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RSCDS News via RSS (was: Lets Dance Scottish)
Ian Brockbank
May 7, 2006, 12:48 p.m. (Message 45187)
Hi All, > If you have an RSS reader*, you can get the news as an RSS feed at > http://www.rscds.org/news/RSS . This will let you know when there > are any changes. After a bit more playing about (following a question from Alex about security), I have found that you need to be logged in to the web site to receive members-only news items. So far I have only managed this when reading via the in-built RSS readers in web browsers - if you go to http://www.rscds.org/login_form and log in as usual, and then refresh the RSS feed you will see the members-only items as well. Maybe someone else will be able to work out how to log in using other readers. I've also changed the title to "RSCDS News", though if you've already configured a feed you may need to delete it and reinstate it to pick up the new name. Cheers, Ian Brockbank Edinburgh, Scotland xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx http://www.scottishdance.net/
Ian Brockbank wrote: > So far I have only managed this > when reading via the in-built RSS readers in web browsers - if you > go to http://www.rscds.org/login_form and log in as usual, and then > refresh the RSS feed you will see the members-only items as well. > Maybe someone else will be able to work out how to log in using other > readers. I haven't checked this myself on the RSCDS site, but the official way of including a user name and password with a URL request directly (a.k.a. web address) is http://USERNAME:xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxxxx.xxx/news/RSS (you know the username and password, or where to obtain it from). Whether the RSCDS site accepts it like that is anybody's guess. Incidentally, while you're configuring your RSS readers, the headings, senders and dates of the most recent Strathspey messages have for some time been available as http://www.strathspey.org/archive/recent.rss (this feed forms the basis of the »Strathspey Postings« box on the Strathspey Server's main page). I have so far not arranged for an RSS feed of the actual articles but would be happy to do so given sufficient interest. Anselm -- Anselm Lingnau, Frankfurt, Germany ..................... xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing viability of FORTRAN. -- Alan J. Perlis