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Eugaet · Nov 29, 2005, 12:09 AM // 00:09

These are links to my Guild Wars feed scripts. Any and all feedback is welcome.

If you don't know what RSS is or how to use it, check the two links at the bottom of this post.

GuildWars.com RSS Feeds

Guild Wars :: Current News
Guild Wars :: Game Updates BETA
Guild Wars :: Guild Ladder BETA
[XML] Guild Wars :: Network News BETA

GuildWars.com RSS Feeds: Switches and Variables

showSource: Used in your web browser address bar. Set to 'TRUE' to view the source code of the RSS feed.

Code:

http://www.eugaet.com/rss/gw_current_news.php?showSource=TRUE

cols: Guild Ladder feed variable. Can be set to a numerical value from 1-127 to control the display of columns. Add the numbers together from the chart below for the columns you wish to display and set that value to cols. 127 is the default value.

Code:

(Rank + Guild Name + Tag) = (1 + 2 + 4) = 7
    http://www.eugaet.com/rss/gw_guild_ladder.php?cols=7

(Rank + Guild Name + Territory + Rating) = (1 + 2 + 8 + 16) = 27
    http://www.eugaet.com/rss/gw_guild_ladder.php?cols=27

Feedreaders/News Aggregators:

What they are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregator
Where to find them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_news_aggregators

Esprit · Dec 07, 2005, 03:28 AM // 03:28

The feed works great, and the pictures within each new item works too.

I am using SharpReader v0.9.5.1.

I figured, you'd might want some feedback, even if it isn't a problem.

I did have a random crash, with the feed open, but my reader crashes occasionally, probably because of the older version that I am running.

Eugaet · Dec 07, 2005, 04:29 AM // 04:29

Thanks for the feedback. I'll try out SharpReader and see if I experience similar problems. Might be just a version problem, as you said.

Also, beta-testers...the beta feed is still up, but won't be shortly. So if you haven't switched over to the new link in the OP, you might want to do that soon.

I'll try and get my other feeds made and posted within the next few weeks.

Faithkil · Dec 11, 2005, 02:26 PM // 14:26

Eugaet,
the feed works great i've center staged it at my guild site www.faithkil.com and a side note do you run guildwiki?

Eugaet · Dec 11, 2005, 08:11 PM // 20:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Faithkil

Eugaet, the feed works great i've center staged it at my guild site www.faithkil.com

Thanks for the feedback. Only thing I might mention is that the 'read more' link at the bottom of the feed section on your site is linked to my domain. I'm assuming the RSS plugin you're using is just pulling the domain from the URL of the feed. You might want to check to see if there's a way to change that so it goes to the official GW site instead of mine...mine's not all that helpful in a 'read more' capacity.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Faithkil

and a side note do you run guildwiki?

Nope.

EternalTempest · Dec 12, 2005, 01:50 PM // 13:50

I do get Abilon crashing on occasion but not frequently. I think it's more of a bug with the program then the feed.

QuuTip · Dec 12, 2005, 02:49 PM // 14:49

I have problems using Opera 8.51: The first character of each message is cut off. I thought I'd let you know.

Still great coding though, thanks for the effort.

Eugaet · Dec 12, 2005, 03:45 PM // 15:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuuTip

I have problems using Opera 8.51: The first character of each message is cut off. I thought I'd let you know.

It's a security feature in Opera, here's how to disable it:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugaet

I took a look at Opera during lunch today. Uncheck the following setting to see the graphics. I think it could be a per feed setting...external embeds are disallowed by default for security.

Eugaet · Dec 12, 2005, 07:50 PM // 19:50

I created a feed for the game updates section during lunch, so now all you feedsters can monitor it for any hint of the Christmas update. Unlike the first feed, this one is a public beta, so have at it.

Currently, it pulls all the entries except the very last one...pulling the first 9 of the 10 that are currently on the site. I'm working on fixing that, but I may not be able to with the way ANet's got that page coded. I figure if it drops the oldest entry, then that's probably OK...but I'll see what I can do.

Sorry it took me so long to get around to working on my projects again (yeah, no new panoramas, either...but maybe soon). I got readdicted to playing GW and, well, that's what I've been doing instead...

robertsim007 · Dec 25, 2005, 02:06 AM // 02:06

This is a somewhat "taboo" question... but would you mind sharing your code? :P

I'm just a big open-source person, I apologize for asking the question at all...

Anyway... just wanted to ask... hehe

EDIT: I somewhat necro-d a dead thread... <.<

Eugaet · Jan 03, 2006, 04:41 PM // 16:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by robertsim007

This is a somewhat "taboo" question... but would you mind sharing your code? :P I'm just a big open-source person, I apologize for asking the question at all... Anyway... just wanted to ask... hehe

Well...I always hate to inflict my uncommented, messy code on others...but in the interest of open-source, I suppose I can be cajoled to drop trou. Keep in mind, any link marked BETA is indeed messy, as I am not done futzing with that particular file.

Copy/paste any of the php links in my original post into your browser and tack on '?showSource=TRUE' to view the code. Without the single quotes, of course.

Let me know if you have any questions about the code. Or if anyone sees something I could do to make it more efficient, feel free to make suggestions.

skretth · Jan 08, 2006, 06:31 AM // 06:31

im running both feeds through thunderbird along with my mail, it all works fine

Eugaet · Jan 10, 2006, 06:06 PM // 18:06

Slight addition to the Current News feed. It will now display extra information about the current event if it can find it. Saw it on the GW site, didn't see it in my feed, got irritated, fixed it. I'm happy now.

The next feed I'll post will be for the Guild Ladder. This is probably only useful if you want to have an up-to-date Ladder listing displayed on your website by plugging the RSS link into your CMS. Thought the PvP crowd might like that option, though.

Also, no one has reported any errors with the Game Updates feed, so I'll go ahead and clean up the code and take it out of beta.

Eugaet · Jan 11, 2006, 04:01 AM // 04:01

Guild Ladder beta feed is available. Any guild web sites want to help test this one out for me? Currently, it displays the top 20 guilds on the ladder (the first page) in the following format:

01: The Last Pride [EvIL] (Kr) 1902/196/23
02: Eternum Pariah [EP] ...etc.

You may be able to list only the top 5, 10, whatever, if your CMS allows you to set how many titles to display from the feed. I'll be tweaking how the feed displays the information, so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

Also...and this is the part I really like...this feed is customizable. You can have it display only the columns you want. Just want rank, guild name, and tag? No problem. Rank, guild name, and rating? Easy. I'll discuss how to do so after it's been through some testing.

Fear The Destroyer · Jan 11, 2006, 10:16 AM // 10:16

Very nice job with the RSS feeds, Eugaet.

Eugaet · Jan 12, 2006, 07:56 PM // 19:56

OK, seems like the Guild Ladder feed is working well. Thanks to EternalTempest, Faithkil, and Sniperz53 for trying it out on their respective sites.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugaet

Guild Ladder beta feed is available. ...this feed is customizable.

So here's how to customize it. There's a variable named 'cols' you can set and pass to the script to tell it which columns to return. If I wanted the script to return only the rank, guild name, and tag, I would use the following URL:

http://www.eugaet.com/rss/gw_guild_ladder.php?cols=7

So where did I get the 7 from? Each column has a numerical value associated with it as shown in the chart below.

Simply add the numbers up for the columns you want and set that value to cols.

Examples:
Rank + Guild Name + Tag = 1 + 2 + 4 = 7
Rank + Guild Name + Territory + Rating = 1 + 2 + 8 + 16 = 27

You can give cols a value from 1 to 127. Anything passed to the variable outside of 1-127 will be set to the default of 127 (all columns). I know this gives you more combinations than could possibly be useful (or even meaningful), but I've always been one to try to give as many options to the user as possible. Besides, it was easier to script this way.

I'm toying around with the idea of adding a header switch you could set which would create the header for the ladder as the first title in the feed. I'm also still messing around with the formatting of the titles. Any and all suggestions are appreciated. And if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

munkieix · Jan 13, 2006, 05:57 PM // 17:57

i use firefox ^^ uhm how do i do it as a live bookmaRK? cuz i did a live bookmark thingy in my firefox but yeah...

thX

Eugaet · Jan 13, 2006, 06:32 PM // 18:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by munkieix

i use firefox ^^ uhm how do i do it as a live bookmaRK?

I use Firefox, too...but not the live bookmarks feature.

Hmmm...I set up a live bookmark for the current news and game updates feeds with no problem, but the guild ladder feed won't load as a live bookmark. I'll see if I can find out why it doesn't work and get back to you...

EDIT: OK, fixed. Seems that Firefox doesn't like live bookmark entries if they're not linked to anything. Also works fine in Firefox with the cols variable.

Thanks for posting feedback. Let me know if anyone else has any problems with any of the feeds.

Neon1024 · Jan 18, 2006, 03:01 PM // 15:01

This is a superb project, and one close to my heart. Im, well trying, to develop an RSS feed using XML for my University engineering project.

Congratulations on a cool thing, btw any help you could point me to on developing proper working feeds would be super, via forum pm or such.

xBEASTx · Jan 25, 2006, 09:39 PM // 21:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugaet

Slight addition to the Current News feed. It will now display extra information about the current event if it can find it. Saw it on the GW site, didn't see it in my feed, got irritated, fixed it. I'm happy now.

The next feed I'll post will be for the Guild Ladder. This is probably only useful if you want to have an up-to-date Ladder listing displayed on your website by plugging the RSS link into your CMS. Thought the PvP crowd might like that option, though.

Also, no one has reported any errors with the Game Updates feed, so I'll go ahead and clean up the code and take it out of beta.

Hi Eugaet,

I'm running a php nuke evo site and just wondering if you know of a way I can make the news block look like your screen shot above with pictures and everything instead of just the links?

By the way, much better feed than i've found anywhere else. Atleast it doesn't include someone else's news. Anywhere I can donate to your work to show my appreciation?