[drupal-devel] [feature] Options: RSS max items + pubDate from modification/creation date

[Morbus Iff]

Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/18068

 Project:      Drupal
 Version:      4.5.0
 Component:    node.module
 Category:     feature requests
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  Anonymous
 Reported by:  elonen
 Updated by:   Morbus Iff
 Status:       patch

I disagree with Ber (it's called "default_nodes_main", not
"default_nodes_main_and_rss") and agree with elonen. We shouldn't
overload one setting in the name of "now we don't need another option,
WHEee!". I'd rather let the feature request die then misconstrue the
intent of a preference. With that said, I'm also -1ing the patch. The
chosen preference names are horrible (I'd rather see
"default_nodes_feed"), the preference options aren't friendly ("what
the hell is a feed?" - even the addition of "syndication" somewhere
would be better), and the help explanation for the dates is far too
confusing.


Morbus Iff



Previous comments:
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February 27, 2005 - 13:32 : elonen

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/rss-date-and-len.diff (3.25 KB)

Using modification date in pubDate is suboptimal if you just want to
promote new content, not updates. Also, 15 is too small maximum for RSS
item count in some cases. This patch against 4.5. adds an option for
changing these defaults.
(It would be even better if the admin/users could create custom feeds
but that'd be a much bigger change.)


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February 28, 2005 - 08:42 : Bèr Kessels

-1 from me.
IMO the amount of feed-items should be the same as the amount of items
on the frontpage. So instead of hardcoded fifteen, we should use
variable_get('default_nodes_main', 10).
That way we do not need another setting, and we have consistancy. 
Bèr


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February 28, 2005 - 08:43 : Bèr Kessels

-1 from me.
IMO the amount of feed-items should be the same as the amount of items
on the frontpage. So instead of hardcoded fifteen, we should use
variable_get('default_nodes_main', 10).
That way we do not need another setting, and we have consistancy. 
Bèr


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February 28, 2005 - 08:58 : elonen

The RSS stream and the front page are two completely different views.
For example, they both take different amounts of screen space when
viewed by a human and the RSS is often used for programmatic
syndication, for which the front page listing may be too short (this is
the case in my system). My point is: different purpose => different
configuration.