NWS is a php CMS to manage various XML (RSS, aTom, etc) news feeds and present them in a nice fashion. I made it to replace the online news services that I’ve been using, as they became bloated and crippled with spyware. It’s really a barebones system, but I’ve been using it for weeks now, and it basically does what I want.
- AJAX asynchronous loading of the feeds (ie reload one single feed w/o reloading the whole page)
- Grabs the most out of the description text and displays it as standard tooltip on mouse hover
- Does its best to parse any given feed and identify it w/o questions.
- Plays nice with different resolutions & ergonomics, ie phones, tablets, etc
- Links directly on any included image
- If any, displays item image, wrapped around text (displays it full width if it’s the only item’s element)
- Lightweight and standard (valid HTML5 code)
- Copy the files in a directory within a webserver root. Point your browser to that directory
- Recommended : Protect (restrict access to) the back-office
- Use a trusted online htpassword generator (You can also create user/password pair(s) directly on the server with the command “htpasswd -b .access username password”)
- Paste this user/password pair in a file, and upload it as nws/.access (or another - secure - location, see below)
- Optional : Move the .access out of the http server root, and edit .htaccess to reflect this change.
- Use “Pin as app tab” in Firefox to prevent tab clutter
- Use the “mgmt” link to access the “back office”
- Use the “add a new feed” text entry field at the bottom to enter a new feed
- Use the “new tab” text entry field to create a new category
- Use the “change this feed’s tab” menu to re-categorize the feed
- Use the “promote this feed” (^) link to bump up a feed as 1st of its tab
- Use the “delete this feed” (x) link to delete a feed
- A better sorting system. Right now it’s quite a PITA when you add a new feed and assign it to a category/tab, to promote (^) the feeds and tabs to their previous locations
- A sqlite DB (in a ramdisk where applicable). This plain text file is nice and portable and all, but it’s damn slow
- Some way of listening linked audio files & feeds
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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