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Subj : RSS - Fact or Fiction
To : Finnigann
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Nov 02 2005 08:26 pm

Re: RSS - Fact or Fiction
By: Finnigann to All on Wed Nov 02 2005 09:30 pm

>
> Exhibit 'A'
>
> Here we have a message (unaltered) from the BBS Bits-N-Bytes BBS.
>
>
> U��
> 3 Subj: First attempt at RSS feeds
> 3 To : All
> 3 From: Finnigann #1
> 3 Date: Sat Oct 29 2005 07:56:58 EDT
> A��
>
> Ok this will be short and sweet as I don't know how many times I may
> need to whack at this to get it to go or where it will go IF it does
> work.
>
> That should be enough...
>
> This ain't as easy as you make it look.
>
>
> _ Reading _ [6] RSS [1] RSS (?=Menu) (1 of 1):
>
>
>
> You can see from the last line that it is in a GROUP called RSS and in a
> sub also called RSS.
>
>
> Exhibit 'B'
>
> �[�][?]��ͻ��
> � RSS Group ��
> ��͹��
> � �Long NameRSS ��
> � �Short Name RSS ��
> � �Internal Code Prefix ��
> � �Access Requirements ��
> � �Clone Options ��
> � �Export Areas... ��
> � �Import Areas... ��
> � �Message Sub-boards... ��
> ��ͼ��
> ��
> ��
>
>
> Supporting Exhibit A
>
> Exhibit 'C'
>
> �[�][?]��ͻ��
> � RSS Sub-boards ��
> ��͹��
> � �RSS ��
> � � ��
> ��ͼ��
> RSS ��
>
>
> You should recognize this as the sub named RSS.

And the sub's internal code is "rss"?

> Exhibit 'D'
>
> /ctrl/rss.ini
>
> [BNB-RSS]
> sub=RSS

The sub-code must be lower-case.

> title=BNB News and Views
> image_link=http://bnb.synchro.net/rss.ssjs?channel=BNB-RSS
>
>
> And last...
>
> Exhibit 'E'
>
> the LINK used to summon exhibit 'a'
>
> http://bnb.synchro.net/rss.ssjs?channel=BNB-RSS
>
>
> From what DM says, this should be workin'

If you notice, in my example rss.ini, the sub's internal code is in lower case.

digital man

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