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November 26, 2003
I've jumped back onto the RSS bandwagon and I've been resubscribing to many, many feeds. One was to be the Sportsfilter feed, but there's some issues I'd like to see addressed. More inside...
Hope you?
posted by StarFucker at 06:10 AM on November 26, 2003
Wanna give the slightly clueless an idea of: 1) What the RSS feed does/is? 2) How you "view" it (other than clicking that link and getting XML'd to death)? 3) Some way for us RSS newbies to get in on the fun. 4) Some other RSS feeds. Thanks.
posted by grum@work at 07:07 AM on November 26, 2003
StarFucker - Administrator!!! Please hope me!
posted by vito90 at 07:51 AM on November 26, 2003
Is this RSS something I'd need to live in the 21st century to know about?
posted by squealy at 09:02 AM on November 26, 2003
RSS is a syndication format. The idea is that you can get the raw data (e.g., grum, as a Canadian, you'll want to visit this daily) and do whatever you like with it presentation-wise. I've yet to find any can't-live-without RSS feeds, but you can grab yourself a reader and start checking them out (Mozilla/ Firebird has a nice plugin that you can run in a sidebar).
posted by yerfatma at 10:54 AM on November 26, 2003
I've fixed the line break and expanded the feed from 24 to 96 hours, but I can't do anything about titles unless we start requiring users to write them, as MetaFilter now does. I thought about duplicating the first part of the description in the title, but that would look terrible in Radio UserLand and presumably other RSS newsreaders.
posted by rcade at 11:44 AM on November 26, 2003
I didn't know there was a newsfeed for SpoFi! A link to the RSS feed would be a nice addition to the site... Mac users: NetNewsWire is a great newsreader for OS X. There is a freeware "Lite" version that will work for most people.
posted by dusted at 12:10 PM on November 26, 2003
what I really want to know is: How do I republish the feeds on my site, say, with the blogging tool that I use? Example, say I want to have a little sidebar on my site that just shows the latest five posts from SpoFi. Is a newsreader or some other thingamajig required to parse the jigazmatron into some usable pablum? Can I use some open source tool online without having to install it on my machine? Make it easy?
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:56 PM on November 26, 2003
My head hurts.
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:58 PM on November 26, 2003
There are a lot of ways to incorporate RSS feeds on a Web site, such as JavaScript, PHP, Java, and server-side includes. What tools are you using to publish a site?
posted by rcade at 01:42 PM on November 26, 2003
WC, since when do you have a website? Anyway, email me offline, I have some PHP code that will do the trick, I think.
posted by billsaysthis at 02:18 PM on November 26, 2003
I have a website, oh yes, and I think you can guess it from my email addy, mr bill. Oh yes, contrary to appearances, my site serves as an offshore shell bank and tax shelter as well as an exchange for the porn, gaming and file-sharing industries. On occasion, we intermittently act as an interchange mechanism for various armament procurement transactions. We use the latest in hi-tech technology like MnMs, ABC and LOL. Oh yes.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:40 PM on November 26, 2003
yes, but do you have sharks with lasers?
posted by jerseygirl at 05:26 PM on November 26, 2003
NO. That would be cruel. But we do have dolphins with scissors.
posted by worldcup2002 at 05:32 PM on November 26, 2003
I'm reporting you to The Man, WC!
posted by billsaysthis at 05:38 PM on November 26, 2003
Thanks rcade. I'm not sure why you'd think that a short excerpt would look terrible, though. Certainly it'd be better than how it currently is, no? For those that use Firebird, and are looking for an RSS Reader, I suggest this extension. Pretty basic, but it gets the job done.
posted by mkn at 12:53 AM on November 28, 2003
Are the dolphins ill-tempered?
posted by msacheson at 06:26 PM on November 28, 2003
I still have no goddamned idea what any of you are talking about.
posted by wfrazerjr at 08:56 AM on November 29, 2003
Catch up wfrazer! As a publisher, you should be on top of this technotronics!
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:05 AM on November 29, 2003
ill tempered sea bass.
posted by jerseygirl at 11:52 AM on November 29, 2003
Hey, the San Jose Sharks use lasers (during player introductions)! wfrazer: What is RSS?
posted by billsaysthis at 01:13 PM on November 29, 2003
I am actively recruiting penguins with penknives.
posted by worldcup2002 at 05:43 PM on November 29, 2003
I guess the most obvious one is the fact that there's an extra line-break before the XML declaration. This is bad, mmmkay? Additionally, can we have some more relevant titles for the posts? Something more MeFi like, for example. posted by worldcup2002 to Other November 25 6:53 PM doesn't really tell me much about the actual post. Also, is there a way to get it to display more items? Right now it seems to display just the current day. I'd rather have the full front page, if possible. Administrator! Hope me!