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Is there any way of being alerted AUDIBLY to new postings on this website ? I have done some basic JavaScript programming but wouldn't know quite where to start with this?! Many thanks.
Is there any way of being alerted AUDIBLY to new postings on this website ? I have done some basic JavaScript programming but wouldn't know quite where to start with this?! Many thanks.
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The only option you have is to use something like AJAX. What you would need to do is make regualr calls back to the server to check for new messages, if a new message has been posted then you can play a sound...
http://www.javascripter.net/faq/sound/play.htm
However this is not basic Javascript programing and would require some sort of program at the other end to constantly monitor your forum software.
http://www.javascripter.net/faq/sound/play.htm
However this is not basic Javascript programing and would require some sort of program at the other end to constantly monitor your forum software.
Sorry didn't read your question correctly, thought you wanted to do it on your own web site.
To do it for this site would be pretty complicated, you would need to get the site at intervals checking for differences between listings. Javascript via AJAX wouldn't be appropriate because you can't call pages from other domains.
It would be easier (relatively) to do it in sort of batch script which ran at intervals on your PC, downloading the page and comparing to the previous version.
To do it for this site would be pretty complicated, you would need to get the site at intervals checking for differences between listings. Javascript via AJAX wouldn't be appropriate because you can't call pages from other domains.
It would be easier (relatively) to do it in sort of batch script which ran at intervals on your PC, downloading the page and comparing to the previous version.
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