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Antonios
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03/23/13 01:09 PM (12 years ago)

Creating a newspaper

I have just made a first touch with an electronic newspaper publisher here in my city. He has a website where he manages his newspaper (articles, photo, etc.). Any ideas of an easy way of how can I make an app which is totally synced with the website? I mean, if is it able, when he uploads an article on his website, the app will be synced automatically?
 
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03/23/13 01:26 PM (12 years ago)
What you need is RSS! Unfortunately, many have wanted a plugin like this, and none has been submitted on the plugin market.
 
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03/23/13 01:34 PM (12 years ago)
I can sell an rss for android if you are on self hosted..
 
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03/23/13 01:48 PM (12 years ago)
If you're on Self-Hosted, here is a solution for iOS: https://buzztouchmods.com/downloads.php?cat_id=1&download_id=14
 
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03/23/13 06:28 PM (12 years ago)
yes I'm on self hosted…I'm glad that I installed this plugin after the update…there was a post with three of them giving us a link to download…. thank you very much….but I have to ask. does the newspaper have to support rss? or can I use the tools I found (on the net) to make the website give rss feeds?
 
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03/23/13 06:40 PM (12 years ago)
I think it would be easier if you asked the newspaper company to supply RSS on their website. If not, then find an Internet supplier, but RSS is very beneficial to newspapers and all newspapers should have it.
 
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03/23/13 06:44 PM (12 years ago)
thank you… :)
 
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03/23/13 07:12 PM (12 years ago)
If I were you, I would ask the guy to see if he can get RSS. You can try to persuade him by saying that most newspaper consigned have this and is more professional to have RSS. I would have thought that RSS is a basic feature of all newspaper companies, and if this paper doesn't have it, I would say it really does need it.
 
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03/23/13 08:05 PM (12 years ago)
yes it has…I discovered it through "feedly"!!! thank you so much…One more question now…If I create an app with multiple rss feeds at the home screen am I able to let the user pick the ones that he wants from a list to show on the home screen?
 
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03/24/13 09:18 AM (12 years ago)
after I tap on an article and it opens it's description does the site has to support mobile version? because it opens its' website view, or is there a trick, to display only the text?
 

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