Registered: Oct 2002
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Anyone know anything about RSS?

I have a reader and so can read feeds on my pc... that was easy!

What I want to do is display info offered by one site on a page on my site, I just have no clue how to do it.

Anyone help?

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If you know something about scripting go to www.hotscripts.com and type "rss" into the search.

I've set one up using php, it wsn't that difficult, once I'd stopped firefox making "?"'s onstead of emulates or whatever those dots over the letters are. ( header issue )

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thanks will check it out, but I think it may be that my provider does not permit RSS or XML

eg. http://www.nx99.co.uk/set1.xml - this was exported for web from my desktop reader

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Originally posted by SubSonic
thanks will check it out, but I think it may be that my provider does not permit RSS or XML

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maybe he lives in china, you never know what those commies will come up with next.

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I suppose Sub's host might not allow fopens on URL's, which I believe most RSS PHP parsers use to get the information.

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Foliage Penetration?

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Hi Geoff,

You can add the content, but it is not something we have done ourselves before. Having just done a quick search on Google there are a few scripts out there that allow you to place the feeds in your page. We would recommend contacting the BBC if they have a specific feed you are interested in as they probably have instructions on how to incorporate their feed into your page.

Regards,

Support

So I am able to.

But as yet no sucess... I hate being ignorant

As for Shortly feel free to call me what you wish Inchhigh

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+1

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Here's the code that worked for me, for what it's worth (php)

code:

	$xml = xml_parser_create();
		$rss = new pc_RSS_parser_newspage;
		xml_set_object($xml, $rss);
		xml_set_element_handler($xml, 'start_element', 'end_element');
		xml_set_character_data_handler($xml, 'character_data');
		xml_parser_set_option($xml, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, false);
			$feed = 'http://feeds.feedburner.com/medicalfacts'; // this one you'll probably want to change
		$fp = fopen($feed, 'r') or die("Not getting the rss feed");
		while($data = fread($fp, 4096)){  //4096
			xml_parse($xml, $data, feof($fp)) or die("Parse ain't working today, sir");
		}
		fclose($fp);
		xml_parser_free($xml);

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Thanks for that code, will have a mess about over the weekend and see how it goes... now for The Rugby!

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Fuck, I was just going to do something useful.

Rugby shall prevail however.

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England shall pulversie is a better term for that!
So what as the useful thing you were about to do?

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I was going to have a go at sorting out the problems in the Middle East, but then I thought, fuck it, it's weekend and the rugger's on.

After watching today's match I think it is highly unlikely that Wales will go on to win the Grand Slam this year, btw.

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