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Bojangles
09-29-2006, 06:26 PM
Since the last big forum upgrade a couple weeks ago (3.6.0), there was a new feature added, the ability to snag RSS Feeds and post them on our forums.

Well.. I'm giving this a shot. Right now for a test run, I created a CNN Top Stories forum, and created a CNN RSS user account to post new top stories as they come in (it checks every 10 minutes). You can click the link at the bottom of the post to read the full story, then comment on it like like a normal thread.

Don't be mad that I chose CNN. I personally prefer it, and I know some of you personally prefer FoxNEWS. This is just a test run.

If this works out, and you guys like it, I can make it a generic RSS Feed forum, and add other stuff, like Feeds from game companies or other websites around the internet.

Let me know what you guys think...

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For more information...:

What is RSS?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format for sharing and distributing Web content, such as news headlines. Using an RSS reader, you can view data feeds from various news sources, such as CNN.com, including headlines, summaries, links to full stories.

BygTex
09-29-2006, 08:05 PM
This is interesting.....vB ftw.

However, CNN feed seems to be a bit much....at this rate it will crash the dB inside a month.....it's creating a lot of posts..

Perhaps a feed that doesn't update so much?

my 2 bits

Omaha
09-29-2006, 09:05 PM
I like the feature but its creating way too many new posts.

Bojangles
09-29-2006, 10:54 PM
Yah.. I'll see what I can do to reduce the spam. Omaha, if you want, look at the RSS feed section of the Admin panel and you can see some of the settings ;).

Lethal
09-29-2006, 11:20 PM
lawl i want that access bo *wink wink*

afflicti0n
04-12-2007, 07:14 AM
Bo ... sorry to necro this thread, but is it still possible to pull RSS feeds off our website? I just noticed my PSP has an RSS viewer... thanks

Bojangles
04-12-2007, 01:33 PM
Bo ... sorry to necro this thread, but is it still possible to pull RSS feeds off our website? I just noticed my PSP has an RSS viewer... thanks
We've never been an RSS feed source.

The thing I had setup a while back was to pull RSS feeds and post them in a forum with an account I setup specifically for that.