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  1. 10-27-2008 #1
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    I had a long boring meeting today. Browsing the site on a Black Berry is a pain in the ass, but if RSS feeds were enabled (preferably inclding a reply link) things would have been smoother.

    Would anyone use RSS feeds if they were available?
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    i see these RSS Feeds thingies mentioned on a few sites i go to so my question to u would be.....WTF are they?
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    RSS, Real Simple Syndication, is an tool sites use to display links to various (usually new) items on a web site. For a forum, it would be links to the most recent posts or if you want to get specific, the recent posts in a specific forum.

    It is implimented by creating a simple XML file that contains the title (linked to the actual article/post on the website) and perhaps the first 20 - 50 words of the post.

    For example, the recent top stories at CNN you could use the link CNN.com

    Edit: IE7 & FireFox are good RSS readers, or you can install RSS Reaer software such as Feed Demon. It makes it easy to get the latest stories/articles/blog posts/whatever without having to navigate the site. It does not take traffic away from the site since people need to click to read the whole article. Many bloggers measure the success of their blog by how many people use their RSS feeds.
    Last edited by Pinguaq; 10-27-2008 at 06:32 PM.
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    i felt stpuid by having to ask what they were

    i just feel retarded now for still not knowing
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    Just think of it as a file that contains links to the most recent content on a website. Kinda like the "Today's Posts" page with just the links to the posts and nothing else.

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    I don't believe there is built-in support for enabling RSS in vBulletin yet unfortunately...
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    Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> External Data Provider -> Enable RSS Syndication -> Yes

    We then use the URL /external.php?type=RSS or even /external.php?type=RSS&forumids=x
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    I still don't know what they are, lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pinguaq View Post
    Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> External Data Provider -> Enable RSS Syndication -> Yes

    We then use the URL /external.php?type=RSS or even /external.php?type=RSS&forumids=x
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    Try adding http://www.pokerforums.org/external.php?type=RSS to your RSS reader, see if it works.
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