Hínandil <hinandil@...> writes: site? pages with <rss>url</rss> MediaWiki site. What if my wiki requires login to read? How can I bypass this? Do I need to make the Special:RecentChanges page globally readable? Thanks!

Brion Vibber <brion@...> writes: Yes and no. The RSS only feeds the recentlyChanged page, which doesn't contain too much infomation. Also my web server requires login to get access to the wiki, which is another layer of security. So the question is, can I set the RecentlyChanged page to readable and the RSS would work?

Brion Vibber <brion@...> writes: contain the of RSS I tried it and yes it worked. And yes, you're right that the feed gives the diff, which I don't want to reveal. Is there any other way around? Thanks!

On 4/20/05, Alexandre Van de Sande &lt;alexandrevandesande(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Quite so. Somebody would have to write a script to parse either the wikitext or the HTML and extract the "items" in a meaningful way. People have done this with a few pages, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Syndication, but no feed for that one is listed there. There have also been various feature requests for creating a feed from the history of a page, the activity in a category, and for user watchlists (the last being particularly difficult because people like their watchlists to stay private). See http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=471,472,943 Creating a "standard" (i.e. official part of the software) feed from actual items within a page is a little more complex, and it's hard to see how to do it in a "standard" way. -- Rowan Collins BSc [IMSoP]