very interesting

If you go here

http://co.mments.com/

Enter the following url to track
http://torrentfreak.com/interview-wi...of-bittorrent/


Click track

Now you will see it added to the page. How do they strip the page to display
it like that

Please let me know if there are any examples out there or already done php
code to do this

Thanks.

On Mar 1, 3:26 pm, yoko <n...@na.ca> wrote:
> If you go here
>
> http://co.mments.com/
>
> Enter the following url to trackhttp://torrentfreak.com/interview-with-bram-cohen-the-inventor-of-bit...
>
> Click track
>
> Now you will see it added to the page. How do they strip the page to display
> it like that
It's actually done with JavaScript using a technology called AJAX
(Asynchronous JavaScript and XML). This allows JavaScript to fetch a
page from the server and display the contents on the page you see. The
comp.lang.javascript group is great for JavaScript questions.
>
> Please let me know if there are any examples out there or already done php
> code to do this
There are tons. Run a Google search for AJAX examples.
>
> Thanks..

On 1 Mar, 21:26, yoko <n...@na.ca> wrote:
> If you go here
>
> http://co.mments.com/
>
> Enter the following url to trackhttp://torrentfreak.com/interview-with-bram-cohen-the-inventor-of-bit...
>
> Click track
>
> Now you will see it added to the page. How do they strip the page to display
> it like that
>
> Please let me know if there are any examples out there or already done php
> code to do this
>
> Thanks..

getfirefox and install the "firebug" and "web developer" addons.
Then you can see the request being made behind the scenes.
The browser posts the URL to http://co.mments.com/track/track
a script on the co.mments.com server then retrieves the XML feed
corresponding to that URL,
and uses something like the SimpleXML PHP library to grab the title
body and so on for that feed, using methods similar to DOM methods
within javascript.
The results are then escaped, and mixed with html, and finally
inserted into the DOM within the browser. As Benjamin says its a
process referred to as AJAX, the real work is done server side, with a
javascript class inside the browser controlling the result in the
browser. CSS finally controls the look and feel.
I guess your next step depends on what you meant by the question!! If
you meant HUWHAT HOW??? do they do that, then you're in for a real
learning curve, if you meant how to they strip the HTML and make it
look pretty, the answer is RSS Feeds, as well as a browser version
there is often a more tightly controlled cut down version intended to
be shared between computers, that's easy to parse for re-display, RSS
is a much more accessible technology, just right click on an RSS
symbol download it and open it in an editor, and change stuff in there
and make it your own.

But how are they determining the feed for that URL?

http://torrentfreak.com/interview-wi...of-bittorrent/

Here is another link as well did they find the RSS for this how did they
do it.
http://www.digg.com/security/Departm...or_US_Citizens


I installed both those components you told me to do for firefox very cool.

If i can get the rss data its prety easy to strip it down. Also how do they
determine different urls


Thanks..
Hello shimmyshack,

> On 1 Mar, 21:26, yoko <n...@na.ca> wrote:
>
>> If you go here
>>
>> http://co.mments.com/
>>
>> Enter the following url to
>> trackhttp://torrentfreak.com/interview-with-bram-cohen-the-inventor-o
>> f-bit...
>>
>> Click track
>>
>> Now you will see it added to the page. How do they strip the page to
>> display it like that
>>
>> Please let me know if there are any examples out there or already
>> done php code to do this
>>
>> Thanks..
>>
> getfirefox and install the "firebug" and "web developer" addons.
> Then you can see the request being made behind the scenes.
> The browser posts the URL to http://co.mments.com/track/track
> a script on the co.mments.com server then retrieves the XML feed
> corresponding to that URL,
> and uses something like the SimpleXML PHP library to grab the title
> body and so on for that feed, using methods similar to DOM methods
> within javascript.
> The results are then escaped, and mixed with html, and finally
> inserted into the DOM within the browser. As Benjamin says its a
> process referred to as AJAX, the real work is done server side, with a
> javascript class inside the browser controlling the result in the
> browser. CSS finally controls the look and feel.
> I guess your next step depends on what you meant by the question!! If
> you meant HUWHAT HOW??? do they do that, then you're in for a real
> learning curve, if you meant how to they strip the HTML and make it
> look pretty, the answer is RSS Feeds, as well as a browser version
> there is often a more tightly controlled cut down version intended to
> be shared between computers, that's easy to parse for re-display, RSS
> is a much more accessible technology, just right click on an RSS
> symbol download it and open it in an editor, and change stuff in there
> and make it your own

On 2 Mar, 17:05, yoko <n...@na.ca> wrote:
> But how are they determining the feed for that URL?
>
> http://torrentfreak.com/interview-wi...nventor-of-bit...
>
> Here is another link as well did they find the RSS for this how did they
> do it.http://www.digg.com/security/Departm...urity_requires...
>
> I installed both those components you told me to do for firefox very cool.
>
> If i can get the rss data its prety easy to strip it down. Also how do they
> determine different urls
>
> Thanks..
> Hello shimmyshack,
>
> > On 1 Mar, 21:26, yoko <n...@na.ca> wrote:
>
> >> If you go here
>
> >>http://co.mments.com/
>
> >> Enter the following url to
> >> trackhttp://torrentfreak.com/interview-with-bram-cohen-the-inventor-o
> >> f-bit...
>
> >> Click track
>
> >> Now you will see it added to the page. How do they strip the page to
> >> display it like that
>
> >> Please let me know if there are any examples out there or already
> >> done php code to do this
>
> >> Thanks..
>
> > getfirefox and install the "firebug" and "web developer" addons.
> > Then you can see the request being made behind the scenes.
> > The browser posts the URL tohttp://co.mments.com/track/track
> > a script on the co.mments.com server then retrieves the XML feed
> > corresponding to that URL,
> > and uses something like the SimpleXML PHP library to grab the title
> > body and so on for that feed, using methods similar to DOM methods
> > within javascript.
> > The results are then escaped, and mixed with html, and finally
> > inserted into the DOM within the browser. As Benjamin says its a
> > process referred to as AJAX, the real work is done server side, with a
> > javascript class inside the browser controlling the result in the
> > browser. CSS finally controls the look and feel.
> > I guess your next step depends on what you meant by the question!! If
> > you meant HUWHAT HOW??? do they do that, then you're in for a real
> > learning curve, if you meant how to they strip the HTML and make it
> > look pretty, the answer is RSS Feeds, as well as a browser version
> > there is often a more tightly controlled cut down version intended to
> > be shared between computers, that's easy to parse for re-display, RSS
> > is a much more accessible technology, just right click on an RSS
> > symbol download it and open it in an editor, and change stuff in there
> > and make it your own.

I would imagine that digg - not a site I use - would have an API to
its stories once you get an account, the "blog it" link is
interesting, you have to have an accont as I say but once youve logged
on I guess the RSS is available. (I havent checked that though!) It is
actually possible to parse entire pages because remember the markup of
xhtml page should be xml compliant and with a large site like DIGG
things dont change too much and you can spare the time to tweak your
code to match any small changes they might make, however I should
imagine it is done using an xml link up using some kind of API or
agreement with digg)

Determining different URLs? Can you explain that a bit? cyl.

Different urls. What i mean is that it only works with blogs that have comments.
That is how the thing works.

Thanks...
Hello shimmyshack,

> On 2 Mar, 17:05, yoko <n...@na.ca> wrote:
>
>> But how are they determining the feed for that URL?
>>
>> http://torrentfreak.com/interview-wi...nventor-of-bit
>> ...
>>
>> Here is another link as well did they find the RSS for this how did
>> they do
>> it.http://www.digg.com/security/Departm...Security_requi
>> res...
>>
>> I installed both those components you told me to do for firefox very
>> cool.
>>
>> If i can get the rss data its prety easy to strip it down. Also how
>> do they determine different urls
>>
>> Thanks..
>> Hello shimmyshack,
>>> On 1 Mar, 21:26, yoko <n...@na.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you go here
>>>>
>>>> http://co.mments.com/
>>>>
>>>> Enter the following url to
>>>> trackhttp://torrentfreak.com/interview-with-bram-cohen-the-inventor
>>>> -o f-bit...
>>>>
>>>> Click track
>>>>
>>>> Now you will see it added to the page. How do they strip the page
>>>> to display it like that
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if there are any examples out there or already
>>>> done php code to do this
>>>>
>>>> Thanks..
>>>>
>>> getfirefox and install the "firebug" and "web developer" addons.
>>> Then you can see the request being made behind the scenes.
>>> The browser posts the URL tohttp://co.mments.com/track/track
>>> a script on the co.mments.com server then retrieves the XML feed
>>> corresponding to that URL,
>>> and uses something like the SimpleXML PHP library to grab the title
>>> body and so on for that feed, using methods similar to DOM methods
>>> within javascript.
>>> The results are then escaped, and mixed with html, and finally
>>> inserted into the DOM within the browser. As Benjamin says its a
>>> process referred to as AJAX, the real work is done server side, with
>>> a
>>> javascript class inside the browser controlling the result in the
>>> browser. CSS finally controls the look and feel.
>>> I guess your next step depends on what you meant by the question!!
>>> If
>>> you meant HUWHAT HOW??? do they do that, then you're in for a real
>>> learning curve, if you meant how to they strip the HTML and make it
>>> look pretty, the answer is RSS Feeds, as well as a browser version
>>> there is often a more tightly controlled cut down version intended
>>> to
>>> be shared between computers, that's easy to parse for re-display,
>>> RSS
>>> is a much more accessible technology, just right click on an RSS
>>> symbol download it and open it in an editor, and change stuff in
>>> there
>>> and make it your own.
> I would imagine that digg - not a site I use - would have an API to
> its stories once you get an account, the "blog it" link is
> interesting, you have to have an accont as I say but once youve logged
> on I guess the RSS is available. (I havent checked that though!) It is
> actually possible to parse entire pages because remember the markup of
> xhtml page should be xml compliant and with a large site like DIGG
> things dont change too much and you can spare the time to tweak your
> code to match any small changes they might make, however I should
> imagine it is done using an xml link up using some kind of API or
> agreement with digg)
>
> Determining different URLs? Can you explain that a bit? cyl.
>