Subj : RSS info
To   : Toolman
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Nov 01 2005 01:46 pm

  Re: RSS info
  By: Toolman to Digital Man on Mon Oct 31 2005 07:58 pm

 >   Re: RSS info
 >   By: Digital Man to Finnigann on Mon Oct 31 2005 11:59 am
 > 
 >  >   Re: RSS info
 >  >   By: Finnigann to All on Sat Oct 29 2005 10:10 am
 >  >
 >  >  > Has the DOCs for RSS implimentation be created yet?
 >  >  >
 >  >  > DM suggested I look back thru the message base to find out what I need
 >  >  > and this didn't yeild much.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > He has it set up on his system as I donwloaded (recieved) about 9
 >  >  > messages the first request I sent. Since then, nothing has come thru. 
 >  >  > set up my newsreader (Opera) to fetch every three hours.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > But I would like to try to set this up on the Bits-N-Bytes BBS.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > DM suggested I should have ctrl/rss.ini installed and provided an
 >  >  > example. I copied his for mine - knowing it would fail and hopefully
 >  >  > provide some details on how to fix it.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > In the other places that have RSS feeds a link is provided. That link
 >  >  > when installed into a rssreader scans the source for NEW messages.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > [Stop me where I error]
 >  >  >
 >  >  > The firs (in []) is the name of the RSS channel. The "sub" value is th
 >  >  > internal code of the sub-board.
 >  >  >
 >  >  >  >      [syncanno]
 >  >  >  >          sub=syncanno
 >  >  >  >          title=Synchronet
 >  >  >  >          image_link=http://BNB.synchro.net
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Since I don't yet have the sub syncanno, this would be the first error
 >  >  > (I fail to devern any significance in his sub title, so I will create
 >  >  > one using something different
 >  >  >
 >  >  >  > [syncanno]  <--- Is this critical?
 >  >
 >  > It's the name of your RSS channel. Change it to something else.
 >  >
 >  >  >  >     sub=syncanno   <-- I can alter this one I think
 >  >
 >  > Yes. It must be the internal code of the sub-board you're exposing via RS
 >  >
 >  >  >  >     title=Synchronet  <-- This one too...?
 >  >
 >  > Of course.
 >  >
 >  >  >  >     image_link=http://BNB.synchro.net  <-- just have to wait and se
 >  >  >                                                  what this will produc
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I guess anywhere I want to create the SUB will be fine(??)
 >  >
 >  > Huh?
 >  >
 >  >  > OK... I just made a NEW message group for the occasion. RSS of course
 >  >  > and the sole sub is of course RSS.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I need to make a test message of some sort.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > OK short test message in place...
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Now what? Try to scan the feed again.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Opps forgot the RSS.INI file..
 >  >  >
 >  >  > It now reads:
 >  >  >      [syncanno]  <-- Still dunno what significance this holds
 >  >  >          sub=RSS
 >  >  >        title=BNB news and Views
 >  >  >   image_link=http://BNB.synchro.net
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Well that's what I figured out on my own. It didn't produce any messag
 >  >  > in any logs I can find. Although loging is mentioned I cannot infer it
 >  >  > location.
 >  >
 >  > The RSS log output goes into the web server window.

 > I config the Rss.ini and when I do to URL http://tccbbsjyo.toolman.net\rss.s
 > It want to download a file called rss.ssjs and my system that I am calling f
 > calles this a unknown file.

Are you trying to use a web browser or an RSS reader? If you're using an RSS
reader, then the correct URL would be something like
http://tccbbsjyo.toolman.net/rss.ssjs?channel=yourchannel

(obviously, replace "yourchannel" with the name of you rss channel from your
rss.ini file).

 > I reanmed the file from rss.ssjs to rss.html I get a file of text and the te
 > is all together no formating of the information in side.

Don't do that or it definitely won't work.

 > What am I missing or doing wrong?

Not using an RSS reader? Renaming the file.

                                                  digital man

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