OpenWetWare:Software/Projects/RSS Extensions

=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

Formally support XFeed RSS Extension
Details: XFeed Page on OpenWetWare Example Feed: Demo XFeed Page on OpenWetWare
 * wjf 20:01, 16 November 2007 (CST)
 * Provides Aggregation as well as single-RSS-Feed handling

=Additional RSS Issues=

Create an example using the UMS New User Feed
wjf 08:01, 17 November 2007 (CST)Created RSS Example page
 * OpenWetWare/RSS is the directory for the published RSS extensions.
 * 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