News RSS Availiable

MarkG · September 13, 2005, 18:00

Our News Archive (http://apolyton.net/news/) now offers RSS feeds!

Features:

1) Feeds for all categories as well as specific categories are availiable. Simply visit the main news archive page (http://apolyton.net/news/) or a specific category page (example: http://apolyton.net/news/index.php?Category=Civ4)

2) Mozilla Firefox Live Boomark support

3) Latest 20 news items with their full text for PLUS members, 10 items and limited text for regular users.

It's been tested as Firefox live boomark and in Thunderbird's RSS reader. Please try it our post here your feedback!

Shogun Gunner · September 13, 2005, 22:08

I

RSS feeds....

however

am i doing something wrong trying to activate the new Poly RSS feeds? I click on the RSS link and it displays a document tree with a message "no style associated with the XML data"

H Tower · September 13, 2005, 23:59

PLUS members only?

DanQ · September 14, 2005, 00:04

Originally posted by H Tower
PLUS members only?

Re-read the announcement more carefully.

PLUS subscribers can get 20 or double the number of news items in full text that non-PLUS subscribers can.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

Shogun Gunner · September 14, 2005, 17:24

help?

MarkG · September 14, 2005, 17:26

Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
however

am i doing something wrong trying to activate the new Poly RSS feeds? I click on the RSS link and it displays a document tree with a message "no style associated with the XML data"

copy the link and add it on your reader...

Shogun Gunner · September 14, 2005, 23:37

Okay, for some reason that was more difficult than adding RSS feeds from BBC News, ESPN, etc.

For those services, clicking on the RSS feed link would automatically add that RSS Feed location as an icon on the Firefox Toolbar Folder. I guess that's extra code writing and testing. Well, it's working now and that's what's important.

Thanks for the RSS service, I like that.

MarkG · September 15, 2005, 01:14

how did you add feeds form bbc?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline...t_page/rss.xml

Agathon · September 16, 2005, 13:20

Thank you Markos. I remember I asked for this to be included a wee while back.

I just saw this announcement.

Great!!!

Agathon · September 16, 2005, 13:26

Works wonderfully!!!!

Nikolai · September 16, 2005, 14:42

Looks good. I've never tried a RSS feed before, but I just subscribed now, so let's see what this can offer.

Shogun Gunner · September 16, 2005, 14:58

Originally posted by MarkG
how did you add feeds form bbc?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline...t_page/rss.xml

I don't know if I remember incorrectly, or if BBC changed the method of subscription.

What I remember was simply clicking on a "Get RSS" link at the bottom of a BBC article and it automatically added the RSS link the Bookmark Toolbar Folder in Firefox.

Anyway, it doesn't matter as I got the Poly RSS working now. Its a nice service you guys are giving us with RSS. Thank you.

Nikolai · September 16, 2005, 15:47

SG: To get it here was as easy as clicking on the status bar in the lower right corner of FF, that's sounds just as easy?

Agathon · September 16, 2005, 15:59

Revised Screenie

Shogun Gunner · September 16, 2005, 16:19

Originally posted by Nikolai
SG: To get it here was as easy as clicking on the status bar in the lower right corner of FF, that's sounds just as easy?

That didn't work for me....don't know why. Tried on two computers -- both with Firefox..

Nikolai · September 16, 2005, 16:21

Hmmm... Weird.

GAZ082 · September 16, 2005, 23:04

Yay!

MarkG · September 17, 2005, 05:13

clicking on the status bar in the lower right corner of FF

clicking the status bar icon will add a Live Bookmark on your FF bookmarks

MarkG · September 17, 2005, 06:30

has anyone been able to have it update under thunderbird?
the firefox live bookmark updates but thunderbird doesnt...

which rss feeders do you use? can you try the feed and let me know if it updates?

snoopy369 · September 19, 2005, 15:20

Adding the TB feed seems to have given me the newest items, but ... not sure if it will update.

Hueij · September 20, 2005, 16:24

The Thunderbird feed doesn't update

It gave me the last five feeds when I subscribed and it has been silent since then...

MarkG · September 21, 2005, 02:08

go to the news section and get the new url (it's .xml instead of .php) and use it on thunderbird)

i got an update on my thunderbird this morning...

sabrewolf · September 21, 2005, 05:08

this is absolutely fabulous! thanks a lot!

MarkG · September 24, 2005, 05:08

how are the updates going?

sabrewolf · September 24, 2005, 05:16

right now the civ4 live-bookmark in FF does not work. "live bookmark feed failed to load."

civ3 works fine

Adagio · September 24, 2005, 05:20

Same problem here... until now it has worked though

MarkG · September 24, 2005, 05:32

fixed

sabrewolf · September 24, 2005, 06:46

thanks

as for thunderbird: i have added it but need new news to know whether it updates.

does anybody know how i can change the order of my email accounts in thunderbird? i'd like the news higher up in the list..

Nikolai · September 24, 2005, 08:49

In FF: Works fine, but it seem to not update at once sometimes. Two times the newest headline isn't included before some time after, but it's some days since I saw it now, so it might be fixed.

Agathon · September 24, 2005, 13:44

Again, I have to reiterate what an excellent addition to the site this is. I'm learning all sorts of cool stuff about Civ 4 that I would otherwise have missed.