CAA RSS beta trial

[Mithrandir]

OK. For those of you who know how to use this feature, CAA is running a limited trial for RSS feeds. Here's the dirt:

Feed address:
http://www.christiananime.net/external.php



Instructions for Firefox:
1. Open the Manage Bookmarks link.
2. Go to File->New Live Bookmark
3. Name it CAA_RSS (or whatever)
4. Address is: http://www.christiananime.net/external.php
5. Drag the resulting "folder" into the "Bookmarks Toolbar" for best results.
6. Close the bookmark manager.
7. You may have to go to View -> Toolbars -> Bookmark Toolbar to enable this.

Wanna check just a specific forum? Just change the url to read:
http://www.christiananime.net/external.php?forumids=nnnn

where "nnnn" is the id for the forum you want to restrict to. You can find the Forum ID by going to forums -> Main Rollplay (or whatever forum you want). The forum ID is the number after the equal sign. For example:
http://www.christiananime.net/external.php?forumids=42

or (if the above doesn't work):
http://www.christiananime.net/external.php?type=rss&forumids=42

will link just to the main rollplay forum. Bear in mind that unless people are really posting a lot, you may not see much traffic.

You should then see an RSS feed on your bookmarks toolbar. Let me know what you guys think. If you think it's a waste, we may just scrap this eventually. Also, I'm not officially supporting this. If you have questions go ahead and post them. Someone may answer them. However, I'm not going to respond to a deluge of PMs/emails.


Mith

[SVD997]

Cool. Now I don't have to keep refreshing the home page...

[TurkishMonky]

roxxor! that is awesome.

BTW, is there a way to show multiple specific forums? (like, i check general, goof off and computing a lot, just wondering)

[White]

That Is So Cool, Being The Lazy Slub I Am, I Can Now Do Lazy Stuff In Half The Lazy Time

Your Bro In Christ,

White

[Kenshin17]

Ok. I am confused. What exactly is RSS and whats it for?

Sorry, I am good with computers but know little about web.

[Arnobius]

Word of advice... don't click on "Open in Tabs"

I don't know much about RSS, but I think this thing has potential

EDIT: Am having no luck withtrying to get a specific forum. Just getting "not supported"

[Zilch]

I've got it attached to my personalized Google homepage, and it's working like clockwork. Sweet stuff.

[Mithrandir]

Ok. I am confused. What exactly is RSS and whats it for?

Really Simple Syndication. RSS on CAA will let you view the latest threads without having to load the whole page. If you get this working correctly, you'll get a link on your toolbar that "pops up" to show you the last 15 posts (either overall, or in a specific forum).

Word of advice... don't click on "Open in Tabs"

That's actually a very useful thing for the mods/admins to have so we can view all threads quickly.

EDIT: Am having no luck withtrying to get a specific forum. Just getting "not supported"

Post URL please, and we'll see if we can help out.

Cool. Now I don't have to keep refreshing the home page...

That's kinda the idea. Easier on the bandwidth, no?

BTW, is there a way to show multiple specific forums? (like, i check general, goof off and computing a lot, just wondering)

Certainly. Here's how I would to it:

1. Create a new folder on your bookmarks toolbar.
2. Create a live bookmark for each of the forums you want to hit.
3. Put the live bookmarks in the folder you created at step one.

Attached is a picture of what this would look like.

[Locke]

But you can only see it if you havent filled up your toolbar like I have. T_T
But do I really need a link to a CAA page that made me laugh so hard I peed? I dont think so.

[CDLviking]

Can you get it to operate like the "get new" button? That's all I ever use.

[Ashley]

Can you get it to operate like the "get new" button? That's all I ever use.

Maybe all nations will rise up and call YOU blessed! Or at least all mods.

[Arnobius]

Well I couldn't get it to work, which leads me to believe I don't understand Firefox as well as I think I do. On the other hand, I was able to use this to check for the latest posts in the RPG I'm in by dragging the get new address to my shortcut bar

[Mithrandir]

Can you get it to operate like the "get new" button? That's all I ever use.

Well, your standard RSS reader doesn't really know how to "login" as you, so I don't think that would be easy. Someone could write a wrapper if they wanted to, but I'm not really all that interested. If people are that interested, you can always:

1. Login.
2. Click on "Get New."

I know, I know, that's Crasy Talk!

[CDLviking]

Maybe all nations will rise up and call YOU blessed! Or at least all mods.

???

It's no loss to me if I can't do it. I'll just continue to do what I've always done.

[Arnobius]

???

It's no loss to me if I can't do it. I'll just continue to do what I've always done.

I think she meant it would be a lot easier to monitor CAA if they only had to click "Get New."

[shooraijin]

Mith's point is well taken, though -- you'd have to log in for that, and if you were going to do that anyway, you might as well just be logged in all the time and click Get New every so often. It can only generate Get New for a specific user.

[Ashley]

Actually AH and CDL, I just meant that we'd have less duplicate threads if people would use the "get new" feature more. ^^;;

[Arnobius]

Well, your standard RSS reader doesn't really know how to "login" as you, so I don't think that would be easy. Someone could write a wrapper if they wanted to, but I'm not really all that interested. If people are that interested, you can always:

1. Login.
2. Click on "Get New."

I know, I know, that's Crasy Talk!

I created a Firefox button using the address http://www.christiananime.net/search.php?do=getnew

Now I can just get new from wherever I am. It's not RSS but it seems to save me a lot of time (so long as I don't have Firefox "Clear Private Data"

[quote="Ashley"]Actually AH and CDL, I just meant that we'd have less duplicate threads if people would use the "get new" feature more. ^^]

More proof I can't read minds...

[Locke]

I got the RSS feed to show up on my desktop thanks to Alertbear!