Subj : Re: RSS - Fact or Fiction
To   : Digital Man
From : Finnigann
Date : Fri Nov 04 2005 12:34 am

-=> Digital Man wrote to Finnigann <=-

 DM>   Re: Re: RSS - Fact or Fiction
 DM>   By: Finnigann to Digital Man on Thu Nov 03 2005 07:10 pm

 > -=> Digital Man wrote to Finnigann <=-
 >
 >  DM>   Re: Re: RSS - Fact or Fiction
 >  DM>   By: Finnigann to Digital Man on Thu Nov 03 2005 03:44 am
 >
 >  > -=> Digital Man wrote to Finnigann <=-
 >  >
 >  >  DM>   Re: RSS - Fact or Fiction
 >  >  DM>   By: Finnigann to All on Wed Nov 02 2005 09:30 pm
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  DM> If you notice, in my example rss.ini, the sub's internal code is in
 >  >  DM> lower case.
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > OK... Case matters... fixed that.
 >  >
 >  > Would the sub [rss] require any special setup?
 >
 >  DM> Accessing the URL, http://bnb.synchro.net/rss.ssjs?channel=BNB-RSS,
 >  DM> downloads the following XML document:
 >
 >  DM> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
 >  DM> <rss version="0.91">
 >  DM>         <channel>
 >  DM>                 <title>BNB News and Views</title>
 >  DM>                 <description>RSS</description>
 >
 >  DM> <link>http://bnb.synchro.net/rss.ssjs?channel=BNB-RSS</link>
 >  DM>                 <language>en-us</language>
 >  DM>                 <image>
 >  DM>                         <url>graphics/sync_pbgj1_white_bg.gif</url>
 >  DM>                         <title>BNB News and Views</title>
 >
 >  DM> <link>http://bnb.synchro.net/rss.ssjs?channel=BNB-RSS</link>
 >  DM>                 </image>
 >  DM>                 <lastBuildDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2005 07:56:58
 >  DM> -0500</lastBuildDate>
 >  DM>         </channel>
 >  DM> </rss>
 >
 >
 > How'd you get that?

 DM> I used IE and selected "save" when prompted.

 > I use Opera (of course) and FEEDREADER and neither
 > one showed anything comming thru.
 >
 >
 >  DM> It looks okay except there are no "items", which means there are no
 >  DM> posts in the sub-board. Also, your image link should point to an HTML
 >  DM> URL (like http://bnb.synchro.net/) not a link to your RSS applet.
 >
 >
 > But there is, it was exhibit 'A'

 DM> Don't know what to tell ya.

 > hmmm Would MY reading the message cause it to be 'READ' and not
 > availible for sending?

 DM> Nope.
                              
Well I'll be hanged... the SECOND message DID come thru. Formating
leaves something to be desired but it's progress...

For those folks interested...
http://bnb.synchro.net/rss.ssjs?channel=BNB-RSS
is a working RSS link. Feel free to add it to YOUR RSS reader.



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