Post by La Mesa Stout on May 13, 2010 21:39:55 GMT -8
Time for some new technology here on tracking old Toyotas for sale.
So every couple of weeks I've used my custom search tool to find all craigslist posts for Stouts, and manually created links and pictures over here. But doing it every couple of weeks means a good deal might be missed, or just taken off the market. So I've automated this process and made it more 'consumable' for everyone.
The automated process happens once per hour, so it will always be pretty up to date with what's out there. The XML file linked below is actually a static file and does not trigger the search code, so in other words you can hit it as many times as you want and it creates no server load.
To make it more user friendly, it's offered as an XML feed. If you don't know what that is, here are a couple of examples on how to use it:
1)Create a 'Live Bookmark' in Firefox (maybe other browsers). Click the feed link below and you should see "Subsrcibe to this feed using Live Bookmarks"
2)iPhone/iTouch - If you view the feed in your iPhone, it automatically feeds it through an RSS reader that formats it nicely for viewing.
3)iGoogle home page - If you have a google account, you can use the iGoogle home page to cutomise you google page. Click "Add Stuff" on the top right, then click "Add feed or gadget" on teh lower left. Paste the URL to the link below.
There are many other ways to use a XML/RSS feed, so these are just a few examples.
OK so here are the feeds:
www.billpaul.org/stoutfeed.xml
Oh, and I did it for Corona as well:
www.billpaul.org/coronafeed.xml
So as of now I'm not going to update the other thread of Stouts for sale. Also can one of the mods make this sticky? Would be helpful to have on top of the threads all the time.
So every couple of weeks I've used my custom search tool to find all craigslist posts for Stouts, and manually created links and pictures over here. But doing it every couple of weeks means a good deal might be missed, or just taken off the market. So I've automated this process and made it more 'consumable' for everyone.
The automated process happens once per hour, so it will always be pretty up to date with what's out there. The XML file linked below is actually a static file and does not trigger the search code, so in other words you can hit it as many times as you want and it creates no server load.
To make it more user friendly, it's offered as an XML feed. If you don't know what that is, here are a couple of examples on how to use it:
1)Create a 'Live Bookmark' in Firefox (maybe other browsers). Click the feed link below and you should see "Subsrcibe to this feed using Live Bookmarks"
2)iPhone/iTouch - If you view the feed in your iPhone, it automatically feeds it through an RSS reader that formats it nicely for viewing.
3)iGoogle home page - If you have a google account, you can use the iGoogle home page to cutomise you google page. Click "Add Stuff" on the top right, then click "Add feed or gadget" on teh lower left. Paste the URL to the link below.
There are many other ways to use a XML/RSS feed, so these are just a few examples.
OK so here are the feeds:
www.billpaul.org/stoutfeed.xml
Oh, and I did it for Corona as well:
www.billpaul.org/coronafeed.xml
So as of now I'm not going to update the other thread of Stouts for sale. Also can one of the mods make this sticky? Would be helpful to have on top of the threads all the time.