program to read new JL threads

[bryan.6]

how is it generally done to get information from a website? if i would write a program, would the best way be to get the source for this website, and program it to look after a certain html tag or whatnot? or is there a better way to do stuff like that? by the way, i'd use C. just wondering how this is done... like i know there are slashdot programs, something like that, just wondering what the best way to do that is.

[serz]

You don't really need this. If I were you, I'd get any free forums phpBB and see how this works, the "View new posts" thing. It's a feature that all the most used forums have.

[bryan.6]

usually when i program stuff, because i never really know what to program, what i do end up programming is quite unneccesary, but it is excercise in programming nonetheless. just wondering what would be the best way to go about it.