Offline Reader or News Feed?

kanderson · February 16th, 2005, 07:34 PM

(Sorry if this is a stupid question.)

Is there such a thing as an offline reader for these forums? Or a parallel news feed? It would make life a lot easier if these posts just showed up instead of having to go out and poke around.

Viper007Bond · February 17th, 2005, 10:47 AM

There's a RSS feed for the site, but not the forums.

And I don't really get what you're asking. Are you looking for something like this? http://forum.finalgear.com/search.ph...ch_id=newposts

kanderson · February 17th, 2005, 01:23 PM

There are some online forums that have support for NNTP (news feeds), which allows my Exchange server to download all of the new posts every couple of hours so they appear on my Exchange client without using a web browser.

It's a lot faster to read through a lot of messages if I don't have to go online, especially if I have to travel for a few days.

Viper007Bond · February 17th, 2005, 04:24 PM

Oh, not that I know of. Sorry. images/smilies/sad.gif

I could look into a phpBB RSS feed script though if that's what you want: http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/4454

kanderson · February 17th, 2005, 04:41 PM

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could look into a phpBB RSS feed script

That would be cool. I don't know if anyone else on the forum would agree about putting RSS at a higher priority than other things, but it would certainly be appreciated. I could easier setup a secure NNTP server for anyone out there that wants to use Microsoft Outlook (or some other news reader) to access these forums.

Viper007Bond · February 17th, 2005, 05:59 PM

It'll probably take like 2 seconds to set up. I'll go do it real quick.

kanderson · February 17th, 2005, 06:04 PM

Good grief, it'll probably take me two weeks to get the RSS interface working on my end. Thanks for your help.

Viper007Bond · February 17th, 2005, 06:06 PM

No idea about this "NNTP" stuff, but I think the RSS feed will be helpful to those that use RSS readers.

http://forum.finalgear.com/rss.php

Still tweaking it though.

Viper007Bond · February 17th, 2005, 06:42 PM

http://forum.finalgear.com/viewtopic.php?t=2933

February 16th, 2005, 07:34 PM	#1
kanderson Joined: Sep 26th, 2004 Last Online: December 1st, 2008 Location: Springville, Utah, USA Age: 40 Posts: 364 Car: AC Cobra 427 1965 restored Rep Power: 0	Offline Reader or News Feed? (Sorry if this is a stupid question.) Is there such a thing as an offline reader for these forums? Or a parallel news feed? It would make life a lot easier if these posts just showed up instead of having to go out and poke around.

February 17th, 2005, 10:47 AM	#2
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: December 2nd, 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	There's a RSS feed for the site, but not the forums. And I don't really get what you're asking. Are you looking for something like this? http://forum.finalgear.com/search.ph...ch_id=newposts __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

February 17th, 2005, 04:24 PM	#4
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: December 2nd, 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	Oh, not that I know of. Sorry. I could look into a phpBB RSS feed script though if that's what you want: http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/4454 __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

February 17th, 2005, 05:59 PM	#6
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: December 2nd, 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	It'll probably take like 2 seconds to set up. I'll go do it real quick. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

February 17th, 2005, 06:06 PM	#8
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: December 2nd, 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	No idea about this "NNTP" stuff, but I think the RSS feed will be helpful to those that use RSS readers. http://forum.finalgear.com/rss.php Still tweaking it though. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

February 17th, 2005, 01:23 PM	#3
kanderson Joined: Sep 26th, 2004 Last Online: December 1st, 2008 Location: Springville, Utah, USA Age: 40 Posts: 364 Car: AC Cobra 427 1965 restored Rep Power: 0	There are some online forums that have support for NNTP (news feeds), which allows my Exchange server to download all of the new posts every couple of hours so they appear on my Exchange client without using a web browser. It's a lot faster to read through a lot of messages if I don't have to go online, especially if I have to travel for a few days.

February 17th, 2005, 06:04 PM	#7
kanderson Joined: Sep 26th, 2004 Last Online: December 1st, 2008 Location: Springville, Utah, USA Age: 40 Posts: 364 Car: AC Cobra 427 1965 restored Rep Power: 0	Good grief, it'll probably take me two weeks to get the RSS interface working on my end. Thanks for your help.

February 17th, 2005, 06:42 PM	#9
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: December 2nd, 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	http://forum.finalgear.com/viewtopic.php?t=2933 __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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