Hmm, it looks like I am speaking just to myself here, but never mind, I am going on improving the News Feed function anyway, even if nobody cares
. I've added some more sources of news, both from RSS and non-RSS enabled enabled websites. The full list with statistics is now available at
APNEA.cz - News Feed Statistics. There are currently 67 sources listed.
Besides the possibility to embed combined and customizable freediving news on your web page with the above mentioned code, I added also XML/RSS output for both the global freediving news and new posts on several major freediving forums. The RSS feeds are customizable in the same way as the news box on the home page of APNEA.cz - if you enter keywords into the search box, select a language or number of new posts to display, the RSS feed will respect that choice too. Two RSS feeds are currently available either through clicking the RSS icons
at the top of the news box, or (if you use a recent browser, such as MSIE 7, Opera, or Firefox), another RSS icon will appear in the menu toolbar of the browser.
Also, most of recent email programs support RSS streams, but my favorite RSS reader is the one available in MS Vista gadget bar - in this way, if you subscribe to a RSS feed such as the one at
APNEA.cz: World Freediving News, the news will be always under your eyes. See the screen-shot below with the gadget RSS reader on the right pane of the screen:
The next step, if time allows, will be writing a program for parsing those forums that do not support RSS (like for example the one of AIDA International) - in this way I'll be able to solve the problem to stay informed about what's going on on several major freediving forums, without having to visit them permanently.
