Comments on: RSS - Introduction (Part 1) http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/03/20/rss-introduction-part-1/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: George http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/03/20/rss-introduction-part-1/#comment-388 George Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:52:36 +0000 http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/03/20/rss-introduction-part-1/#comment-388 Yep, I certainly see the benefits of an online reader. I'm fortunate enough to only need to keep my list of feeds synced between work and home (which is easily done with Sage's feed export feature), and I like the convenience it offers by staying on the side of my browser. We should exchange OPMLs :) --- One cool trick with RSS feeds that many people don't realize is that you can send GET data in the request and have your webserver customize the feed for you. For example, I once wrote an RSS feed that would query CVSZilla with parameters such as branch name, date range, etc. Each time someone did a search for CVS checkins, they would be given a URL to a unique RSS feed that would only contain checkins that fit their search query. Yep, I certainly see the benefits of an online reader. I’m fortunate enough to only need to keep my list of feeds synced between work and home (which is easily done with Sage’s feed export feature), and I like the convenience it offers by staying on the side of my browser.

We should exchange OPMLs :)

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One cool trick with RSS feeds that many people don’t realize is that you can send GET data in the request and have your webserver customize the feed for you. For example, I once wrote an RSS feed that would query CVSZilla with parameters such as branch name, date range, etc. Each time someone did a search for CVS checkins, they would be given a URL to a unique RSS feed that would only contain checkins that fit their search query.

]]> By: Nick http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/03/20/rss-introduction-part-1/#comment-387 Nick Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:22:54 +0000 http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/03/20/rss-introduction-part-1/#comment-387 George: The reason I support the use of online readers such as Google Reader is because its there wherever I go. No matter which computer I'm on (whether I'm at home or at work) I'll have my feeds there. I tried using an offline reader and I ended up having to sync feeds between two computers and reading stories I already read because they were marked as un-read in my other reader. I also wrote the PHP script for this article in advanced and I have to admit that I am guilty of forgetting the header as well :) Adam: I agree that a lot of people don't know what that icon is either, yet the functionality of that little icon is the reason I don't use Flock (well, the current version). I like the idea of expanding this article into mashups since that's another big application of RSS. Yahoo pipes in particular would be a good article (and a good learning experience for me!) Thanks for the idea Adam. George:
The reason I support the use of online readers such as Google Reader is because its there wherever I go. No matter which computer I’m on (whether I’m at home or at work) I’ll have my feeds there. I tried using an offline reader and I ended up having to sync feeds between two computers and reading stories I already read because they were marked as un-read in my other reader.
I also wrote the PHP script for this article in advanced and I have to admit that I am guilty of forgetting the header as well :)

Adam:
I agree that a lot of people don’t know what that icon is either, yet the functionality of that little icon is the reason I don’t use Flock (well, the current version).
I like the idea of expanding this article into mashups since that’s another big application of RSS. Yahoo pipes in particular would be a good article (and a good learning experience for me!) Thanks for the idea Adam.

]]> By: Adam Darowski http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/03/20/rss-introduction-part-1/#comment-386 Adam Darowski Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:43:22 +0000 http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/03/20/rss-introduction-part-1/#comment-386 Nick... Good to see this type of high level tutorial out there. I think a lot of us forget that the majority of the population still has no clue what those little orange chicklets are. I appreciate you answering my question about an RSS feed generated from a MySQL database. I wonder if this series could evolve to include more simple RSS tutorials... like a Google Maps mashup, an intro to Yahoo! Pipes, etc. Just giving you some good blog fodder. :) Thanks. Nick… Good to see this type of high level tutorial out there. I think a lot of us forget that the majority of the population still has no clue what those little orange chicklets are.

I appreciate you answering my question about an RSS feed generated from a MySQL database. I wonder if this series could evolve to include more simple RSS tutorials… like a Google Maps mashup, an intro to Yahoo! Pipes, etc.

Just giving you some good blog fodder. :)

Thanks.

]]> By: George http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/03/20/rss-introduction-part-1/#comment-381 George Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:11:37 +0000 http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/03/20/rss-introduction-part-1/#comment-381 Personally, my favorite RSS reader is a Firefox plugin called Sage (http://sage.mozdev.org/) It's much better than the built in Firefox rss reader, especially if you have a lot of feeds like I do. One important tip you might want to cover when writing your RSS tutorial is to make sure you set the content type header correctly. Forgetting that step had me scratching my head in confusion for nearly an hour once. Personally, my favorite RSS reader is a Firefox plugin called Sage (http://sage.mozdev.org/)

It’s much better than the built in Firefox rss reader, especially if you have a lot of feeds like I do.

One important tip you might want to cover when writing your RSS tutorial is to make sure you set the content type header correctly. Forgetting that step had me scratching my head in confusion for nearly an hour once.

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