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MarkB
02-23-2005, 12:20 PM
Hey Chris

Any plan on opening up the vBulletin RSS feed for the forums, for users to subscribe to? It'd be a nice way of quickly checking through the day whether there are any new threads.
Chris
02-23-2005, 01:15 PM
Its included by default with vb? I don't know much about it.
MarkB
02-23-2005, 01:22 PM
You need to enable it in your admin options. Then you can access the feeds via URL (or subscribe to them using an RSS reader for example).

Also a cool way of including the latest threads in external pages.
Westech
02-23-2005, 01:28 PM
vB control panel -> vBulletin Options -> External Data Provider -> Enable RSS Syndication.

There's also a code snippet floating around somewhere that you can put in your header to let RSS readers (like Firefox) know that there is an RSS feed available for the site. Firefox users will then see an RSS icon that they can click on to subscribe to the feed.
chromate
02-23-2005, 01:33 PM
I read yesterday that a good way to get a new site spidered and indexed quickly was to include an RSS feed. This was in relation to Yahoo. <shrug>
Blue Cat Buxton
02-23-2005, 02:14 PM
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Nice avatar Chromate, obviously very heartfelt
Blue Cat Buxton
02-23-2005, 02:14 PM
What feedreader do you use Mark? Ive never got to grips with them to date
MarkB
02-23-2005, 02:19 PM
I just use Firefox. I like to keep the number of apps I use at any one time to a minimum :p Although I've used Feed Demon (?) in the past.
Chris
02-23-2005, 02:52 PM
I turned it on
chromate
02-23-2005, 03:30 PM
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Nice avatar Chromate, obviously very heartfelt

lol yeah, it is a bit :) Just so everyone is clear, it's NOT me in the picture (I'm only 24) ... though, I suppose it could be in a few years time at this rate. haha

I found the pic on ebaumsworld.com and thought it was quite amusing.
MarkB
02-24-2005, 02:26 AM
Chris, thanks :)

Guys, you can access the feed here:

http://websitepublisher.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2

In Firefox, go to Bookmarks manager, create new live bookmark (under File), and then just put the URL in :)
Joachim
02-24-2005, 02:56 AM
I'm going to test that in Firefox, never knew you could do that.

Good luck with your project MarkB looks like a nice challenge!