RSS would be great

[colonel_colon]

Any chance of an RSS file for the front page?
I think it would be cool. It would be helpful as I am either checking the page constantly for updates or I totally forget to go here. Just an idea.
Colonel_Colon

[sirwoogie]

This actually exists, there just is no link for it at the moment:

Default is the last 10 posts:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=.xml

The number and board is configurable such as

• subrequest: sa=recent
• board: board number. You can get this by hovering over the links to the boards and include the number after the ','
• limit: How many recent posts. The max is 255

So, for the last 25 posts in the Main Forum, it would be:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=1;limit=25

The type of feed can be changed as well by adding the following parameters:

RSS

Code: [Select]

type=rssRSS2

Code: [Select]

type=rss2[/list]

We currently don't have atom or rdf feeds. Enjoy!

[MrTroy]

But what about the main page. Cause I mainly jump straight to the forum. It'd be nice if the news was actually avaible through RSS as well

[sirwoogie]

It took me a bit to figure out what you meant. Yes, the main site http://arcadecontrols.com doesn't have any feeds. In fact, it's all pretty much flat HTML... we have no real CMS that spits out an RSS feed for us. Revamping the main page is in the works, but that is a bit off.

[ray_slup]

I think he wants the news that appears at http://arcadecontrols.com/
to be located here http://forum.arcadecontrols.com

[sirwoogie]

Well Kid, which is it?

• RSS feed of arcadecontrols.com
• News on arcadecontrols.com have a threaded list on the forum
• Recent posts in forum appear on the front page of arcadecontrols.com

[MrTroy]

rss feed of arcadecontrols.com

That way if you have a news feed reader such as bloglines it can tell you when the front page has been opened.

I usally open the MSG Board in a new window to avoid that sidebar the whole time.

[sirwoogie]

OK. Yes, right now we have no RSS feed for the main site, but that is in the works. We all feel your pain on the navigation there. It's very long in the tooth, and John and I greatly desire to rework it.

[SirPoonga]

I was just thinking the same thing because now that the logo on top of the page isn;t linked to the main page I don't go to the main page that often

[SirPoonga]

The type of feed can be changed as well by adding the following parameters:

RSS

Code: [Select]

type=rssRSS2

Code: [Select]

type=rss2[/list]

Have you tried this?  doesn't work for me

[sirwoogie]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=1;limit=25;type=rss
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=1;limit=25;type=rss2

That doesn't work? Works for me

[SirPoonga]

hmmm, weird.  firefox won't display the xml.  But rss bandit works fine.   Must have made a typo the first time I put it in bandit.

Anyway, cool.  Setup to grab the last 100 posts every 60 minutes   And setup so firefox opens the link to the thread if I click on it.  IE is my default browser at work because part of our software requires it

[MustardTent]

Using RSS bandit 1.3.0.29, I'm able to get these feeds (like SirPoonga), but it looks like the feed doesn't always provide the author's name, and even when it does, the "author" is listed by email address, not by their screen name (this is in the columns by which rss bandit sorts the feed data).   

Additionally, each comment either starts with the body, or with:

"Quote from: <username> on <date>", then the body.

Either way, I'm really enjoying the RRS feeds of the forums; I just wanted to point these issues out.

[sirwoogie]

The author field will be set to the nick in the next SMF release that we will be going to soon. As for the body, it's all a matter of how the message text is set. The "Quote from" is actually in the message body, so that's why it shows up in the feed.

[RetroJames]

This actually exists, there just is no link for it at the moment:

Default is the last 10 posts:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=.xml

The number and board is configurable such as

• subrequest: sa=recent
• board: board number. You can get this by hovering over the links to the boards and include the number after the ','
• limit: How many recent posts. The max is 255

So, for the last 25 posts in the Main Forum, it would be:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=1;limit=25

The type of feed can be changed as well by adding the following parameters:

RSS

Code: [Select]

type=rssRSS2

Code: [Select]

type=rss2[/list]

We currently don't have atom or rdf feeds. Enjoy!

What are the different options for "subrequest: sa=".  Also, what is the behavior of the value "recent" for this parameter?