RSS notification

Mullet · Frequent Visitor Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 1051

May database released but no RSS notification at the time of this post. No big deal, just making the team aware of a possible oversight.

Andy_P · Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject:

As I can't get RSS working (and don't really want to, to be honest), I would find it really handy if the PocketGPSW team would just put an "Announcement" post on here when the new versions come out.

(Especially if/when they start appearing other than monthly).

Mullet · Frequent Visitor Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 1051

Andy_P · Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject:

I think you DO get email notification if you have subscribed to their newsletter....
Sure they USED to mention it on this forum, or maybe it was just done by other punters?

As for RSS, I think I'm stuffed because you need to access RSS via a news server? Don't have one at work.

Also I'm still using Netscape 7.2 'cos I like the integrated Browser and Mail (which Firefox and Thunderbird weren't last time I looked) and hate I.E. so that bit at least is my fault!

Mullet · Frequent Visitor Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 1051

Missed that Andy, I will subscribe to the newsletter.
Try Feedreader (freeware), a standalone app that only needs an internet connection.
http://www.feedreader.com/

Pommie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 04, 2005 Posts: 8

Still no mention of the update in my RSS feed Crying or Very sad

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Mullet · Frequent Visitor Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 1051

Pommie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 04, 2005 Posts: 8

the RSS feed in MYyahoo

J

Mullet · Frequent Visitor Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 1051

Pommie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 04, 2005 Posts: 8

Ah well - it seemed like a good idea, and MyYahoo works with every other feed I throw at it.

Shame

J

Mullet · Frequent Visitor Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 1051

I take it you are better now Mike. Laughing

New database out, notified by RSS 12:54.
Working perfectly.

Mullet · Frequent Visitor Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 1051

Is someone messing with certain postings?
Whilst feeds from all other sites work fine, on different systems with different readers, PGPSW occcasionally and randomly throws back posts several days old.
Its as if someone with access to edit is going into certain posts and then just backing out (no obvious editing done and no notification of, but the RSS is sent out again).
This is a big, buisy ond somewhat clunky site as it is without compounding things!

NigelDallard · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 1

I have just added the Speed Camera database update RSS feed (http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/speed-camera-rss.php) to my feed reader. It didn't like it, so I used the validator at http://feedvalidator.org. The feed failed to validate. The reason is that the item elements describing the various updates are outside the channel element - i.e. they come after the /channel tag, and thus are not processed.

Cheers,

Nigel

TonyHoyle · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 26, 2006 Posts: 135

Any movement on fixing this? Things like the speed camera database are practically made for RSS validation... at the moment the feed isn't valid RSS & I'm not changing my reader for just this one feed..

Darren · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:40 am Post subject:

Gents, I have asked Mike to investigate the RSS issues but in the meantime, if you 'watch' this topic you will be notiofied when new releases of the database are available.

FWIW I use Firefox for RSS and can read them without issue but I'm not a web designer so the technical aspects of RSS are above me!
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