Re: Monitor a WP website

Hey Eric, Stut, >Maybe you should start by trying to utilize the RSS feed. Went to that option at first too... but have a quick look around, there are many sites that for some reason dont have this feature turned "on", and for them... the only option i think is to "read" the page... unless I am missing something? Cheers! R > Is there a way to check if a new post has been submitted on your favourite wordpress site? > > Heres what i am trying to do: > do a fopen http://ezee.se/articles-blog/ via CRON every x > minutes > if a new post has been submitted, i mail someone... > > but am not just looking to do this for this one site... am thinking other WP sites too, but am hoping if i can get this to work on this one site.. the others should be pretty much the same. > > Any suggestions on how to check for new posts? keep in mind most wp sites use some kind of url-rewriting so the formats a bit different (there are around 7 formats if i am not mistaken)