[Web4lib] xmlhub and RSS for ODP pages

[Ross Singer]

Darci,

Yahoo Pipes might be another option, as I think it's sort of like
Dapper (although allowing you to overlay sites).

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/

-Ross.



On Jan 11, 2008 5:56 PM, Darci Hanning <darci.hanning at state.or.us> wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I inherited a project that makes use of xmlhub.com's rssgener8 software/service to provide RSS feeds from the Open Directory Project (http://dmoz.org/). In the past month or so, xmlhub has basically stopped serving up these feeds and I'm investigating alternatives.
>
> The ultimate goal is to have a valid RSS feed created from any particular page from with the ODP site where each website listed (but not additional categories) shows up as an individual item in the feed.
>
> >From my re/search so far, it seems that at one time ODP offered RSS feeds but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore -- is that correct?
>
> So far I have on my list to investigate the following:
>
> Dapper, Feed43, and Feedity.
>
> As a last resort I'm willing to run a local version of xmlhubs rssgener8 software but would appreciate other pointers in case I'm overlooking anything.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Cheers,
> Darci
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