anyone setup/running an RSS server

[David A. Bandel]

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Gary Wilson <usrlnx at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
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>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Gary Wilson <usrlnx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyone here have any experience setting up an RSS server?  I'm looking
>>>> for tips, as well as info on ways to generate the RSS feed (which I
>>>> know is basically XML) that won't require tons of manual effort.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> ListGarden works. It's perl. Last version was in 2005, but it still works
>>> and has all the customization needed, I found.
>>>
>>> http://www.softwaregarden.com/products/listgarden/
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, that looks interesting.  From the documentation, it seems like
>> the only way to add new entries to the feed is via the web UI ?
>>
>>
>>
>
> Yes. It is a manual process via a web page. Not a fully automated solution,
> but once it is set up, it the manual updates are pretty simple. For a not
> too complicated site with only a few daily updates, I've found that once it
> is set up the updates are pretty simple to keep up. But it is a manual
> process to update.

The web page will almost certainly call a perl script using the submit
process.  Just look at what the web page actually does and you can
automate this.  I've done this in cases where I had perl throwing a
web page which called another script and updated a database
(specifically this was SQL-Ledger and now I continue to do the same
with LedgerSMB).  Just mimic what the web page sends.  Automatic
submissions like this are not rocket science.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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