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Title: RSS per forum?
Post by: Jakobud on January 22, 2008, 03:33:09 pm
Any chance we could get one RSS feed for each forum instead of a single RSS feed for the entire messageboard?  Would be nice, as I'd like to keep up with whats posted in certain forums but could care less about what's posted in others.
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: Chris on January 22, 2008, 04:23:39 pm
Click on the RSS icon next to the board you are interested in.
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: Jakobud on January 23, 2008, 04:06:34 am
Hmm am I blind?  Why am I not seeing these rss icons?  The only place I see anything about RSS is the "RSS" link below the header up top, right next to "Wiki".  Should I be seeing some icons here:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php

??

Cause I don't.
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: ChadTower on January 23, 2008, 10:04:05 am

Try a different forum skin, perhaps.  I don't see them either - I'm using the default skin.
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: polaris on January 23, 2008, 10:07:56 am

Try a different forum skin, perhaps.  I don't see them either - I'm using the default skin.

remember the debate about pnr access, i sure i remember suggesting individual rss feeds, and they've been staring me in the face all along..
i use the simple machines skin i believe, and i have the individual rss thingies.
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: Chris on January 23, 2008, 11:04:58 am
Here's what I see.. I've circled the icon I'm talking about:

Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: saint on January 23, 2008, 12:22:53 pm
Added to default theme, but it annoys the crud out of me. Do the little orange icons bug anyone else?
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: Hoopz on January 23, 2008, 12:26:01 pm
Added to default theme, but it annoys the crud out of me. Do the little orange icons bug anyone else?
Yes.

It's different.  I guess we can get used to it.   :dunno
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: missioncontrol on January 23, 2008, 12:27:37 pm
I fear change
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: saint on January 23, 2008, 12:28:40 pm
Gah, blue isn't any better. People who want RSS per forum - what if it was just listed on a separate page? Click the RSS link at the top, takes you to a page with links to all the RSS feeds. ?
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: Chris on January 23, 2008, 12:42:02 pm
Try a blue one at the beginning of the board name rather than the end.
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: ChadTower on January 23, 2008, 12:50:56 pm
Gah, blue isn't any better. People who want RSS per forum - what if it was just listed on a separate page? Click the RSS link at the top, takes you to a page with links to all the RSS feeds. ?

If it is available in another theme, that should definitely be good enough.  Or just make the RSS link at the top lead to a page that lists out all of the various RSS URLs.  It does look pretty annoying to have 15 of them on the front page.
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: Chris on January 23, 2008, 12:58:31 pm
Maybe this icon would be less distracting.
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: ChadTower on January 23, 2008, 01:03:07 pm

It's worth a shot.  Normal web standards don't usually have the pool of RSS links available to be used from the main page - they just have them listed somewhere reasonable on the site for reference purposes.  The user finds them, adds them to their preferred RSS client, and never clicks those links through the default browser pane again.
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: Jakobud on January 23, 2008, 01:45:19 pm
Yo saint, sorry to cramp your style.  Ya if you just wanted to list the RSS feeds on a separate page that would be perfect as well.  Then you don't have to show the little icons.

Btw, I just switched over to the SMF theme (I didn't know there were themes to begin with!) and I see not one, but TWO RSS icons next to the Forum names.  I assume that is because you added the other icon manually.

Like I said, just add a page that lists out the RSS feeds and that would be perfect!  Thanks guys!

Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: shardian on January 23, 2008, 02:30:08 pm
Good lord, get rid of those blue buttons on the main Msg boards page. They are horrible!
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: Hoopz on January 23, 2008, 02:35:06 pm
You could animate them to make them better.   >:D

 ;D
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: polaris on January 23, 2008, 03:25:45 pm
make it stop, they're everywhere.
im using SMF skin and they are on new unread posts too, one for each thread, its horrible :(
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: Jakobud on January 23, 2008, 05:13:27 pm
Hehe I think the final solution is just create a separate page listing all the RSS feeds for the forums.
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: Jakobud on January 23, 2008, 05:35:57 pm
I made a page on the wiki:

http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/BYOAC_Forum_RSS
Title: Re: RSS per forum?
Post by: saint on January 23, 2008, 05:54:22 pm
I made a page on the wiki:

http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/BYOAC_Forum_RSS

Excellent! Even better because I didn't have to do it! :)