in the software world the updates are coming thick and fast.. for me this is just a personal preference as I use lots of rss newsfeeds, xbins, xbox-scene and maxconsole to name just a few of the xbox ones..

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:46 pm

I think it's a good idea! Bring it on! Very Happy

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:47 pm

Im sorry but i cant really see the need for an rss newsfeed about updates, When ever kai is started it grabs the updates anyway....

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:53 pm

i think we should have a feed. i've mentioned it to td, and have had it mentioned by others also...

we'll see... Wink

Joined: 30 Jul 2006 Posts: 0

OK.. I'll do it ... but I take it it means I have to get my hands dirty using F**KING XML again?

I'll take a look at it soon

TD

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:40 pm

TheDaddy wrote:

OK.. I'll do it ... but I take it it means I have to get my hands dirty using F**KING XML again?

I'll take a look at it soon

TD

it may, but i know that phpnuke has the ability built in, dunno if thats what you guys are using on the site...

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:55 pm

It's not exactly a priority at the moment, but it could be done.

As for me using PHPNuke.. haha don't be rude jmel Laughing

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 11:17 am

OK, I believe it's all done (saved TD from going near it Very Happy

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Although having issues getting it to view in Matzy's RSS reader now. All other readers are displaying it fine. Contacting Matzy to find out why...

Enjoy.

Oh, I also added cookies on to the site. 2 weeks and they expire.

Cheers,
dfunked.

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 11:57 am

Wow.. I got a mention on the Kai website.. How humbled I feel... Smile

Firstly, sorry you had to get your hands dirty TD.. you have no idea how guilty I feel about starting this thread.. Embarassed

Secondly, problem in RSS-News is now fixed and an update posted on my site already.. and for anyone who uses RSS-News, please let me know if you have any problems and I will do my best to resolve them as quickly as I can..

Thanks for the mention anyway Dfunked, it is very much appreciated.

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:15 pm

Hehe np.

Andy didn't even get any of his hands dirty Smile

I knew he didn't want to do it, so I decided I may as well.

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:58 pm

Doh.. I realised that after I read your post again..

Joined: 30 Jul 2006 Posts: 0

Heheheh... it fell under "website" - so it wa Raf's area Razz

I think its a great idea though - and ive been playing with RSS-News - nice work Matzy.. added a few of the sites I look at a lot (XS, Slashdot, here, etc. etc.) - very easy to nav them all..

I just have this inbuilt hatred of XML ... its like "the ultimate answer to a question which absolutely nobody asked". I mean... lol.. whats wrong with a damn delimited text file? Very Happy

TD

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 2:32 pm

I have to agree with you.. the idea of newsfeeds in general is great, but using XML for them seems very over complicated for their purpose.. still, it gives the XML junkies something to do and keeps them off the streets plus it gave me somthing to do when writing RSS-News.. and thanks for the compliment..

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 3354

Yeah, good job dfunked on the RSS, and good suggestion Matzy