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Old 01-26-2016, 09:24 PM   #116
DouglasCole
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Default Re: GURPS Websites: Blogs, Wikis, Feeds . . .

Hey guys!

With some help from Jeffro Johnson - lots of help - I now have a PERL script that initially will be run by him that will look at the RSS feeds for y'alls blogs and pull out the GURPS posts, and spit 'em out formatted all nice and proper.

(if you hear that in Nathan Fillion's voice, well, you're not wrong about that.)

How will it do this? It will look for the GURPS tag that you will put on GURPS-related posts.

Here's the list I have so far.
Code:
The Collaborative Gamer,Joseph Linden,http://thecollaborativegamer.wordpress.com/feed/

Dark Paths and Wandered Roads,Jason Woollard,http://darkpathsandwanderedroads.blo...t/-/GURPS?=rss
Game Geekery,Warren "Mook" Wilson,http://www.themook.net/gamegeekery/category/GURPS/feed/
Gaming Ballistic,Douglas Cole,http://gamingballistic.blogspot.com/...t/-/GURPS?=rss
Jeffro's Space Gaming Blog,Jeffro Johnson,http://jeffro.wordpress.com//category/GURPS/feed
One Yard Hex,Paul Stefko,http://oneyardhex.blogspot.com/feeds...t/-/GURPS?=rss
Ravens N' Pennies,Christopher Rice,http://www.ravensnpennies.com/feeds/...t/-/GURPS?=rss
Shooting Dice,Hans-Christian Vortisch,http://www.shootingdiceblog.wordpres...tag/GURPS/feed
Dungeon Fantastic, Peter Dell'Orto, http://www.dungeonfantastic.blogspot...t/-/GURPS?=rss
Mailanka's Musings, Daniel Dover, http://mailanka.blogspot.nl/feeds/po...t/-/GURPS?=rss

This isn't the complete list from this thread (yet).

If you want to make my life easier, and ensure inclusion in GURPS Day posts:

1. Send me an email at gurpsday@gmail.com

This will get you on my GURPSDay mailing list, which I will use sparingly to contact people with questions or requests or 'hey, this doesn't work anymore'

2. Give me your critical information

YOUR BLOG NAME, YOUR ATTRIBUTION, YOUR RSS feed filtered for GURPS

If you're on blogger, your RSS feed will be something like

Code:
http://www.YOURBLOGNAME.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/GURPS?=rss
If you're on wordpress, you will likely need to drop the "s" from https://

The following two strings have worked well, but you'll need to try both to see which one works for you

Code:
http://www.YOURBLOGNAME.wordpress.com/tag/GURPS/feed
http://www.YOURBLOGNAME.wordpress.com/category/GURPS/feed
If you use your own thing, you'll have to find me a working RSS feed. If you are doing your own thing, presumably you know how to get it!

3. Tag all your posts with GURPS


Use your blog editor's tag or category feature to label your posts with the GURPS tag. Both Blogger and Wordpress allow you to retroactively tag batches of posts with a new label/tag/category with a few mouse clicks.

4. If you're feeling bold add a summary statement to your post.

This must be formatted as follows:

Precis - One to three sentences summarizing your post. Think Twitter brevity level.

The script will look for everything from the bolded Precis (but if you use PRECIS or PrEciS it won't care) to the first carriage return.

Here's sample HTML:
Code:
<b>Precis</b> - This is a test post I'm using to try out a scripting method for GURPS Day<br />
If you can do 1-3, your posts will appear easily in the output, formatted the way I need them to be. If you also do 4, the post will contain a short summary so people can know what you're writing about.

My last guidance talked about categories. Forget those for now. I'd like to add them eventually, but not this week!
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