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JDeRouen
May 12, '07, 2:21 PM
RSS (Rich Site Summary, alternately Really Simple Syndication) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

vBulletin has the capability to draw in specified RSS feeds and post them to the board. Anytime you see the poster "RSS" make a post, that's a post from an outside blog, like Brian's Plaid Stallions.

Let me know what you think of this feature.

I personally love it, because it brings in new content and gives you the chance to see stuff you might not otherwise see.

If you know of a good vintage toy related blog out there that you think would be a good addition to this, let me know!

Thanks!
Joe
palitoy
May 12, '07, 2:24 PM
BubbleGum Fink!
JDeRouen
May 12, '07, 2:31 PM
Done! :)

Joe
palitoy
May 12, '07, 3:07 PM
It appears to be kicking our ***.
joshvox
May 12, '07, 3:50 PM
retreat--RETREAT!!
Werewolf
May 12, '07, 3:54 PM
It does seem to be flooding the forum and pushing our posts to the fifth and sixth pages.
The Toyroom
May 12, '07, 4:38 PM
Yes retreat! Too many to read! (And some are old news already, like Free Comic Book Day). Is there anyway to narrow it down by a category or something more selective? (A lot of the stuff is comic book related I assume from the BatBlog?) I'd love to read some of the vinatge toy stuff or toy related but right now it looks like a giant can of worms. Aaagggggh! :grin:
JDeRouen
May 12, '07, 6:27 PM
Oops. I was playing with the settings, apparently I played too much. :)
Mikey
May 15, '07, 7:53 AM
This RSS guy seems to be ok, but he's a bit of a spammer ;)
megoat
May 15, '07, 11:20 AM
It feels like spam to me...
palitoy
May 15, '07, 12:44 PM
Hey if it's bugging folks I'm happy to have the PS feed taken off, it's a neat new toy but I can how it could overwhelm.
ABMAC
May 15, '07, 3:00 PM
RSS, the ultimate newbie posting machine. Can you change its name to ThundaGirl2cool?
JDeRouen
May 15, '07, 3:07 PM
The Plaid Stallion posts stay, but I'm willing to remove some or all of the other ones.
thunderbolt
May 15, '07, 6:00 PM
LMK when the robots stop posting in this forum. :smiley5:
The Toyroom
May 16, '07, 11:36 AM
I'd lose the Bat-Blog....most of it that I've seen pop up here is comic related. Or if you like the content, just move that RSS feed to Superheroes.
Earth 2 Chris
May 16, '07, 12:26 PM
I like the PS feed here, but I agree with Toyroom that the Bat-Blog would be better suited to the Super Heroes forum rather than here. Much of the content is just comic-related, not toys.

Chris