BRISKODA on your desktop.

***ColinD*** · 18-10-2004, 14:11

Hi all,

Just a quick note to let you know we've updated a feature to provide BRISKODA content via RSS.

Here are some details:
WHAT HAS CHANGED?
Almost every part of the code dealing with the RSS output selection has changed.

* A new option has added been added named "qty" to allow you to specify the number of threads that are to be selected in the feed. This was done to give greater control to those who want to syndicate their feeds or to display the latest headlines on their web site/desktop. The default value of 15 will be used if no value is provided. Example usage:

Code:

http://briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&qty=20

* A new option has been added named "items" to allow you to specify if the feed should be only of new threads or of any threads that have had recent activity. By default the current version of external.php will only show the last 15 new threads; if somebody replies to an older message then that thread will not be included in the output since the thread creation date is older than the 15 newest threads. Providing a value of "active" to the new "items" option will result in the X number of threads you specify that have either had recent replies or is new thread. In other words, if a thread has any replies then the date of the last reply will be used as part of the selection process but if the thread doesn't have any replies to it yet then the thread creation date will be used as part of the selection process. This was done to allow flexibility in what should be included in the external feed. For example, you might want to see any threads that have had recent activity regardless of how long ago the thread was started but you as a web master might only want to show only new threads on your home page. The default behavior will be to only select new threads if no value is provided. Example usage:

Code:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&qty=20&items=active

* The feed type previously called "rss2" has been relabeled as "rss1" and changed to be compliant with the RSS 1.0 specifications. This was done because even though the output was identifying it as "RSS 2.0" it was really RSS 1.0 elements being shown. The RSS 1.0 specifications (aka: "RDF") use the Dublin Core element tags. Example usage:

Code:

	 http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss1

* The feed type "rss2" has been completely redone to be compliant with the RSS 2.0 specifications. Several new elements are now included.

* The default RSS feed type of "rss" has been changed from version 0.91 to the RSS 0.92 specifications. This was done because version 0.91 has a limitation on the number of items that can be included as well has having limitation on the length of several of the values such as the description field. Version 0.92 did away with both limitations. New element tags were introduced with 0.92 and several of them (language, docs, & category) are now included.

* All dates in the RSS feeds have been changed to be RFC-822 compliant.

* The RSS descriptions elements have been changed to remove the "’" character from it's output. Even though the description element is contained within a CDATA tag the inclusion of that character causes the feed to fail validation.

* A new option has been added named "postlen" to let you specify how much of the post's text should be included in the feed. You have three choices: (a) Specify "full" to include the entire text or (b) specify an X number of characters or (c) don't specify anything and default to the value.Example usage:

Code:

 http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&postlen=full

Code:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&postlen=100

* A new option has been added named "bbcode" to let you specify whether the text should include any BB codes, parse the BB codes into HTML, or strip the BB codes. You can either "yes" to not strip the the codes, "parse" to translate the BB codes into HTML or not specify anything and let it default to removing the codes. NOTE: I have this turned on currently only for the item's description. Example usage: Code:

Code:

 http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&bbcode=yes

Code:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&bbcode=parse

* A new option has been added named "html" to let you specify whether the text should be stripped of HTML special characters. You can either specify "yes" to not strip the the special characters or not specify anything and let it default to removing them. NOTE: I have this turned on currently only for the item's description. Example usage:

Code:

 http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&html=yes

BUT DOES IT VALIDATE?
Yes! All three versions of the RSS feeds (rss, rss1, & rss2) validate at Feed Validator. The RSS 1.0 feed (rss1) also validates at the RSS 1.0 validator. Please note: When using the RSS 1.0 Validator there are two options available on the page, use the bottom one! The top on will only validate to the Dublin Core module standard; because some Syndication tags are being used the newer validation check at the bottom of the page should be used.

CAN I USE MORE THAN OPTION AT A TIME?
Yes! You may have noticed from the comments above that the various options can be all used together for flexibility. For example, if I wanted an RSS 2.0 feed of the last 20 threads that have had any activity showing the entire text of the message with the BB codes left in the command would be:

Code:

 http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&qty=20&items=active&postlen=full&bbcode=yes

WHAT RSS APPLICATIONS HAS THIS BEEN TESTED WITH YET?
Browsers: Mozilla FireFox 1.0PR | Opera
Aggregators: Newz Crawler | Desktop Sidebar | Sage for Firefox | PerfectXML

With thanks to KW802 for his contribution.

**mannyo** · 18-10-2004, 14:29

Cool, now I can setup gbpvr so I can see briskoda on the 32" telly.

***ncarring*** · 18-10-2004, 14:30

Now do you wanna tell us what the heck RSS is ???

(sits back and waits for anti-Msoft inferno...)

**mannyo** · 18-10-2004, 14:38

I am not sure what it stands for, but it basically gives you a way to read the content using something other than a web browser, you can use the browsers mentioned by Colin. The pages are downloaded in XML format.

***ColinD*** · 18-10-2004, 14:39

Sorry...

RSS...http://www.webreference.com/authorin...xml/rss/intro/

***ncarring*** · 18-10-2004, 14:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by mannyo

... other than a web browser, you can use the browsers mentioned ...

Which, as their description suggests, are indeed browsers. What other tools might one use?

***ncarring*** · 18-10-2004, 14:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColinD

Sorry...

RSS...http://www.webreference.com/authorin...xml/rss/intro/

I was reading this as we spoke, but I'm still not clear how I would make use of this "feed" ....?

***ColinD*** · 18-10-2004, 14:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColinD

Sorry...

RSS...http://www.webreference.com/authorin...xml/rss/intro/

Screen Shots for Opera and PerfectXML; looks almost work like

***ColinD*** · 18-10-2004, 14:46

Also http://www.desktopsidebar.com/

boyced · 03-11-2004, 00:15

I use Firefox, should the RSS logo be showing like it does for the BBC website?

Pythix · 03-11-2004, 08:28

Anyone use desktop sidebar and care to share how to incorporate the feeds???

TIA

***ColinD*** · 23-03-2005, 14:13

Download desktop sidebar.

Once installed and running right click on newsroom heading > panel properties.

In the channels tab, click Add...

Past the following url: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/exter...ull&bbcode=yes

You can drag the feed to the top if you wish. Clicking edit, will take the url above and give you various options.

Hope that helps, sorry it took a while to reply, just come back to this thread for other reasons

18-10-2004, 14:11	#1
*ColinD* Site owner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hill & Mountains of North Wales Posts: 10,218 Thanks: 22 Thanked 140 Times in 71 Posts	BRISKODA on your desktop. Hi all, Just a quick note to let you know we've updated a feature to provide BRISKODA content via RSS. Here are some details: WHAT HAS CHANGED? Almost every part of the code dealing with the RSS output selection has changed. * A new option has added been added named "qty" to allow you to specify the number of threads that are to be selected in the feed. This was done to give greater control to those who want to syndicate their feeds or to display the latest headlines on their web site/desktop. The default value of 15 will be used if no value is provided. Example usage: Code: http://briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&qty=20 * A new option has been added named "items" to allow you to specify if the feed should be only of new threads or of any threads that have had recent activity. By default the current version of external.php will only show the last 15 new threads; if somebody replies to an older message then that thread will not be included in the output since the thread creation date is older than the 15 newest threads. Providing a value of "active" to the new "items" option will result in the X number of threads you specify that have either had recent replies or is new thread. In other words, if a thread has any replies then the date of the last reply will be used as part of the selection process but if the thread doesn't have any replies to it yet then the thread creation date will be used as part of the selection process. This was done to allow flexibility in what should be included in the external feed. For example, you might want to see any threads that have had recent activity regardless of how long ago the thread was started but you as a web master might only want to show only new threads on your home page. The default behavior will be to only select new threads if no value is provided. Example usage: Code: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&qty=20&items=active * The feed type previously called "rss2" has been relabeled as "rss1" and changed to be compliant with the RSS 1.0 specifications. This was done because even though the output was identifying it as "RSS 2.0" it was really RSS 1.0 elements being shown. The RSS 1.0 specifications (aka: "RDF") use the Dublin Core element tags. Example usage: Code: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss1 * The feed type "rss2" has been completely redone to be compliant with the RSS 2.0 specifications. Several new elements are now included. * The default RSS feed type of "rss" has been changed from version 0.91 to the RSS 0.92 specifications. This was done because version 0.91 has a limitation on the number of items that can be included as well has having limitation on the length of several of the values such as the description field. Version 0.92 did away with both limitations. New element tags were introduced with 0.92 and several of them (language, docs, & category) are now included. * All dates in the RSS feeds have been changed to be RFC-822 compliant. * The RSS descriptions elements have been changed to remove the "’" character from it's output. Even though the description element is contained within a CDATA tag the inclusion of that character causes the feed to fail validation. * A new option has been added named "postlen" to let you specify how much of the post's text should be included in the feed. You have three choices: (a) Specify "full" to include the entire text or (b) specify an X number of characters or (c) don't specify anything and default to the value.Example usage: Code: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&postlen=full Code: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&postlen=100 * A new option has been added named "bbcode" to let you specify whether the text should include any BB codes, parse the BB codes into HTML, or strip the BB codes. You can either "yes" to not strip the the codes, "parse" to translate the BB codes into HTML or not specify anything and let it default to removing the codes. NOTE: I have this turned on currently only for the item's description. Example usage: Code: Code: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&bbcode=yes Code: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&bbcode=parse * A new option has been added named "html" to let you specify whether the text should be stripped of HTML special characters. You can either specify "yes" to not strip the the special characters or not specify anything and let it default to removing them. NOTE: I have this turned on currently only for the item's description. Example usage: Code: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&html=yes BUT DOES IT VALIDATE? Yes! All three versions of the RSS feeds (rss, rss1, & rss2) validate at Feed Validator. The RSS 1.0 feed (rss1) also validates at the RSS 1.0 validator. Please note: When using the RSS 1.0 Validator there are two options available on the page, use the bottom one! The top on will only validate to the Dublin Core module standard; because some Syndication tags are being used the newer validation check at the bottom of the page should be used. CAN I USE MORE THAN OPTION AT A TIME? Yes! You may have noticed from the comments above that the various options can be all used together for flexibility. For example, if I wanted an RSS 2.0 feed of the last 20 threads that have had any activity showing the entire text of the message with the BB codes left in the command would be: Code: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/external.php?type=rss2&qty=20&items=active&postlen=full&bbcode=yes WHAT RSS APPLICATIONS HAS THIS BEEN TESTED WITH YET? Browsers: Mozilla FireFox 1.0PR \| Opera Aggregators: Newz Crawler \| Desktop Sidebar \| Sage for Firefox \| PerfectXML With thanks to KW802 for his contribution. __________________ ColinD - 97/100 Limited Edition Octavia vRS < For Sale www.BRISKODA.net :: Site Owner. E-Mail : webmaster at briskoda dot net Got a comment to make about the site? Please feel free to use the feedback form here, we welcome your views. Last edited by ColinD; 18-10-2004 at 14:25.

18-10-2004, 14:29	#2
mannyo BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Stevenage Herts. Posts: 11,088 Thanks: 34 Thanked 303 Times in 283 Posts	Cool, now I can setup gbpvr so I can see briskoda on the 32" telly. __________________ Manny 2005 Octavia 2.0TDi Elegance combi my skoda website http://www.octaviars.co.uk Join the briskoda.net folding team click Here for more info

18-10-2004, 14:30	#3
*ncarring* Don't talk, drive! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The B roads of Britain Posts: 12,908 Thanks: 15 Thanked 87 Times in 75 Posts	Now do you wanna tell us what the heck RSS is ??? (sits back and waits for anti-Msoft inferno...) __________________ Nick

18-10-2004, 14:38	#4
mannyo BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Stevenage Herts. Posts: 11,088 Thanks: 34 Thanked 303 Times in 283 Posts	I am not sure what it stands for, but it basically gives you a way to read the content using something other than a web browser, you can use the browsers mentioned by Colin. The pages are downloaded in XML format. __________________ Manny 2005 Octavia 2.0TDi Elegance combi my skoda website http://www.octaviars.co.uk Join the briskoda.net folding team click Here for more info

18-10-2004, 14:39	#5
*ColinD* Site owner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hill & Mountains of North Wales Posts: 10,218 Thanks: 22 Thanked 140 Times in 71 Posts	Sorry... RSS...http://www.webreference.com/authorin...xml/rss/intro/ __________________ ColinD - 97/100 Limited Edition Octavia vRS < For Sale www.BRISKODA.net :: Site Owner. E-Mail : webmaster at briskoda dot net Got a comment to make about the site? Please feel free to use the feedback form here, we welcome your views.

18-10-2004, 14:46	#9
*ColinD* Site owner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hill & Mountains of North Wales Posts: 10,218 Thanks: 22 Thanked 140 Times in 71 Posts	Also http://www.desktopsidebar.com/ __________________ ColinD - 97/100 Limited Edition Octavia vRS < For Sale www.BRISKODA.net :: Site Owner. E-Mail : webmaster at briskoda dot net Got a comment to make about the site? Please feel free to use the feedback form here, we welcome your views.

03-11-2004, 00:15	#10
boyced fully boyced. Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I use Firefox, should the RSS logo be showing like it does for the BBC website? __________________

03-11-2004, 08:28	#11
Pythix Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Around the South-East..... Posts: 474 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Anyone use desktop sidebar and care to share how to incorporate the feeds??? TIA __________________ Back from the dark side. Red Fabia vRS

23-03-2005, 14:13	#12
*ColinD* Site owner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hill & Mountains of North Wales Posts: 10,218 Thanks: 22 Thanked 140 Times in 71 Posts	Download desktop sidebar. Once installed and running right click on newsroom heading > panel properties. In the channels tab, click Add... Past the following url: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/exter...ull&bbcode=yes You can drag the feed to the top if you wish. Clicking edit, will take the url above and give you various options. Hope that helps, sorry it took a while to reply, just come back to this thread for other reasons __________________ ColinD - 97/100 Limited Edition Octavia vRS < For Sale www.BRISKODA.net :: Site Owner. E-Mail : webmaster at briskoda dot net Got a comment to make about the site? Please feel free to use the feedback form here, we welcome your views.

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