RSS newsfeed

[thermidorthelobster]

I've just started using the mud-club RSS newsfeed (with NewsTicker client on the Mac, set for updates every 5 minutes), but what I'm seeing in the newsfeed is a lot less than what I see if I do a "search for new posts" in the forum;  for example, at the moment I've just got the Rover VM For Sale, and the Scrap V8 Block Wanted posts showing, even though there has been loads of stuff posted in the last few hours.

It doesn't seem to be because the client is getting rid of all the unread stuff each time it updates.  Is it supposed to work like that?

David

[muddyweb]

No... it should give all the posts I think.

I'll get the Mac Fired up and see what it does from here.

[muddyweb]

Just mulling it over actually... it might be something to do with membership...    The RSS feed works like an unprivileged member... so might not be able to see all the forums..

I'll have a play

[thermidorthelobster]

It seems to be filling up a bit now - I'm getting posts from various forums.  I've noticed, however, that I get a separate post for "For Sale :: Modified Disco" and "For Sale :: RE: Modified Disco".

Is it possible to tweak so that you only get one entry per topic, and not the replies?

Also, how long do topics stay in the feed before they expire?

David

[muddyweb]

The RSS feed isn't that clever I'm afraid, it gets updated with every post in the monitored topics.. it's designed that way.

Your client should be able specify how long the posts remain valid.

[thermidorthelobster]

Next RSS question...

When I hover the mouse over a topic on Newsticker, I usually get a pop-up box with a short synopsis of the story, from my other news feeds.

With the mud-club rss feed, I get a great wodge of html source code, with the story hidden in there somewhere :)

Is it possible to get the mud-club feed to trim out all the html stuff?

Thanks,
David

[muddyweb]

I think you might have some issues with your feedreader.

The RSS feed contains XML in order to tell the reader what parts of the message are the topic, message body, etc. etc.   If we took them out, the system wouldn't work.

I haven't yet installed the one you are using on my Mac, so I can't say much more than that (and even that is uncertain ! ) at the moment.

[thermidorthelobster]

I don't think it's the xml that's the problem, it seems like the "preview" part of the feed is embedding the html for the item instead of the raw text.  For example there's all the href tags for the links, img tags for the images etc, which you wouldn't need in a simple text preview.

But I'm open to correction on this, as there seem to be a lot of different rss variants!

David

[muddyweb]

There are a number of RSS versions, this is true.

The RSS readers I have here all support HTML in the messages, so you get links, etc. in the message on your desktop.

I'l have to have a play with the client you are using to test compatibility, etc.