Local paper feeds?

Milly · 03-09-2006, 12:44 PM

Hi,

I was wondering if it would be possible to display local news feeds, maybe as sub-forums?

**Will** · 03-09-2006, 01:14 PM

Hi Milly,

This is something I've been considering for a while. I think it's just a matter of deciding which papers to use. I will be doing this at some point though.

Thank you for the suggestion.

Milly · 03-09-2006, 01:19 PM

optrex · 27-09-2006, 02:52 PM

There are a couple of bugs in the vB RSS feeds, but hopefully this will be ironed out with 3.6.2. The biggest bugbear however, is that if a story gets updated, instead of dropping the new story as a reply to post, it becomes a new thread, creating a lot of manual administration.

**Will** · 27-09-2006, 04:46 PM

Also as far as I'm aware, there's no way to get VB to work out what the template is of the site you're getting the rss feeds from, so you have to do it manually, which I don't know how to do. Hopefully this will get sorted soon too.

We're still on 3.6.0 at the moment, will upgrade to 3.6.1 as soon as I'm feeling up to it.

optrex · 27-09-2006, 06:54 PM

3.6.2 is due out later this week with a load of bug fixes so don't rush

**Will** · 29-09-2006, 12:08 AM

Good point, I'll leave it until then. Upgrades are a real pain, even though VB make it very easy, it's still a pain.

optrex · 29-09-2006, 08:57 AM

I know what you mean - especially if you have a few modifications

03-09-2006, 12:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Milly Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 21	Local paper feeds? Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible to display local news feeds, maybe as sub-forums?

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Will Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stratford Upon Avon Posts: 917	Hi Milly, This is something I've been considering for a while. I think it's just a matter of deciding which papers to use. I will be doing this at some point though. Thank you for the suggestion. __________________ --==Forum Admin Will==-- Your Friendly Forum Admin. - Contact me.

27-09-2006, 02:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
optrex Community Senior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tamworth Posts: 513	There are a couple of bugs in the vB RSS feeds, but hopefully this will be ironed out with 3.6.2. The biggest bugbear however, is that if a story gets updated, instead of dropping the new story as a reply to post, it becomes a new thread, creating a lot of manual administration. __________________ Live UK Lightning and Strom Tracking Midlands Weather Forum - Tamworth Weather Station - NZ Weather

27-09-2006, 04:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
Will Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stratford Upon Avon Posts: 917	Also as far as I'm aware, there's no way to get VB to work out what the template is of the site you're getting the rss feeds from, so you have to do it manually, which I don't know how to do. Hopefully this will get sorted soon too. We're still on 3.6.0 at the moment, will upgrade to 3.6.1 as soon as I'm feeling up to it. __________________ --==Forum Admin Will==-- Your Friendly Forum Admin. - Contact me.

27-09-2006, 06:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
optrex Community Senior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tamworth Posts: 513	3.6.2 is due out later this week with a load of bug fixes so don't rush __________________ Live UK Lightning and Strom Tracking Midlands Weather Forum - Tamworth Weather Station - NZ Weather

03-09-2006, 01:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Milly Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 21

29-09-2006, 12:08 AM	#7 (permalink)
Will Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stratford Upon Avon Posts: 917	Good point, I'll leave it until then. Upgrades are a real pain, even though VB make it very easy, it's still a pain. __________________ --==Forum Admin Will==-- Your Friendly Forum Admin. - Contact me.

29-09-2006, 08:57 AM	#8 (permalink)
optrex Community Senior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tamworth Posts: 513	I know what you mean - especially if you have a few modifications __________________ Live UK Lightning and Strom Tracking Midlands Weather Forum - Tamworth Weather Station - NZ Weather

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