Updated automatically every 30 minutes from sources all around the world
Online since 10/15/2002
12,794 articles harvested
| Source | Last Harvest |
|---|---|
| SnitchSeeker | 0.8 mins ago |
| The Leaky Cauldron | 0.8 mins ago |
| RupertGrint.net | 0.8 mins ago |
| MuggleNet | 0.8 mins ago |
| DanRadcliffe.com | 0.8 mins ago |
| Moreover | 10.8 mins ago |
| CBBC Newsround | 10.8 mins ago |
| Yahoo! News | 10.8 mins ago |
| BBC | 10.8 mins ago |
| Harry Potter Fan Zone | 69.3 hours ago |
| Veritaserum | 101.8 hours ago |
| ComingSoon.net | 1508.2 hours ago |
| The Scotsman | 9061.7 hours ago |
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About HPANA.com
An Example of Content Aggregation & RSS
| aggregate: To come together or collect in a mass or whole |
There are a multitude of Web sites that post news and rumors about the Harry Potter world. The Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator (HPANA) was created to monitor several of the top news sources on the Web and provide near-instant alerts when new information is published.
This unique service is accomplished using custom, automated scripts that go to each source on the half-hour, capture data in whatever format is provided (text, HTML, or XML), parse the headlines and summaries, and finally index them in a database.
The next step is to organize the data on HPANA's Web site and to create public news feeds that can be used in RSS-compatible programs. Rich Site Summary (RSS) is a broadly supported XML-based technology that makes it possible for Web sites to distribute their content in a
standard, summarized format. Desktop programs such as FeedReader 
and
Trillian Pro (for Windows), and
NetNewsWire Lite (for Mac) read RSS and display it however the reader chooses. Using these tools,
readers are essentially delivered a consolidated view of the information they want,
almost as soon as it's posted, while providing credit and links back to the original source. (Click here for a larger list of RSS readers. Thanks to Malikii for the link.)
While HPANA encourages readers to use its RSS feeds, by indexing the news in a powerful database, many features not previously available become obvious: full-text searching, linking related stories together, and more. These are the services HPANA's Web site tries to provide.
Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, or to let me know how you are using the site! I look forward to hearing from you.
