RSS Feeds

[Hitsnorth]

Here is a list of saltwater/reef/coral RSS feeds if anyone has other I have missed let me know.

http://z.about.com/6/g/saltaquarium/b/index.xml
http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/rss.php
http://coralreefreport.info/rss.xml
http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/SaltWater-CoralReefs/rss

 

[Josh]

What does everyone think about an RSS feed for this site? For example, you could use it to receive notification of new posts in the For Sale/For Trade forum, or Vendor Sales.

Thoughts?

 

[House of Laughter]

Josh,

I just downloaded the Outlook Express version so I can get the feeds, I'll let you know what I think once I get it up and running. Sounds like a good idera, though

Jim

 

[Hitsnorth]

RSSBandit works great(open source) for RSS some people like PLuck it.

For pocket PC PocketRSS is great.

In any event RSS is a great idea for Manhattan reefs I think it will bring a lot of traffic to the site.

 

[Josh]

What I think is cool about this is that ability to be the first person to jump on those "SELLING MY ENTIRE TANK AND LIVESTOCK" messages. I am always the last person to respond and never get anything!

Maybe I should keep the location of the RSS feeds to myself!

 

[Josh]

OK, the following RSS feeds have been created:

For Sale / For Trade: The last 10 new topics from this forum

Vendor Specials: The last 10 new topics from this forum

You can access the feed from the home page, in the upper right hand corner. If you have never used RSS before, download a reader like RSSReader or do a google search for RSS readers. After you have it installed, just click on one of the links in the upper right hand corner. If it doesn't install the feed into your RSS reader automatically, you need to copy the URL from the browser (in the window it opens) into the RSS reader you installed. Once you subscribe, you will get notifications if there are new topics posted within 5 minutes.

Let me know if you have any problems.

Have fun!