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The need for feed; Get us rss please!
Topic Started: Dec 15 2009, 07:16 PM (264 Views)
KY Metro	Dec 15 2009, 07:16 PM Post #1
Posts: 416 Group: Valued Members Member #1,551 Joined: Dec 12, 2009 Location Pellyton, KY Year/Make/Model 95 3/5 Metro hatchback	Johnny, is there a feed on new posts? If not, google has a service called Feedburner,which claims to be able to create a feed for any site. There's one for Ecomodder and suzuki forums, but not here as far as i can tell. That'be handy for those of us who are not on all the time.



Johnny Mullet	Dec 15 2009, 09:40 PM Post #2
"Geo Whisperer" Posts: 5,613 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Sep 7, 2008 Location Ashtabula, Ohio Year/Make/Model 97 & 98 Metro	I will check into it.



dayle1960	Dec 16 2009, 08:27 PM Post #3
dayle1960 Posts: 73 Group: Members Member #831 Joined: Jun 3, 2009 Location Bella Vista, Arkansas Year/Make/Model 1996 Geo Metro 3 cyl 5spd 1991 4dr 3cyl 5spd	Forgive my ignorance, but can someone explain what an RSS feed is, and how it works?



Johnny Mullet	Dec 16 2009, 11:05 PM Post #4
"Geo Whisperer" Posts: 5,613 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Sep 7, 2008 Location Ashtabula, Ohio Year/Make/Model 97 & 98 Metro	I ventured into this and unless I have a hosting service that allows .xml uploads, I cannot utilize this tool. However, Zetaboards is working on an RSS feed tool that will work and will be released sometime in the future.



Bad Bent	Dec 17 2009, 01:22 AM Post #5
Facetious Educated Donkey Posts: 3,847 Group: Moderator Member #334 Joined: Dec 26, 2008 Location Native of SoCal, existing in McCall, Idaho Year/Make/Model 1991 and 1996 Geo Metros	According to Wikipedia... RSS (most commonly expanded as "Really Simple Syndication") is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.



KY Metro	Dec 17 2009, 08:01 AM Post #6
Posts: 416 Group: Valued Members Member #1,551 Joined: Dec 12, 2009 Location Pellyton, KY Year/Make/Model 95 3/5 Metro hatchback	Thanks for checking, Johnny. Seems odd that they don't support feeds already. I'm looking forward to the software update.



nerys	Dec 17 2009, 11:34 AM Post #7
Grr Posts: 1,930 Group: Valued Members Member #1,240 Joined: Sep 25, 2009 Location Levittown PA USA Year/Make/Model 1994 Geo Metro Xfi	RSS is basically like "home delivery" of a newspaper. instead of you having to goto wawa or a newstand to get your paper (analogous to GOING TO geometroforum.com and clicking new posts) think of RSS as an automated robot that drives to wawa for you to get the paper or a PAPER BOY dropping the paper off at your door step BUT RSS goes even further potentially. also RSS is TWO SIDES. you have the "feed" and you have the aggregator IE the software on your computer or phone etc.. that GOES AND GETS the "feed" generated by the site. Takes both to REALLY make it work but you can also just VIEW the feed page. JM almost has all he needs. the NEW POSTS link is basically what the feed page would be but that page would need to have the actual NEW CONTENT also in place IE the actual posts. you could then assign that page in your RSS software. Kind of. instead the "site" takes new content at "X" interval and puts it into "one" document so to speak. Your computer can then "drive to the wawa" for you and "grab" this new content it can even CUSTOMIZE the content for you almost like the paper boy going through your paper each morning and pulling out all the parts you READ daily and just putting THAT on your coffee for you. in theory you can pick and choose what you want delivered (if the site is rigged up to allow that kind of detailed feed) or it can just be an "ala carte" feed. What would be nice is a MOBILE VIEW of this site ie something text only compatible with tiny screens (cell phones etc.. ie 320x240 to 800x480) with posting capacity. so I could log in via my blackberry or my N800 etc.. more easily. some "forum" software has this and you can simply "turn it on" if its not built it in I would imagine its very hard to implement. Edited by nerys, Dec 17 2009, 11:37 AM.



dayle1960	Dec 17 2009, 08:14 PM Post #8
dayle1960 Posts: 73 Group: Members Member #831 Joined: Jun 3, 2009 Location Bella Vista, Arkansas Year/Make/Model 1996 Geo Metro 3 cyl 5spd 1991 4dr 3cyl 5spd	Smart people. great explanation folks. only problem is.... I still don't understand a word you wrote. It's all Japanese to me. Maybe its just my age. If I had a time machine I'd go back in time 20 years and learn all of this computer stuff. Heck I just learned how to text on my Droid yesterday. Technology is so cool but you have to be a teenager to understand it. I still like a rotary phone and a kid who can change my tv stations while I sit on the couch. terry



bogs	Dec 18 2009, 01:13 AM Post #9
Duct tape heals all wounds Posts: 2,743 Group: Valued Members Member #1,286 Joined: Oct 5, 2009	Ok, putting it in those terms, rss is like the kid going and changing the channels while you sit on the couch ! TADA :LOL



Bad Bent	Dec 18 2009, 01:10 PM Post #10
Facetious Educated Donkey Posts: 3,847 Group: Moderator Member #334 Joined: Dec 26, 2008 Location Native of SoCal, existing in McCall, Idaho Year/Make/Model 1991 and 1996 Geo Metros	dayle1960 Dec 17 2009, 08:14 PM Technology is so cool but you have to be a teenager to understand it. I still like a rotary phone and a kid who can change my tv stations while I sit on the couch. Yes, I always thought children could be an excellent excuse for violating the child labor laws. Since I don't have kids, good thing, eh, then to my understanding bogs' saying... My dog can't fetch my news paper but RSS can fetch news from forums.



bogs	Dec 19 2009, 11:07 AM Post #11
Duct tape heals all wounds Posts: 2,743 Group: Valued Members Member #1,286 Joined: Oct 5, 2009	B-I-N-GO BB, you got it perfectly.



Mr Murf 59	Dec 27 2009, 05:16 AM Post #12
Looking like a lost Irish tourist Posts: 2,408 Group: Tech Certified Member #928 Joined: Jul 2, 2009 Location Humboldt Co. CA Year/Make/Model 94 Geo Metro 1.0L, 99 Chevy Metro 1.0L both 5spds	bogs Dec 18 2009, 01:13 AM Ok, putting it in those terms, rss is like the kid going and changing the channels while you sit on the couch ! TADA :LOL I don't get it either, but I like what bogs said



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