Dgrin on Google Reader problem

pardes · April 25, 2009

I do a quick view of most of my favorite forums (like this one) with Google Reader. Unfortunately it only shows the thread title and which forum it's in and none of the message. Since most are remiss in using less than informative titles, I find the reader useless for this forum. There aren't any settings in Google Reader (that I can find) that will expand this. I'm already in expanded mode as it is. Any ideas?

fredjclaus · May 1, 2009

I got this figured out I think. Here are a couple links that I tried in my Google Reader and it seems to work fine.

This link is one that does the board in general. it shows new postings in what looks like all the different boards.

http://www.dgrin.com/external.php?type=rss2

This link is one you can customize for specific forms. For example if you wanted to have Google Reader show just the "People" folder, you would replace the 123 at the end of this link with 20. What you need to do for this link is open up Dgrin here and look at each folder you like to read. Then find the number at the end of the address. Then go to the link below and paste this into Google Reader. Remove the 123 at the end of this link and replace it with the number at the end of the address for your favoritte boards.

http://www.dgrin.com/external.php?type=rss2&forumids=123

I tried this in my google reader and it seems to work. Let me know if it works for you.

pardes · May 1, 2009

Thanks! That helped a bit. At least I can see the first few sentences of the posts. I'l like to be able to see the photos too like I am able to at Pentax Forum. But this is better than nothing.

Surely DGrin must offer a feed that shows all of the contents of the posts! I find myself avoiding looking at the feed since if I want to see the contents, I really need to go to the site and scan new messages.

Thanks again.

Dgrin on Google Reader problem

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