Hello all, I've been reading through the RSS 2.0 spec, and unless I've missed something it appears to leave unspecified the type of data one is expected to put...
... Most RSS readers will assume that the content is always HTML since that's the only sane thing they can do. There might be a certain amount of leniency in...
... I actually started with Atom, but gave up when I found that the "type" attribute on <title> is *never* a MIME type, while on <content> it *might* be a MIME...
... I'm not sure I understand your problem. If you want plain text you use the "text" type. If you need html markup you can use the "html" type. If you'd ...
The specification [1] is a bit confusing to me... "The publication date for the content in the channel. For example, the New York Times publishes on a daily...
How to let the client to update an exsiting news? There is a only little changed within the news. For example: I only have 3 items in my rss2 scrips. I only...
... The items in a newsfeed should change, most noteable have different content in the elements that clients use to determine if an item is new, like the link...
... I believe many RSS clients do not support updates. If they encounter an item with a link, title and guid that they've seen before they will just ignore it...
... That won't work in all tools. It should but there's a lot of bad tools out there. ... item ... changed ... It's not that they don't support updates, it's...
... Actually I'm beginning to think I might be wrong about the lack of support. I just tested a couple of Windows clients and many of them worked. So far ...
Are you changing the pubDate for both the Channel and the individual Item/Items? If I don't remember to change it in both places, the RSS aggregators don't...
Good catch Janet. It's important to change the channel's timestamps when items change. It's also a good idea NOT to bother changing the channel or the item ...
I'm a researcher in Communication and Lnanguages at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. The project involves looking at gender differences...
Hello, I think it's typically up to the author and the tools they are using. Many tools allow authors to publish the latest n number of items, or the entries...
Hi, I've just released RSS Popper for Outlook Express (Alpha 3). I think it's the first RSS reader for OE but I'm not sure. http://www.rsspopper.com Cheers, ...
I want to implement the RSS 2.0 <textInput> sub-element. Here is what the RSS 2.0 Specification [1] says... <START> A channel may optionally contain a...
I'm trying to sort out the best way to display some complex content. I was thinking about custom namespaces, since RSS2 supports that, but I'm wondering how...
thanks ... From: RSS2-Support@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RSS2-Support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Randy Morin Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:57 PM To:...
Hi everyone, I just learned how to do a RSS feed and work with xml. When I submitted to I Tunes it was wrong. I can't seem to get it to I tunes right. my feed...
What is the best way to connect conversations using RSS 2.0. In other words, can you use the <source> element to link to individual items in a feed - perhaps...
Is there a way to handle special text formatting, such as superscripts, in feeds? For example, I want to make the titles look nice in feeds from the Journal of...