Rnews Feed Aggregator

About the Software

If you're reading this page, chances are high that you already know what a feed aggregator is. It's what you manage your hundreds of RSS and Atom feeds with. Why would you want one server-side? Well, a server-side aggregator is:

Easy. You interact with the aggregator with your web browser, where you're going to be reading your news anyway.

Accessible. Read news from...

Website: http://rnews.sourceforge.net

Rnews Feed Aggregator: Download

A web installation wizard makes it simple to install and configure Rnews. Steps to install:

Untar rnews into a folder on your web-server. (E.g., /somedir/rnews)

Preserve file permissions, like this: tar xpzf rnews-1.01.tar.gz or unzip rnews-1.01.zip

Browse to install.php in that folder on your web-server. (E.g., http://your.site/somedir/rnews/install.php)

Enter the database and configuration information as prompted and follow the instructions.

After successful installation, two files must be protected:

install.php -- remove read permissions from this file, since it exposes your database and add-user information. You can remove it completely, remove world...

Website: http://rnews.sourceforge.net

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