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How to get desktop updates of Free Republic all day!
RSS Beta ^
| 3/13/2003
| Jakenuts
Posted on 03/13/2003 11:49:53 AM PST by Jakenuts
Do you spend a fair amount of time hitting 'refresh' to keep up to date with the current news from Free Republic. If so, you might consider this free & efficient alternative that will automatically keep you on top of the news, FreeRSS.
RSS or Really Simple Syndication is an internet format that lets news sites publish a index of current stories with brief descriptions and links to the main stories. Because the readers only view full stories if they are interested in the topic, this saves bandwidth and time. RSS feeds are available from almost every major news site on the internet including AP, BBC, CNet, etc.
How to use RSS and Free Republic:
1.) Get an RSS reader.
Just about any one will do. I use this one which is free and seems to work fine. A list of other ones can be found at this site.
2.) Point it at this feed: http://www.dev1.eraserver.net/PACIFICA/FreeRSS/Index.xml
Note, this is a somewhat experimental site, please be patient if it seems troublesome, Ill do my best to keep it going.
3.) Set the Update Frequency
I have mine set to 5 Minutes so that every 5 minutes the reader gets the latest headlines. You might also wish to limit how many topics it archives to something like 50 (one page).
Thats it! You now have a full-time Free Republic monitor that saves you the effort of hitting refresh, and saves the web servers from unnecessary traffic. Again, this is a somewhat experimental setup, so please let me know if you notice any problems.
*** Disclaimer This stuff is all free, non proprietary, and devoid of commercial intent. All articles link directly back to Free Republic, which is as it should be. No rabbits were any way harmed by the creation or use of the index, though if the Froggies could be adversely impacted by the content, so much the better.
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TOPICS: Free Republic; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: freerepublic; rss; syndication; updates
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To: ThinkingMan
I left the authorization areas blank and continued ... I got farther ...
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posted on
03/13/2003 12:16:54 PM PST
by
clamper1797
(Credo Quia Absurdum)
To: Jakenuts
bump
22
posted on
03/13/2003 12:17:07 PM PST
by
Lokibob
To: clamper1797
Yup ... it's working ... just leave the authorization areas blank and continue
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posted on
03/13/2003 12:17:35 PM PST
by
clamper1797
(Credo Quia Absurdum)
To: Jakenuts
BUMP
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posted on
03/13/2003 12:18:33 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: clamper1797
Great, glad to hear it.
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posted on
03/13/2003 12:19:27 PM PST
by
Jakenuts
To: clamper1797
I just entered nothing for user name and password and had no problems
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posted on
03/13/2003 12:21:24 PM PST
by
Prysson
To: clamper1797
ahhhh- the password thing is simply a ruse! Very tricky!
(BTW- thanks- mine is working now as well!)
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posted on
03/13/2003 12:21:50 PM PST
by
ThinkingMan
(Maybe someday I can ride in one of those black helicopters!)
To: Jakenuts
bump for later
To: Jakenuts
up
To: Jakenuts
Proxy option is busted.
To: Psycho_Bunny
There are some other RSS clients out there (FeedReader is great, but still wet paint). You might try 'AmphetaDesk'
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posted on
03/13/2003 12:30:08 PM PST
by
Jakenuts
To: Jakenuts
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posted on
03/13/2003 12:35:19 PM PST
by
Jakenuts
To: Jakenuts
Bump for later.
33
posted on
03/13/2003 12:36:53 PM PST
by
A2J
(Those who truly understand peace know that its father is war.)
To: Jakenuts
Cool. Thanks for the RSS feed. I've been wishing for one for a long time, so I can use it with
KNewsTicker.
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posted on
03/13/2003 12:39:17 PM PST
by
B Knotts
To: Jakenuts
bump
To: Jakenuts
bttt
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posted on
03/13/2003 12:53:12 PM PST
by
w_over_w
(Ahhh . . . ignorance is blix!)
bttt
To: stainlessbanner
I keep getting connection errors on anyu of the links posted here. AARRRGGHHHHH
To: landorepub
? Are you on some sort of protected network (office) that limits where you can go?
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posted on
03/13/2003 1:19:28 PM PST
by
Jakenuts
To: Jakenuts
This thing is AWESOME!!! On my dialup connection, it is incredible to be able to click once and see the message pop up with no delay...I love it. Thanks for the link!
MEGA BUMP!!!! :) :) :)
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