Page 1 of 1

Site feed (RSS/ATOM)

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:05 pm
by Jimmy
Alright, I setup ATOM feeds for the site. To be honest, I'm not familiar with RSS or ATOM because I've never used either but from what I understand they both achieve the same function. The only reason I used ATOM feeds is because they are much easier to integrate into the forums. For anyone that uses this feature, let me know how it works/any issues you have with it. I'd test it myself but as I said, I've never used them to know how it should work.

Jimmy

Re: Site feed (RSS/ATOM)

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:36 pm
by Jimmy
Anyone using these feeds?

Re: Site feed (RSS/ATOM)

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:16 pm
by mr x
I haven't tried them yet.

Re: Site feed (RSS/ATOM)

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:18 pm
by Brewnoser
Um, sorry for sounding dumb, but for the RSS isn't there normally a symbol I can just click on the set up my reader?

Re: Site feed (RSS/ATOM)

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:56 pm
by Jimmy
Brewnoser wrote:Um, sorry for sounding dumb, but for the RSS isn't there normally a symbol I can just click on the set up my reader?
Yeah, you should see a little orange square in the address bar of your browser.

Re: Site feed (RSS/ATOM)

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:51 pm
by Brewnoser
Just learned that Google Chrome does not yet pick up RSS feeds like other browsers yet. And the square is blue...

Google Reader now in action.

Re: Site feed (RSS/ATOM)

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:35 pm
by derek
I just set it up, and it seems to be working for me.

Re: Site feed (RSS/ATOM)

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:39 pm
by derek
btw, I've been using feed readers for years, and have never made an attempt to learn the difference between RSS and Atom - the readers all handle them interchangeably. Some sites serve both - and the feed reader might ask you which one you want. Sometimes they're identical in result, sometimes the format you'll see in your reader is slightly different. As far as I'm concerned Atom is just fine. Thanks!

Re: Site feed (RSS/ATOM)

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:44 pm
by Jimmy
Sounds good. From what I've read ATOM actually seems to be the superior format, however, RSS remains the most used.