ocuk rss feed.

Neoni · 3 Aug 2007 at 06:40

is there one?

if not could we somehow aquire one, for new posts etc?

would be good i think!

-Neoni

iCraig · 3 Aug 2007 at 09:01

For the forum? I don't think it would be any good. You can already set to be notified by email anyway.

For the shop would be a better idea. For special offers or something.

helmet · 3 Aug 2007 at 09:04

Set the place as your home page, learn what the forum icons mean, job done.

Mat · 3 Aug 2007 at 09:06

Anyone interested enough in reading an RSS for new products / offers would most likely be perusing the site regularly anyway, imo.

knowlesy · 3 Aug 2007 at 09:23

should let us suggest ideas then let the oocuk forum goers try em out :rolleyes:

lay-z-boy · 3 Aug 2007 at 09:27

Neoni said:
is there one?

if not could we somehow aquire one, for new posts etc?

would be good i think!

-Neoni

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/search.php?do=getnew

Neoni · 4 Aug 2007 at 01:48

lay-z-boy said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/search.php?do=getnew

but as an rss feed. would be good.

helmet · 4 Aug 2007 at 01:49

Don't be daft.

Stellios · 4 Aug 2007 at 01:52

Brilliant idea IMO. The live for speed forums do it and its really useful.

Tefal · 4 Aug 2007 at 01:56

Whats an rss feed?

helmet · 4 Aug 2007 at 01:56

Stellios said:
Brilliant idea IMO. The live for speed forums do it and its really useful.

Are you Richard Hammond?

Megahurtz400 · 4 Aug 2007 at 01:58

Too many new posts to track via RSS, especially at peak times

Just use new posts, or just learn what the icons ect mean like someone said

Clarkey · 4 Aug 2007 at 01:59

RSS :/ Useless fad imo, you would be better off going straight to the site in question rather than wasting time faffing around with an rss aggregator.

Neoni · 4 Aug 2007 at 02:34

Megahurtz400 said:
Too many new posts to track via RSS, especially at peak times

Just use new posts, or just learn what the icons ect mean like someone said

how can you say learn what icons mean, i know the ins and out of the forum, im on it everyday id just like to see an rss feed.

dbmzk1 · 4 Aug 2007 at 02:55

Clarkey said:
RSS :/ Useless fad imo, you would be better off going straight to the site in question rather than wasting time faffing around with an rss aggregator.

I agree.

They are kinda useful when making a website, so you can pull news items from forums etc, but for the average net user they are useless.

Neoni · 4 Aug 2007 at 04:02

dbmzk1 said:
I agree.

They are kinda useful when making a website, so you can pull news items from forums etc, but for the average net user they are useless.

Disagree,

i use a lot of rss feeds, for news headlines, and torrents.

dbmzk1 · 4 Aug 2007 at 04:05

Neoni said:
Disagree,

i use a lot of rss feeds, for news headlines, and torrents.

Why not just go to the BBC News site when you want to read the news and go to a torrent search site when you want something to download. Surly that's easier, faster and just generally better than messing with RSS feeds? :confused:

Serious question by the way, I really want to know what people use them for and why!

Neoni · 4 Aug 2007 at 04:24

dbmzk1 said:
Why not just go to the BBC News site when you want to read the news and go to a torrent search site when you want something to download. Surly that's easier, faster and just generally better than messing with RSS feeds?

Serious question by the way, I really want to know what people use them for and why!

omg, is it that difficult, one shows me which latest movie torrents are released, the other shows me latest news headlines, which if i see a newsheadline i wanna read i click it, and it takes me straight to the article.

hp7909 · 4 Aug 2007 at 04:48

Tefal said:
Whats an rss feed?

Wikipedia said:
RSS (which, in its latest format, stands for "Really Simple Syndication") is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel", contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually.

More here

Think its a great internet invention/tool. Use it a lot especially on my new mobile phone :cool:

That said, think it wouldn't be such a great idea for OcUK forums considering the number of posts. Unless there's a way to summarize, etc.

dbmzk1 · 4 Aug 2007 at 07:15

Neoni said:
omg, is it that difficult, one shows me which latest movie torrents are released, the other shows me latest news headlines, which if i see a newsheadline i wanna read i click it, and it takes me straight to the article.

But you still have to go into your bookmarks or use a RSS reader. Either that or you can integrate it into a custom home page or something. But, like I said, why not just go to the site yourself and look? I can't see how RSS makes things any easier. It's not like going to BBC News for example actually takes that much time. I scan it at least 10 times a day, usually takes 30 seconds to browse all areas and see if there is anything worth reading.

In fact some might say that RSS feeds are not as good as you might miss other items, eg you get the headlines but a smaller article is really interesting but you miss it because you didn't actually go look at the site. Also what if you're afk for several hours, you could miss several stories which by the time you get back will be off the feed!

Maybe I'm just old fashioned