I managed to get the RSS newsfeeds working for the EOGN Discussion Board (forum). If you would like to read the new messages posted to the forum in an RSS newsreader, you may now do so by using the following URL:
http://www.eogn.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;type=atom;limit=10
NOTES:
1. The RSS feed will supply the first 511 bytes of each new message. That is a software limitation. With most RSS newsreaders, you can double-click on the message title to open up a web browser and read the entire article.
2. The above link will supply the RSS feed in ATOM format which I believe is what most people will want. However, if you do need another format, substitute any of the following in place of: ;type=atom
;type=rdf - RDF
;type=rss - RSS 0.91
;type=rss2 - RSS 2.0
For instance, if you need the data in RSS 2.0 format, you would use a URL that looks like this:
http://www.eogn.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss2;limit=10
3. The above URL specifies to retrieve the ten most recent articles. If you wish to retrieve more or fewer articles, change the ;limit=10 to another number, such as ;limit=20. I'd recommend no more than 20; the software will run slower and may time out and return errors if you try to retrieve too many messages.
Dick,
I have registered to your forum three times with three different names and email addresses (yesterday, this morning, some minutes ago) and I don't receive any activation email.
Could you please send me an activation email?
Best regards,
Jean-Yves
Posted by: Jean-Yves | October 11, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Fixed. I have received an activation email for an address hosted by GeneaNet. But email addresses hosted by Free.fr are blocked by your forum.
Jean-Yves
Posted by: Jean-Yves | October 11, 2008 at 02:44 PM
EOGN Forum RSS Feed by message board:
The URL must look like this
http://www.eogn.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;type=atom;limit=10;board=nn
where nn = number of the message board.
Exemple, RSS Feed for the 'England Genealogy Research' message board:
The URL of the message board is http://www.eogn.com/forum/index.php/board,87.0.html
The message board RSS Feed will be http://www.eogn.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;type=atom;limit=10;board=87
Jean-Yves
Posted by: Jean-Yves | October 11, 2008 at 05:02 PM
No e-mail addresses are being blocked by the forum. In fact, there is no software in the forum that is capable of blocking e-mail addresses.
We know that Verizon blocks the confirmation e-mails. Perhaps Free.fr is doing the same.
- Dick Eastman
Posted by: Dick Eastman | October 11, 2008 at 07:00 PM
Thanks for the answer Dick!
If you think that your readers could be interested in your forum RSS Feeds by message board, you can rewrite my comment in good English. I won't get vexed.
I have entered some in my RSS Reader and it works good.
Jean-Yves
Posted by: Jean-Yves | October 11, 2008 at 08:57 PM
Dick, you have probably done this before, but with the new boards, can you give step-by-step instructions for how to get RSS feeds? I have tried this before with several blogs, and I think I do everything correctly, but nothing ever happens. I don't receive anything.
I also just realized that I didn't receive the confirmation email. Comcast has never blocked anything of mine before, so I don't know what is up.
And Jean-Yves, your English is excellent and does not need re-writing! If one were writing formally, one might say "it works well," rather than "it works good," but in everyday English most of us say say either or both of those.
Any and all help with the RSS feeds is greatly appreciated.
Posted by: Cathi | October 12, 2008 at 09:39 AM
---> can you give step-by-step instructions for how to get RSS feeds?
Not easily. The exact instructions vary widely from one RSS newsreader to another. I can easily give exact instructions for adding an RSS feed to NetNewsWire for Macintosh, the RSS newsreader I use. However, if you are using any newsreader other than NetNewsWire, those instructions will be useless to you.
- Dick Eastman
Posted by: Dick Eastman | October 12, 2008 at 11:03 AM
I just got the RSS feed to work! Thanks!
Posted by: Cathi | October 12, 2008 at 11:05 AM
So nice Cathi! Thanks!
Posted by: Jean-Yves | October 12, 2008 at 03:29 PM
Hi Dick,
I have registered for the Forum with an approved ID and password and have requested a confirmation e-mail but have received none. What is happening? I do check my junk e-mail. It is not going there.
Claude
Posted by: claude callender | October 13, 2008 at 07:01 AM
Your e-mail provider is blocking it. We have had several reports of that. I must say that I am not surprised; blocking e-mails has been a problem with the newsletter for years.
If you have another e-mail address, use that. I know that Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, etc. always work.
Details may be found at http://www.eogn.com/forum/index.php?topic=56.0
Posted by: Dick Eastman | October 13, 2008 at 07:38 AM