Auto generate RSS feeds

AndrewB · Post by **AndrewB** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:29 pm

Is the only way to generate the RSS feeds by going into the Admin screen and pressing the build-RSS Feed button?

It would be good if there was an automated, or easier, way to do this!

I have no idea how this could be automated though!

Post by **Thorsten** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 12:02 pm

Hi Andrew,

phpMyFAQ 1.3.5 has an PHP file, which can be executed by cron.

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Thorsten

AndrewB · Post by **AndrewB** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 12:38 pm

Sounds good. I guess I will find out what cron is!

Post by **Thorsten** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 12:40 pm

AndrewB wrote:I guess I will find out what cron is!

http://www.nerc-online.com/support/www/crontab.html

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Thorsten

AndrewB · Post by **AndrewB** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 12:55 pm

thanks for the quick replies

AndrewB · Post by **AndrewB** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:02 pm

Crontab sounds great... and my host supports it... but it will cost $5 US a month to add it to my plan...

Maybe I will run the generate RSS feed manually

Post by **Thorsten** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:19 pm

Hi Andrew,

try this: http://www.webcron.org

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Thorsten

AndrewB · Post by **AndrewB** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:39 pm

thanks very much Thorsten for the link. That looks perfect!

Post by **Thorsten** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:41 pm

Hi Andrew,

maybe I can offer a free crontab service on phpmyfaq.de in the near future.

bye
Thorsten

AndrewB · Post by **AndrewB** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:58 pm

Do you have a mailing list to notify people of updates or new features?

Post by **Thorsten** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:01 pm

Hi Andrew,

AndrewB wrote:Do you have a mailing list to notify people of updates or new features?

yes, but I don't use it. Just subscribe on http://freshmeat.net/projects/phpmyfaq/ and you'll get a notification about every release.

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Thorsten