Workspace as RSS aggregator?

Hi,
Can Workspace act as an RSS aggregator and show feeds from several news web sites in my Workspace?
Thanks in advance,
Navneet.

The Workspaces interface layout is still pretty limited. You may want to consider using Oracle Portal and the Omni Portlet for the RSS feeds. You could then use the Workspace Web Services APIs to build out custom portlets to have a customized layout that meets your needs.
regards,
Jason

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I am on Windows and I have 8000 images or so in 40 directories.
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order to give Adobe something to look for [like incompatibilities
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Ken Newquist
Lafayette College
ID3 Tags Often Go Amiss
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Podcast RSS Feeds Display the Title Field as Description
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Workaround: None
HTTPS Nonsecure JavaScript Bug
Problem: When logging into iTunes U via secure connections, an error message about mixed secure/nonsecure page elements appears in IE web browsers (Firefox doesn't complain, but I may have disabled that warning). In IE 6 and 7 , you need to choose to accept the nonsecure items or else the page dies with JavaScript errors.
Probable Cause: One of the JavaScript components evoked by the Apple script resides at an insecure "http" address. The specific error message is:
The IE 6 Error Message:
Error: This page contains both secure and nonsecure items. DO you want to display the nonsecure items?
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<Script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/detection/itmsCheck.js"></Script>
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"Store Not Found Error" in Firefox 1.5 and IE 6 on Windows
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I have not seen this error on machines with iTunes 7 installed.
The error message I see is:
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(then the store loaded properly)
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------ NON-APPLE BUGS ---------
Firefox Does Not Recognize the ITMS and ITMSS protocol
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Cause: Firefox does not no how to handle the itms:// or itmss:// protocols
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Workaround: We don't have a good one yet. In theory, we could modify our Moodle code to recognize iTunes feeds, and then programatically insert a link to the course in iTunes U. This is at best a hack however -- ideally we'd like to be able to use the public feeds to link to iTunes U in a variety of applications, including Moodle, Blackboard, and Luminis (a portal sold by Sungard SCT and based on the uPortal framework).
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.oO(jsteinmann)
>for example, look at an rss feed, new items get added,
but the old ones are
>still there.
Only in your RSS aggregator, which usually keeps old entries.
The feed
itself only contains the most recent items.
>If I just parse the xml and insert it into the database,
i'll end
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Then you should check for dupes before you insert them into
the DB.
Dependent on the data the DB might be able to handle this
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remove something,
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From http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 06444.html:
Judd wrote:
Hello All,
I've been receiving a few constructive complaints about the apparent lack
of progress within the official areas of Arch development.
Now, we revisit this subject about once every six months, and anyone
that relies heavily on open-source has probably been faced with similar
frustrations, either as an open-source producer or a consumer.
Let me allay any concerns -- Arch moves on, as always. But currently we've
been bogged down by some large package updates, so the majority of our
efforts have been poured into the Testing repository. Normally you'd see
this effort appear in Current/Extra instead, where it would be
publicly noticed.
To try and keep everyone on the same page, here's a little list of the main
projects we need to do, and a tentative ordering of them.
1. We have a list of 600 packages that need to be rebuilt as part of the
gcc4/libtool-slay projects. We have about 80% of them finished. The
big move may occur as soon as this Saturday.
2. We need to release soon. There are some other improvements we really
want to have ready for 0.8, so a new plan has been proposed. Instead of
releasing a 0.8 soon, we would release a 0.7.1 that has the (almost) same
installation as 0.7, but with an updated package set. This will give us
time to work on the installer for 0.8.
3. Xorg modularization, by JGC.
Xorg 7.0 is switching to autotooled libraries, splitting up each and
every library they have. This makes parts of Xorg easier maintainable
and makes xorg development easier for people who want to contribute.
When you want to contribute something nowadays it's nearly impossible
without spending two full days investigating the Imake buildsystem.
4. OpenSSL 0.9.8 is out, and we have to rebuild all packages that link to
it.
5. QT4 needs to be packaged. Tpowa is proposing a side-by-side approach
with QT3 and QT4, as some apps will not build with QT4.
6. Combine kernel26 and kernel26-scsi into one initrd-driven kernel. This
would be really nice for everyone to have -- I'd like to have this ready
by 0.8.
In an attempt to keep Arch development activity more visible, we were
thinking of setting up a development Arch blog. This blog would be
admin'ed by official developers, but anyone involved in Arch development
would be able to post to it. Basically, we want a way to aggregate all
Arch progress in one place.
The frontpage isn't the best, as that should be reserved for important
announcements and tricky/weird package upgrades. The dev blog would be
updated much more frequently. For example, a TU may post about his latest
triumph in getting package X and Y to build with package Z, or whatever.
Developers can post status updates about large/unruly projects like
libtoolslay, or just one of those "i'm still alive but busy" posts that
are so frequent (we devs are popular people in real life, dontcha know).
Now, I know this is yet another web service, and it may not get used and
it may just add yet another place to confuse the newbie. Let me know if
you feel this is the case.
Another point to bring up is Planet Arch. The Planet is an RSS aggregator
for some developer blogs. The one issue with the Planet is that it
aggregates ALL posts from our personal blogs, not just Arch-related ones.
A second point is that all Arch devs (official and un-) may not have
personal blogs to use, so they will need an Arch-hosted one.
As a "workaround" for people that use and like the Planet, we can feed all
the dev blog entries directly into the Planet, so you can still read your
juicy Arch tidbits from there, if you so desire.
Please share your thoughts, and let's keep it constructive. Constructive
is fun!
- J
Now on OS News: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=12051

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Why can't my mp3 files be downloaded from my website?

Hello there,
I am creating a HTML website for a client and they want a 'podcast' page with a listing of their podcasts. The idea is that the viewer can click on the link on the web page and have a choice of either listening to the podcast streamed through the website or they can download it to put on an ipod if they want. The trouble is that when I click on the link, I can only listen to the mp3 files streamed. Normally when I upload a file, e.g. a PDF file, it can be downloaded when its link is clicked on. Am I doing something wrong? I need a 'download' option too.
I've read about RSS feeds and find it terribly confusing and can't find a clear, simple explanation anywhere on how to do it.
My webpage is: http://alfierobertsinstitute.ca/podcasts.html
(It's still a mess as it's a work in progress.)
I would really appreciate some help or advice regarding my problem.
PS. The podcasts are not embedded in my HTML. I have them uploaded in a separate Podcast folder on my server space.
Thank you in advance.
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Message was edited by: peachespeaches

Look at this RSS example. View source. It's an XML file with a list of audio files. You can subscribe to the feed and have it saved to iTunes etc...for import into iPod, or Live Bookmarks, or Browser bookmarks or some other RSS aggregator on your PC.
Or you can click on individual links to launch your player.
http://www.plaino.com/mp3s5/wimpy_podcast.php
My suggestion is to provide options for as many users as possible. Not everyone has an iPod, not everyone has Flash player capability.
Read this again
http://www.wimpyplayer.com/docs/mp3/index.php?m=playlists&p=playlist.podcast.html
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & A
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
http://alt-web.com/
http://twitter.com/altweb

I have a cunning Plan !!!

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Ok thanks gimbal2 thanks for the quick response I have limited knowledge of Java but I can see you have guest that already. I have programmed in other languages mainly basic and autoit but I have switched over to linux and wanted to start programming in a language which was cross platform. I actualy first looked at python but funnily enough linux support for the newest python release is weak.
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At the moment I am trying to find a way of selecting multiple directories to search for media I have seen the file/directory chooser i was going to use this in someway similar to the auto playlist builder in wmp e.g. which directories would you like to search with an add button which is then moved down/replaced by a label showing the selected directory path with further directories being added in this way till you are ready to search those directories for media.

Complete System Slowdown

I have an iMac G4 1GHz. I've owned it for a little over a year. The computer is running INCREDIBLY SLOW. It's been doing this for months. Starting up takes about five minutes, opening Word takes a few minutes, Safari takes a while to load pages, etc. It was running 10.2, so I wiped the drive and upgraded to tiger 10.4. I pulled out the upgrade of 512 MB RAM, and that slowed the system down even more. Have you ever run across a problem like this? I've been using Macs for over ten years and I've never run into an overall system slowdown like this.

I had to put MenuMeters on my wife's iMac. She finds herself with gobs of Mozilla windows open. Unfortunately, things like animated graphics suck CPU horribly.
http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/
Anyway MenuMeters let me but a CPU graph on the menu bar. it helps her determine exactly when she opens a CPU-hogging web page. It can also display network usage, disk space, memory usage, etc.
The system information dashboard widget might also help.
You want to find out if you're CPU-bound, I/O-bound, or memory-bound. Then find the offending app and kill/remedy it.
top -ocpu
in a terminal window will also show you what processes are chewing CPU.
It might also be an application. I was once caught by the RSS Aggregator NetNewsWire because I didn't realize that every time I opened an article, I was creating a Tab in the reader. Eventually, every time I started the reader, it was loading hundreds of tabs but only showing me about 4 of them. I now open articles using a web browser.
800MHz 15" Flat 768MB 40GB Mac OS X (10.4.5)
800MHz 15" Flat 768MB 40GB Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Network user login keychain

Guys,
Got one of my network users using his network account - he has an RSS aggregator that's continually popping up and asking to use his login keychain password. I mean "continually" - 20-25 times a day. Now the reason it needs it is fine - he's accessing feeds from one of our own wiki servers which also authenticates using his network user account, however I've set it to "Remember this password" to no avail.
I've even trashed his login keychain and created a brand new one, but still no joy. Has anyone got any incredibly helpful suggestions, lol?
This is also posted in the 10.6 server section (since that's the OD server that manages his account).
Thanks (hopefully) in advance,
Matt

Ok then, I got one for you. Similar sort of thing. Just created a 10.6 server, created all the relevant users within WGM, then imported the home folders from the previous 10.5 server. Ensured all new UIDs matched the UIDs from the 10.5 WGM because it then simplifies permissions - i.e. all the permissions are recognised by the new server automatically for the right users.
Now for one of my users, her login keychain is never open by default. When you start Keychain Access (she's on 10.5.8 btw) you get the System keychain and the System Roots list of certificate authorities, but no login keychain.
Have checked the permissions of her ~/Library/Keychains/ folder and they're correct, as are the permissions for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain.
Double-clicking on the login.keychain file opens it up just fine in Keychain Access, however as soon as you close KA and re-open it, the login keychain's gone again.
I've tried importing a keychain, adding an existing keychain (obviously the login one) and creating a new keychain called login, none of which work - there's no error, it just ignores me.
I'd rather not create a temporary user account, transfer all the docsuments/mail etc, delete the original and recreate a new one using the old name and copy everything back, but unless someone can help me out, that's what I'm going to have to do.
There has to be some guru's out there somewhere that can help???
Thanks in advance,
Matt

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