RSS feed for CS forum

[weeng]

Hi, anyone else using RSS Aggregators?

More info on RSS

I am using SharpReader and mostly subscribe to news content and of course dpreview.com.

It would be great if Clubsnap could provide feeds for its forums and we would have a centralised source of info from one single application (the RSS Aggregator).

vBulletin Version 3.0.0 might have built-in support for RSS, maybe the Mods can check it out.

[Edmund]

Originally Posted by weeng Hi, anyone else using RSS Aggregators? More info on RSS I am using SharpReader and mostly subscribe to news content and of course dpreview.com. It would be great if Clubsnap could provide feeds for its forums and we would have a centralised source of info from one single application (the RSS Aggregator). vBulletin Version 3.0.0 might have built-in support for RSS, maybe the Mods can check it out.

Request granted!

URL for RSS Feeds
http://forums.clubsnap.org/clubsnap_rss.php

[Darren]

How to enable RSS feeds in Firefox -

1. Goto Manage Bookmarks
2. Goto File>New Live Bookmark
3. Enter the relevant info for the Live Bookmark eg Name: CS Feed
4. Under Feed Location, cut'n'paste the URL (http://forums.clubsnap.org/clubsnap_rss.php)
5. Click OK

You may also want to move the Live Bookmark to the Bookmarks Toolbar Folder, and then turn on (enable) the Bookmarks Toolbar - doing so will have the Live Bookmark show a drop-down list under the navigation bar in Firefox which will show the recent posts.

Another way - We are experimenting with sending the feed to an external aggregator, and they provide more ways of getting the feed. Try it out here - http://feeds.feedburner.com/ClubSNAP

[weeng]

Originally Posted by Edmund Request granted! URL for RSS Feeds http://forums.clubsnap.org/external.php?type=rss

Just when I was about to give up hope.

You guys are amazing! Thanks, appreciate it.

[Darren]

Originally Posted by weeng Just when I was about to give up hope. You guys are amazing! Thanks, appreciate it.

How can so fast give up hope? Anyway, hope you enoy it.

Please feedback if you encounter any issues or any suggestion that can improve the RSS feed.

[photosonic]

isn't RSS feed is part of the feature in Vbulletin for all the while?

[wainism]

erm...

paiseh... wats this RSS feed for?

[Zerstorer]

Great job guys.
Btw, I've noticed that the update rate for the RSS feed seems a little slow, anyway to increase it? I've my reader set to query every second or so, but the headlines lag what's on the CS main page by a while.

[Zerstorer]

BTW...how about a separate feed just for the Buy/Sell forum?

[Darren]

Originally Posted by wainism erm... paiseh... wats this RSS feed for?

Its like a "pushmail" service that updates your RSS client (can be browser, email app, or specialised RSS aggregator) when new posts are made. It normally only pushes the title and a bit of the text and you can then click on the RSS link to go to the relevant post in ClubSNAP.

Try it and see if you like it.

[Darren]

Originally Posted by Zerstorer Great job guys. Btw, I've noticed that the update rate for the RSS feed seems a little slow, anyway to increase it? I've my reader set to query every second or so, but the headlines lag what's on the CS main page by a while.

We have taken note of this and like we said earlier, we will be tweaking the RSS feed to make it better. Most RSS feeds don't update by the second, so maybe you want to set it higher like every few minutes

[Darren]

Originally Posted by Zerstorer BTW...how about a separate feed just for the Buy/Sell forum?

Will look into it. No promises.

[Zerstorer]

Originally Posted by Darren We have taken note of this and like we said earlier, we will be tweaking the RSS feed to make it better. Most RSS feeds don't update by the second, so maybe you want to set it higher like every few minutes

Hehe...okie.

[SniperD]

you guys are the best!! hehehehe... now I just need to moniter the RSS feed


for all CS Admins

[SniperD]

okie... my feedback -

1) good cultures should be encouraged and continued - must separate the B/S threads from the main coz it's really overwhelming

2) faster refresh rate

3) can the number of new topics updated on the RSS feed be increased from the currently 15 to say 20 or more?

Heehhee...

[Edmund]

Update: Note that the url for ClubSNAP RSS feeds has been updated. Please use
http://forums.clubsnap.org/clubsnap_rss.php

This RSS feed excludes threads from Marketplace forums (i.e. Buy/Sell forums, Consumers Corner forums)

I am currently working on a separate RSS feed for the Buy/Sell forums, Consumers Corner forums. Will post here once its ready.

[SniperD]

Yippie!!!!

[oeyvind]

Good... now I can read it on NetNewsWire

[quekky]

ClubSNAP Admin Note: To avoid confusion, original content has been removed as url is no longer valid.


can increase the number of news?

[Edmund]

Update: Urls for ClubSNAP RSS feeds have been updated.

(1) RSS feed (excluding threads from Marketplace forums)
http://forums.clubsnap.org/clubsnap_rss.php

(2) RSS feed for Marketplace forums (Buy/Sell forums, Consumers Corner forums)
http://forums.clubsnap.org/clubsnap_buysell_rss.php

Note:
Due to a currently unknown issue, you might encounter problems retrieving RSS feeds for (2) periodically. I will try to sort this out at a later time. Please bear with us for now.