RSS option ?

[GijsZePa]

Hi there,

Is it possible for the administrator to enable the RSS option of this forum ?

Although I love you all guys. :biggrin:..it's very handy for me to view the latest subjects without opening my browser..(while working for my boss).

I know the option exist in this type of php forum...

Martin

[Gerry]

Wow, did not know that was an option and would love to see how that works.

SWEET!

[GijsZePa]

Well...according to this faq it does exist: http://mobility.mobi/faq.php?faq=vb_board_usage#faq_vb_rss_syndication

Would be a nice feature...

Martin

[GijsZePa]

Nobody from the crew ?

[Scandiman]

Andres will need to check on this one.

[GijsZePa]

:mad2::mad2:

Hey guys...I think this is a great addition to this forum...why does nobody react on this issue..?

Martin

[Andres Kello]

Sorry, Martin, I totally missed this thread, it's the first time I see it.

I'm looking into the RSS option now...

[Andres Kello]

Sorry, Martin, I totally missed this thread, it's the first time I see it.

I'm looking into the RSS option now...OK, I've enabled it. Try it out and let me know if it works.

[GijsZePa]

Sorry, Martin, I totally missed this thread, it's the first time I see it.

I'm looking into the RSS option now...

Thanks...I already suspected that somebody was ...:sleep:

:biggrin:

Martin

[Scandiman]

So how does this new feature work?

[Andres Kello]

So how does this new feature work?Just use this RSS link: http://mobility.mobi/external.php?type=rss2

[Andres Kello]

I went a step further, guys, and created an inbound RSS with the latest news featuring "dotMobi". That way, we get all the news here, as it happens, rather than having to go look for it.

You can check it out here: http://mobility.mobi/forumdisplay.php?f=53

I'll probably need to tweak this to optimize it, but I think it's a great feature. All the news now appears in the "Latest .mobi News" within the "News and Discussion" sub-forum.

[GijsZePa]

I went a step further, guys, and created an inbound RSS with the latest news featuring "dotMobi". That way, we get all the news here, as it happens, rather than having to go look for it.

You can check it out here: http://mobility.mobi/forumdisplay.php?f=53

I'll probably need to tweak this to optimize it, but I think it's a great feature. All the news now appears in the "Latest .mobi News" within the "News and Discussion" sub-forum.

Good job Andres. The guy who came up with the idea must be a really smart guy...:thrasher:

[Andres Kello]

Good job Andres. The guy who came up with the idea must be a really smart guy...:thrasher:I went yet a step further and added the RSS feed from mTLD's blog so that whenever they update the blog, it will get posted in our mTLD sub-forum (http://mobility.mobi/forumdisplay.php?f=11).

RSS is some pretty powerful stuff...as you guys can tell, I'm still figuring out all the magic this forum can produce.

[Scandiman]

I went yet a step further and added the RSS feed from mTLD's blog so that whenever they update the blog, it will get posted in our mTLD sub-forum (http://mobility.mobi/forumdisplay.php?f=11).

RSS is some pretty powerful stuff...as you guys can tell, I'm still figuring out all the magic this forum can produce.
This is a great idea Andres!

[dentalpro]

That's awesome...I was going to report that "rss" guy as a spammer until I read this thread...:congrats:

[Andres Kello]

That's awesome...I was going to report that "rss" guy as a spammer until I read this thread...:congrats:Yeah, since it was the first time fetching the stories, it got them all at once. From now on, the RSS Feeder will only spit the stories as they happen.

[Work In Progress]

Excellent :top: Idea :idea:

Thanks again for the great work you're doing for us Andres!

[Dave]

I went a step further, guys, and created an inbound RSS with the latest news featuring "dotMobi". That way, we get all the news here, as it happens, rather than having to go look for it.

You can check it out here: http://mobility.mobi/forumdisplay.php?f=53

I'll probably need to tweak this to optimize it, but I think it's a great feature. All the news now appears in the "Latest .mobi News" within the "News and Discussion" sub-forum.
Andres, is there a way to prevent members from starting new threads in that subforum (if that's not already the case)? Just so it remains "RSS only"? It would, of course, be nice to have the option to reply to an RSS thread, however?

[Scandiman]

Andres, is there a way to prevent members from starting new threads in that subforum (if that's not already the case)? Just so it remains "RSS only"? It would, of course, be nice to have the option to reply to an RSS thread, however?Yes, that would be cool if possible. Great idea.

[Andres Kello]

Andres, is there a way to prevent members from starting new threads in that subforum (if that's not already the case)? Just so it remains "RSS only"? It would, of course, be nice to have the option to reply to an RSS thread, however?There doesn't seem to be a way to allow replies to posts without allowing the creation of new threads. It's either full read/write access or just read-only access. Also, since the RSS Feed behaves like a regular user, I don't think the RSS would work if the sub-forum had read-only access.

[Dave]

There doesn't seem to be a way to allow replies to posts without allowing the creation of new threads. It's either full read/write access or just read-only access. Also, since the RSS Feed behaves like a regular user, I don't think the RSS would work if the sub-forum had read-only access.
Can you give the RSS "admin" privileges, or something like that? If not, and if read-only wouldn't work, maybe you could just post a sticky at the top of the subforum requesting that no one start a new thread...

[Andres Kello]

Can you give the RSS "admin" privileges, or something like that? If not, and if read-only wouldn't work, maybe you could just post a sticky at the top of the subforum requesting that no one start a new thread...The read-only option works, but then people won't be able to post replies to each individual news item to discuss them. So I'll just whack on a sticky.

[newton]

Nice going to add this to a few sites now :)

[GijsZePa]

Somebody already found a link to rss feed of the .mobi forum (namepros)... ?


:biggrin:

Martin

[dartho]

To allow only a single user to post threads, and all others to reply in a specific forum:

1. Create a new group (let's call it "Bots") and add the RSS Feeds user to it.
2. Edit your forum permissions for the 'latest dotmobi news' forum and give the "Bots" group permission to post new threads
3. Edit the permissions for the registered users group and not allow them to create new threads

I'd suggest you create a "news feeds" forum and apply the above to that, hang the dotmobi news off of this and reset its permissions.

This way if you add any other news feeds in the future, you won't need to redo the process as they will inherit the permissions from the "news feeds" parent forum.

[Andres Kello]

To allow only a single user to post threads, and all others to reply in a specific forum:

1. Create a new group (let's call it "Bots") and add the RSS Feeds user to it.
2. Edit your forum permissions for the 'latest dotmobi news' forum and give the "Bots" group permission to post new threads
3. Edit the permissions for the registered users group and not allow them to create new threads

I'd suggest you create a "news feeds" forum and apply the above to that, hang the dotmobi news off of this and reset its permissions.

This way if you add any other news feeds in the future, you won't need to redo the process as they will inherit the permissions from the "news feeds" parent forum.Awesome dartho, thanks again for your awesome help.

I've implemented your instructions, let me know if you are able to post new threads and replies. You should not be able to do the former but you should be able to do the latter.

You're like the vBulletin master, very glad to have you on board! Cheers!

[dartho]

No worries http://mobility.mobi/images/icons/icon14.gif