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Chas
We now have RSS feeds available for "What's New" and the event calendar.

To subscribe to "What's New", copy the following URL to your feed aggregator:

feed://sidcityforums.net/forums/index.php?act=rssout&id=1


To subscribe to the calendar, copy this URL to your aggregator:

feed://sidcityforums.net/forums/index.php?act=rssout&type=calendar&id=1


Safari users will find the feed appear automatically in the Location bar.

If you don't know what RSS is, check out this handy FAQ

Enjoy! smile.gif

=:~)

mrsjack
Okee-dokee, here's where I learn something new! unsure.gif
mrsjack
I have a question for you Chas. I did as you instructed to add the URL and I get this message:
No feeds were found. Please verify that the website publishes an RSS feed.

Am I doing something wrong? I am using Bloglines.
Chas
Some aggregators don't like the "feed://" bit at the start of the URL. The "feed://" protocol is still something of a work in progress and so not all aggregators agree on how it should be treated.

Fortunately, it does work with Bloglines - just remove "feed://" from the URL and Bloglines will find it thus:

sidcityforums.net/forums/index.php?act=rssout&id=1


Enjoy!

=:~)
mrsjack
Thanks Chas! That worked.
Busy
It took the link w/o the feed:// but it isnt showing up. I wonder if it needs to have a new story? I am reading up on rss, but still don't understand. I'm an idiot! blink.gif
Chas
Err, I'm not sure what newsreader you're using. I've checked this with Bloglines and it works: it also works in major aggregators like NetNewsWire and Safari's in-built feed reader.

Let me know what system you're using and I'll see if I can work out what's happening.

=:~)
Busy
I'm attempting to add it to my 360.yahoo page.

I've been able to add others, but this one won't show up. I don't get an error message, it just doesn't show up on the main page.
Chas
Ooh, you're right hmmm.gif

With a little bit of jiggery-pokery, crafty sleight of hand and the occasional nip from the gin bottle, we might be able to come up with an alternative.

Try these:

www.sidcityforums.net/rss/sidcity-new.xml

www.sidcityforums.net/rss/sidcity-calendar.xml


These feeds will lag behind the original ones but this should only be by a matter of a few hours.

Enjoy!

=:~)
Busy
Liz Does Happy Dance!!

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mrsjack
This Liz too! I've been able to add the feed to my home page! Fortunately, they use Bloglines.

Million thanks Chas!
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