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RSS and zip code proximity

 		10/13/2010 3:35:57 PM
PHPRunner General questions
M
 muscleda author

Hi to all. As a (purchased) PHPRunner novice, I was wondering if any experienced folk might have a suggestion that addresses two of my most important programming needs:

  1. automatic creation of RSS feeds from data searches (i.e. generation of a clickable RSS feed link based on the results of a search)
  2. integrating zip code proximity searching (i.e. find all events within _ miles of ___ zipcode)
    I'm aware of php scripts that will do the aforementioned independent of PHPRunner. But, I'm failing to integrate them into what PHPRunner generates. Thanks in advance for your expert insight!
Sergey Kornilov admin 10/14/2010

Haven't had personal experience with either. If you have any specific integration questions we'll be glad to assist.
You can also contact us in regards to custom software development. Our rates can be found at http://xlinesoft.com/buy_support.htm
M
 		muscleda author 10/14/2010

Thanks. Will do.
PHPRunner is a great project. But a development area to consider for the future is data "re-purposing" and "search engine optimization" (SEO). Data locked in MySQL has great potential to be used in ways beyond what a singular browse/search website experience offers (re-purposing). The use of RSS could be a powerful way for others to pull/use the data pumped into a PHPRunner script. Also, MySQL-housed data can't be seen by indexing spiders (i.e. Google) without the generation of an XML sitemap. The ability to have PHPRunner construct a well formatted sitemap would add great value to the program's capabilities. RSS, sitemaps, and zip code proximity searching seems essential to Runner's feature set because each of these impact how the end user can interact with the data. Thanks for considering this.