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smoknz28 said:You know, I never did grasp what these RSS feeds are for, how they work, or how to incorporate them into Threads.... Eeeeesh...[/]
The feeds are basically regularly updated information which is stripped from a site or messageboard (subject/body/link) and then made into a special XML document.
Most people use them in what's called a news aggregator (also called a reader) which basically allows you to easily track news/content updates from your favourite sites (those which offer a feed which is quite common nowadays) without having to manually visit and check each one with your browser.
You know those li'l orange XML buttons you sometimes see
on sites? Those are the feed URL's that you plug into the news aggregator software. See my earlier post for one I recommend.
The other method is to display someone else's feed on your own site or messageboard by means of an XML parser....
http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/postlist3.php?Cat=&Board=loonybinIt takes their feed and converts it back into HTML (the reverse step of how a feed is created). This way you can basically import other people's content.
[]I'd also be very interested to see if there are any feeds for General Motors or anything related to performance engines, cars, and racing....[/]
http://www.gm.com/company/gmability/rss/rss_help.htmlYou can also go here and search for more...
http://www.syndic8.com/It's the most popular place for grabbing feeds.
