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[bodogbodog]

Good to see the upgraded site - I know those sort of "upgrades" don't come easily

I used to have an RSS feed onto my iGoogle page that showed the last few threads on the forums - but that doesn't seem to be working since the upgrade - I'm no expert on RSS feeds so may be missing something simple

Is there a RSS feed available for that on the new site? I can see there are RSS feeds for things like recent uploads etc on the RSS feed button next to the View New Content link

[bodogbodog]

Anyone?

Surely I can't be the only person looking for an RSS feed (although I may well be the only one who hasn't figured out how to configure it after the changes!)

[Mike]

Sorry mate - I got stuck into this after you first posted but forgot to reply here.

The RSS set up is different with IPB and because they don't have an easy way of supplying "Recent Posts" via the forum, it seems that the RSS output is similarly shackled.

I've been through all the feeds and reconfigured them (top-right) next to new content) to provide feeds according to individual areas of interest plus one "All Forum Feed".

I've run a quick test and all the feeds seem to render OK in Google Reader, but I haven't figured out a way to supply only thread titles just yet.

Anyhow see how you go and let me know if you encounter any issues and I'll follow up.

Mike

[bodogbodog]

Anyhow see how you go and let me know if you encounter any issues and I'll follow up.

Mike

Thanks - that looks great - and thanks espacially for adding a WHS RSS feed (you know me too well)- good idea to have a range of topics covered in the feed options

One very small point if you have time to look at it - could you change the name of the RSS feed for "All Forum Feed" to something more meaningful like "AMCC Forums" - at the moment I cant figure out how to change the feed name in iGoogle so "All Forum Feed" isn't that meaningful

Also - I just noticed something as a result of creating this thread but would it make sense to make it a default setting for topics to be "Watched" when someone starts one or posts a reply - I realised I wasn't being alerted to new posts in my thread only when I came back and checked for responses

Edited by bodogbodog, 16 January 2011 - 03:12 AM.

[Mike]

LOL - yup I created the WHS feed with you in mind.

OK I've changed the name of that feed plus edited the others for consistency - they now read:

AMCC: Windows 7 Media Center
AMCC: Vista Media Center
AMCC: Linux Media Center
AMCC: Members Info Forums
AMCC: Media Center Plugins & Addons
AMCC: Windows Media Center Related
AMCC: Windows Home Server
AMCC: All Forums

There are two other feeds that I can't figure out how to edit - one negative about IPB is that the admin controls are a bit scattered - I read last week that they're going to address that in an upcoming version.

To manage your notifications, click your username next to your avatar (top right) and select My Settings >> Notification Options (left menu). There you'll see a full page of settings you can tweak to handle how you want to receive notifications.

To reinstate notifications from threads you've already replied to and want to keep tabs on, go back to the thread and select "Watch Topic" (top right of thread), for each one you'll be able to set up the type of notification you want.

Mike

[bodogbodog]

Excellent - thanks for the quick turnaround on fixing this
Much appreciated