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Last post Author Topic: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum  (Read 829360 times)

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RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« on: July 07, 2005, 08:16 AM »
You can now monitor new posts on this forum using any rss feed reader!

NEW: Add an rss feed for our blog!
https://www.donation...0;sa=blogs;type=rss2
(without images: https://www.donation...s;type=rss2;images=0)

To add an rss feed for just the topics of this official announcement section:
https://www.donation...20;sa=news;type=rss2

To add an rss feed for the new twice-monthly official newsletters:
https://www.donation...10;sa=news;type=rss2

Default rss2 feed for 5 most recent posts on the entire forum:
https://www.donation...ction=.xml;type=rss2

(you can use rss or leave off the entire ;type=rss2 part if you just want xml and not rss)


Or perhaps you just want the last 10 posts on a certain forum:
https://www.donation...2;limit=10;type=rss2

(you can substitute board=2 with board=X where X is the number of the subforum you want to monitor; just click to view that section from the forum and find board=XX in the url window)


Or just want the last 10 TOPICS (not posts):
https://www.donation...10;sa=news;type=rss2


You can also restrict any of those lists to a specific USER by adding u=# to the url, or u=#,#,#,.. to restrict to multiple users posts.


For more help and alternate kinds of feeds you can subscribe to, see this post on the simplemachines forum:
http://www.simplemac...ex.php?topic=25009.0
« Last Edit: July 22, 2017, 05:04 PM by mouser »

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2005, 08:17 AM »
To help facilitate the use of rss feeds we will also start announcing in Living Room section whenever a new review is up or a new program is released.

If people would like to see a specific official announcement section of the forum let us know.

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2005, 08:24 AM »
want to rss read the donationcoder.com blog columns?
you can't subscribe to the single combined column, but you can subscribe to the individual columnists, just add these urls to your rss feed reader:

https://www.donation...mts/b_jibz/index.rdf
https://www.donation...s/b_nudone/index.rdf
https://www.donation...s/b_vrgirl/index.rdf
https://www.donation..._tenseiken/index.rdf
https://www.donation...s/b_mouser/index.rdf
https://www.donation...ragonrider/index.rdf


[EDIT: we have discontinued the blogs as of 11/05]
« Last Edit: November 22, 2005, 01:11 PM by mouser »

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2005, 08:32 AM »
See this post for a short description of different RSS readers:
https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=201.0
https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=502.0
« Last Edit: July 08, 2005, 08:24 AM by mouser »

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2005, 09:44 AM »

Thanks mouser!  This is a most welcome feature.  :)
Designated "proofreading free" zone.

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2005, 08:33 PM »
Found out about this site through Langa a couple of weeks ago and just joined-great service!  I don't want to be notified every time a new topic is posted in the forums, but I do want a feed that will tell me every time a new program is reviewed.  Is there a way to do this?

Thanks,
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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2005, 08:41 PM »
welcome to the site jason,

your request would be satisfied if we set up a special section of the forum for "official announcements",
like new reviews being posted, new software being released.
i.e. just the rare occasional official announcement.

probably not a bad idea; i think i will set this up unless people would prefer i don't.

the other solution would be to use a program like website watcher (see our review on webpage change monitors https://www.donation...bWatchers/index.html), and have it monitor the reviews archive page or front page of the site.

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2005, 04:26 AM »
There is now an OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT section on the forum.

To add an rss feed for just the topics of this official announcement section:

https://www.donation...20;sa=news;type=rss2

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2005, 04:23 AM »
I really like RSS feeds, I use them in the great Google Sidebar: http://desktop.google.com/en/

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2006, 10:32 AM »
Can someone tell me the URL for an RSS feed to get the last ten Subjects (topics?) in the 'Mini-Reviews by Members' Forum?

Thanks,
jdd

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2006, 12:31 PM »
jdd:
https://www.donation...10;sa=news;type=rss2

to get a different rss feed for the last 10 topics (subjects) from another section, just go to that section, observe the board=## and replace it in url above.

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2006, 11:23 AM »
The above url is not working with firefox 1.5..when i click on the link..it opens a download link for index.php and thats it...i'm clueless on how to add this link to firefox rss feed

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2006, 12:08 PM »
prying eyes, try this:

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2006, 12:10 PM »
or maybe someone can post some firefox rss addins,
or use a standalone rss reader.

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2006, 05:26 PM »
thxs mouser for the image..it worked..

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2006, 02:14 AM »
Shouldn't there be an "RSS" button in the header near "Home" "Search" "Profile" "IRC" ....
to this thread  ?

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2006, 04:06 AM »
Shouldn't there be an "RSS" button in the header near "Home" "Search" "Profile" "IRC" ....
nice idea but we are running out of space for buttons..

there's an rss button at the very bottom of each page though - but it just takes you to this very thread :)

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #17 on: August 19, 2006, 11:56 AM »
looks like i introduced a bug in the rss feed a while ago when adding some custom fields.  hopefully it is fixed now.

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #18 on: August 19, 2006, 11:58 AM »
Hey Mouser,
I believe it is! Thanks for fixing it.
Ken
Kenneth P. Reeder, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Jacksonville, North Carolina  28546

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #19 on: August 29, 2006, 09:13 AM »
This thread has helped me again :)

I now use
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;limit=15;type=rss2
to get the last 15 post on the entire forum.

The limit will most likely change though. Or maybe I'll try te feed for "all unread posts"... Anyway, I am again convinced that SMF is a very very good forum software! (Has anyone (mini-)reviewed SMF yet?)

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #20 on: September 01, 2006, 07:02 PM »
Here is what I use to get the latest 15 active topics, not posts:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;limit=15;sa=news;type=rss2

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #21 on: October 04, 2006, 01:58 AM »
anyone know what to use for "all unread posts" ?
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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #22 on: December 07, 2006, 09:13 AM »
Until mouser creates a feed for the Best of Blog, here is one you can use:

http://www.ponyfish....m/feeds/8678evDyoDwh

Sorry it won't give you any descriptions of the posts, just the headlines.


Mouser added an official one. See post below.
« Last Edit: December 31, 2007, 11:19 AM by app103 »

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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #23 on: December 08, 2006, 04:39 AM »
thanks app
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Re: RSS Feeds for DonationCoder.com and this Forum
« Reply #24 on: December 05, 2007, 12:50 PM »
Just added a new feed for our blog.