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  • adam
    #1

    TV schedule?

    I've seen this on a number of TV sites, where on the front page they
    tell you what's playing at the time you're browsing, what's coming up
    next, etc. I want to do this for a site I'm working on, but I have no
    idea where to start. Can anyone point me in the right direction or
    give me a few pointers? Thanks.
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    • PHPGB
      #2
      Re: TV schedule?

      <comp.lang.ph p , adam , blah@blah.com>
      <tjksg158dov0ap jfm8a7ui2foqr2f gtkca@4ax.com>
      <Thu, 25 Aug 2005 23:21:37 GMT>
      [color=blue]
      > I've seen this on a number of TV sites, where on the front page they
      > tell you what's playing at the time you're browsing, what's coming up
      > next, etc. I want to do this for a site I'm working on, but I have no
      > idea where to start. Can anyone point me in the right direction or
      > give me a few pointers? Thanks.
      >[/color]

      I would start by becoming quite proficient at using the date() features
      and functions .

      Bump in some data and display the selected stuff on your front page
      using the server time to decide whats info gets grabbed and displayed .


      --
      https://www.phpguestbook.co.uk

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        • Paddy Sebastian
          #3
          Re: TV schedule?

          adam wrote:[color=blue]
          > I've seen this on a number of TV sites, where on the front page they
          > tell you what's playing at the time you're browsing, what's coming up
          > next, etc. I want to do this for a site I'm working on, but I have no
          > idea where to start. Can anyone point me in the right direction or
          > give me a few pointers? Thanks.[/color]

          We’ll basically this is not more then a calendar script, with a front
          and backend. On The backend you can add the tv schedule and on the
          frontend the whole thing is presented in a nice looking way. You
          probably can modify a simple calendar script to fix your needs!
          -paddy

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            • windandwaves
              #4
              Re: TV schedule?

              Paddy Sebastian wrote:[color=blue]
              > adam wrote:[color=green]
              >> I've seen this on a number of TV sites, where on the front page they
              >> tell you what's playing at the time you're browsing, what's coming up
              >> next, etc. I want to do this for a site I'm working on, but I have no
              >> idea where to start. Can anyone point me in the right direction or
              >> give me a few pointers? Thanks.[/color]
              >
              > We’ll basically this is not more then a calendar script, with a front
              > and backend. On The backend you can add the tv schedule and on the
              > frontend the whole thing is presented in a nice looking way. You
              > probably can modify a simple calendar script to fix your needs!
              > -paddy[/color]

              How would you get the TV schedule in the back-end? Would you use an RSS
              feed for that?


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                • Ramon
                  #5
                  Re: TV schedule?

                  Its all RSS (XML) feeds, you would not need to develop a front/back end
                  system for it.

                  windandwaves wrote:[color=blue]
                  > Paddy Sebastian wrote:
                  >[color=green]
                  >>adam wrote:
                  >>[color=darkred]
                  >>>I've seen this on a number of TV sites, where on the front page they
                  >>>tell you what's playing at the time you're browsing, what's coming up
                  >>>next, etc. I want to do this for a site I'm working on, but I have no
                  >>>idea where to start. Can anyone point me in the right direction or
                  >>>give me a few pointers? Thanks.[/color]
                  >>
                  >>We’ll basically this is not more then a calendar script, with a front
                  >>and backend. On The backend you can add the tv schedule and on the
                  >>frontend the whole thing is presented in a nice looking way. You
                  >>probably can modify a simple calendar script to fix your needs!
                  >>-paddy[/color]
                  >
                  >
                  > How would you get the TV schedule in the back-end? Would you use an RSS
                  > feed for that?
                  >
                  >[/color]

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                    • adam
                      #6
                      Re: TV schedule?

                      On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:56:02 +0200, Paddy Sebastian <paddy@theteal. de>
                      wrote:
                      [color=blue]
                      >adam wrote:[color=green]
                      >> I've seen this on a number of TV sites, where on the front page they
                      >> tell you what's playing at the time you're browsing, what's coming up
                      >> next, etc. I want to do this for a site I'm working on, but I have no
                      >> idea where to start. Can anyone point me in the right direction or
                      >> give me a few pointers? Thanks.[/color]
                      >
                      >We’ll basically this is not more then a calendar script, with a front
                      >and backend. On The backend you can add the tv schedule and on the
                      >frontend the whole thing is presented in a nice looking way. You
                      >probably can modify a simple calendar script to fix your needs!
                      >-paddy[/color]


                      I was planning on using a calendar script to basically make it into an
                      event calendar and using that, yeah. I'm just lost as to how to call
                      upon the specific events still. I'm painfully new to php. I've dabbled
                      in it before, but never coding anything more than tweaking message
                      board stuff and the like.

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                        • adam
                          #7
                          Re: TV schedule?

                          That's what I was thinking, using an RSS feed. But this is a little
                          different than using a headline feed, as it's not really calling upon
                          the last 5 headlines but rather an event for that specific time, as
                          well as the next 4 events (for the "up next" feature).

                          So, I guess I gotta learn RSS and php, eh? :)

                          On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:16:33 +1000, Ramon <drybkin@gmail. com> wrote:
                          [color=blue]
                          >Its all RSS (XML) feeds, you would not need to develop a front/back end
                          >system for it.
                          >
                          >windandwaves wrote:[color=green]
                          >> Paddy Sebastian wrote:
                          >>[color=darkred]
                          >>>adam wrote:
                          >>>
                          >>>>I've seen this on a number of TV sites, where on the front page they
                          >>>>tell you what's playing at the time you're browsing, what's coming up
                          >>>>next, etc. I want to do this for a site I'm working on, but I have no
                          >>>>idea where to start. Can anyone point me in the right direction or
                          >>>>give me a few pointers? Thanks.
                          >>>
                          >>>We’ll basically this is not more then a calendar script, with a front
                          >>>and backend. On The backend you can add the tv schedule and on the
                          >>>frontend the whole thing is presented in a nice looking way. You
                          >>>probably can modify a simple calendar script to fix your needs!
                          >>>-paddy[/color]
                          >>
                          >>
                          >> How would you get the TV schedule in the back-end? Would you use an RSS
                          >> feed for that?
                          >>
                          >>[/color][/color]

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                            • Andy Hassall
                              #8
                              Re: TV schedule?

                              On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:09:56 +1200, "windandwav es" <winandwaves@co ldmail.com>
                              wrote:
                              [color=blue]
                              >How would you get the TV schedule in the back-end? Would you use an RSS
                              >feed for that?[/color]

                              Search for "xmltv" which has multiple grabbers that extract TV listings from
                              various sites and turn it into an XML format.

                              But each feed has its own terms and conditions; certainly the UK one I use is
                              "for personal use only" so using the data on a public website would be in
                              breach of those conditions.

                              --
                              Andy Hassall :: andy@andyh.co.u k :: http://www.andyh.co.uk
                              http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space :: disk and FTP usage analysis tool

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                                • Erwin Moller
                                  #9
                                  Re: TV schedule?

                                  adam wrote:
                                  [color=blue]
                                  > That's what I was thinking, using an RSS feed. But this is a little
                                  > different than using a headline feed, as it's not really calling upon
                                  > the last 5 headlines but rather an event for that specific time, as
                                  > well as the next 4 events (for the "up next" feature).
                                  >
                                  > So, I guess I gotta learn RSS and php, eh? :)[/color]

                                  Yes.
                                  And don't forget to have fun doing so. :-)

                                  Regards,
                                  Erwin Moller

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