We've been Slashdocked!

Nov 08, '01 04:06:00AM

Contributed by: Hes Nikke

i have had SlashDock running in my dock for a while telling me when MacSlash and Slashdot update and i havn't been visiting MacOS X Hints as quickly as it updates (unlike Slashdot and MacSlash!).

that all changes now! :) SlashDock has a config file that tells it where to get its headlines. the file is located at:

~/Library/Preferences/SlashDock.config.plist.

[Editor's note: This file was not installed by default when I loaded Slashdock the first time. I had to open the SlashDock package (control-click on the app and Show Package Contents), then navigate to Contents -> Resources, and then drag a copy of SlashDock.config.plist to the prefs folder.

And it turns out it's just as easy to add content from www.macosxapps.com for the latest Mac OS X Application releases -- just read the rest of this article for the instructions for both.]


Panther proven!

To add MacOSXHints, just open that file and add the following XML between the and the first tag, or between any - or - pair:


<dict>
  <key>fetchIntervalInSeconds</key>
  <integer>2400</integer>
  <key>headlineDescriptor</key>
  <string>MacOS X Hints - Get the most from X!</string>
  <key>headlineSiteUrl</key>
  <string>http://www.macosxhints.com/</string>
  <key>headlineUrl</key>
  <string>http://www.macosxhints.com/backend/geeklog.rdf</string>
  <key>imageUrlPrefix</key>
  <string>http://www.macosxhints.com/images/topics/</string>
  <key>name</key>
  <string>macosxhints.com</string>
</dict>
And for macosxapps, you'd insert the following code:

<dict>
  <key>fetchIntervalInSeconds</key>
  <integer>2400</integer>
  <key>headlineDescriptor</key>
  <string>The Source For MacOS X Software</string>
  <key>headlineSiteUrl</key>
  <string>http://www.macosxapps.com/</string>
  <key>headlineUrl</key>
  <string>http://www.macosxapps.com/backend/macosxapps.rdf</string>
  <key>imageUrlPrefix</key>
  <string>http://www.macosxapps.com/images/topics/</string>
  <key>name</key>
  <string>macosxapps.com</string>
</dict>

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Mac OS X Hints
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20011108040648734