Hello I'm back Well, I'm

Patriot Stef — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:56:32 +0000

Hello I'm back

Well, I'm trying simplepie. I created the php and cache folders in my root dirctory and I uploaded the simplepie.inc into the php folder. The question is, what do I do now?

Thanks as always
Stef

P.S. I'm not going to be relying on (or connected to) simplepie's website for Yahoo! and Google's news feeds to work on my own site, am I?

sorry - I use Drupal for

netsperience — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:16:42 +0000

sorry - I use Drupal for most projects which has an aggregator built in

I would try first SourceForge for reliable open source apps - but they can be difficult for DIY if you are not a programmer

Another good resource is HotScripts and I guess in the end see what comes up on Google.

If you find a particular solution you are considering you can always come back here and see if anybody has experience with it.

I am a bit surprised we are having such a one on one conversation here, perhaps other members have no more to add at this point.

Good luck and Happy "Feeding"

Well I certainly do thank

Patriot Stef — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:54:02 +0000

Well I certainly do thank you for all of your quick-to-respond help, netsperience. Just one last question... is there any one aggregator that you recommend that I can upload to a server and have Yahoo! and Google's news feeds that are all being generated from MY site rather than rss-info?

I see That is what I meant -

netsperience — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:41:14 +0000

I see

That is what I meant - a copy & paste widget will most likely add its own advertising

Perhaps we can suppress it - but is that ethical?

<NOTE> ( I went back and looked at the code - it links to their site and I do not think it would be possible to suppress their "added" ads )

You may be better off with your own aggregator if this is an important part of your site.

An RSS feed is simply a web address / url that contains an xml file that can be parsed and displayed.

For example http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/topstories is the url for this feed and that is what you would use for any RSS reader or aggregator - if you look at it directly in your browser, it will appear strange, it is data.

So either you find a RSS widget you can live with, or try to find an app you can use, or hire someone to help.

Oh I'm sorry... here is the

Patriot Stef — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:23:54 +0000

Oh I'm sorry... here is the actual link I use:

http://www.rss-info.com/en_rssinclude-simple.html

See where it says "RSS URL:" ? That's where I've been putting the RSS feed URL and then it gives me a in HTML for my website below it. But what I wanted to know is, how can I get all of those things WITHOUT rss-info so that I can independently post RSS feeds on my site?

I have not used any of these

netsperience — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:19:25 +0000

I have not used any of these apps - I just gave you way too many options to choose from

You will need to embed some code in your web site, follow the directions of the software you are using.

Do you have a Yahoo web site? is that how you used the Yahoo news feed?

I think any simple widget that you use will add its own advertising - but probably not many of the apps in the search lists.

If you are not a programmer you can find one in the Help Wanted forum here or try markets like Craigslist or Guru.com

I would estimate installing a simple news feed would cost around $100 to $200 most freelance programmers charge between $25 and $75 per hour there is no "set" rate.

I tried to look at rss-include.com but it does not appear to be a live site.

Wow, those like nice... Ok,

Patriot Stef — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:54:56 +0000

Wow, those like nice... Ok, so... how do I upload everything to the server so that the RSS feeds come from there instead of from some other site?

On Drupal we use

netsperience — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:21:05 +0000

On Drupal we use "Aggregator" to do this for us...

You need a feed aggregator, try one of these:

SourceForge.net open source software search

Google search

Hopefully someone can recommend a specific app