WebFetch 0.10 has been released. A copy has been uploaded to CPAN: {closest CPAN mirror}/modules/by-authors/id/I/IK/IKLUFT/ For a nearby CPAN mirror, see http://www.cpan.org/ The WebFetch home page is at http://www.webfetch.org/ To install it, have your site's Perl administrator run "cpan" or "perl -MCPAN -e shell" and type "install WebFetch". About WebFetch -------------- WebFetch is a set of Perl5 modules that provide a framework for retrieving information from local files and/or the web for display on the web or export to other sites. Its use is oriented around periodically automatically updated information on a web server. WebFetch was originally developed for SVLUG to capture news and information for display on its web site. The current set of capture modules are Linux-oriented because it started with SVLUG. But this is expected to change with the directions of user contributions. Changes in Version 0.10 ----------------------- - added WebFetch Embedding API (see new docs) - XML::Parser added as a build-time dependency - the Slashdot and LinuxToday modules now fetch their news via XML - converted the following modules to support Embedding API: CNETnews, CNNsearch, COLA, Freshmeat, SiteNews, Slashdot (upcoming releases will convert more until all are done) - modules with the Embedding API can now all export in WebFetch, XML or RDF output formats WebFetch Module List -------------------- The following Perl5 modules are included with the WebFetch package. Name DSLI Description Info ----------- ---- -------------------------------------------- ----- WebFetch:: bdpO Web-based news capture and export IKLUFT ::CNETnews bdpO Headlines or news search from cnet News.Com IKLUFT ::CNNsearch bdpO News from CNN subject search IKLUFT ::COLA bdpO News from comp.os.linux.announce moderator IKLUFT ::DebianNews bdpO News from Debian GNU/Linux project IKLUFT ::Freshmeat bdpO Summary of Freshmeat news IKLUFT ::General bdpO News from other WebFetch sites IKLUFT ::LinuxDevNet bdpO News from Linux Dev.Net IKLUFT ::LinuxTelephony bdpO Linux Telephony News IKLUFT ::LinuxToday bdpO Summary of LinuxToday news IKLUFT ::ListSubs bdpO Summarize mail list subscriptions by TLD IKLUFT ::PerlStruct bdpO Accept Perl structure with pre-parsed news IKLUFT ::SiteNews bdpO Produce and export site-local news/info IKLUFT ::Slashdot bdpO Summary of Slashdot news IKLUFT ::32BitsOnline bdpO News and feature articles from 32BitsOnline IKLUFT ::YahooBiz bdpO Summary of Yahoo Business News IKLUFT