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  1. nevetS

    nevetS Evolving Dragon

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    #101
    And magically it works. I rebuilt the 1.0 rss feed from the out of the box code. I must have made a minor change that tweaked things. Thanks Shawn!
     
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  2. jorge

    jorge Peon

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    #102
    it's a great idea..!!

    what i still don't understand is why accepts only Blogger and MT... i mean, it is using RSS, a standard format, so why should the software that created the RSS be a limitation?
    just curious :)
     
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  3. dct

    dct Finder of cool gadgets

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    #103
    Probably just what it has been tested with, it certainly works finr with WordPress, just give it a try with whatever package you have.
     
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  4. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #104
    One reason to not support "standard" RSS feeds is because it's not a "latest RSS feed entry", it's a "latest blog entry". So it's not for things like news sites, forums, etc.
     
    digitalpoint, Jun 17, 2005 IP
  5. jorge

    jorge Peon

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    #105
    I see... i'm using msn-spaces (i like their integration with messenger) so, i'm gonna have to wait, i guess :)

    hmm... maybe you can accept standard RSS, but only when the host of the RSS's URL is a known blog site, like "spaces.msn.com"

    there's an idea for quick validation
     
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  6. chachi

    chachi The other Jason

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    #106
    Looks like my blog entry has stopped displaying. Not sure if you did that or something else is at work.
     
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  7. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #107
    Nothing was changed on this end.
     
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  8. chachi

    chachi The other Jason

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    #108
    How often do you grab the feeds?
     
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  9. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #109
    Hourly (15th minute of the hour). It also does it immediately if you edit the feed URL in your profile.
     
    digitalpoint, Jun 17, 2005 IP
  10. biggazillakilla

    biggazillakilla Active Member

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    #110
    Doesn't really matter to me, since my brand-new blog isn't too important to me yet.

    But I have to say that I really admire your ability to implement these ideas. I wish I had your coding skills. :cool:
     
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  11. chachi

    chachi The other Jason

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    #111
    Hmmm, something is up. I am not sure if it has to do with the WMP song display. I shut down the TrackMonitor process as well as WMP10 and it is still displaying. I can see you grab the xml feed fine and the feed works (I quadroople checked). Do you think it is possible the track display is interfering with the blog post display?
     
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  12. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #112
    No, they are not related in any way. The only thing I can think of is maybe the feed format isn't recognized. What blog software are you using?
     
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  13. chachi

    chachi The other Jason

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    #113
    Blogger and WordPress. It has worked fine forever. I did not change anything and the only thing I did change today was integrating the music stuff, which is still displaying even though it has been turned off for 10 minutes and shut down.

    You probably don't remember, but we are running a simple script that rotates the blogger and WP feeds here
     
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  14. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #114
    Well it looks like it's working now. Did you change anything? (Nothing changed on this end).
     
    digitalpoint, Jun 17, 2005 IP
  15. chachi

    chachi The other Jason

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    #115
    I rebooted the machine, not sure why that would do anything, but I was concerned that the track is still displaying...which it still is after reboot and no WMP no TrackMonitor running.
     
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    dct Finder of cool gadgets

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    #116
    The track monitor can only report when it's running, it never used to report when nothing was playing (that is being fixed now) but it obviously can't report nothing when it's not running. That would have to be done by Shawn at the forum end by a timeout or something.
     
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  17. chachi

    chachi The other Jason

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    #117
    I only know what I saw. :)

    I am happy to test anything out if you guys want/need me to, just let me know.
     
    chachi, Jun 17, 2005 IP
  18. dct

    dct Finder of cool gadgets

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    #118
    Shawn is skiving and has had the cheek to go to lunch, so if you could download from the same place and give it a whirl that would be great. Changes to test are:
    • Now has an autostart option
    • Should blank the "listening to" on the forum if your not listening but the programs still running
    • Error checking on the hash and user name
    • Auto hides the dialog at start up if hash has already been entered and is valid.
    Cheers
     
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  19. chachi

    chachi The other Jason

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    #119
    Done.

    After I ended the process I checked to see and there was no track displayed here. New version running now...appears to work fine.
     
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  20. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #120
    Someone has to feed that guy at least once a day, otherwise everything comes crumbling down. :)
     
    digitalpoint, Jun 17, 2005 IP