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Feature Request: RSS Feeds
I notice a few feature request threads have been chucked into this forum, even though I don't think they really fall under the "Report and discuss errors in the database or interface" category. Maybe the description should be changed or a new place should be set up?
Anyway, some RSS feeds to keep tabs on updates would be snazzy. I was thinking one for the news updates on the front page and one for each of the three recent updates displays: albums, scans, and tracklists. It'd be nice to be able to see when things are updated without having to saunter on over in my web browser and F5. |
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Seems like a good idea, though there are a lot of database edits, so this would potentially be a very active feed. Do you know how to set this up, from the technical side?
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For the album/scan/tracklist feeds, it'd be updating an XML file each time an update is made to something. Here's an example of what one might look like for album updates:
HTML Code:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>VGMdb Album Updates</title> <link>http://www.vgmdb.net/db/recent.php</link> <description>Recent album updates to VGMdb</description> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Copyright 2007 VGMdb.net</copyright> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:30:00 GMT</lastBuildDate> <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs> <item> <title>Parade of Happiness / Winbee [KICA-7649]</title> <link>http://www.vgmdb.net/db/albums.php?id=4820</link> <description>Parade of Happiness / Winbee [KICA-7649] updated by seanne.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Parade of Happiness / Winbee [KICA-7649]</title> <link>http://www.vgmdb.net/db/albums.php?id=4820</link> <description>Parade of Happiness / Winbee [KICA-7649] updated by seanne.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> ... <item> <title>Parade of Happiness / Winbee [KICA-7649]</title> <link>http://www.vgmdb.net/db/albums.php?id=4820</link> <description>Parade of Happiness / Winbee [KICA-7649] added by seanne.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:16:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Winbee's Neo Cinema 2 ~Paradise side~ [KICA-7642]</title> <link>http://www.vgmdb.net/db/albums.php?id=4140</link> <description>Winbee's Neo Cinema 2 ~Paradise side~ [KICA-7642] updated by seanne.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:53:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> ... </channel> </rss> Then, for browsers to autodetect the feed, you'd stick something like this in the <head> section of the album updates page: <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href="albumupdates.xml" /> As far as front page news updates go, that'd probably have to tie in somehow with vBulletin. I dunno if the capability is built in, if there's a plug-in available, or if custom code would have to be written, although I'd greatly expect one of the first two cases to hold. Last edited by CHz; Oct 1, 2007 at 07:47 AM. |
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