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Andy Alkaline
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integrating rss/xml feeds
Posted on 08/20/05 at 17:28:10 GMT |
I didn't know that could be done with javascript. I was just checking out your page on it.
Do you know about some other methods of news aggregation? I was pretty psyched when I set up magpierss.
http://magpierss.sourceforge.net/
It's a php script, and then I use SSI. So far works with every rss and xml feed I've tried, except one from freshmeat.
I don't have in place at Mental Dimensions (yet), but if you wanna see a sample, it's on a few pages at http://www.minimalinux.org/
On the projects page there I have the latest releases from http://sourceforge.net/ and http://www.freshmeat.net/
On the home page is a feed from http://www.newsforge.com/
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Re: integrating rss/xml feeds
Posted on 08/20/05 at 17:40:30 GMT |
Yes I have all kinds of them I use. My favorite is a Perl cgi solution that I use for many different types of plugins and mods. Javascript is nice for when you want to provide feeds to any kind of site and any webmaster level. With javascript, all that is needed is a snippet in the HTML, then voila you have a feed. I like using cgi better because it transforms the feed to HTML that all search engines can read. And it works in non-javascript browsers if there are any of those these days.
The feeds linked in the OPML box are using the cgi method on their respective pages. I've got ShowHTML set up now to use cgi pages as includes.
There are a few notes about RSS/XML for WebAPP Portal system at More WebAPP Site , but not much. It's a passion of mine though, so if you'd like to start the topic back up in relation to WebAPP, then you're welcome to over there. Always like to figure that kind of stuff out.
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Re: integrating rss/xml feeds
Posted on 08/20/05 at 17:45:19 GMT |
I do like the javascript idea for the reasons you mentioned.
How about a module that allows a user to have the same username and password across 10 or 20 different WebAPP sites??? 
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Re: integrating rss/xml feeds
Posted on 08/20/05 at 17:48:58 GMT |
Well you can do that, but you would need to sign up the same way every place. Other than that, the only way to have a group of sites using the same login would be to all use the same database. That would take corroboration, which in my experience tend to be unreliable since humans are involved. Databases do not like unreliability.
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Re: integrating rss/xml feeds
Posted on 08/20/05 at 17:54:43 GMT |
Yeah, seems pretty unlikely to me too.
I was just kidding around.
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Re: integrating rss/xml feeds
Posted on 08/22/05 at 21:49:24 GMT |
Speaking of which, I've now got magpierss installed, but could you tell me if there is a way to include a php script through the perl code? I've got it going with SSI on my other static html pages, but now I'm stuck.
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Re: integrating rss/xml feeds
Posted on 08/22/05 at 22:23:25 GMT |
Would you want to put it on a small shtml page and include it using ShowHTML similar to this example ? Or this too is done using the ShowHTML mod.
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Re: integrating rss/xml feeds
Posted on 08/24/05 at 17:21:07 GMT |
I will get back to you on this within a day or two. I think .:)
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Re: integrating rss/xml feeds
Posted on 08/25/05 at 03:14:05 GMT |
I decided to just have a separate html page for news, rather than trying to add it to some of my webapp pages.
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Re: integrating rss/xml feeds
Posted on 08/25/05 at 03:27:46 GMT |
You can include the page you make in your WebAPP by using the ShowHTML mod. Or maybe you already know about that mod. Actually it is built in to version 0.9.9.3 up and coming next version.
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Re: integrating rss/xml feeds
Posted on 08/25/05 at 22:35:04 GMT |
I looked at the mod yet, but my main reason right now for separating it is because I don't know where I'd put it. There's already quite a bit of information showing. If I come up with a creative idea on how to integrate it into the webapp pages without it looking busy or crowded, I'd do that. So far no ideas have struck me that I like.
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