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Description: A better (for me) RSS aggregator. Collects numerous RSS feeds and displays entries in chronological order. Similar to the "planet" concept.
Homepage: http://www.toastdriven.com/
Clone URL: git://github.com/toastdriven/feedme.git 
Argh. Read specs first then look at samples.
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file .gitignore Mon Mar 24 05:08:27 -0700 2008 Login working. Style updates. Working on feed i... [toastdriven]
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directory test/ Sun Mar 30 20:09:06 -0700 2008 Added Atom support and unit tests. [toastdriven]
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README.textile

FeedMe!

A better (for me) RSS Aggregator.

Author: Daniel Lindsley <daniel@toastdriven.com>

License: MIT

Last Updated: 2008/03/25

Version: 0.1

Requirements

  • A decent version of Ruby.
  • Rails 2.0+
  • Hpricot
  • open-uri
  • Balls of steel and an iron will.

Installing

  1. Grab the code.
  2. Copy the ‘config/database.yml.dist’ to ‘config/database.yml’. Reconfigure as necessary.
  3. Copy the ‘config/initializers/feedme.rb.dist’ to ‘config/initializers/feedme.rb’.
    1. Due to my cough wonderfully advanced and secure login setup, add users to the ‘VALID_USERS’ hash in ‘config/initializers/feedme.rb’.
  4. Fire up the server.
  5. Go to ‘http://example.com/login’ and enter your details.
  6. Add RSS feeds to the admin.
  7. Run (preferably via cron) ‘rake feedme:pull_feeds’.
  8. Hit up ‘http://example.com/’ and enjoy.