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----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Phipps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 10:34 AM Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] XML feeds > Thanks Rich. I actually found something on www.devx.com which helped a lot > but there code was a little shabby so looking at your code was a great help. > > Cheers > > Dave > > At 09:41 6/17/2003 +0100, you wrote: > >Hi Dave, > > > >Luckily, to produce XML feeds doesn't take much knowledge of XML (its very > >boring and I can't help fall asleep when people start talking about it) > > > >So I'll tell you the layman's guide to producing feeds. > > > >You have a couple of options. You can either produce the feed with the > >fields you want to use (Custom XML), but for things like news releases, they > >usually follow a standard format (title, author, date, content etc) and so > >you can use the widely accepted RSS format (Rich Site Summary) that Netscape > >created and then handed over to the people. > > > >Lots and lots of aggregators (eg http://www.syndic8.com ) and feedreaders > >(eg http://www.feedreader.com ) accept RSS, its all documented and premade, > >so you don't have to worry about schemas, DTD's etc, you just create the > >file. > > > >I have an example at Funjunkie that works really well: > >http://www.funjunkie.co.uk/news.xml > > > >This feed is a static file generated by a simple Coldfusion page and saved > >out as a .xml file. > > > >Here's the code: > > > ><cfcontent type="application/xml"><cfsetting enablecfoutputonly="yes"> > ><cfquery name="articles" datasource="#dsn#" dbtype="ODBC" > >cachedwithin="#createtimespan(7,0,0,0)#"> > >EXEC front_page_articles > ></cfquery> > ><cfsetting enablecfoutputonly="no"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> > ><!DOCTYPE rss PUBLIC "-//Netscape Communications//DTD RSS 0.91//EN" > > "http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-0.91.dtd";> > ><rss version="0.91"> > > <channel> > > <title>Funjunkie</title> > > <link>http://www.funjunkie.co.uk</link> > > <description>Irreverent, Offbeat Weblog</description> > > <language>en-gb</language> > > <copyright>Copyright 2003, funjunkie.co.uk. All Rights > >Reserved</copyright> > > <managingEditor>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</managingEditor> > > <webMaster>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</webMaster> > > <cfoutput query="articles" maxrows="15"><cfset > >description = rereplacenocase(article_desc, "<[^>]*>", "", "ALL")> > > <item> > > <title>#xmlformat(title)#</title> > > > ><link>http://www.funjunkie.co.uk/news_archive.cfm?date=#dateformat(date_pub l > >ish, 'mmyy')####article_id#</link> > > > ><description>#xmlformat(description)#</description> > > </item> > > </cfoutput> > > </channel> > ></rss> > > > > > >and thats it! (watch out for wrap) > > > >You can find an excellent list of RSS resources at > >http://www.larkfarm.com/rss_resources.htm as well as a quickstart guide to > >help you understand it more. > > > >There are 3 versions of RSS which are produced by different people RSS 0.91 > >is probably still the most widely used, but you can publish in all the > >formats to be safe (Funjunkie publishes in 0.91, 1.0, 2.0 and in WDDX). Be > >careful in thinking that the different versions relate to the chronological > >updates to RSS. Unfortunately, theres a lot of bad blood in the XML world > >with Dave Winer et al getting at each others throats and stabbing each other > >in the back and so one camp is deleoping RSS 1.0 and the other is developing > >RSS 2.0. In reality they're completely different. It makes it all very > >confusing for developers and I wish they'd sort it the f out quite > >personally. > > > >Rich > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dave Phipps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 17 June 2003 07:30 > > > To: ColdFusion User group > > > Subject: [ cf-dev ] XML feeds > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am still getting to grips with XML and I have a client site > > > that provides > > > news releases via email to subscribers. They are now > > > requesting the option > > > of XML feeds that would be available to remote sites to > > > connect to. I > > > presume this is an ideal candidate for a web service. I am > > > not quite sure > > > where to start. Can anyone point to some good online resources about > > > putting together some basic XML feeds? Has anyone done > > > something similar > > > they would care to share? (the site is for a reg'd charity > > > and therefore > > > funds are a little tight!) > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >-- > >** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
