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dw_suggestions2010-09-18 04:38 pm
Allow crosspost footers to also be put in the footers of RSS feeds
Title:
Allow crosspost footers to also be put in the footers of RSS feeds
Area:
RSS
Summary:
The crosspost footer can be used in a more flexible way, by allowing it to be put at the base of posts that leave the site in other ways, such as RSS feeds.
ETA: NB, we're not talkinag about feeds syndicated to DW, we're talking about the RSS feeds our journals/comms release to other sites.
Description:
Many users use the crossposter to other sites, and look forward to it working with other platforms as well.
Others still have their content syndicated in some way, for example imported into Facebook notes or onto a Livejournal feed.
I have kept my notes import for Facebook coming from Livejournal, as that way the crosspost footer stays. In the comments to this suggestion:
http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/435390.html
it's come up that some people comment on syndicated content on Livejournal thinking it's going to go to the author, which is obviously not true. Allowing a footer displayed within the feed would help solve this problem.
Some sort of feed footer seems to be a fairly standard feature of other platforms, they definitely exist for some Blogger and Wordpress powered feeds I read, and this would definitely help cross site interoperability.
Drawbacks: Optional opt in, with wording editable by the user, apart from coding time and possible extra server load for the comment # image, I see none.
This suggestion:
Should be implemented as-is.
22 (57.9%)
Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
3 (7.9%)
Shouldn't be implemented.
1 (2.6%)
(I have no opinion)
12 (31.6%)
(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)
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