News reader

by **smicale** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:46 pm

I was just wondering is there a way to view this forum using a Newsreader like Outlook Express? Using a newsreader is so much easier because you don't have to visit the website all the time and everything in the forum is right there. Let me know if this is possible.

by **Ron** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:07 pm

Not that I'm aware of, sorry smicale.

If you have any suggestions at all for the forum structure / aesthetics, please let us know. I'm trying to make it as user-friendly as possible (by not installing modifications, eye candy, etc).

by **Jayell** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:59 pm

Wouldn't the RSS feeds work similarly .. or do you have to subscribe to each topic? I don't understand much about how they work, so excuse a possibly dumb question :???:

by **Chuck Engels** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:49 pm

I think it is a great question, and eagerly await the answer myself :wink:

Don't understand all this new fangled stuff these days :happy10:

by **Jayell** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:02 pm

Well, now I'm really confused :???:

I dragged the RSS symbol into my RSS reader .. and instantly got 10 discussion topics from the forum. But some haven't had any updated messages for days, some are recent. I'll play with this for awhile, but this seems a little odd.

by **Chuck Engels** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:14 pm

It does sound promising though :thumbleft:

by **Jayell** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:20 pm

Yes it does, Chuck. Right after I made a change to my wording above .. and you submitted a response, those both came through. So will see if all new messages start coming through and will report back later .. unless maybe Ron or someone else knows how this works.

by **Chuck Engels** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:56 pm

Scott, the RSS feed is working. This should be what you are looking for, very similar to a news reader I think. Check out this thread
http://muvipix.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=114

by **Jayell** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:52 pm

Thanks, Chuck .. I should have posted that here. I thought starting a new thread might get more input on the specific subject of RSS feeds.

The only problem (relative to what smicale was originally looking for) is that this only provides the latest 10 'topics' (I hope Ron meant the latest 10 'postings'), which means you could still miss lots of input unless your reader is downloading regularly .. particularly as things get busier on the forum .. so you'll never know whether or not you've gotten all the latest messages

by **Ron** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:04 pm

I can make it 100 postings if you want

by **Chuck Engels** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:09 pm

If you make it 100 then it will still only download each post once right?

So the first download might be a killer but the following updates will be just what's new, or will it always download the most recent 100 even if you have them already?

by **Ron** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:14 pm

It would synchronize all posts because they would change position.

by **Jayell** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:29 pm

Ron wrote:I can make it 100 postings if you want

Ron - my feeder is through my email (Thunderbird). If I set it to check every 30 minutes .. but DON'T have my email client open .. are they still getting downloaded? .. or if I don't open my email client for two days .. and there were 200 messages during that time, would I only get the latest 100?

Not trying to be a pain .. just trying to understand how this works. I actually like the idea of just coming to the forum and clicking on the "view posts since last visit" .. that way I know I don't miss anything!

by **Ron** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:33 pm

No, it shouldn't download when the software isn't running. Don't quote me on that, though.

And I do exactly that, just come in and view new posts. Easy !

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