Suggestion: RSS feed of new posts by forum?

[smolvar]

It would really be great if there was an RSS feed of the latest 10-15 posts by forum which could be used in various feed readers.

I believe vBulletin has the feature built in.

[harsha]

what is RSS :confused:

[smolvar]

what is RSS :confused:

Definitions of RSS on the Web:

* Rich Site Summary.
http://www.intensedevelopment.net/website-design-R.html

* RDF Site Summary, or Rich Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication – A lightweight XML format for distributing news headlines and other content on the Web.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm

* (Rich Site Summary or RDF [Resource Description Framework] Site Summary). An XML format for sharing content among different Web sites such as news items. How does it work? A Web site can allow other sites to publish some of its content by creating an RSS document and registers the document with an RSS publisher. A web publisher can post a link to the rss feed so users can read the distributed content on his/her site. ...
mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/netterms.htm

* RSS is an XML-based format (using the Resource Description Framework (RDF) - a language for representing information about resources in the World Wide Web) that allows the syndication of lists of hyperlinks, along with other information, or metadata, that helps viewers decide whether they want to follow the link. RSS allows a person's computer to fetch and understand the information, so that all of the lists that person is interested in can be tracked and personalized for them. ...
http://www.bytowninternet.com/glossary

* It is an alternative means of accessing the vast amount of information that now exists on the world wide web. Instead of the user browsing websites for information of interest, the information is sent directly to the user. More information can be found here.
http://www.epolitix.com/NR/exeres/0CE8163A-7446-43D7-A038-91C95E078E97,frameless.htm

* A format used to syndicate news and the content of news-like sites. Includes major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites and personal weblogs.
http://www.mvcc.edu/library/glossary.html

[smolvar]

According to vBulletin Rss feeds are available (but need to be turned on by an administrator) and should use this format

http://motorsportforum.com/forums/external.php?type=rss&forumids=98

[Mark]

Well, I've switched it on. No idea beyond that :p

[Dave B]

There should be a URL for the feed, somewhere. If you publicise it, people car choose to add it to their aggregator.

Eg:


http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml

[Mark]

I suppose there must be? Don't ask me where it is tho :p

[smolvar]

Well, I've switched it on. No idea beyond that :p

Works great! Thanks a bunch!


For others asking.....to use the feeds follow this format...


http://motorsportforum.com/forums/external.php?type=rss&forumids=xx

where "xx" is the Forum ID


Sample feed URL for WRC forum

http://motorsportforum.com/forums/external.php?type=rss&forumids=98