A few questions here. First of all – I've figured out how to "parse" weblogs.com. (I'm not really parsing it, and maybe that's the problem) but it's really, really,… really…. REALLY slow. See my sample here.
Secondly – Blogroller is developing a personal version. Do I just pack it up, call it a day. Had my fun trying to figure this stuff out, and move on? (Do I continue trying to develop this when there's something bigger and better out there already?)
1 | kristine
Psst, the latest news I heard about blogrolling.com is that they are looking for someone to design the personal version… maybe you could work with them??
I would much rather put something that was created especially for my own site instead of depending on another server.
I see your sample, and its really not THAT slow on this end.. is it slow for you loading or actually searching for updates? Not that it makes a difference I suppose! 
Anyhow, just thought I'd add these comments
2 | Andy
I also have developed my own version – purely for me – so that it runs on *my* server and not anyone elses so i am not relying on a third partys internet to be available. When blogger fell over a week or so ago it was pretty frustrating not to be able to post. Besides, it also gives you good experience in writing code – even more when you have others using the same code they have downloaded from your website to put on theirs. I'll probably take a look at your stuff, see how you have done it and then see how i can convert it into asp and use it on my site (or improve my version!)
3 | Sasha
Yeah, I agree. Keep developing your version. I much much prefer to have stuff running on my own site, so that I can edit the code as I want at any time and am not depedant on other servers. And the script is totally awesome so far, I would definately use it over Blogrolling any day, so please keep developing it!
5 | Jennifer
ok – by popular demand, I'll keep coding this. LOL!
So, while we're on the subject… anyone know anything about parsing XML with PHP? I think if I did it correctly, it'd be faster than what I'm doing with that weblog update thingy…
I've been searching for a good tutorial, and I can't find any good ones that will help me do what I want… =sigh= this is usually where I end up buying a book. (Noooo!!!! Not another php book!!!)
7 | kristine
I'm doing a search on google (which you've probably already done, but I'll do it anyhow 😉 )
I'm definitely not proficient in this stuff; I know basic basics, but that's about it! BUT, that being said, I'm a pretty good researcher and maybe I'll find something you haven't seen that will help
Parsing XML with PHP using expat function
XML parsing with PHP
Syndicate – the home of thousands of xml feeds, but also has some tutorials
I see that you just send another comment through while I was typing this, so these may be no help now, but since I put them togheter, I'm gonna go ahead and click post
8 | Kevin
I just wrote a blogrolling script last night Jenn, but it uses cron jobs for the recent updates and all that, but it works!
9 | Aubrey
I, like some other people who have commented, love having the add a link script on my own server. I signed up for a Blogrolling account, but I don't like it as much as something running from my very own server! So I say keep going! I'd much rather use something I can install and run myself other than relying on other servers.
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