A lot of news websites are offering free XML-based RSS feed these days. What do you do with it once you get the XML data? How does it get parsed and displayed as HTML, say on a web page. How does it get updated? Do you have to get a new XML data file and replace the one on the webpage or can that be automatted too? How legal is it?
I have more questions but I will wait until I get some movement on this thread.
All you need is an RSS reader, then add those RSS feeds into it, and you can read all the news at one place. witout having to visit the website itself :k:
The “Aggregator” I am using is called Abilon (abilon.org). You can create folders and sub folders. You can configure it to update every so often. This is not just for news but for forums, sale info, blogs or anything that gets updated regularly.
Most RSS (or Atom) creators syndicate news and such and you may need to pay to subscribe to the feeds. But tons are still available for free. There’s tons of info on this out there. I was doing some research on this a few weeks ago, so its still fresh. One of the sites I found which has listings of such feeds is Chordata (http://chordata.geckotribe.com/). Plus there’s an extension for Firefox available out there which lets you put these feeds as bookmarks. (I hate that) It also tells you if a site has a feed available by displaying an orange icon at the bottom left corner.
Good luck feeding!
PS 1: Oops, CB had put in the same site and I missed it (geckotribe)
PS 2: I also use a portal for my personal blogs and articles and such and have some RSS feed modules setup so I can get my news right there and then.
PS 3: You can also use the my.yahoo.com website which lets you create such modules to be displayed on ur page.
I'm using Tikiwiki. And its more or less default settings so nothing to brag about. You can check out their site www.tikiwiki.org (or come).
If you have a Yahoo account you can check out their portal as well. Very well done I must say.