numpty Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 So, about 18 months ago I wrote a little program that screen-scrapes the 'fishel site two or three times a day, and turns the results into an RSS and Atom feed of the news stories. (If you don't know what that means, you probably don't need to read any further...) With 'Flow's permission, I've decided to make the feeds public, for anyone who wants to try them: RSS Atom They both provide the same news, just depends which format your RSS reader is happier with. They're not perfect, in particular they don't add an accurate time stamp to the articles, but they should at least appear in the right order. Given the choice, I'd say the Atom feed is slightly less flaky. Note: Although they've been working fine for me, it's all totally experimental and depends entirely on the old laptop in my dining room being up and running (which it usually is 24/7, but occasionally it throws a wobbler). So either or both feeds could stop working properly at any time. Rumour has it the new website will have an official RSS feed anyway, so this is really just to whet your appetite until that's ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patons02 Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 The RSS feed works fine for me, but the Atom is displaying nothing for me on Firefox 3.6.7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 With 'Flow's permission, I've decided to make the feeds pubic, for anyone who wants to try them: Got him by the short n' curlies, aye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deJaya Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 great stuff numpty .. been wishing for this for ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Got him by the short n' curlies, aye? Fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 The RSS feed works fine for me, but the Atom is displaying nothing for me on Firefox 3.6.7 Hmm, will look into that when I can... just heading away for the weekend now and off to Holland on Sunday night, so might be a few days before I get a chance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted August 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 The RSS feed works fine for me, but the Atom is displaying nothing for me on Firefox 3.6.7 Think I've fixed this now... the Atom feed wasn't validating due to the letter Eth (aka 'the funny d') in Breidablik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted August 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 Hmm, now just spotted a problem with the way links are parsed when viewing the RSS feed in Firefox... looking into it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patons02 Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 The atom works perfect now Cheers numpty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted December 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 Since the new 'fishel site has a proper RSS feed, I'm discontinuing mine (the new site has broken them anyway). Hope some of you found them useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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