Use our Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds to get MCAD Central forum messages sent to your news reader program — or put them on your own web site.
RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, is a format that allows sites to easily send headlines all over the Internet. You can use one of the many News Reader programs to let you view headlines from multiple sources in one application. Once you've chosen your program, follow its instructions for adding our headlines. If you have a personal Website, you can use these feeds to add TIME.com headlines to your pages.
To learn more about RSS, or to find a news reader, click here.
Our feeds:
Javascript Includes for Web Sites
If you want a simpler method of placing our feeds on your web site, try our javascript includes. It's easy to customize and requires hardly any knowledge of scripting or HTML. To place our forum feed on your web page, simply add the following code to your web page:
You can customize the feed by specifying the forum, adding or removing columns, specifying how far back to pull the feeds, and more. Modify the appropriate querystring tags to suit your needs:
| Tag |
Possible Values |
Description |
| h |
integer, 0 - 48 |
Number of hours back from current time to get posts. |
| f |
catia
inv
proe
sw
ug |
Specifies the forum to grab the posts from.
- catia = Catia
- inv = Inventor
- proe = Pro/ENGINEER
- sw = SolidWorks
- ug = Unigraphics
|
| m |
any integer |
Sets the maximum number of posts to be displayed. |
| c |
y,n |
Displays the Category column. |
| t |
y,n |
Displays the Time column |
| crop |
15-100 |
If the topic title of the post is too long, it will be cropped after the specified number of characters. |
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For example, by specifying the javascript source as:
http://www.mcadcentral.com/feeds/forum.asp?h=24&f=proe&m=20&c=y&t=y&crop=60
your web page will display posts from Pro/Engineer forum as far back as 24 hours. However, it will limit the maximum number of posts to 20. It will display the category colum, the time colum, and terminate the forum topic title to 60 characters. The order of variables does not matter. For further customization, add your own fonts or css styles around the javascript tag.
Note: You may use our feeds on your site, free of charge, provided you do not publish the full text of our articles or forums. Please credit MCAD Central as the source. We reserve the right to stop providing the feeds at any time.
Pro/ENGINEER - 