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Jan 5, 2006, 12:46 pm
#4
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May 20, 2010, 11:06 am
#5
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I am breaking my head trying to figure out how to subscribe to RSS for specific FT forums. However I am only managing to subscribe to everything at once which of course if very confusing as every 3 seconds a new update pops up on my reader from random FT forums which don't interest me.
I want to have my RSS reader to be linked to 3 FT forums:
Aeroplan
BA
Hyatt
Is this at all possible or or is RSS to the whole general site only?
Thanks much!
I want to have my RSS reader to be linked to 3 FT forums:
Aeroplan
BA
Hyatt
Is this at all possible or or is RSS to the whole general site only?
Thanks much!
May 20, 2010, 11:35 am
#6
Join Date: Jun 2008
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I am breaking my head trying to figure out how to subscribe to RSS for specific FT forums. However I am only managing to subscribe to everything at once which of course if very confusing as every 3 seconds a new update pops up on my reader from random FT forums which don't interest me.
I want to have my RSS reader to be linked to 3 FT forums:
Aeroplan
BA
Hyatt
Is this at all possible or or is RSS to the whole general site only?
Thanks much!
I want to have my RSS reader to be linked to 3 FT forums:
Aeroplan
BA
Hyatt
Is this at all possible or or is RSS to the whole general site only?
Thanks much!
Last edited by cam_macleod; May 20, 2010 at 2:18 pm
May 20, 2010, 1:49 pm
#7
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I don't understand the link in that last post. The earlier link works for me as the Aeroplan RSS feed.
To get the feed for a different forum, just change the forum ID number on the end of that URL. For multiple forums in a single feed, include each forum ID number separated by commas.
To get the feed for a different forum, just change the forum ID number on the end of that URL. For multiple forums in a single feed, include each forum ID number separated by commas.
May 20, 2010, 1:59 pm
#8
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Some feeds have "static" URLs, which are just a link to an XML file on a server. Other feeds, like this one, dynamically create the XML required to subscribe. Glad to see your earlier link works fine too.
Just for reference, when I use the RSS Feed button in Firefox, that is the URL that is created for Aeroplan. Either works fine in most RSS readers.
Just for reference, when I use the RSS Feed button in Firefox, that is the URL that is created for Aeroplan. Either works fine in most RSS readers.
Jun 3, 2010, 11:26 am
#11
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FT probably can't handle updating RSS for every post, that would be may orders of magnitude more processing and network bandwidth.
Feb 8, 2013, 8:57 am
#12
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Look at the address for a given forum. For example the technical issues forum looks like this:
The number at the end is the forum ID.
Now in Google Reader or other reader software enter the following address with the ID at the end. That's the subscription address you need:
I see more than just the first post of each thread. I'm not sure why others said they see just 1 post. In Google Reader you'll notice a button that reads "1 new item" or something like that. Click it and change it to All Items. Now you'll both read and unread. As the feed comes in over time, that list will grow.
Code:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/technical-issues-386/
Now in Google Reader or other reader software enter the following address with the ID at the end. That's the subscription address you need:
Code:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/external.php?type=RSS2&forumids=386