OpenWetWare:Software/Projects/RSS Extensions

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Deploy RSS Extensions

Copy docs from beta to the main OpenWetWare.org server

Send out message to the OWW Steering Committee re: the new extension

Additional RSS Issues

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

  • 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

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)

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
  • Look into limiting the length of individual entries
    • word count
    • character length
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