RSS feeds

[Handruin]

Implemented RSS feeds. See front page if you're using firefox.

Otherwise:

All Topics
Computers
Tech Support
Feedback
For Sale & trade
The Storage Forum Pub & Brewery
Toolbox Reference Section

For those who are URL savvy and want to make their own...

F = Forum ID
C = Count
T = Enable Topics Only

 

[Mercutio]

Awesome. Thank you. I <3 RSS feeds.
Everyone else should, too.

 

[Mercutio]

How often are the feeds updated? Either the list ordering for the "All Forums" feed is way off or it's way behind the current state of things. Looks like most of the posts listed as new were made about 12 hours ago.

 

[Handruin]

The generation of the feed is in real time. The data comes right out of the database every time you call that URL.

I noticed your same problem in a few of the readers I tried. I finally settled on Feedreader, and it seems to work fine with the RSS. I have it check once an hour.

That's not to say the RSS feed is perfect. Other RSS files are probably static XML that get generated by a script every n minutes. That might help the timing problem you're seeing. I can look into that type of solution if it's more common for RSS to be done this way.

 

[Mercutio]

Ever since I subscribed to the RSS feeds, my little orange "new posts" icons have been all screwed up. I don't know if it's related, but there isn't even a subset of computers that I use where things look like they did this time last week.

 

[Handruin]

I'll take a look at the RSS spec and figure out what should be happening in respect to a typical RSS feed. I'll rework the script so that it behaves correctly. Worst case if I can't figure it out, what RSS feed style should I mimic, slashdot?

 

[Mercutio]

The RSS feeds I use most often are slashdot and google news, both of which seem to update more reliably than SF's have been.

Is anyone else using the feeds? Am I the only one having problems with this?

 

[Handruin]

I noticed similar oddities, but I thought it was my aggregator. Which tool are you using?

 

[Mercutio]

Just Firefox. Nothing special.

 

[JKKJ]

I just get a "Live Bookmark feed failed to load" message.

BBC and Slashdot work, so is there something special to do for SF? I'm using Firefox 1.06.

I tried Sage as well, and that gives an "XML Parse Error" message.

 

[Handruin]

Seems like it isn't working well. I was definitely able to get the live bookmark to work, so there must be something going on that has broken it for you, JKKJ. I'll post again when I've cooked up something that works a little better. Sorry for the confusion so far.

 

[JKKJ]

Well, I can get a live bookmark at work with moox Firefox 1.06, so I'm thinking it's something with the home system, not with your coding Handruin.

 

[JKKJ]

Oh yeah, forgot to say: RSS is cool, thanks Handruin

 

[timwhit]

It isn't working for me either. I am getting the failed to load thing as well.

 

[Handruin]

I'll work on it this weekend. Sorry, I delievered a half-baked solution. :-?

 

[timwhit]

Don't sweat it. I just wanted to let you know it doesn't work.

I read every thread anyways, so I don't even know if it is worthwhile for me. I would still like to see how it works though.

 

[Handruin]

I'm not taking it personally...just frustrated it isn't working and I don't want to waste your time with a broken feature that is there to help.

 

[The JoJo]

Do we have a working RSS solution? Thought I'd try it out....

 

[Will Rickards]

is there an rss feed?

 

[timwhit]

http://www.storageforum.net/forum/external.php?type=RSS2

 

[Will Rickards]

thanks