Karl S

I read in the FAQ that it is possible to get an RSS feed from the forums. I tried the address listed in the FAQ but it is just a blank page and the RSS readers don't see it as a legit page. Is there more help you can provide on how to enable an RSS feed for the forums?

Karl

John Boggiano

I'll point John D. at this for you, Karl.

Jenn

Yes, that's definitely a John D question....

My guess is that this software version has some additional features that we don't have activated and that maybe one of them.

Phokaioglaukos

Any progress on this, or on activating more of the search function?

John D.

Well - someone was poking around the FAQ before I finished up the code in the RSS interface (vBulletin's was a bit "different)

So - as of today - I have feeds for both RSS versions:
https://rennlist.com/forums/external.php?type=rss (Netscape Standard - all Rennlist Forums)
https://rennlist.com/forums/external.php?type=rss2 (RSS 2.0 standard - - all Rennlist Forums)

If you would like to view specific forums - you can do that as well by selecting the Forum ID as part of that URL - such as:
https://rennlist.com/forums/external.php?type=rss2&f=60 for the only the 996 Forum

Or - if you'd like to view several forums:
996, 993 and GT2/3 - use the multiple Forums command (forumids) and seperate the Forum IDs with commas like:
https://rennlist.com/forums/external...mids=60,58,103

Best to you,

John D.

Rassel

Those links doesn't seem to work for me. Are they still active?!

MisterRisky

I've been trying to figure out how to find the RSS feeds link so I can read the forums from google reader. Have the above links moved? When I use those links I get just a blank page.

Thanks for your help.

John D.

OK guys (and Jenn )....

Let's give it a try... I'll enable the RSS feeds in the next few hours - BUT...!

First - I need some feedback on whether they are working or not;

Second - when I turn them on I need to watch both the server and circuits loads;

Third - PLEASE post back if you are using them, what viewer you are using (Google, Mobile Device; etc...)

Thanks!

John

MisterRisky

I will add https://rennlist.com/forums/external.php?type=rss2&f=59 (964 forum) to google reader as soon as you activate them!

Thanks so much for enabling RSS. I'm happy to help with testing.

-JD

John D.

OK - give it a try..! I may have to reset the queue..??

Thanks!!!!!

John

MisterRisky

Wonderful! I could not use the syntax that I proposed above, but I could use this:

https://rennlist.com/forums/external...s2&forumids=59

for some reason if I used the f=59 parameter (or f=xx) I always got the full rennlist feed. The forumids=xx works just great!

Thanks so much!

John D.

Thanks JD! Excellent feedback! Based on your note - I need to update the text in the FAQ section, which I'll do in a bit...!

Also - as you work with the feed for a bit - please post back how it continues to work for you, OK???

My thanks again!

John

MisterRisky

John, I'm not getting any refreshes on the RSS. Do you know what the refresh period is set to? (maybe I'm not being patient enough)

John D.

Hey JD..!

The refreshes are within 8 minutes - HOWEVER - if your ISP Proxy or Web browser is set for longer - it will probably take longer..?? Let me try to push the new RSS data faster....

JD

MisterRisky

This is a little tricky to diagnose, but I think it really is not refreshing on the server side. I checked it multiple times using different routes (and different proxies). I did that by tunneling from my current network into my work network and hitting the RSS feed directly from both places using different browsers. Both came back the same. I think they are showing what was there an hour or two ago when you enabled RSS. I'm also not getting refreshes using Google reader which should be using a third path to the server.

Thanks for your hard work.