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vehement
UO Noob
Joined: 20 Feb 2004
Posts: 11
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Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:17 pm |
Any chance of you guys putting RSS on this site? Several news sites that I frequent use it and I love it. |
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Nem1611
Irix WAnnabe
Joined: 22 Sep 2004
Posts: 143
Location: Livermore, CA
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Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:23 pm |
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Burgess
UO Staff
Joined: 17 May 2003
Posts: 542
Location: Almost Heaven WV, USA
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Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:30 pm |
This?
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| RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format for distributing and aggregating Web content (such as news headlines). |
Please tell us a little more. How would it work and what advantages we and our readers would receive.
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Gundato
UO Noob
Joined: 20 Sep 2004
Posts: 11
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Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:53 pm |
http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/view.cgi?dbs=Article&key=1059503386
There you go. That is the simplest way, but I am sure you guys can rig up a system to use PHP or something.
The main advantages are that people can get an idea of when the site is updated. This works best (for fansites at least) for announcements of new releases and for the latest reviews and files and what not.
It is not really that hard to do, and you can probably get away with manually doing things. |
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vehement
UO Noob
Joined: 20 Feb 2004
Posts: 11
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Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:13 pm |
Basically what Gundato said. I don't get to the site as much as I used to and it would be cool just to view the latest headlines and just click on the article I am interested in. I have MyYahoo setup to display headlines from slashdot. Also, the new Firefox has RSS integrated into its bookmarks. (see pic below)
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Tycho
Wanna-Be Webmaster
Joined: 17 May 2003
Posts: 1041
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:17 am |
Okay this is the first time I have seen this. So you want us to use an RSS feed? |
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Cheetah
Ultimate Fanboy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 2831
Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:44 am |
looks cool!
the firefox browser function that alerts you when a site is changed/updated doesnt work. so a feed would be cool.
but dunno if i would use it, looks annoying to.. |
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Raven
UO Staff
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 2235
Location: Clyde, Ohio
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Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:06 am |
i wouldent use it, because UO is my homepage, so i wouldent have to... |
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Cheetah
Ultimate Fanboy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 2831
Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:43 am |
same here, everytime i open up the browser, BOOM, theres the latest news.. |
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vehement
UO Noob
Joined: 20 Feb 2004
Posts: 11
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Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:31 pm |
As hard as it may be to believe, not everyone lives and breathes this site.  I think it would cut down on your bandwidth if people didn't have to open the full page just to check for updates. Any way it was just a suggestion. |
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Cheetah
Ultimate Fanboy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 2831
Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:17 pm |
i got unlimited bandwith. so i dont care.
o you mean unrealops.com bandwith..
well the only thing i hate about it is that it gives alot of mysql database errors sometimes when there are alot of people on. |
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Raven
UO Staff
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 2235
Location: Clyde, Ohio
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Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:17 pm |
uhhh cheetah he was talking about the UO site bandwidth....
it takes bandwidth from both sides to make you see the site  |
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Cheetah
Ultimate Fanboy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 2831
Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Sat Oct 23, 2004 6:49 am |
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o you mean unrealops.com bandwith..
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read, then reply.. |
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Raven
UO Staff
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 2235
Location: Clyde, Ohio
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Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:07 am |
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Cheetah
Ultimate Fanboy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 2831
Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:09 pm |
well, completly read it next time  |
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