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g4ugm

g4ugm

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Folks,

I really find theforum frustrating. With the CCTALK list I get all the junk delivered to my phone as its created. Is there a good way to get push notifications to a mobile when some one posts to the forum?
 
I think the way to do that is to subscribe to the RSS feed and run a feed reader from your mobile device?
 
Address window in Firefox, little RSS symbol on the right side just click and it brings you to the subscribe page.

I posted the RSS for the whole site in the other post, if you want just individual sections (like the one we are in, Vintage Computer Forum Support) click on the RSS symbol while in the section you want to subscibe to.
 
...or simply open the "FAQ" tab at the top of the screen and enter "RSS" into the FAQ search box. Read, pick the RSS standard (0.91 or 2.0) and copy the link.

FAQ said:
The administrator may have enabled RSS syndication, this allows you to view newly created threads in guest viewable forums without visiting the board.

The feeds are currently provided in two formats, RSS and RSS v2. The differences are as follows:

RSS 0.91 - This feed is based on a standard written by netscape and provides a link and the title of the thread.
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/external.php?type=rss
RSS 2.0 - This feed contains title, author, date and the contents of the first post of the thread.
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/external.php?type=rss2

To add this to MyYahoo click here.

The forums to which this applies can also be limited to specific guest viewable forums by adding another parameter to the URL containing the forumids as follows:
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/external.php?type=rss2&forumids=123

If you would like the content to be generated for multiple forums you can separate the forumids by commas.
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RSS 0.91 - This feed is based on a standard written by netscape and provides a link and the title of the thread.
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Yes, titles like "I need help" which of course is what anybody would search on if they were looking for information on how to repair a floppy drive power connector. /sarcasm Hopefully RSS feeds are useful in other ways. In any case, I see this as one more reason for making meaningful titles. :)
 
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