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Author Topic: Welcome to the Model News Feed  (Read 2758 times)
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« on: September 02, 2008, 11:10:28 AM »

Since Gunota is ended we thought this might be a good time to figure out a better way of dealing with modeling news here at FFF so that we can all remain informed of new goodies and tidbits. I figured out that I could do a news page which pulls from a specific forum here at FFF. This forum actually. We're not out to replace Gunota or the other news sites, just to compile all the news that's important to us as modelers while weeding out the game and anime fluff. The main news page (in-progress) for public viewing is here:

http://www.fichtenfoo.com/news.php

There is also a latest news feed box in the ad-bar of this forum! >>>>

How Can You Help?

We'll be needing a few very responsible Reporters at Large to scour the net and news sites and post news articles into this forum. Only "reporters" will be able to make posts, but all registered users will be able to reply to these news articles. News gleemed from other sources will be given full credit. Reporters will also be able to attach images to these posts via this forum negating the need for photobucket or imageshack.

We need reporters who can also be specialized in the following genres:
Gunpla
MaK
Resin Releases
Armor, AFV, and Aircraft
Civilian Modeling (cars, planes, motorcycles, etc...)
Figures
If you're "the guy" who always seems to get the scoop, then you're what we need!

Please reply here or PM me if you're interested in becoming a reporter for the site. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please post them as well.
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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2008, 04:06:35 PM »

I posted about this at the MaK forum and both Maschinen Kreuger and Roboterkampf volunteered to be MaK reporters. Thanks guys!
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« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2008, 10:20:18 PM »

Hmm, not really my thing, but this is an admirable effort and I hope that it gets very far! I was wondering when one of you guys would start up something like this, I'm glad to see it happened so soon. Have fun, and here is a thanks ahead of time for all the news that the new crew will bring!
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« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2008, 08:39:38 AM »

Well, here's the news, how about the "feed"?  (That is, RSS, Atom, etc...)

BTW, looks like the news page is showing each news item twice...?
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« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2008, 08:41:52 AM »

Yeah, I'm working on that. I realized that I couldn't display attachment thumbs with the way I had set it up. So the second set is just me working out the kinks while referencing the original.

As for feed, well, I'm working on that too. It's a WIP and will hopefully grow into something useful for all of us.

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« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2008, 11:05:09 AM »

I'll work on resin news. Maybe fulcy can help out there too.
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« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2008, 03:39:54 PM »

RSS Feed: http://fichtenfoo.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;sa=news;board=39;limit=20;type=rss

Easier than I thought. Happy Smirk
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