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Automated Cycling Headlines on BikeRide.com

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Brent
March 19, 2006 in Web Dev.

My latest upgrade to BikeRide.com was adding headlines pulled in from RSS Feeds. I set this up using XML over HTTP. In ASP this uses MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.4.0. New RSS feeds are fetched once an hour from VeloNews, PezCyclingNews, CyclingUSA, Active.com, EuroSport, and Cycle-Smart. When the new RSS feeds are parsed, any new URLs are added to a database table, then that table is queried to pull the top 25 latest headlines for the BikeRide.com index page. This was actually pretty easy to set up, and made me wish I had done this a long time ago. Now I have up to date news headlines on the site with no manual updating.

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About Brent

I have been a Web Developer since the early '90s working on some of the highest traffic sites on the internet such as MSN.com and ESPN.com. Since 2007 I have been using Ruby on Rails while working for Sports Technologies, a small internet company in Connecticut, developing features for FanNation.com and Fantasy Sports applications for Sports Illustrated.

I am interested in all things related to Social Media, User Experience, and creating great Web Applications.

I am a Cycling enthusiast who raced competitively for many years, and still try to get out and ride as much as I can. I created the site BikeRide.com and have developed some other cycling related sites in the past.

I am a husband, and the father of two girls. I grew up in western Washington, but now live in Connecticut.