lbrintle

Is there an XML or RSS feed for this forum? If not, can one be turned on? Sorry if this is a repeat; a search of "Atom" , "RSS", or "XML" did not return spiffy results.

robertdot

It's be nice if there were, but I don't know.

lbrintle

In vbulletin, you can go under vBulletin Options -> vBulletin Options (the latter is a sub-group of the former). In the list there is an option for "External Data Provider". Select that, and then enable either XML or RSS feeds.

I think. I don't know vbulletin well enough....

truemagellen

I would be interested in RSS feeds as well...the question is what will be fed to us through the feed anyway? maybe the threads we are subscribed will show when they've been updated

really I haven't thought this one through yet

lethologica

I'd love to be able to read the forums through an RSS feed. I love this site, but while at work I don't like the flashy headers and avatars on my computer screen. I always get my work done, but there is no need to draw attention.

TxRx8

An RSS feed would be great for this site. Lets do it!!! :D

truemagellen

we could create an RSS feed independently from the admins on this site quite effortlessly but if they turn on a settting it should be easy...I think :p

Here is more info...or a starting point if you will:
http://www.searchen.com/forum/t8-vbu...ss-xml-js.html

truemagellen

now that I think about it there may be resistance to this since advertising contracts may not jibe with RSS but who really knows...based on personal experience websites with RSS feeds I read get a lot more views from me and others since everyone gets addicted to checking them the visit the site far more often :D

here is more info: http://nslog.com/archives/2005/01/30..._vbulletin.php

Aoshi Shinomori

Hate to be ignorant, but what is an RSS feed ?

truemagellen

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for syndicating news.

It is awesome...essentially data aggregator...text only.

for example...cnn.com RSS feed shows the headlines and if you are using a fully ability reader (like Sage in Firefox) you'll see a small summary of the article. This way no visiting the site and fast loading times and no crazy formatting only basic text for you to decide what you want to read.

Also works great for lets say a deal website where they update their listings often...this way you can check it out without the hoopla of the website...or for instance I use it for my gmail account to see titles of emails and decide if I want to login and go to town.

carlb

I found this in FAQ section:

Where can I find the RSS feed?
The administrator may have enabled RSS syndication, this allows you to view newly created threads in guest viewable forums without visiting the board.

The feeds are currently provided in two formats, RSS and RSS v2. The differences are as follows:

RSS 0.91 - This feed is based on a standard written by netscape and provides a link and the title of the thread.
https://www.rx8club.com/external.php?type=rss
RSS 2.0 - This feed contains title, author, date and the contents of the first post of the thread.
https://www.rx8club.com/external.php?type=rss2
To add this to MyYahoo click here.

The forums to which this applies can also be limited to specific guest viewable forums by adding another paramater to the URL containing the forumids as follows:
https://www.rx8club.com/external.php...2&forumids=123

If you would like the content to be generated for multiple forums you can seperate the forumids by commas.

However, tried it and couldn't get it to work.
-CBW-