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News Feeds
ComingSoon.net provides feeds in two different ways. The first method
is very simple using javascript, but it doesn't provide much functionality.
The second method uses RSS and provides you with a lot of ways to format
the feeds. Both will be discussed in
enough detail that will allow most people to be able to get the scripts
up and running in a matter of minutes.
Javascript Syndication
Using a simple addition of javascript to your site, you can pull a headlines
feed from ComingSoon.net. Because of its limitations, the javascript does
not give you much customization to your site. 'FILENAME' in the script
refers to what's after the 'news/' in each of the four links provided.
For example, if you want to use the 'Movie News Category' with 10 of the
most recent stories, you would insert 'http://comingsoon.net/news/js-movie-10.php'
into the script after the src=".
You can put <font> before and </font> after the script
to assign the text a font, size and color.
Use the following code:
<script language="JavaScript" src="http://comingsoon.net/news/FILENAME.php" type="text/javascript"></script>
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Name
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Location
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Description
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These categories
may be changed or removed periodically.
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| Movie News
Category |
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10 most recent
stories |
| Movie News Category |
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5 most recent stories |
| TV News Category |
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10 most recent
stories |
| TV News Category |
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5 most recent stories |
| DVD News Category |
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10 most recent
stories |
| DVD News Category |
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5 most recent stories |
| Movie Reviews
Category |
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10 most recent
movie reviews |
| Movie Reviews Category
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5 most recent movie reviews |
| DVD Reviews
Category |
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10 most recent
movie reviews |
| DVD Reviews Category |
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5 most recent movie reviews |
RSS Syndication
The second and much more powerful way to syndicate our news is using RSS
(Really Simple Syndication) feeds. RSS is an XML-based format for distributing
and aggregating Web content (such as news headlines). Using a script on
your website you can pull our feeds, configure it how you want, and display
it how you want.
There are multiple files that you can
call which give you different content depending on the categories. Here
is a list:
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Name |
Location |
Description |
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These categories
may be changed or removed periodically. |
| General Category
(Movies, TV and DVD) |
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30 most recent
stories |
| General Category
(Movies, TV and DVD) |
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10 most recent
stories |
| General Category (Movies,
TV and DVD) |
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5 most recent stories |
| Trailers Category |
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20 most recent
trailer updates |
| Trailers Category |
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10 most recent trailer
updates |
| Film Database
Category |
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20 most recent
database updates |
| Film Database Category |
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10 most recent database
updates |
| Movie News
Category |
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10 most recent
stories |
| Movie News Category |
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5 most recent stories |
| TV News Category |
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10 most recent
stories |
| TV News Category |
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5 most recent stories |
| DVD News Category |
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10 most recent stories |
| DVD News Category |
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5 most recent stories |
| Movie Reviews Category |
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10 most recent movie reviews |
| Movie Reviews Category
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5 most recent movie reviews |
| DVD Reviews Category |
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10 most recent movie reviews |
| DVD Reviews Category |
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5 most recent movie reviews |
| Comic-Con Category |
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10 most recent stories |
| Comic-Con Category |
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5 most recent stories |
| The Chronicles of Narnia
Category |
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10 most recent movie stories |
| The Chronicles of Narnia
Category |
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5 most recent movie stories |
| Harry Potter Category |
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10 most recent movie stories |
| Harry Potter Category
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5 most recent movie stories |
| Pirates of the Caribbean
Category |
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10 most recent movie stories |
| Pirates of the Caribbean
Category |
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5 most recent movie stories |
How Can I Use RSS?
Typical applications for consuming or using RSS include:
- Using a program known as a News Aggregator
to collect, update and display RSS feeds
- Incorporating RSS feeds into weblogs
News Aggregators (also called news readers) will download and display
RSS feeds for you. A number of free and commercial News Aggregators are
available for download. Popular news readers include AmphetaDesk, NetNewsWire,
and Radio Userland.
Many aggregators are separate, "stand-alone"
programs such as those listed above; other services will let you add RSS
feeds to a Web page.
Another way many people use RSS feeds
is by incorporating content into weblogs, or "blogs". Blogs
are web pages comprised of usually short, frequently updated items and
web links. Blogging as a publishing tool is used for many purposes: traditional
journalism, personal journals, group discussions around a topic, and many
combinations in-between.
You can find out more about the RSS protocol at the following sites:
- RSS
Format
- RSS
News Aggregators
- Google
Search: RSS
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