rss feed for forum posts?

jimspoon · 10. May 2011, 09:39 PM

Might be nice to make an RSS feed available so we could monitor interesting forum threads in our feed readers (Google Reader in my case).

Also i didn't see a link to Gizmo Freeware RSS feeds. Finally I found a few by means of the RSS icon in the address bar. (Firefox 4 removed that icon, but I got it back with the "RSS Icon in Awesombar" extension.)

jim

J_L · 11. May 2011, 02:05 AM

Just subscribe to the thread, and you will be notified by e-mail.

I think it's in the wrong subforum, because this is a suggestion not a fix.

kendall.a · 11. May 2011, 02:57 AM

Posts moved to proper forum. (At least I hope....)

jimspoon · 11. May 2011, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J_L

Just subscribe to the thread, and you will be notified by e-mail.

Yes, I know about subscribing and email notifications. I'm suggesting that an RSS feed for forum posts would be useful - that way we could be alerted to interesting topics without having to visit the forum to find them. I keep up with several other online fora this way.

Anupam · 11. May 2011, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimspoon

I keep up with several other online fora this way.

Can you provide some names of such forums?

jimspoon · 11. May 2011, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anupam

Can you provide some names of such forums?

Sure. I think every Google Group and Yahoo Group has an RSS feed you can use to follow posts in the group. Here are two feed URLS:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.c...sgs.xml?num=50

http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/AltCompFreeware/rss

I recently subscribed to a feed for the HowToGeek forum:

http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/rss/

A feed for a forum at the Infoqube (PIM program) website:

http://www.sqlnotes.net/drupal5/inde.../term/2/0/feed

OutlinerSoftware.com forum:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/OutlinersoftwareForum

It's really great to be able to keep up with various discussion forums in one place, i.e. Google Reader, without having to visit each forum separately. If I see a post that interests me, I can always click through to go to the forum site and read more, or post a reply, etc.

jim

Ritho · 11. May 2011, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anupam

Can you provide some names of such forums?

Actually vBulletin has a RSS feature built in. But it must be activated.

Anupam · 11. May 2011, 08:28 PM

Thanks for the links jimspoon. However, I must point out that Yahoo Groups cannot be called as forums, so that rules them out.

The forum at Outliner Software cannot be exactly called as a full fledged forum. Same about sqlnotes site.

The only worth example was howtogeek forum, but their forum is not based on vBulletin... the one we use.

However, as Ritho says, the RSS feature is there in vBulletin, but it has to be activated, or the module has to be installed.

I will take this up with the development team, and see if they want to turn this feature on. Till then, enjoy the forums the usual way.

jimspoon · 11. May 2011, 08:59 PM

"Really Simple Syndication / Rich Site Summary or RDF is a site Summary, several similar forms of web syndication used by news websites and weblogs. It is good idea to provide RSS support for your forum."

"Unfortunately it is turned off by default under Vbulletin software. Here is a quick way to turn it on so that your users can get updates via RSS readers for all new forum topics."

http://theos.in/internet/howto-add-vbulletin-rss-feed/

Google search for "vbulletin rss" turned up many other links as well.

jimspoon · 11. May 2011, 10:20 PM

Majorgeeks.com runs their forum on Vbulletin, and I just subscribed to its RSS feed:

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/external.php?type=RSS2

10. May 2011, 09:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
jimspoon Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 5	rss feed for forum posts? Might be nice to make an RSS feed available so we could monitor interesting forum threads in our feed readers (Google Reader in my case). Also i didn't see a link to Gizmo Freeware RSS feeds. Finally I found a few by means of the RSS icon in the address bar. (Firefox 4 removed that icon, but I got it back with the "RSS Icon in Awesombar" extension.) jim

11. May 2011, 02:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
kendall.a Foundation Editor/Forum Manager Intern Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 1,814	Posts moved to proper forum. (At least I hope....) __________________ <-------Is looking for his brain....

11. May 2011, 08:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,484	Thanks for the links jimspoon. However, I must point out that Yahoo Groups cannot be called as forums, so that rules them out. The forum at Outliner Software cannot be exactly called as a full fledged forum. Same about sqlnotes site. The only worth example was howtogeek forum, but their forum is not based on vBulletin... the one we use. However, as Ritho says, the RSS feature is there in vBulletin, but it has to be activated, or the module has to be installed. I will take this up with the development team, and see if they want to turn this feature on. Till then, enjoy the forums the usual way. __________________ Anupam

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11. May 2011, 02:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
J_L Co-Author, Best Free Security List Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,475	Just subscribe to the thread, and you will be notified by e-mail. I think it's in the wrong subforum, because this is a suggestion not a fix.

11. May 2011, 08:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
jimspoon Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 5	"Really Simple Syndication / Rich Site Summary or RDF is a site Summary, several similar forms of web syndication used by news websites and weblogs. It is good idea to provide RSS support for your forum." "Unfortunately it is turned off by default under Vbulletin software. Here is a quick way to turn it on so that your users can get updates via RSS readers for all new forum topics." http://theos.in/internet/howto-add-vbulletin-rss-feed/ Google search for "vbulletin rss" turned up many other links as well.

11. May 2011, 10:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
jimspoon Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 5	Majorgeeks.com runs their forum on Vbulletin, and I just subscribed to its RSS feed: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/external.php?type=RSS2