Yo! Liverpool now offers RSS feeds for our forum.

RSS offers an easy way to keep up with Yo! Liverpool throughout the day.

RSS feeds automatically update as posts are added across the site, alerting you to the posts as they occour.

Details of what RSS is, and how you can get an RSS reader, are below.

Here's the RSS Feed. Click on the image below:

http://www.yoliverpool.com/rss.gif (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/external.php?type=rss2)

What is RSS?

RSS is short for Really Simple Syndication. It's an XML file that can be read by special feed reading software or a web service you can use from your web browser. Put the address of our RSS feeds into your reader, and it will display the latest posts.

How to use RSS feeds?

To view our RSS feeds you need software called a feed reader or aggregator. Feed readers you could try include:

For PC users : FeedDemon (http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/)
For Mac users : NetNewsWire (http://www.ranchero.com/netnewswire/)
Windows/Mac/Linux : Amphetadesk (http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/)
Web-based reader : BlogLines (http://www.bloglines.com/)

Once you have installed a feed reader you can add the Yo! Liverpool RSS feed by clicking on the RSS feed link. Setting up a feed differs from one aggregator to another, but it usually involves copying the URL of the feed (from the address bar on your browser) and pasting it into the reader.

FireFox users should already have a Live Bookmark Feed button on their web browser that u can click.

Cheers :PDT1

Validate the feed and generate javascript for your page.

Feed Validator
http://feedvalidator.org/

Build a Feed You Can Cut 'n Paste
http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/feed/index.php?s=build

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Thanks Howie, feed is valid :)

http://feedvalidator.org/images/valid-rss.png (http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yoliverpool.com%2Ff orum%2Fexternal.php%3Ftype%3Drss2)

Have just tried adding the feed to Liverpool Links. It's below the Yo! Liverpool entry at http://web.onetel.net.uk/~howardpaterson/leisure.htm. Only some posts are listing - any suggestions as to what I've done wrong. :confused:

I've just had a look at the RSS feed. The description only appears for certain posts. :confused:

That's brilliant Howie, how did u integrate it into your site?

Anyways, the RSS feed only contains 'new' threads, not replies.

Ha, that explains it! I used the Feed2JS link posted earlier. :)