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Syndicated Content - Call to Prayer 24x7

If you are a webmaster of Christian website and would like to add some content that is autmatically updated, we offer this resource that can be easily implemented into your existing web projects. If you don't find what you are looking for or have a suggestion for a new resource, leave us a note in the webmasters forum and we will consider it for development.

OPTION 1: Dynamic language filer read

We offer Call to Prayer 24x7 prayer themes to be displayed on your website. If you would like to integrate this feature to your web resource, you have two options. If your web uses dynamic scripting, we recommend the file-read option whereas you add instruction in your code to read and output the file. This way you don't have to have skills and technology to parse XML feeds as in the other option.

PHP Example:
<?php
  $filename="http://www.eurobible.net/syndicate/ctp/dm_en_YYYY-MM-DD.txt";
  $ctp_content=Join("",File($filename));
  if ($ctp_content!="ERR") print StripSlashes($ctp_content);
?>

It is obvious that instead of YYYY-MM-DD you put the date in this format. You might want to verify if file exists first although we implement this control on our end as well. Currently we provide only CTP in English language, therefore the only available language option is "en" (see the file name). Please note that the CTP text file contains <br> HTML tag to identify the break between the prayer theme and relevant Bible text. You may replace this as you like to fit your needs.

OPTION 2: CTP as RSS/XML feed

We offer Call to Prayer 24x7 as a RSS feed in XML format. As this is a very specific resource, we have not considered to produce it in other, easier-to-integrate formats. Yet, if you are considering to integrate this resource on your website and wish to have it available in other format, please let us know in the webmasters forum as it was indicated above. Now, for those of you who are familiar with integration of XML-based resources, this will be a regular work. All you need to know to successfully parse the XML file is its location and structure.

CTP syndication file address: http://www.eurobible.net/syndicate/rss/ctp.xml

File structure of the XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<rss version="0.92">
  <channel>
    <title>IBS: Call to Prayer</title>
    <link>http://www.eurobible.net/eu/index.php</link>
    <description>Daily prayer topics covering global work of IBS</description>
    <lastBuildDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:00:05 +0200</lastBuildDate>
    <docs></docs>
    <webMaster>webmaster@eur.ibs.org</webMaster>
    <copyright>Copyright 2005 (c), International Bible Society</copyright>
    <image>
      <title>IBS</title>
      <url>http://www.eurobible.net/shared/images/ibslogo.jpg</url>
      <link>http://www.eurobible.net/eu/dm/index.php</link>
      <width>80</width>
      <height>53</height>
    </image>
    <item>
      <title>Call to Prayer for Sunday, August 28, 2005</title>
      <link>http://www.eurobible.net/home/index.php</link>
      <description>Text of the CTP</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:00:06 +0200</pubDate>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>

Terms of use

You are free to integrate and display the Call to Prayer text on your website provided that you display text "Provided by IBS" or "Web service of IBS" in English OR in a language of your webpage where the text is appearing. The "IBS" must be an active link pointing to "http://www.eurobible.net". If you have questions about this condition or would like to discuss other alternatives, contact us and we will do our best to accomodate your needs.

Related links:
   Syndicated content - Daily Manna
   Syndicated content - Press Releases

New Bibles in 2007

In 2007 IBS Europe will be releasing two new first edition Bibles in Europe - Russian and Romanian. Following the elaborate development process and rigid methodology, we will be happy to offer high standard translations that use modern language while representing accuracy and faithfulness to the original texts. Both equipped with a wealth of footnotes, these translations are targeted to be used by new believers, for outreach and evangelism, especially among young people, as well as for general reading.

If you are a church, ministry or organization, contact us for ministry pricing, samples, formats, and to request availability information.