Subj : RSS - Fact or Fiction
To   : Finnigann
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Nov 02 2005 07:26 pm

  Re: RSS - Fact or Fiction
  By: Finnigann to All on Wed Nov 02 2005 09:30 pm

 > 
 > Exhibit 'A'
 > 
 > Here we have a message (unaltered) from the BBS Bits-N-Bytes BBS.
 > 
 > 
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 > 3 Subj: First attempt at RSS feeds
 > 3 To  : All
 > 3 From: Finnigann #1
 > 3 Date: Sat Oct 29 2005 07:56:58 EDT
 > AŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽ££££££
 > 
 > Ok this will be short and sweet as I don't know how many times I may
 > need to whack at this to get it to go or where it will go IF it does
 > work.
 > 
 > That should be enough...
 > 
 >  This ain't as easy as you make it look.
 > 
 > 
 > _ Reading _ [6] RSS [1] RSS (?=Menu) (1 of 1):
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > You can see from the last line that it is in a GROUP called RSS and in a
 > sub also called RSS.
 > 
 > 
 > Exhibit 'B'
 > 
 > Ι[ώ][?]ΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ»°°°
 > Ί RSS Group                                                Ί°°°
 > ΜΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΉ°°°
 > Ί ³Long NameRSS                                            Ί°°°
 > Ί ³Short Name     RSS                                      Ί°°°
 > Ί ³Internal Code Prefix                                    Ί°°°
 > Ί ³Access Requirements                                     Ί°°°
 > Ί ³Clone Options                                           Ί°°°
 > Ί ³Export Areas...                                         Ί°°°
 > Ί ³Import Areas...                                         Ί°°°
 > Ί ³Message Sub-boards...                                   Ί°°°
 > ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ°°°
 > °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
 > °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
 > 
 > 
 > Supporting Exhibit A
 > 
 > Exhibit 'C'
 > 
 > Ι[ώ][?]ΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ»°°°
 > Ί   RSS Sub-boards  Ί°°°
 > ΜΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΉ°°°
 > Ί ³RSS  Ί°°°
 > Ί ³     Ί°°°
 > ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ°°°
 > RSS  Ί°°°°°°
 > 
 > 
 > You should recognize this as the sub named RSS.

And the sub's internal code is "rss"?

 > Exhibit 'D'
 > 
 > /ctrl/rss.ini
 > 
 >      [BNB-RSS]
 >    sub=RSS

The sub-code must be lower-case.

 >    title=BNB News and Views
 >    image_link=http://bnb.synchro.net/rss.ssjs?channel=BNB-RSS
 > 
 > 
 > And last...
 > 
 > Exhibit 'E'
 > 
 > the LINK used to summon exhibit 'a'
 > 
 > http://bnb.synchro.net/rss.ssjs?channel=BNB-RSS
 > 
 > 
 > From what DM says, this should be workin'

If you notice, in my example rss.ini, the sub's internal code is in lower case.

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