RSS for phpBB?

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:04 am

Is this possible?

quantus · Post by **quantus** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:37 am

I wondered about this too... a quick search turned this and this up.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:30 am

So how about it Jonathan?

Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:50 pm

Alright, I'll throw one up there. Give me a while.

Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:07 pm

http://www.jonathan.pearce.name/mohtalim/rss

Booyaka! I expect posting to triple as a direct result of this!

Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:08 pm

someone with a paid LJ account should syndicate this for the most awesome feed ever.

Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:10 pm

so I know Alan is off using some Mac RSS thingy and Jason uses a website. What are other people doing with RSS?

quantus · Post by **quantus** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:09 pm

So, do rss aggregators let you use a username/password for sites so that you can get results for restricted forums as well?

Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:11 pm

If I find one, I'll definitely be using it. Haven't heard of one; haven't looked particularly hard.

In most cases, shouldn't it just be able to eat the cookies you already have on disk?

quantus · Post by **quantus** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:16 pm

I don't think so since it's pulling from an essentially public place... I think the RSS feed needs to be cookie aware as well. So, until you prove otherwise, I think it's a problem with the plug-in supplying the feed.

Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:29 pm

Hm. I see your point. However, I don't see anyone changing the plugin until RSS aggregators are able to authenticate in some way.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:41 am

Yeah, I do visit one site that has restricted forums that Safari RSS works for. Don't ask me how it works though.

bob · Post by **bob** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:58 am

Alan wrote:Yeah, I do visit one site that has restricted forums that Safari RSS works for. Don't ask me how it works though.

You could always email the webmaster and ask. I'm sure at least some webmasters love to share info like that.

Or, grab the rss xml (use wget or something) and look at it in a text editor. Maybe it mentions cookies or passwords.