Re: [syndication] Re: [radio-userland] First 24 hours completed

[Mike Krus <mkrus@newsisfree.com>]

Morbus Iff wrote:

>  >The way I treat RSS .92 feeds in NewsIsFree is to arbitrarily take the
>  >first <A ....>...</A> and use that as link and title. The next version
>  >of the site will not REQUIRE title and links, so it should be better.

actually, I got mixed up. That's what I do for scriptingNews format [1]
For RSS .92, use the entire description as title, strip all the HTML,
use the first link as link (if none, I use link to site) [2]

> If <title> and <link> are there, 
> then I'll use them along with the <description>. In essence, AmphetaDesk 
> doesn't care if it's been sent a <title> <link> or <description> (unless 
> all three are missing). It displays what it gets.
that's what the new NewsIsFree does too... (beta soon ;-).

The catch is for exports: what do I use for title and link if I export
to RSS .91 a feed that was imported from RSS .92???  Haven't done it
yet, but I think I'll go for simply using the date and a link to the
original site...  (yes, you can use NewsIsFree to convert feeds
from one format to another ;-)


Mike