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So now that its 2010, Blizzard finally decided to get off their asses and offer something sorta cool even though they are 3 years too late just like everything else.  They plan on offering RSS feeds for characters and calendars from the armory page which will obviously be usable by anyone however they wish.  Here is a run down of what all this means:

Character Feed FAQ

What is the character activity feed?
Each character’s activity feed shows the most recent in-game actions of the character that can be recorded by the Armory. These include achievements, boss kills, item acquisitions, and more. Character feeds can be customized using our customization tool, then exported as RSS feeds to your RSS reader of choice.

How do I create a customized character feed?
Click the RSS icon on the character’s profile page (the orange icon on the upper right of the recent activity summary) to go to the Character Feed Customization page. The options on this page allow you to create a custom RSS feed that you can export to an RSS reader.

• You can enter up to five characters to aggregate into a single RSS feed. Enter each character in a name@realm format. If you are logged in, you do not need to specify the realm – it will default to the currently viewed character’s realm.
• Achievement categories can be individually toggled to filter them in or out of the RSS feed.
• Achievement criteria include any intermediate steps within an achievement, such as defeating a particular boss in an achievement to defeat every boss in a particular raid dungeon. Toggling this category off will turn off all achievement criteria globally, while turning it on will still follow the rules that you select in the Achievement category (for example, turning off Quests in the Achievement category will turn off the criteria in this category as well).
• The Boss Kills category includes any boss that is tracked in the Statistics tab of a character profile. These include the end bosses of classic and Burning Crusade dungeons, and every boss in Wrath of the Lich King raids.
• Loot acquisitions can be assigned different rarity thresholds to appear in the feed. You can specify a minimum item level as well.

How do I use the custom feed once I create it?
The URL for your custom RSS feed updates in real time as you change options and enter character names. When you are satisfied with the options and characters you selected, simply copy and paste the resulting URL into an RSS reader. Online RSS readers include iGoogle, Netvibes, and Pageflakes, to name a few. You can also import RSS feeds into Outlook and other e-mail clients. In addition, clicking the Facebook icon (which appears near the RSS icon on character profiles) allows you to integrate the Armory’s feeds into Facebook.

Can I customize the feed that appears in the Character Feed tab of a character profile?
In contrast to the RSS feeds created on the Character Feed Customization page, the feeds that appear on character profiles (on the main page and the ‘Activity Feed’ tab) are intended to be an unfiltered feed of a character’s recent activity and as such can not be customized.

Why isn’t the Armory’s custom feed page finding a particular character that I enter in the character name field?
Only characters on US realms are stored here, as this is the US version of the Armory. To switch to a different region, such as Europe, go to their regional World of Warcraft website and access the Armory from there. In addition, a character must be recently active and be at least level 10 to have a character feed. When entering character names, keep spaces in realm names (‘Black Dragonflight’) and make sure the character and name realm is spelled correctly.

Calendar Feed FAQ

What is the custom calendar tool?
The custom calendar tool allows you to export in-game player calendar data to calendar applications such as Outlook, or to online calendars such as Google Calendar. The tool can aggregate up to five characters on your account in a single feed, and is automatically synched with the characters’ in-game player calendars.

How do I create a customized calendar feed?
Use the Armory’s main menu or click the link on the top right of a character’s calendar page to access the Calendar Feed Customization tool. The options on this page allow you to create a custom calendar feed that you can export to any compatible application or website. You can choose up to five characters on your account to aggregate into a single calendar feed. Simply select the characters you wish to appear in the feed from the drop-down menus. Event categories can be individually toggled to filter them in or out of the feed.

How do I use the custom feed once I create it?
The URL for your custom feed updates in real time as you select options and characters. Simply copy and paste the URL into an online calendar such as Google Calendar when you are finished configuring your custom feed. In addition, clicking on the URL from this page will download a file that can be imported into compatible applications such as Outlook

Is the calendar feed automatically synched with in-game player calendars?
Yes. Calendar feeds created with this tool should always be automatically up-to-date with in-game player calendars.

What is the ‘reset security key’ option used for?
Each calendar feed URL contains a unique security key appended to the end of the URL. This key is intended to keep your calendar data inaccessible to others. If you wish, you can reset your security key at any time by clicking the ‘reset security key’ button at the bottom of the page. If you reset your key, you must update the URL in your web-based calendars, or re-download the calendar file to use it with a calendar application.

So even though they are slacking in this area at least we get something.  I am just hoping that the guild feeds are in tact and working.

New content is available on Jan 5^th but this time we wont make the mistake of running it on Jimmy Mode.  Being hard modes aren’t available yet we will resort to achievements.  We are in pretty good standings as it is now as far as world achievement rankings and hopefully they don’t get to close to triple digits this week.

At least this week we can look forward to some old school wipe festivals.  Being out of a new instance the first night it is available is bullshit.

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