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| nealrap |
 Sep 7 2004, 09:14 PM
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 Add to My Google  it's in beta on yahoo, so it might not work every time... If you have another RSS reader, just use this url: CODE http://www.dealtaker.com/ssi.php?a=out&f=8,26&show=40&type=rss or http://www.dealtaker.com/rss.html (the show=# is the number of items to show) edit: fixed url to no longer include /forums edit2: fixed url and added the html version edit3: fixed myyahoo url |
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| 3boys |
Sep 7 2004, 10:16 PM
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=^..^= Posts: 2,187 Joined: 16-February 04 |
woo-hoo I *love* it!
I had no clue to what you were talking about so I clicked your link and added it. It gives me the 5 latest deals listed here, (as "headlines" on myYahoo homepage) - very cool!  |
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| Edward |
Oct 15 2004, 12:19 PM
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Charter Member Posts: 1,154 Joined: 16-February 04 |
Thanks!
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| vrdumbos |
Oct 15 2004, 04:35 PM
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extra-special Member Posts: 144 Joined: 1-October 04 |
I keep getting this error
Need Help? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Add to My Yahoo! We're sorry this service is temporarily not available. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about: My Yahoo!, RSS on My Yahoo!, Syndicating your content Here's what the source will look like on your My Yahoo! page |
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| 3boys |
Oct 15 2004, 09:26 PM
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=^..^= Posts: 2,187 Joined: 16-February 04 |
Go to your "MyYahoo" web page and click on "Add Content" (usually at the top or very bottom)
in the middle column, click on "Popular From the Web" type DealTaker in the "Find Content" box, then when DealTaker comes up, click on it to add it to your page (it will add it to the bottom, so you'll have to use "Change Layout" to move it where you want it). |
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| vrdumbos |
Oct 16 2004, 09:49 AM
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extra-special Member Posts: 144 Joined: 1-October 04 |
QUOTE(mom2jel @ Oct 15 2004, 09:26 PM) Go to your "MyYahoo" web page and click on "Add Content" (usually at the top or very bottom) in the middle column, click on "Popular From the Web" type DealTaker in the "Find Content" box, then when DealTaker comes up, click on it to add it to your page (it will add it to the bottom, so you'll have to use "Change Layout" to move it where you want it).  Thanks, working great now. |
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| Shanni |
Oct 27 2004, 07:45 PM
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Senior Member Posts: 436 Joined: 15-September 04 |
Wow! I love that!
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| nealrap |
Nov 2 2004, 02:37 PM
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. Posts: 9,606 Joined: 1-February 04 |
FYI: It seems to work well with both SharpReader and RSSReader.
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| he3 |
Nov 2 2004, 02:44 PM
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Useful Member Posts: 39 Joined: 1-October 04 |
I use Newsgator because of Outlook integration and multiple location sync +web version for my PPC. But the last free one I used and recommended was Sharpreader.
PM me if anyone wants help. =] |
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| Just Johnny |
Nov 2 2004, 03:16 PM
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Member Posts: 11 Joined: 16-October 04 |
If you are using Firefox, you can just make a new "live bookmark," enter the url in the first post (above) in "feed location," and put it in your "bookmarks toolbar folder." Then you will be able to see it whenever your browser is open.
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| jerseygirI |
Nov 10 2004, 07:50 AM
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Happy Halloween! Posts: 15,628 Joined: 2-February 04 |
Thanks for the info!
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| nealrap |
Nov 10 2004, 07:52 AM
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QUOTE(Just Johnny @ Nov 2 2004, 03:16 PM) If you are using Firefox, you can just make a new "live bookmark," enter the url in the first post (above) in "feed location," and put it in your "bookmarks toolbar folder." Then you will be able to see it whenever your browser is open. I don't see that option in my firefox? I can only bookmark this page. ?? Is there an add-on, or am I doing it wrong? |
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| mr_rocks |
Nov 10 2004, 04:06 PM
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Member Posts: 2 Joined: 4-August 04 |
I use Bloglines as my RSS newsreader. It keeps track of what you've read by showing how many posts have been added since you last read. regardless of what computer you're currently using at the time. For example, DealTaker is listed under my "Deals" folder like this "DealTaker (15)" meaning that I have 15 unread items. Once I click on DealTaker, this goes back down to zero so no number is shown. Try Bloglines out! |
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| Mr. Roboto |
Nov 10 2004, 08:22 PM
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Half man. Half machine. Half not good with fractions. Posts: 4,497 Joined: 5-March 04 From: my lawn. GET OFF IT! |
QUOTE(nealrap @ Nov 10 2004, 06:52 AM) I don't see that option in my firefox? I can only bookmark this page. ?? Is there an add-on, or am I doing it wrong? Looks like this is a feature of 1.0PR and 1.0 release. It's called Live Bookmarks. These are the instructions I found on how to do it. Some sites don't tell Firefox that they support Live Bookmarks, even though they actually do. If you know the URL of a site's RSS feed (url ends with .rdf or .xml), you can manually create a Live Bookmark for the site. Go to the Bookmarks menu and select 'Manage Bookmarks'. Under the 'File Menu', select 'New Live Bookmark'. Create a name for the Live Bookmark and add the URL. New articles from that site will appear as Live Bookmarks in Firefox. Works fine for me, and I used this address in the bookmark: http://www.dealtaker.com/forums/ssi.php?a=...how=40&type=rss |
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| Critnol |
Nov 10 2004, 08:49 PM
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Super-Senior Member Posts: 619 Joined: 18-March 04 From: California |
Followed Mr. R's instructions, and it worked fabu! Thanks a bunch!!!!
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| jerseygirI |
Nov 11 2004, 06:15 AM
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Happy Halloween! Posts: 15,628 Joined: 2-February 04 |
QUOTE(Critnol @ Nov 10 2004, 09:49 PM) Followed Mr. R's instructions, and it worked fabu! Thanks a bunch!!!! MrRoboto or MrRocks? |
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| Critnol |
Nov 11 2004, 07:17 AM
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Super-Senior Member Posts: 619 Joined: 18-March 04 From: California |
Ohh sorry about that! I followed MrRobotos instructions and can now check for updates thru my bookmarks in Firefox. It is great!
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| nealrap |
Nov 11 2004, 07:26 AM
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I followed Mr Roboto's and it works! Thanks! I think Mr Rocks is an online(website) RSS Reader.
wow, if you choose "open in Tabs" it loads every single page in a new tab  This post has been edited by nealrap: Nov 11 2004, 07:27 AM |
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| Critnol |
Nov 11 2004, 08:26 AM
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Super-Senior Member Posts: 619 Joined: 18-March 04 From: California |
QUOTE(nealrap @ Nov 11 2004, 07:26 AM) I followed Mr Roboto's and it works! Thanks! I think Mr Rocks is an online(website) RSS Reader. wow, if you choose "open in Tabs" it loads every single page in a new tab I just tried the open in tabs, that was AWESOME! I don't know how I ever surfed before Firefox! |
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| emerson42 |
Dec 15 2004, 08:11 AM
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Heart of Gold Posts: 8,504 Joined: 30-April 04 From: Restaurant at the end of the universe |
I think adding the following to the home page and new posts page:
<LINK REL="alternate" TITLE="Dealtaker RSS" HREF="http://www.dealtaker.com/forums/ssi.php?a=out&f=8,26&show=40&type=rss" TYPE="application/rss+xml"> Might also make it show up on browsers with RSS built in. For instance on Firefox it shows a little button down on the status bar that you can use to add the feed. |
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| jerseygirI |
Feb 9 2005, 09:02 AM
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Happy Halloween! Posts: 15,628 Joined: 2-February 04 |
still good
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| AmericanRice |
Feb 9 2005, 12:30 PM
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Member Posts: 6 Joined: 29-January 05 |
Hey guys, i think this might be my first post... but anyway...
its kinda funny that this poped up... cause like 3 days ago i installed Mozilla's Thunderbird 1.0... Here and i saw the RSS thing... i knda knew what it was... but never used it before... then i came to Dealtaker.com and saw the RSS link... i put 2 and 2 togather (and instead of getting 4) i found it was very handy... its really nice... except there is one flaw that i found... (but it might be my configuration) in the titles.. i get: "Set of 2 Glitter Lamps $12.99 shipped" instead of: "Set of 2 Glitter Lamps $12.99 shipped" if there is a way to fix this please let me know.. thanks EDIT: and i was right... this is my first post YAY!!! This post has been edited by AmericanRice: Feb 9 2005, 12:31 PM |
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| nealrap |
Feb 9 2005, 12:35 PM
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QUOTE(AmericanRice @ Feb 9 2005, 12:30 PM) i get: "Set of 2 Glitter Lamps $12.99 shipped" instead of: "Set of 2 Glitter Lamps $12.99 shipped" if there is a way to fix this please let me know.. thanks Those look the same? Am I missing something? |
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| AmericanRice |
Feb 9 2005, 12:50 PM
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Member Posts: 6 Joined: 29-January 05 |
oops... i guess it does look the same... well ...
ok ill try it again.... what it looks like for me: "Set of 2 Glitter Lamps &_#_0_3_6_;12.99 shipped" (just omit ALL of the underscores "_" from it) "Set of 2 Glitter Lamps $12.99 shipped" |
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| nealrap |
Feb 9 2005, 12:51 PM
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QUOTE(AmericanRice @ Feb 9 2005, 12:50 PM) oops... i guess it does look the same... well ... ok ill try it again.... what it looks like for me: "Set of 2 Glitter Lamps &_#_0_3_6_;12.99 shipped" (just omit ALL of the underscores "_" from it) "Set of 2 Glitter Lamps $12.99 shipped" Oh, I guess it's encoding the dollar sign somehow. weird. I'll check and see if there's a fix for that. |
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| AmericanRice |
Feb 9 2005, 03:25 PM
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Member Posts: 6 Joined: 29-January 05 |
COOL thanks nealrap!
just incase it helps.... in ThunderBird the "Default Character Encoding" is "Western (ISO-8859-15)" just FIY, hope it helps.. Thanks again Mike |
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| jerseygirI |
Mar 3 2005, 09:17 AM
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Happy Halloween! Posts: 15,628 Joined: 2-February 04 |
*BUMP*
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| DrSeth |
Mar 3 2005, 12:22 PM
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Member Posts: 20 Joined: 12-January 05 |
If you've got Firefox you can add the RSS feed to your address bar and then they all show up in there. Pretty sweet!
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| bdrennon |
 Mar 10 2005, 01:50 AM
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Member Posts: 6 Joined: 1-November 04 |
You should try Lektora. In my book, it is the best free RSS reader out there. Tucows has rated it with 5-cows (highest rating). It installs seemlessly on MSIE and Mozilla Foxfire. In one single click, Lektora gathers for you the latest news from your favorite web sites and builds an easy to read virtual newspaper. It is easy to add and subtract RSS feeds. I made a group called "deals" and added dealtaker.com easliy.
Details at http://www.lectora.com or go to http://www.tucows.com and search for LEKTORA. |
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| nealrap |
Jul 14 2005, 09:08 AM
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. Posts: 9,606 Joined: 1-February 04 |
Fixed Url
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| Junomech |
Jul 15 2005, 09:11 AM
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Member Posts: 8 Joined: 11-July 05 |
I added "http://www.dealtaker.com/ssi.php?a=...how=20&type=rss" to my RSS reader which is SharpReader and I get the following error message...
"Error parsing RSS XML: Not a valid xml document: The data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1." I am not too familiar with RSS yet and I am not sure if the mentioned rss link will work outside of Yahoo (as suggested). Your help is appreciated. |
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| emerson42 |
Jul 15 2005, 09:14 AM
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Heart of Gold Posts: 8,504 Joined: 30-April 04 From: Restaurant at the end of the universe |
Dealtaker use to have the code I posted built into the pages, that would make a lot of RSS readers (and some browsers) automatically see the RSS and add it. I'm not sure what happened to that.
I'm not familiar with your RSS reader, so I can't give you much help. I will say that some programs distinguish between bookmarks and "live" bookmarks. If you do the wrong type it won't work. This is the case with Firefox and Sage. |
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| Junomech |
Jul 15 2005, 09:20 AM
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Member Posts: 8 Joined: 11-July 05 |
SharpReader can be found at http://www.sharpreader.net. It's free and fairly easy to use. I haven't tried any other yet as I am still new to this RSS thing. I heard you can do some crazy stuff with it.
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| DealFan |
Jul 15 2005, 09:27 AM
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Poster Extraordinaire Posts: 1,195 Joined: 4-September 04 |
It's those ...'s.
This forum software truncates longer url's. Instead try putting this in there CODE http://www.dealtaker.com/ssi.php?a=out&f=8,26&show=40&type=rss or http://www.dealtaker.com/rss.html |
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| emerson42 |
Jul 15 2005, 09:31 AM
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Heart of Gold Posts: 8,504 Joined: 30-April 04 From: Restaurant at the end of the universe |
The nice thing about the link is you can limit how many appear. For instance, 40 is too much for my window size, so I modified the link to change show=40 to show=20.
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| Junomech |
Jul 15 2005, 09:33 AM
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Member Posts: 8 Joined: 11-July 05 |
SWEET! It works. Thanks!
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| gaelic |
 Jul 15 2005, 04:50 PM
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Member Posts: 18 Joined: 24-June 05 |
just added to my yahoo thank you
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| nealrap |
Nov 25 2005, 12:26 PM
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. Posts: 9,606 Joined: 1-February 04 |
If you're using the old url with /forums/ in it, please change to the new format!
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| weekend wanderer |
 Nov 26 2005, 04:59 PM
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Member Posts: 7 Joined: 3-June 05 From: High desert CA |
Thanks for the info! I love this site! |
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| RubyScooby |
Jan 4 2006, 11:48 PM
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...  Posts: 7,876 Joined: 25-June 05 From: Somerset, KY |
Thank you!
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