New MachiniFeed Flavor: Assets
April 15, 2009 – 3:44 pmI am happy to announce that websites which focus on the release of production assets - such as textures or mods - have now been given their own “flavor” at MachiniFeed. What this means, if you’re not down with our lingo, is that there is now a special version of MachiniFeed devoted explicitly to these kinds of sites.
This helps MachiniFeed in two ways: 1) For those who want a more focused news and blog oriented standard feed, this cleans up considerable “noise” caused by the higher frequency of posting at asset sites. 2) For those who are interested in scooping up these production assets, it will now be easier than ever to keep up with them without having to sift through blog posts.
So what do you need to do? Well, if you are a subscriber to the standard MachiniFeed (the default one), you don’t need to do anything, the changes filter to you automatically. Same goes if you are subscribed to the “broad” feed (the one that includes everything) - you’re still going to get everything. If you’re subscribed to a custom version of the feed that you’ve sculpted yourself, you probably won’t have to change anything either.
If you are (like me) interested in keeping up with the releases from sites like Machinimods, getting your hands on Sigmaman’s rights-friendly reference photos and seamless textures, then there’s a new feed you can subscribe to in your reader of choice: http://www.machinifeed.com/feed/?filter=5
I’ve also updated the MachiniFeed home page… you’ll notice a new orange bar near the top of the article listings (just above the Google search box). This convenient bar not only lets you (for the first time) change the home page to show a particular feed flavor, but also provides a link to the RSS version of that feed flavor. This should make it easier than ever for you to get to the articles you want, whether you are an RSS subscriber or a homepage visitor.
Got more ideas? Please let me know in the comments below, via Twitter, or through the forum. Thanks!
