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Full RSS Feed?
I have a feature request: Would it be possible to add a full RSS feed?

I'm one of those who loves using Feedly to receive the feed. Right now, most posts are cut off (shortened) on Feedly. Then I have to go to the site and sort through what I want to read anyway.
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Jan Forseth
2007 27' Midbath named Footloose
Re: Full RSS Feed?
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It may be configurable on the admin side, if the forum software allows it.

I find that the summary gives me enough information in the RSS reader to decide whether to click over and read the whole post. Posts about losing a fork in the black tank are fascinating enough to read in full, however ones about tires and valve stems (for example) get a quick "mark as read" (but that's just me ... YMMV)
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2015TK
Re: Full RSS Feed?
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It may be configurable on the admin side, if the forum software allows it.

That's what I'm hoping for, yes. A full RSS feed would streamline my reading and be very efficient. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the new board otherwise! Thanks to all for all the hard work on migrating over.
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Jan Forseth
2007 27' Midbath named Footloose
 
Re: Full RSS Feed?
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I posted in another topic about this, but I have set to be "unlimited" ,  the admin panel notes that option as "not recommend"

This "not recommended" is since not all RSS readers and/or formats (rss2, rss 0.91, atom, rdf, or defunct webslice) were designed to parse unlimited data and will die in a violent flurry of 1 and 0's unraveling the very underlying fabric of the internet.  Well maybe not that bad, but some will provide a polite error.

Well since I'm here, lets discuss some of the cool feature of this sites news feeds.  There are many options available, so  here's a list of them  and what they do...

If you scroll to the bottom of any page, in the site footer you will see the RSS icon.  It is

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http://www.lazydazeowners.com/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss2;

Other RSS formats can be achieved by changing the type= to one of the following:
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;type=atom - Atom
;type=rdf - RDF
;type=rss - RSS 0.91
;type=rss2 - RSS 2.0

The default feed is the 5 most recent posts:

There are several "sub-actions" available which allow you to specify exactly what to display:

Recent Posts  :: displays the most recent posts that you can see
Sub-action": recent
Available options:
  • limit=x - display the "x" most recent posts (within the site limits, default is 5, max is 15)
  • board=y - display only the recent posts from board "y"
  • boards=x,y,z - display only the recent posts from the specified boards

Example:
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http://www.lazydazeowners.com/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss2;sa=recent;board=6;limit=10
Would show the 10 most recent posts from Around The Campfire (board 6)

News ::  displays the first post from the most recent topics
"Sub-action": news

Available options:
  • limit=x - display only "x" items
  • board=y - display only news topics from board "y"
  • boards=x,y,z - display only news topics from the specified boards

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Example: http://www.lazydazeowners.com/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss2;sa=news;board=6;limit=10

Members :: Displays most recent members:
"Sub-action": members
Available options:
  • limit=x - display only the "x" most recent members

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Example: http://www.lazydazeowners.com/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss2;sa=members;limit=5


Now - you're probably wondering what you can do with this, well frankly I don't really know :P
Re: Full RSS Feed?
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Quote from: Steve C  - 
Now - you're probably wondering what you can do with this, well frankly I don't really know :P

Actually, your info was really helpful. I played around with some of those settings, and it looks like I can get the full text of the 15 most recent posts using this feed:

http://www.lazydazeowners.com/index.php?action=.xml;type=rss2;sa=recent;limit=15

If I find that I'm missing posts, then I'll go back and modify that so that I can get a feed from each of the boards.

Thank you!
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Jan Forseth
2007 27' Midbath named Footloose
Re: Full RSS Feed?
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If you go to Forum and hover over the board titles (or click them), you will see the link ends in board = X where X is the board number. 

Here is the list.

  • Yahoo Archive = 1
  • Lazy Daze Technical = 2
  • Lazy Daze General Info & Discussions = 3
  • Lazy Daze Renovations & Improvements = 4
  • Classifieds = 5
  • Around the Campfire = 6
  • Site Instructional Guides = 7