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Title: RSS Newsfeed
Post by: - NintendoFan - on December 11, 2004, 11:29:04 PM

Have you guys ever considered doing a RSS Newsfeed? I think it would be a great addition to the site, and could even help cut down bandwidth usage a tad. Just give it a thought if you could.

Title: RE:RSS Newsfeed
Post by: Camel on February 12, 2005, 07:18:02 AM

I second this suggestion. How about a RSS feed?

Title: RE: RSS Newsfeed
Post by: RickPowers on April 27, 2005, 01:01:52 PM

Is this something that anyone else is interested in?

Title: RE: RSS Newsfeed
Post by: vudu on April 27, 2005, 05:40:41 PM

Forgive my ignorance, but what's an RSS feed?  I'm probably just not familiar with the terminology.

Title: RE:RSS Newsfeed
Post by: Caillan on April 27, 2005, 05:45:59 PM

There you go Kingvudu.

If one was set up for the forums I'd very much appreciate it.  

Title: RE: RSS Newsfeed
Post by: vudu on April 27, 2005, 05:55:30 PM

Um...okay.  An example might clear things up a bit more.  Thanks for the effort, though.

Title: RE:RSS Newsfeed
Post by: Caillan on April 27, 2005, 06:02:55 PM

Ah, right. Well, if you're using, say, Firefox, and you subscribe to an RSS feed, then a sort of folder will appear in your bookmarks. The latest updates to the page you subscribed to will be recorded there, even if you haven't visited the site in a while. So instead of have to refresh the entire page every 10 minutes you could just check your bookmarks to see if antything new has been posted. I'm sure that's a very flawed technical explanation, but in practical terms it's correct. Orange buttons with the letters 'XML' in white also usually link to an RSS feed.

to your kitten avatar.

EDIT: If you're using Firefox and you go to a site like penny-arcade.com or slashdot.org, a new widget will appear near the bottom-right of the window. It should be in the same bit that displays what that browser's doing (e.g. connecting to 'penny-arcade.com', 'transferring data from penny-arcade.com', 'done'). There will be an icon inside of it, and when you click on it you can choose to subscribe to the RSS feed.

Opera also supports it natively, but you'll need to download something extra with IE.  

Title: RE: RSS Newsfeed
Post by: vudu on April 27, 2005, 07:04:27 PM

Wow.  That's pretty cool.

I'm not entirely sure how useful it is, or if I'd use it on a regular basis, but cool nonetheless.

Title: RE: RSS Newsfeed
Post by: Pale on April 28, 2005, 04:40:10 AM

I dunno...  If revenue for the site is based off of hits I wouldn't do it...  I mean, I want you guys to keep plugging away and RSS feeds often just decrease hits....

But on the other hand, it would be pretty damn convenient...

Title: RE: RSS Newsfeed
Post by: Caillan on April 28, 2005, 08:45:13 PM

I'm doubt they're too fussed about us not seeing their advertisements. Especially if they're saving bandwidth at the same time. Quoth Rick:

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Ads? What ads?

Firefox + Adblock = Bliss.

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Title: RE: RSS Newsfeed
Post by: ghostVi on April 29, 2005, 01:30:06 AM

I found RSS to be very convenient for news sites. It might work with the forums also.

Title: RE: RSS Newsfeed
Post by: Renny on May 03, 2005, 10:52:12 AM

I'll add my support for an RSS feed. A headline+synopsis would suffice, it could mimick the front page and be useful enough for me.

Title: RE: RSS Newsfeed
Post by: MaleficentOgre on May 24, 2005, 08:56:42 PM

If it's convinient for the guys running the place to put one in I'm all for it.

Title: RE: RSS Newsfeed
Post by: - NintendoFan - on May 25, 2005, 11:25:40 AM

Wow, I didn't even realize this thread was still alive....

In anycase, I'm still in favor for it.