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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator

Netherlands
2625 Posts

Posted - 21 December 2004 : 16:17:43

I've been tuning the rss-feed functionality, and have come up with a RSS feed that should run on virtually all Snitz fora.
Installation ; very very very easy.

~~21-12-2004 ; Initial version, tested at oxle.com.~~
~~22-12-2004 ; Version 1.1, working at oxle.com.~~
18-01-2005 ; Version 1.2, working at oxle.com.
Functionallity

Creates a general RSS feed for all public fora : rss.asp
Creates a rss feed per cat, by using rss.asp?cat_id=xx
Creates a rss feed per forum, by using rss.asp?forum_id=xx
RSS 0.92 compliant
Includes RFC-822-compliant dates
Shows last post-author per topic

How to install:
Copy the code below, and save it as RSS.ASP
View source of RSS.ASP (login required, use user: demo, password demo if you're a guest)

The image
Create an image of your own, and save it as RSS.GIF.
Be sure to adjust lines 122 and 123 to make it fit:

xml = xml & "<width>128</width>"
xml = xml & "<height>29</height>"

The Timezone
Be sure to adjust lines 154 and 155 to select the correct timezone of your forum:

' define your timezone offset below. Examples : "+0100" for GMT+1, "EST", "GMT"
rfc822timezone = " +0100"

That's all.

Examples:
http://oxle.com/rss.asp
http://oxle.com/rss.asp?cat_id=14
http://www.scoutingkeentmoesel.nl/rss.asp (with different LCID, showing that the RFC822 formatting does work)

Enjoy. Any improvements/suggestions are very welcome!

BTW ; food for thought ; should 'views' by RSS feed be counted as a topic-view ? (so, increase viewcount ???)

Support -> this topic: http://www.oxle.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1865
Update 18-1-2005 Updated version, fixed some bugs.<

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Edited by - MarcelG on 16 February 2007 15:30:31

Etymon
Advanced Member

United States
2383 Posts

Posted - 28 December 2004 : 09:39:01

Thank you for the code Marcel! I haven't yet ever used RSS, but it's nice to have this just in case.

Happy New Year,

Etymon
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ILLHILL
Junior Member

Netherlands
341 Posts

Posted - 01 January 2005 : 20:26:24

What script to use to display the RSS on your site?
The one from the original syndication mod?
And, if so, what does need to be changed?<

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Podge
Support Moderator

Ireland
3775 Posts

Posted - 16 January 2005 : 09:19:37

I just noticed something Marcel.

Should the <i> </i> tags be included in the rss feed?
I think its causing Trillian (and maybe other rss readers) to display the topic titles incorrectly.

This is a fragment from your own rss feed.

- <title>
  Sticky: Usefull sites on the web, add to favorites 
  <i>(16-01-2005 13:19:10)</i> 
  </title>

You can see that the date and time are a new child element when they shouldn't be.

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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator

Netherlands
2625 Posts

Posted - 16 January 2005 : 14:43:56

Yep, well spotted. That piece should go!<

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Podge
Support Moderator

Ireland
3775 Posts

Posted - 16 January 2005 : 15:02:31

It solved the problem in Trillian for me when I took out the <i> tags.

Not sure that the date & time should be there either, its already included in the pubDate element.

I like the way you can get rss feeds by forum & category.<

Jorrit787
Average Member

Netherlands
681 Posts

Posted - 24 January 2005 : 17:22:06

I installed it, and it seems to work fine, except for 2 things - This is the beginning of the RSS code:

<rss version="0.92">
-
<channel>
<title>The Anything Goes Forum</title>
<link>http://www.ag-forum.com/</link>
<description>The Anything Goes Forum</description>
<author/>
<image2>http://www.ag-forum.com/rss.gif</image2>
-
<image>
<link>http://www.ag-forum.com/default.asp</link>
<url>http://www.ag-forum.com/oxle.jpg</url>
<title>The Anything Goes Forum RSS Feed</title>
<width>42</width>
<height>20</height>
</image>

The first problem is that my forum uses an images folder, so I would like the RSS Feed to use images/RSS.gif in stead of root/RSS.gif . The second problem I'm not sure about... What does Oxle have to do with my RSS Feed?<

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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator

Netherlands
2625 Posts

Posted - 25 January 2005 : 02:39:02

Jorrit, oxle has nothing to do with your site.
So, you should replace these lines with your images, and you can hardcode the Images folder into it, or use the variable for it.
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Jorrit787
Average Member

Netherlands
681 Posts

Posted - 25 January 2005 : 17:56:04

Ok, I will try that. What exactly does the image do if I may ask?<

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dayve
Forum Moderator

USA
5820 Posts

Posted - 25 January 2005 : 21:02:51

I've been checking this version out and not sure if it is me or my site, but it seems sluggish when rendering the page...

http://www.burningsoulsforum.com/forum/bsf_rss.asp?forum_id=1<

Podge
Support Moderator

Ireland
3775 Posts

Posted - 25 January 2005 : 21:06:41

Seems fine to me. Lightning fast.<

MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator

Netherlands
2625 Posts

Posted - 26 January 2005 : 01:58:36

quote:
Originally posted by Jorrit787

Ok, I will try that. What exactly does the image do if I may ask?

The image is shown in (most) RSS readers.
Example:

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Edited by - MarcelG on 26 January 2005 01:59:11

Jorrit787
Average Member

Netherlands
681 Posts

Posted - 26 January 2005 : 11:49:41

All that is showing when opening my forum's RSS feed with SharpReader is this:

There are 45 replies, with the last one on Jan 26 2005 at 05:10:57 by suzyQ222

Isn't the whole topic supposed to show?<

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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator

Netherlands
2625 Posts

Posted - 26 January 2005 : 14:43:13

That depends on what you want ; I made this one to show only the info about the topic.
I've also got the headlines.asp (http://www.oxle.com/source.asp?page=headlines.asp) and that one shows the content of the topic (not the replies).<

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gelliott
Junior Member

USA
268 Posts

Posted - 31 January 2005 : 22:33:24

Marcel - thanks for the code, this works great. A few notes though - (a) the TTL tag is a element of Channel, not Item, thus needs to be up near the title (line 115-116 maybe?). Also, in your source you have an author tag at line 116 using a Topic_Last_Post_Author variable that has not yet been defined. I have changed that to the title of my forum.<

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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator

Netherlands
2625 Posts

Posted - 01 February 2005 : 02:35:22

Thanks for the feedback Gelliot. I'll be looking into it later today, when I get back from the dentists.....(I don't wánt to.....boohoo)<

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