[OPLINTECH] RSS reader and integration

[JKENZIG]

Speaking of PHP and blogs I found a very simple (uses flat files) yet
powerful PHP blog on sourceforge we are using called Simple PHP Blog
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sphpblog/ Sample pages and project page
are at

 http://www.simplephpblog.com/index.php

We use this now for staff announcements. And RSS is built in. =20

Jim Kenzig
Network Manager
Cuyahoga County Public Library

-----Original Message-----
From: oplintech-admin@oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-admin@oplin.org] On
Behalf Of Aaron J. Bedra
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 2:02 PM
To: Karen Perone
Cc: OPLINTECH
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] RSS reader and integration

Karen && All,

Attached is a php script that I wrote to parse and display RSS Feeds in
a formatted table. Just replace the text (*the $file variable) at the
top of the script in upper case where the url goes and **presto you will
have rss incorporated into your page.=20

If you wish to do feeds from multiple sites, this can be setup as a
class structure with an array of feeds that it pulls information from,
but this is just the static one feed script.=20

I am using Apache and PHP 5.0.5-2 (but IIS works with php also)


*  reference line 8 of the code
** php installed and configured on your web server


Hope this helps,

Aaron J. Bedra
Westerville Public Library
614-882-7277 x114
abedra@westervillelibrary.org
http://www.westervillelibrary.org



On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 13:28 -0400, Karen Perone wrote:
> OK, I'm going to go out on a limb here and admit that I don't get this

> whole RSS reader thing. I understand the concept of news feeds=20
> dropping updated info onto your computer. I understand that the orange

> RSS box is supposed to allow me to subscribe somehow. I also know that

> without a reader of some sort, clicking on the orange box give me a
screen of XML.
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> So, now what do I do? What readers do you folks use? Is there a simple

> way to incorporate the news feeds with my local homepage that I use on

> my browser?  Netscape 7.2 is my current with Firefox second and IE a=20
> distant third choice.
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> Can I set up a blog or RSS feed for my library locally on an IIS box?=20
> Or is it best to use an online site like blogger?
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> Help.
> --Karen Perone, Rodman Public Library
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