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Pudding 08:17 pm UTC 01/10/08 |
| In reply to: | re: Rockman RSS Feed - daveake 08:09 pm UTC 01/10/08 |
| So if/when Jim makes another blog, my computer will sound like a tsunami alarm warning...LOL > That's about it. The reader I've been using just pops up > a little window in the corner of the screen, but I'm sure > you can find one that will give you as many dongs as you > can take ... > > It's not immediate. There can be up to 10 minutes before > my program spots the new message (I can make that quicker > of course), plus the RSS reader will only check every few > minutes. Still, if someone worries about how quickly they > can see new messages, they don't need a faster system but > they do need a life :-). > > Dave > > > Being clueless about all this, does this mean that > > whenever someone makes a new post on Rockman you'll get an > > alert like a ding or a dong telling you? > > > > > > > Those of you who keep up with news, blogs etc. using RSS > > > feeds can now keep up with Rockman in the same way. I've > > > created an RSS feed that you can use in your favourite RSS > > > reader. > > > > > > Now, about 95% of you are probably asking "WTF is an RSS > > > Reader?". Well, if you have several sites that you check > > > often, then rather than keep opening those sites up in > > > your broswer and scanning down them for new things, you > > > can use an RSS Reader that does all the work for you. > > > Most RSS readers look like email programs, and new content > > > on a web site appears like a new email would. You can > > > sort posts by title or date (I may add other things soon), > > > read messages and reply to them, all within the RSS > > > reader. > > > > > > The reader checks each RSS-compatible site that you tell > > > it about, every 15 minutes say, and let you know when > > > there's something new. Many browsers and email programs > > > now include this ability (but often not very well), or you > > > can get a free standalone reader like "SharpReader". > > > > > > Rockman doesn't itself provide an RSS feed, so I've > > > written a small program wot does. You can subscribe to it > > > by adding this URL to your RSS reader: > > > > > > http://www.vaultsofheaven.com/rockman.xml > > > > > > It's currently updated automagically every 10 minutes. > > > > > > Here's a screenshot to give you an idea of what an RSS > > > reader is like: > > > > > > > > > target="_blank"> > > > border="0" alt="Photobucket"> > > > > > > Dave | |
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