Bible Gateway has released a beta for its new site. There are a few new features, including a simplified search interface. But the best new feature is that they have finally jumped on the RSS bandwagon (GNP did it first), and are offering a Verse of the Day feed (it defaults to the NIV, but if you change your default version on the preferences page, it also changes the RSS feed. The version seems to be selected by a numeric query string variable on the feed url. The NIV is 31, so the URL for it is http://beta.biblegateway.com/usage/votd/rss/votd.rdf?31.
However at the moment, no matter what preference you select, the RSS feed always returns the NIV version even though it changes the text on the homepage of the beta site. I imagine this will change in the coming days/weeks. (I have left a comment about this on their feedback form just in case it wasn’t a known bug)For those interested, I’ve got some further information about this.
Also they have released a SOAP web service, along with a tutorial & full documentation.
All in all, very good stuff.
…there’s a nice verse of the day site with email, RSS, Javascript, WAP and even instructions for MS active desktop at http://votd.org
They don’t have multiple translations and other fancy stuff – mostly new king james, but the verses are more “personal” and diverse than the “big” sites…
J
http://votd.orgThey don’t have multiple translations and other fancy stuff – mostly new king james, but the verses are more “personal” and diverse than the “big” sites…J