RE: [Dnfbb-developers] RSS Feeds

[Si C. <si...@te...>]

 

> -----Original Message-----
> I saw your email regarding the guy who did the RSS feed stuff 
> from eggheadcafe (I think it was...Can't seem to locate the 
> email just at the moment).  I see he used an open source RSS 
> feed generator.  I see his thinking behind this.  The only 
> problem is that it is under another type of open source 
> licence.  We already have two different ones (firebird and 
> mysql).  I think adding a third would just complicate the matter.
> Really, for what we need I would suggest that I continue 
> knocking up a simple rss interface/file access interface.  I 
> will be interested to hear your thoughts on this as I don't 
> want to do any more if you would prefer we change to an open 
> source style RSS feed system.

It might be worth looking at if you get stuck, but as far as I'm concerned
however you want to play is ok with me.

> The rss standard can handle up to 15 items if you want to go 
> for something like that and then make it configurable, e.g. 
> 15 or less for the board settings.  Are you planning on 
> making the configuration part of the board settings, e.g. 
> what feeds are included as part of the board (forum, category 
> or board wide)?

Yes, if you choose board wide it will look across all categories/topics, or
focus on individual categories/topics etc.  15 seems like a sensible limit,
its probably worth adding a param to specify the number of posts with the
default being 15.

Rgds

Si