A progress report on the project started last week. 1. Twelve people were able to upload their OPML files successfully. The goal is to increase that number...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 1, 2004 4:27 pm
Okay, the new site is ready for testing. http://feeds.scripting.com/ It should explain itself. If you have questions, check out the home page, and then the...
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Jonathan Greene
atmasphere
Jan 1, 2004 4:50 pm
Dave - Exported from NetNewsWire and tried to upload but got this error : There was an error parsing your OPML file: "Can't create item ...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 1, 2004 4:54 pm
Interesting. That means there's an outline element in the OPML file that has an empty "xmlurl" attribute (it's present, but its value is the empty string). I...
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Jonathan Greene
atmasphere
Jan 1, 2004 5:05 pm
worked......
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James Robertson
jarober61
Jan 1, 2004 5:05 pm
quick question on this - I submitted the opml exported from my aggregator. I periodically change the subscriptions - I assume I can re-upload as needed? ... ...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 1, 2004 5:07 pm
James, that's correct. You can re-upload as necessary, and that's recommended. ... can ... home page, ... here or on ... personal ... ...
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James Robertson
jarober61
Jan 1, 2004 5:20 pm
ok, another question, maybe not so quick :) I tried uploading a file - called btfopmlexport.xml, in case it's in your logs - and got an error message: There...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 1, 2004 5:43 pm
James, I'm not retaining a copy of the XML, so I can't look at what actually was uploaded, but based on this email, there's a new line just before the...
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James Robertson
jarober61
Jan 1, 2004 6:27 pm
Thanks for the reply. I started stripping encodings in titles before I got your response, and that got past the feed description in question. I'm now getting...
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James Robertson
jarober61
Jan 1, 2004 6:50 pm
ok, I figured out my various encoding issues - the last issue was with a feed description with a stray > character - encoding that solved the problem. Thanks...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 1, 2004 7:07 pm
James, could you upload the file so we can see the context. The little snippets make it really hard to see what's going on. Also, I added code to save the last...
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James Robertson
jarober61
Jan 1, 2004 7:27 pm
... That's a good idea. Here's a link to it: http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/CincomSmalltalkWiki/DOWNLOAD/btfOPMLExport.xml ... <Talk Small and Carry a Big...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 1, 2004 7:42 pm
Okay, that gave me the data I needed. MSIE's XML parser likes your file, but Frontier's doesn't. The problem is with the unencoded right angle bracket in an...
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Steven Ericsson Zenith
stevenzenith
Jan 1, 2004 10:12 pm
While this method will give you a snapshot of the preferences now, it is not going to do so going forward since your data will quickly age and you cannot...
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Jeremy Zawodny
jzawodn
Jan 1, 2004 10:40 pm
... Or provide the option to supply a URL to an OPML-based blogroll. I know that my software keeps mine up-to-date within about 2 hours. I assume ohters do...
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Morbus Iff
morbus_iff
Jan 1, 2004 10:42 pm
... Psst. That should be >. -- Morbus Iff ( jeez, looks like ookla here has yet to touch the monolith ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 ...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 1, 2004 10:42 pm
It's already implemented; and documented, on the home page of the site, and on the FAQ page. http://feeds.scripting.com/enterUrl Dave ... know that my software...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 2, 2004 1:38 am
We've got thirteen lists in the database now, so I decided to write the code that does the rankings. http://feeds.scripting.com/rankings I guess it's not a...
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Chuck Welch
flearun
Jan 2, 2004 2:24 am
Dave, I am interested in the ranking by number of subscriptions. However, I'm afraid it just gives us back the same feeds we all know. When you eventually get...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 2, 2004 2:30 am
Yes, I'd like to provide access to all the subs, but it would be more than one page. At this moment there are 1460 feeds in the database. It's a user interface...
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Patrick Grote
pgrote
Jan 2, 2004 4:15 am
I don't think it's interesting, but that's probably a discussion for another list. :-) I love the list. Thanks for the work, Dave! Now that the information has...
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Steve Kirks
srkbuh
Jan 2, 2004 5:14 am
Ahh, the Nielson of feeds. Great idea! I like both kinds of lists: most subscribed and most subscribed at the bottom of the list. That way you see where the...
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Steve Kirks
srkbuh
Jan 2, 2004 5:14 am
... Lets add... 4) When you are signed into the site and go to the feed list, highlight the feeds that you are not subscribed to. 5) One button to press to...
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Marc Barrot
mb1022002
Jan 2, 2004 11:34 am
I may have missed something - Is there some way I can access an OPML version of the rankings ? It would be a nice replacement for the now defunct list at...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 2, 2004 11:41 am
Not yet, I'll take that as a feature request. Dave...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 2, 2004 2:12 pm
Try this: http://www.scripting.com/feeds/top100.opml Dave ... From: "Marc Barrot" <marc@...> To: <rss-user@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 02,...
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Pito Salas
pito
Jan 2, 2004 4:20 pm
I use Radio; I recently moved my blog from the UserLand server to my own, and also gave it it's own url, www.salas.com. Before moving it I posted a last entry...
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Dave Winer
dwiner
Jan 2, 2004 4:20 pm
If you're a member, have uploaded your subscriptions, and are logged in, when you display the Top 100 page, each item will have a checkbox indicating whether...
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Jonathan Greene
atmasphere
Jan 2, 2004 5:04 pm
Not sure how accurate this is... while cool, many feeds I know I read are unchecked. JG...
