Wow, I wasn't aware of Rich Site Summary (RSS) and Information and
Content Exchange (ICE) standards before you mentioned this. The RSS
method seems fairly simple, see...
http://www.publishing.about.com/arts/publishing/library/blrss.htm
While the ICE method seems more involved.
Since you know more about the trends, which method do you recommend? I
definitely would like to make the creation of a syndication file automatic
within my project, but is RSS enough to offer potential clients?
-Ryan
>
> Ryan... interesting stuff. You might want to check out all the work
> going on on XML/RSS/RDF/ICE syndication of headlines, XML-RPC and similar
> interfaces to syndication, etc. Full disclosure: my current company (cf.
> http://www.clickfeed.com ) has built an aggregation personalization /
> syndication framework for news with customized delivery using some of this
> same tech. It's a rich space, but needs standard interfaces. (Data
> transport is there, but the whole inbound side of things --- the push
> side, ala your Scoop --- is totally open.)
>
> jb
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > >I'm interested in reading more about your vision.
> >
> > OK, here goes...
> >
> > I have currently laid plans to develop (and have begun developing) a
> > suite of REBOL applications I have dubbed "The News & Mail."
> >
> > The first in the series is an application called "The Headlines" which
> > allows you to update the news headlines on a web site by simply sending
> > an e-mail to a POP account.
> >
> > Why this functionality? For the sake of simplicity and accessibility. If
> > you can update the news headlines on a web site by simply sending an
> > e-mail, you can update the site from any number of e-mail clients,
> > including those found on Palm devices, etc., so long as they are sending
> > text/plain output (a more complicated parsing routine for RTF and HTML
> > could be developed, as well.)
> >
> > The original, functioning version of "The Headlines" can be seen at
> >
> > http://www.fargonews.com
> >
> > where all of the headlines and article content appearing there has been
> > updated via e-mail. My original script is called Scoop and can be
> > downloaded at
> >
> > http://www.bebits.com/bob/3796/Scoop_1.0.zip
> >
> > I have completely re-written Scoop to be object-oriented, with
> > individual news articles saved as objects which are loaded and handled
> > later. All local settings are saved in a config file which is loaded
> > first. The new version of Scoop is called "The Headlines" and the input
> > portion is functional, while the text/html output needs to be broken off
> > and developed as a separate application. The look of the text/html
> > output is controlled by a cascading stylesheet which can be replaced by
> > any other stylesheet using the same class names.
> >
> > Other ideas for "The News & Mail" suite...
> >
> > -"The Links" for updating web site links via e-mail.
> > -"The Ads" for updating banner advertisements via e-mail.
> > -Commenting System, Classified Ad System (through CGI.)
> > -Offer access to "The Headlines," "The Links," and "The Ads" through a
> > CGI interface, as well.
> >
> > Ulimately, I'm looking to offer a Web business customer the opportunity
> > to manage a news-oriented Web site without having to actually manage a
> > web space. The customer will be able to manage the site through e-mail
> > and Web-based forms. Setup time for the Web developer will be minimal:
> > perhaps 30 minutes tops to customize the config file which controls the
> > various REBOL applications in the suite.
> >
> > OK, so I've spilled my guts. Input, anyone?
> >
> > I'd like to know what people think about saving data as objects vs.
> > saving data in database format. I'm assuming saving the data as objects
> > makes the data more versatile.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -Ryan
>
