Channel 9 Forums - Tech Off - Subscribing to an RSS feed on the local network http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Tech Off - Subscribing to an RSS feed on the local network http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:34:34 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:34:34 GMT Rev9 4 -4 -1 Tech Off - Subscribing to an RSS feed on the local network I have an application that I occasionally want to notify me when some things happen. I figured I'd use RSS, since I check my feeds regularly. However, I can't seem to figure out how to subscribe to it. If I open the XML file in IE, it simply shows me the XML, not the RSS reader. Does the file need to be served via http for IE to pick it up or something?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/261922-Subscribing-to-an-RSS-feed-on-the-local-network/261922#261922 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:48:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/261922-Subscribing-to-an-RSS-feed-on-the-local-network/261922#261922 Bas 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Bas/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Subscribing to an RSS feed on the local network Maybe you could trick IE with some clever host-file manipulation?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/261922-Subscribing-to-an-RSS-feed-on-the-local-network/a9c23217580343a4a8dd9dfa00c2d669#a9c23217580343a4a8dd9dfa00c2d669 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:23:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/261922-Subscribing-to-an-RSS-feed-on-the-local-network/a9c23217580343a4a8dd9dfa00c2d669#a9c23217580343a4a8dd9dfa00c2d669 jsampsonPC 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/jsampsonPC/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Subscribing to an RSS feed on the local network I've opened the C9 RSS feed in IE7 (http://channel9.msdn.com/rss.apsx) and I got a page with a link to subscribe to the feed in IE7's RSS reader. The document was served with Content-type text/xml and the same worked with another dynamically generated feed, too.

Saving the xml file locally and opening it in IE7 did not display the special feed page.

So I guess, it only works if the RSS xml file is opened via http (and not locally or from a network drive) and the Content-type header must be set to text/xml to show up the feed subscribe page.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/261922-Subscribing-to-an-RSS-feed-on-the-local-network/f44025b721434367a8c59dfa00c2d6e4#f44025b721434367a8c59dfa00c2d6e4 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:36:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/261922-Subscribing-to-an-RSS-feed-on-the-local-network/f44025b721434367a8c59dfa00c2d6e4#f44025b721434367a8c59dfa00c2d6e4 Nils 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Nils/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Subscribing to an RSS feed on the local network Thanks for the info, guys. If I can't do anything through the host file, I guess I'm stuck using a web server. I'll see if I can get the WHS to serve the feed via http.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/261922-Subscribing-to-an-RSS-feed-on-the-local-network/5de821c36cd644329ccd9dfa00c2d757#5de821c36cd644329ccd9dfa00c2d757 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:05:15 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/261922-Subscribing-to-an-RSS-feed-on-the-local-network/5de821c36cd644329ccd9dfa00c2d757#5de821c36cd644329ccd9dfa00c2d757 Bas 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Bas/Discussions/RSS