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mwoodwar
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I just found out about, and downloaded FFA, and I have sort of a conceptual question?
Why would I want to use this as opposed to just maintaining a blog? It seems like it would be much easier to simply write a blog and let users subscribe to it? Am I missing something really fundamental? It would not be the first time,
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Mark
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:41 pm |
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| mwoodwar wrote: |
I just found out about, and downloaded FFA, and I have sort of a conceptual question?
Why would I want to use this as opposed to just maintaining a blog? It seems like it would be much easier to simply write a blog and let users subscribe to it? Am I missing something really fundamental? It would not be the first time,
Thanks
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For a blog there is now reason. But RSS has many, MANY more uses then just blogs, news feeds is a good example.
Jim
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mwoodwar
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I appreciate the reply, and really was not trying to be a wise guy...my question was and is a serious one. Could you perhaps lay out a couple of examples for me? It is the 'many MANY' other uses that I'm most curious about.
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Mark
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:30 pm |
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I appreciate the reply, and really was not trying to be a wise guy...my question was and is a serious one. Could you perhaps lay out a couple of examples for me? It is the 'many MANY' other uses that I'm most curious about.
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RSS Feeds can be used for almost anything:
lunch specials
amber alerts
bank rates
newsletters
discount offers
homes for sale
There is a section on our website that explores how RSS is used in specific industries that you might find helpful:
http://www.feedforall.com/industry-solutions.htm
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mwoodwar
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:04 pm |
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That is exactly what I was looking for...thank you. BTW...are these examples done with css? I like the little boxes for each item.
Mark
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:47 am |
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| That is exactly what I was looking for...thank you. BTW...are these examples done with css? I like the little boxes for each item. |
Yes, and no ;-) The boxes are pure html but the site does use CSS and it certainly would not be hard to do with CSS and a template using rss2html.
HTH
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