I just started working on parsing the eBay RSS feed of my auctions. This is what I have so far http://74.52.58.242/~vetting/feed2js/feed2js/ Built it using magpie and feed2js However, once I get the hang of it, I would like to get a lot fancier with the display/feed. I know there was an example of someone who did a comic book site that took eBay feeds - does anyone one remember what that site was?
Congrats on getting the RSS feed working - most people can't be bothered working it out for themselves. I've PM'd you a few of my stores so you can see what the rss feed can do.
Other than being free, the only advantage to writing your own script (instead of using BANS etc) is that you can drop auctions into a custom site and tweak the way they look. You need to know your way around PHP and RSS parsing though - it's almost fun if you're into php/coding, but probably a nightmare if you're not.
Feed2JS makes things pretty easy to handle and format RSS feeds. The best thing is the price... FREE.
I don't think those are RSS feeds. They're hand cropped images for 'Hot Auctions on eBay'. The rest are editor kits. I think he has RSS in other sections, but I think the home page is hands on.. could be wrong. I think this site is pretty great though. Thanks for posting that! hanji
Well, here is my work in progress. It was made by stitching together various free stuff and then customizing it. Still have another couple hours until its done. http://www.myauctionlinks.com/
Nice work vetting. I like the multiple page thing you've got going on. Nice domain too Kudos for going the DIY route! You might wanna run your site through a validator and clean up the code a bit... but that's probably on your 'to do' list anyway
Need to clean up the code a bit, but I now have a full working version at http://www.loosefigures.com/ Still dont know what to do about my BIN store items. There is no way to return them in RSS, so I just meta refreshed the BIN link.
Lookin' good. Not sure, but you might want to look into eBay API for BIN store items, if this is do-able, you might be able to merge results fairly easy. hanji
I have been lurking here and learning quite a bit. I do have one question. How do you remove the add to watch list from the rss feed? I am using some php to display my feeds but would like to get rid of that small part. Here is an example. http://www.smithcandlecompany.com/packaging.php Thanks
You might want to try preg_replace() on the Description in the XML, basically find the link/string and remove it. I don't think there is a querystring variable for removing/adding this. I believe it's just part of the description returned. hanji
My site http://naruto-store.com/component/option,com_newsfeeds/catid,5/Itemid,36/ just using standart joomla cms (joomla newsfeeds)