Re: RSS Feeds? Databases?
1. Receive? An RSS feed is nothing but an XML file. All you would have to do is use the Get object and Get the URL of your RSS feed, then parse it in MMF2. Although, parsing RSS feeds is more difficult than simply displaying pre-formatted text from a .txt file on your server, which may be more of what you want.
2. Yes, if you write a PHP script or other sort of script you know how to use with your website, you can again use the Get object to get information from your database through the script.
3. I don't know what RMS is, but it may be a similar solution to #2.
Re: RSS Feeds? Databases?
cool, thanks Lb.... looks like im going on an intecsive php learning curve lol.
Now that I know the direction does anybody else have any more detailed information on how I might get to my destination... please bare in mind that I am a bit fusionally challenged!
Re: RSS Feeds? Databases?
PHP's not that bad once you get used to it :) Look up a basic Hello-World tutorial, get some webspace and upload something to just show a sentence or two then try using the Get Object to bring that down into MMF. Then just build outwards gradually...
Further down the road, one thing to bear in mind is that for the Get object to work in Flash, the server for the page you're calling needs a crossdomain.xml file that allows calls from wherever you're calling it from. Search earlier on the forum for more about it.
Re: RSS Feeds? Databases?
great advice, thanks David.