Forum Aggregation (PH/Cobens/Others)
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Chaps,
I'm new on here (hey - everyone is new on here!) but you'll recognise my username from days of yore elsewhere.
While I'm happy to see this forum and looking forward to reading more good stuff on it I am aware that it's a very single-issue forum; by which I mean that the topics on it are only likely to be related to investments in Cobens funds. This is all well and good but it's very nature means it will be a quiet corner of t'internet. One of the joys of PH was that all threads on all sorts of many varied topics would be listed on the 'My Topics' page, which made browsing new stuff of interest to me easier.
Is there any kind of 'forum aggregation' function/software/service/magic that anyone knows of which will allow a single user to see a single dashboard of all new posts of all topics on threads on all forums. This would show any replies to any threads in which the user has an interest on PH, on Julian's new forum and on this Cobens forum, meaning that I don't need to go and look at all three? I realise that the nature of the different forum software types used means that this is asking a lot so I'm not expecting much, but would be keen to hear what anyone else does.
Thanks.
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Hi O,
The Cobens forum was created because many clients wanted it. It's not intended to be PH 2.0 nor could it ever be. It will take time to build a body of information, which we hope many will find useful. We have no plans to aggregate content from other websites.Regards
Adam
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I tend to visit forums that are important to me at the time, the only threads I ever really read on PH was the IM threads, I rarely read anything else on there, and I won't be visiting again, as I have no need. I don't have time to go looking for interesting threads, although sometimes a forum may send a email digest on new posts and something may catch my eye.
I've joined dozens of forums over the years, no way would I want to peruse all content on all forums I've ever visited, if someone replies to a topic I'm interested in on one, then I will get an email.
When I was building my cinema room I frequented AV Forums a lot, when tiling it was a tiling forum, solar has taken me to solar forums etc.
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Chaps,
I'm new on here (hey - everyone is new on here!) but you'll recognise my username from days of yore elsewhere.
While I'm happy to see this forum and looking forward to reading more good stuff on it I am aware that it's a very single-issue forum; by which I mean that the topics on it are only likely to be related to investments in Cobens funds. This is all well and good but it's very nature means it will be a quiet corner of t'internet. One of the joys of PH was that all threads on all sorts of many varied topics would be listed on the 'My Topics' page, which made browsing new stuff of interest to me easier.
Is there any kind of 'forum aggregation' function/software/service/magic that anyone knows of which will allow a single user to see a single dashboard of all new posts of all topics on threads on all forums. This would show any replies to any threads in which the user has an interest on PH, on Julian's new forum and on this Cobens forum, meaning that I don't need to go and look at all three? I realise that the nature of the different forum software types used means that this is asking a lot so I'm not expecting much, but would be keen to hear what anyone else does.
Thanks.
Hi O,
Welcome to the forum. The intention and hope is that this can become a source of shared knowledge and experience. It is open to all, not just Cobens clients and happy to cover any area of finance not just Cobens related things so it should grow into a good resource for general finance based things.
I think most forums. by their nature start as a single subject forum, based on the shared interest and knowledge of the members and the expertise of the forum founders. No subject is off limits so feel free to ask about anything and if the members have the answer I'm sure they will share.
Cheers
Nik
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I don't know of anything that would aggregate "new posts" listings from multiple different forums, which I think is what is being asked here. First off it would need each forum to have an API to allow the aggregate site to access that information, unless it went screen-scraping which can be a bit iffy copyright-wise and a pain in the neck for the developer when the forum changes layout.
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I tend to visit forums that are important to me at the time, the only threads I ever really read on PH was the IM threads, I rarely read anything else on there, and I won't be visiting again, as I have no need. I don't have time to go looking for interesting threads, although sometimes a forum may send a email digest on new posts and something may catch my eye.
I've joined dozens of forums over the years, no way would I want to peruse all content on all forums I've ever visited, if someone replies to a topic I'm interested in on one, then I will get an email.
When I was building my cinema room I frequented AV Forums a lot, when tiling it was a tiling forum, solar has taken me to solar forums etc.
@Ronski well put!
Avforums, SpeakEV, electricianforum, cyclechat…not to forget MoneySavingExpert 🤪
All those & more….sometimes I drop in on them, but often it is for a reason and a period of time
PH is a great all round one, but it was clear this forum was needed for those of us who are here now (& likely more in the future)
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I've absolutely loads of forum accounts (no surprise as I've been using computers since the 80's, long before the internet really existed), vast majority I don't visit at all, they served their purpose. Back in 2021 something I was interested in caught my eye on the Overclockers forum - likely from a Google search, went to sign up and found I'd actually joined back in 2012.
I think if I had a feed of all new posts on all forums I'd ever signed up to, I'd be reading for ever and a day.
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I don't know of anything that would aggregate "new posts" listings from multiple different forums, which I think is what is being asked here. First off it would need each forum to have an API to allow the aggregate site to access that information, unless it went screen-scraping which can be a bit iffy copyright-wise and a pain in the neck for the developer when the forum changes layout.
Chaps,
Thanks. DroppSnoot has the right end of the stick and his answer is much as I expected; it's not really feasible. A screen-scraper would be the easiest answer (probably) but the copyright issues may be tricksy.
@droopsnoot said in Forum Aggregation (PH/Cobens/Others):
I don't know of anything that would aggregate "new posts" listings from multiple different forums, which I think is what is being asked here. First off it would need each forum to have an API to allow the aggregate site to access that information, unless it went screen-scraping which can be a bit iffy copyright-wise and a pain in the neck for the developer when the forum changes layout.
As Ronski said, I guess this will simply become another of the many forums I am a member of. The snag is that the 'My Topics' bit of PH allowed me to readily see which (if any) of my topics had any new posts on. Manually checking each forum in turn is ... fiddly.
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@2BToo If you go to settings (click your user name top right), then you can setup various notification, change watched categories etc. Much the same as what "My Topics" achieved, you can also watch specific threads if you want more granular control (scroll to the top of this page for option there). Once you know your way around, I think you'll find this style of forum is much more flexible.
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Hi All.
Aggregating threads/data from third-party sources is not really within the scope of this forum. However you can accomplish this quite easily yourself with an RSS reader. Feedly is probably the easiest and most popular option, free to use up to 100 feeds. However, there are plenty of other free and paid options.
Most forums, including this one; have multiple RSS feeds you can subscribe to (look for the
icon).If you want to further customise your experience you can do so from your user profile.
