What RSS feeds are available on Atlas Quest?
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format for distributing web content (often news headlines or message posts) to another location of your choice. For most people, it's entirely unnecessary so if you know nothing about RSS or XML, don't worry about it. You aren't really missing anything you can't find on My Page.But for those who do know what RSS is, these are the feeds currently available:
- http://www.atlasquest.com/syndicate/rss/events.xml: Upcoming letterboxing events from around the country and around the world
- http://www.atlasquest.com/syndicate/rss/traditionalboxes.xml: Newly listed traditional letterboxes from around the world
- http://www.atlasquest.com/syndicate/rss/trackers.xml: Newly listed trackers
- http://www.atlasquest.com/syndicate/rss/photos.xml: Newly uploaded photos such as from letterboxing events or signature stamps
Search feeds are also available. Whenever you run a search for boxes, trackers, events or groups, the results page will have a feed built into it that more-or-less mirrors your search results. Just use the "Subscribe to feed" feature on your browser. Since most people who use RSS feeds are interested in newly listed stuff, the feed won't mirror your search results exactly. Instead, it'll only display matches if the box, tracker, etc. has been created or modified within the past month, and the results will be ordered so the most recently modified objects come first. And it'll only display a maximum of 20 results.
And finally, there are message board feeds. Run a Message Boards Search to view the messages you would like to create a feed for. (Keep in mind, you cannot create a feed if pick a specific message number, so don't use that second form option on the page.) A feed will automatically be included with the search results. Like the box search feeds, it won't mirror your search results exactly, only displaying a maximum of 20 results. The one catch to be weary of is that if you are not logged in, the feed will not work with restricted boards. So if you create a feed for the Premium Members Only board, for instance, the feed will be empty if you are not logged in or not a premium member.