Gimp Chat RSS?

MrBiggz · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:01 am **(#1)**

Hola!

Does Gimp Chat has an RSS URL? I'd be nice to stick that into my feed widget on my desktop!

Thanks!

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

MrBiggz wrote:

Hola!

Does Gimp Chat has an RSS URL? I'd be nice to stick that into my feed widget on my desktop!

Thanks!

Yes, it has:

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MrBiggz · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:36 am **(#3)**

You must have a add-on to do that. My FF has no such RSS symbol!

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If it is ... tell which one it is. I'm sure you've been using it for quite a while and are happy with it.

P.S. Read your PM I sent to you yesterday :hoh

GnuTux · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:57 am **(#4)**

RSS feeds can be had via: syndication.php

Most RSS reader's can auto detect the feed. The icon in the URL bar allows you to subscribe. Not sure how the latest FF handles that but I've never known there to be a add-on required to subscribe.

tstandiford · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:59 am **(#5)**

the new FF seems to handle it ok. It recognized the RSS without any issue. I am a google reader user so I'm not sure about how it does with the subscription though.

MrBiggz · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:07 am **(#6)**

I got the widget working .. although the board has changed and I've refreshed the widget the feeds are still the same. Interesting!

Yeah .. I'm a Google Reader user too. I'm trying to see if there's a way to leach off of Google. Gotta be a way! Yahoo and MS leach off of their search results. *snicker*

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

If you just set it up, it might take a day or so for it to get accustomed to the feeds. I use Google reader via Chromium and its instantaneous. The new dev addition of Chromium now allows you to sign in to the browser and it auto-connects me to everything without needing multiple extensions.

GnuTux · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:10 pm **(#8)**

RSS feeds are cached and the cache is updated periodically, so it takes a few minutes for new threads to appear.

You can also subscribe to Gimp Chat's twitter feeds.

http://twitter.com/gimpchat

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

I hope no one took me to mean that Gimp Chat feeds were instantaneous. I meant Google's processing is. As soon as the feeds are available, my G Reader RSS feeds with PSHB, are instantaneous. My apologies for not clarifying that.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

MrBiggz wrote:

You must have a add-on to do that. My FF has no such RSS symbol!

Using FF 3.6, and no RSS-related add-ons.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16153

I am using FF 6.02 and it doesn't show the RSS icon either.

Scratch that i just updated to version 8.0 :lol

Still no icon though.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:49 pm **(#12)**

Firefox 8, Vista. Check the Bookmark menu.

GnuTux · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:12 pm **(#13)**

Ok, I've included a link to Gimp Chat's RSS feeds in the footer section on each page. :bigthup

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16153

WooHoo!

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

GnuTux, does this mean we'll now be able to follow the posts of threads we sign on for? If so, that's AWESOME and THANKS!

GnuTux · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:38 am **(#16)**

Unfortunately not, mahvin. The RSS feed is for all new threads. Although, you can subscribe to a specific thread/topic and get email alerts whenever a new post is added to that thread.

tstandiford · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:02 am **(#17)**

I've seriously considered creating a "notification" email address for my phone that will send me forum notifications on my terms that way it won't interrupt me. Maybe that's your solution too Mahvin?