Comments on: RSS Advantage Of WordPress http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/wordpress/rss-advantage-of-wordpress WordPress Web 2.0 Guide For Social Networks Age! Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:15:53 +0000 By: TheSpot-er http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/wordpress/rss-advantage-of-wordpress#comment-2582 TheSpot-er Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:29:33 +0000 http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/wordpress/rss-advantage-of-wordpress#comment-2582 Thanks Stephen! That is great summary :) Since I only use Bloglines and Google - this was a news to me and educational read. Thanks Stephen!

That is great summary :) Since I only use Bloglines and Google - this was a news to me and educational read.

]]> By: Stephen Cronin http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/wordpress/rss-advantage-of-wordpress#comment-2567 Stephen Cronin Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:19:46 +0000 http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/wordpress/rss-advantage-of-wordpress#comment-2567 Hi, I'm the author of the DualFeeds plugin, so firstly, thanks for writing it up! With regards to Jeffro's comment above, I can tell you that the default WordPress feed includes a description element (with a summary) and a content element (with the full post up to the more tag). So there <b>should</b> be no need for DualFeeds. The problem is that most feed readers only access the content element, <b>even</b> if they give you a choice of summary or full post. For example, with Mozilla Thunderbird, you are given the choice to download the excerpt or the whole page. If you choose excerpt, it uses the content element (so you get the full post up to the more tag). If you tell Thunderbird to get the whole page, it gets the full HTML page from your site (exactly as if you opened in a browser). I haven't tested all the feed readers, but Sharpreader is the same, and as you point out, Google Reader doesn't let you choose. That's why I wrote the plugin, but of course there would be no need if the feed readers used what was already in the feed! Hi,

I’m the author of the DualFeeds plugin, so firstly, thanks for writing it up!

With regards to Jeffro’s comment above, I can tell you that the default WordPress feed includes a description element (with a summary) and a content element (with the full post up to the more tag). So there should be no need for DualFeeds.

The problem is that most feed readers only access the content element, even if they give you a choice of summary or full post.

For example, with Mozilla Thunderbird, you are given the choice to download the excerpt or the whole page. If you choose excerpt, it uses the content element (so you get the full post up to the more tag). If you tell Thunderbird to get the whole page, it gets the full HTML page from your site (exactly as if you opened in a browser).

I haven’t tested all the feed readers, but Sharpreader is the same, and as you point out, Google Reader doesn’t let you choose. That’s why I wrote the plugin, but of course there would be no need if the feed readers used what was already in the feed!

]]> By: TheSpot-er http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/wordpress/rss-advantage-of-wordpress#comment-2419 TheSpot-er Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:43:51 +0000 http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/wordpress/rss-advantage-of-wordpress#comment-2419 Well, you are assuming All people actually have complete understanding of technology and how to use and customize it. For example Goggle reader which is one of the most commonly used by visitors of my blog - doesn't give those options. So how you provide your feed on your blog greatly impacts how people will see it ... Alex P.S. yeah .. its been a while, thanks for dropping by :) Well, you are assuming All people actually have complete understanding of technology and how to use and customize it. For example Goggle reader which is one of the most commonly used by visitors of my blog - doesn’t give those options. So how you provide your feed on your blog greatly impacts how people will see it …

Alex

P.S. yeah .. its been a while, thanks for dropping by :)

]]> By: Jeffro2pt0 http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/wordpress/rss-advantage-of-wordpress#comment-2415 Jeffro2pt0 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:36:39 +0000 http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/wordpress/rss-advantage-of-wordpress#comment-2415 Hello there, long time no see. It's been my understanding that most RSS readers these days actually give users the option to either see headlines, summaries or the full text. Taking that into account, I would assume that setting your WordPress RSS Feed to full text would be the way to cover all options. Hello there, long time no see. It’s been my understanding that most RSS readers these days actually give users the option to either see headlines, summaries or the full text. Taking that into account, I would assume that setting your WordPress RSS Feed to full text would be the way to cover all options.

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