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Technical (Development, Security, etc.) => General Programming => New Project Announcements => Topic started by: Ryan Marcus on May 05, 2006, 06:26:18 pm

Title: SMF2RSS
Post by: Ryan Marcus on May 05, 2006, 06:26:18 pm
After about 30 minutes of work, I was capable of producing this: http://marcusfamily.info/~ryan/SMF2RSS.zip (http://marcusfamily.info/~ryan/SMF2RSS.zip)

It takes all the posts on a SMF board and turns it into a RSS feed.

Example feed: http://marcusfamily.info/~ryan/rss/ (http://marcusfamily.info/~ryan/rss/)

There is still a lot of work to be done, but it is getting there! :)
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Sidoh on May 05, 2006, 07:04:29 pm
You do realize SMF already has an RSS feed, right?
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Furious on May 05, 2006, 07:19:31 pm
You do realize SMF already has an RSS feed, right?

Isn't it a plugin you need to install?
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Ryan Marcus on May 05, 2006, 07:54:42 pm
You do realize SMF already has an RSS feed, right?

Hehe.. really? I looked for it in the help and could not find it and I searched the offical mod database and found nothing...

You can export the board as RSS, but that is not a live feed. Even if it was built in, I plan on adding quiet a few things to my little script..
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Sidoh on May 06, 2006, 12:36:55 am
Isn't it a plugin you need to install?

No.  It comes standard with RC2 1.1.

Hehe.. really? I looked for it in the help and could not find it and I searched the offical mod database and found nothing...

You can export the board as RSS, but that is not a live feed. Even if it was built in, I plan on adding quiet a few things to my little script..

I gaurentee it's built in with RC2 1.1.  I'm subscribed to three feeds from RC2 1.1 boards, two of which were freshly installed a few months ago.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Furious on May 07, 2006, 03:18:10 pm
Isn't it a plugin you need to install?

No.  It comes standard with RC2 1.1.

Hehe.. really? I looked for it in the help and could not find it and I searched the offical mod database and found nothing...

You can export the board as RSS, but that is not a live feed. Even if it was built in, I plan on adding quiet a few things to my little script..

I gaurentee it's built in with RC2 1.1.  I'm subscribed to three feeds from RC2 1.1 boards, two of which were freshly installed a few months ago.

Oh, I've never used *1.1
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Sidoh on May 07, 2006, 03:19:09 pm
Oh, I've never used *1.1

You're using it now... :P
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Ryan Marcus on May 07, 2006, 06:13:20 pm
Hmmm.. Lesson learned.

Thanks!
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Sidoh on May 07, 2006, 06:20:20 pm
Hmmm.. Lesson learned.

Thanks!

Don't let it discourage you.  Perhaps you could build onto what's already been done?  The fact that it marks you as online/logged in when you update the feed is pretty annoying.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: MyndFyre on May 07, 2006, 07:44:23 pm
Hmmm.. Lesson learned.

Thanks!

Don't let it discourage you.  Perhaps you could build onto what's already been done?  The fact that it marks you as online/logged in when you update the feed is pretty annoying.
Yeah but that could be an easy fix, most likely.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Sidoh on May 07, 2006, 08:31:10 pm
Yeah but that could be an easy fix, most likely.

I know.  It was a mere suggestion. :P
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Blaze on May 08, 2006, 08:32:33 am
Hmmm.. Lesson learned.

Thanks!

Don't let it discourage you.  Perhaps you could build onto what's already been done?  The fact that it marks you as online/logged in when you update the feed is pretty annoying.

But how am I to know that you're actually online then?  :)
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: MyndFyre on May 08, 2006, 01:52:11 pm
Hmmm.. Lesson learned.

Thanks!

Don't let it discourage you.  Perhaps you could build onto what's already been done?  The fact that it marks you as online/logged in when you update the feed is pretty annoying.

But how am I to know that you're actually online then?  :)

If he's just getting the RSS feed and not actually online, then he's not actually online...?
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Blaze on May 08, 2006, 10:11:29 pm
His browser is still up, so he must be online!  :)
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Sidoh on May 08, 2006, 10:17:53 pm
His browser is still up, so he must be online!  :)

I have no reason to close Opera.  I leave it running as long as my computer is on (which is true unless there's a power outage, I'm restarting or some other related failure).  Opera is also my e-mail client.  I like waking up in the morning and checking my mail.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Blaze on May 09, 2006, 12:43:22 pm
His browser is still up, so he must be online!  :)

I have no reason to close Opera.  I leave it running as long as my computer is on (which is true unless there's a power outage, I'm restarting or some other related failure).  Opera is also my e-mail client.  I like waking up in the morning and checking my mail.

Well... go die or something.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Sidoh on May 09, 2006, 03:09:48 pm
Well... go die or something.

Sorry, I don't see reason to comply.  Perhaps if it was for a reason other than your own failure, I'd think about it. :P
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Ryan Marcus on May 09, 2006, 06:56:19 pm
Quote
Opera
/me runs away.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Sidoh on May 09, 2006, 07:03:12 pm
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Opera
/me runs away.

What the hell is wrong with you?!  Opera is the best browser.  Ever.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: MyndFyre on May 09, 2006, 07:44:08 pm
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Opera
/me runs away.

What the hell is wrong with you?!  Opera is the best browser.  Ever.

Except for IE.

/snicker
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Sidoh on May 09, 2006, 08:01:17 pm
Except for IE.

/snicker

Of the 4 browsers I've used fairly extensively, I'd personally rate IE the worst. :P

I'll admit it's not nearly as bad as most windows haters make it out to be, but Opera, Firefox and Mozilla are better, in my opinion.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: MyndFyre on May 09, 2006, 08:52:52 pm
Except for IE.

/snicker

Of the 4 browsers I've used fairly extensively, I'd personally rate IE the worst. :P

I'll admit it's not nearly as bad as most windows haters make it out to be, but Opera, Firefox and Mozilla are better, in my opinion.

I'm so used to IE7 now that I hate IE6.  I just wish they'd fix the Ctrl+Tab behavior in IE7 to be consistent with... every other Windows program ever made.

I've used Firefox and Konqueror quite (kwite?) a bit, but I just don't have enough motivation to switch to either one permanently.  Because I already know the conventions used elsewhere, it's more of a pain to use one.  And since I don't go to teh war3z sitez l00king for tEH hax0rz, I don't worry about getting browser-jacked.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Sidoh on May 09, 2006, 10:20:03 pm
I'm so used to IE7 now that I hate IE6.  I just wish they'd fix the Ctrl+Tab behavior in IE7 to be consistent with... every other Windows program ever made.

I haven't used IE7 at all.  I won't judge it.  I will definitely give it a try, but I highly doubt that I'll like it more than Opera.

I've used Firefox and Konqueror quite (kwite?) a bit, but I just don't have enough motivation to switch to either one permanently.  Because I already know the conventions used elsewhere, it's more of a pain to use one.  And since I don't go to teh war3z sitez l00king for tEH hax0rz, I don't worry about getting browser-jacked.

That's what kept me from using something other than IE for a while.  I chose a semi-short period of time that I would force myself to use a non-Microsoft browser (about two weeks).  Shortly after, I found myself reluctant to use IE at all.  After reading that somewhat neutral (but invalid) article on browsers, I was even more compelled to try other browsers.  Since it recommended Opera for a lot of things, I figured I'd give it a shot.  I LOVE OPERA.  'nuff said.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Joe on May 23, 2006, 05:04:38 pm
I've seen IE7, but I don't recal using it (although I might have, while shopping with Tory). The new tab functionality makes it like 500% better than IE6, but the security holes, assuming they're patched, and the existance of firefox makes me not want to bother switching. Assuming I even used Windows in the first place.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Furious on May 23, 2006, 05:20:46 pm
I've tried Opera, used IE6 and Firefox.  Out of the three I prefer Firefox, there's just something about Opera I don't like.
Title: Re: SMF2RSS
Post by: Sidoh on May 23, 2006, 08:40:26 pm
I've seen IE7, but I don't recal using it (although I might have, while shopping with Tory). The new tab functionality makes it like 500% better than IE6, but the security holes, assuming they're patched, and the existance of firefox makes me not want to bother switching. Assuming I even used Windows in the first place.

There are multiple toolbars that add tabbed functionality to IE6.  I wouldn't doubt that some computers come equipped with such toolbars.

I've tried Opera, used IE6 and Firefox.  Out of the three I prefer Firefox, there's just something about Opera I don't like.

I like Opera because it's much more centralized.  To me, it's interface is vastly superior.  I don't mind Firefox -- I still prefer it to IE6, but there are quite a few reasons I like Opera more than I do Firefox.