Hey~
Well.. I updated
http://usfirst.firstsn.org/xml/qa.php
As of now, it'll run a *ton* faster. The only downside to all of this is that the Q & A's will only be updated from the FIRST site every 15-30 min. SO.. While it won't be totally correct minute-to-minute, it'll be pretty close.
Here are the new values you can pass in the URL.
section=[This works just like the FIRST one. Passing 3 will return everything in and below section 3 such as 3.1, 3.1.1, etc.. Passing 3.1 will return things in 3.1 and below such as 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 BUT NOT 3.2]
date=[asc/desc] - Note: This is just an order by statement. desc will return the newest q&a's first, asc will return the oldest first
status=[answered/unanswered].. yup
start=[offset] - The script will only return a max of 30 records at a time. Start can be used to offset the beginning to start at like record 30 instead of record 0.
SO.. An example would be:
http://usfirst.firstsn.org/xml/qa.ph...s=unansw ered
If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Hope this helps everyone!
Jack