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** Provides Aggregation as well as single-RSS-Feed handling | ** Provides Aggregation as well as single-RSS-Feed handling | ||
Details: [[OpenWetWare:Extensions/RSS/XFeed|XFeed]] Page on OpenWetWare | Details: [[OpenWetWare:Extensions/RSS/XFeed|XFeed]] Page on OpenWetWare | ||
Example Feed: [[OpenWetWare:Extensions/RSS/XFeed/Demo| | Example Feed: [[OpenWetWare:Extensions/RSS/XFeed/Demo|Demo XFeed Page on OpenWetWare]] | ||
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==Create an example using the UMS New User Feed== | ==Create an example using the UMS New User Feed== | ||
*OpenWetWare/RSS is the directory for the published RSS extensions. | *OpenWetWare/RSS is the directory for the published RSS extensions. | ||
[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)Created RSS Example page | |||
*Location:[[OpenWetWare:Extensions/RSS/XFeed/Demo|Demo XFeed Page on OpenWetWare]] | |||
*Added CSS support via a set of Style tags passed in. It needs more work but is usable. | |||
==Test CSS Style Sheet for the supported RSS extension== | ==Test CSS Style Sheet for the supported RSS extension== | ||
*[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST) | *[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST) | ||
**Tested: ([[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)) Tested extension while I developed the sample feed. | |||
**Fixed: ([[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)) warning thrown while handling zero-length feeds. | |||
***Checked for item count before display | |||
**Still pending: ([[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)) Magpie RSS library error if a non-RSS formatted feed is passed in | |||
***Can Magpie test feed for format before use? | |||
***SimplePie handles Atom as well as RSS | |||
***I may evaluate using it instead. | |||
**Fixed: ([[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)) general formatting problems | |||
***Rewrote the 'render feed item' code to use CSS tags rather than inline formatting | |||
==Test aggregation: does it handle multiple feeds?== | ==Test aggregation: does it handle multiple feeds?== | ||
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==Document the supported RSS extension== | ==Document the supported RSS extension== | ||
*[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST) | *[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST) | ||
**Added Example page: [[OpenWetWare:Extensions/RSS/XFeed/Demo|XFeed Demo]] | |||
**Copied the original XFeed doc to [[OpenWetWare:Extensions/RSS/XFeed/XFeed|XFeed]] | |||
==Provide a documented example of the RSS extension in use== | ==Provide a documented example of the RSS extension in use== | ||
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*[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST) | *[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST) | ||
** This may not be an issue | ** This may not be an issue | ||
=To Do= | |||
*[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST) | |||
*Move all RSS style tag entries to a style sheet | |||
*Aggregate the CSS tags in the site's main.css style sheet: ([[MediaWiki:main.css|main style sheet]]) | |||
*Get rid of the invalid feed warning message on a bad feed entry | |||
*Fix the formatting problem with the feed when embedded in a page | |||
**Example: [[Main_Page2|Main_Page2]] | |||
*Look into limiting the length of individual entries | |||
**word count | |||
**character length | |||
Latest revision as of 07:01, 17 November 2007
Deploy RSS Extensions
Copy docs from beta to the main OpenWetWare.org server
- Bill Flanagan 17:09, 9 October 2007 (CDT)Done
Send out message to the OWW Steering Committee re: the new extension
- Bill Flanagan 17:09, 9 October 2007 (CDT)Done
Additional RSS Issues
- Bill Flanagan 17:09, 9 October 2007 (CDT)
Create an example using the UMS New User Feed
- OpenWetWare/RSS is the directory for the published RSS extensions.
Document the curent UMS extensions
- Include pluses and minues for each one
Update 11/16/2007
Disable RSS Extensions
- wjf 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST)
- Disabled 3 of the previously installed RSS extensions
- RSSReader
- GISWikiRSS
- feedimport
- Disabled 3 of the previously installed RSS extensions
Formally support XFeed RSS Extension
- wjf 20:01, 16 November 2007 (CST)
- Provides Aggregation as well as single-RSS-Feed handling
Details: XFeed Page on OpenWetWare Example Feed: Demo XFeed Page on OpenWetWare
Additional RSS Issues
Create an example using the UMS New User Feed
- OpenWetWare/RSS is the directory for the published RSS extensions.
wjf 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)Created RSS Example page
- Location:Demo XFeed Page on OpenWetWare
- Added CSS support via a set of Style tags passed in. It needs more work but is usable.
Test CSS Style Sheet for the supported RSS extension
- wjf 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST)
- Tested: (wjf 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)) Tested extension while I developed the sample feed.
- Fixed: (wjf 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)) warning thrown while handling zero-length feeds.
- Checked for item count before display
- Still pending: (wjf 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)) Magpie RSS library error if a non-RSS formatted feed is passed in
- Can Magpie test feed for format before use?
- SimplePie handles Atom as well as RSS
- I may evaluate using it instead.
- Fixed: (wjf 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)) general formatting problems
- Rewrote the 'render feed item' code to use CSS tags rather than inline formatting
Test aggregation: does it handle multiple feeds?
- wjf 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST)
Document the supported RSS extension
- wjf 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST)
- Added Example page: XFeed Demo
- Copied the original XFeed doc to XFeed
Provide a documented example of the RSS extension in use
- wjf 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST)
Provide simple instructions on using RSS extensions/blogs
- wjf 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST)
- When a new blog is added, automatically add an OWW wiki page displaying recent entries
Evaluate caching issues re: including RSS feeds.
- wjf 19:30, 16 November 2007 (CST)
- This may not be an issue
To Do
- wjf 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)
- Move all RSS style tag entries to a style sheet
- Aggregate the CSS tags in the site's main.css style sheet: (main style sheet)
- Get rid of the invalid feed warning message on a bad feed entry
- Fix the formatting problem with the feed when embedded in a page
- Example: Main_Page2
- Look into limiting the length of individual entries
- word count
- character length
