Comments on: RSS change http://heisel.org/blog/2003/04/29/rss-change/ Musings for those in the media who grok, grep, and otherwise get the Web. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Richard Soderberg http://heisel.org/blog/2003/04/29/rss-change/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Richard Soderberg Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://sandbox.heisel.org/?p=58#comment-9 <p>Hrm. Well, your RSS feed is indeed standards compliant; unfortunately, it's so bare of content as to go unnoticed in the hundreds I read each day on the bus.</p> <p>I've read a couple of your articles regardless, and it occurs to me to ask if you've considered implemented the individual article template inside the RSS feed -- such that the visual resemblance between an individual article's page on your site and an article's HTML in the RSS feed is similar, if not exactly so.</p> <p>I'll try to remember to come back and read up on your articles again someday -- but it's very hard to distinguish yet another excerpt-driven feed from all the rest. Your content is incredibly valuable, which makes this doubly frustrating. Perhaps someday there'll be a better workflow for this process; until then, I bid you good luck.</p> Hrm. Well, your RSS feed is indeed stan­dards com­pli­ant; unfor­tu­nately, it’s so bare of con­tent as to go unno­ticed in the hun­dreds I read each day on the bus.

I’ve read a couple of your arti­cles regard­less, and it occurs to me to ask if you’ve con­sid­ered imple­mented the indi­vid­ual arti­cle tem­plate inside the RSS feed — such that the visual resem­blance between an indi­vid­ual article’s page on your site and an article’s HTML in the RSS feed is sim­i­lar, if not exactly so.

I’ll try to remem­ber to come back and read up on your arti­cles again some­day — but it’s very hard to dis­tin­guish yet another excerpt-​driven feed from all the rest. Your con­tent is incred­i­bly valu­able, which makes this doubly frus­trat­ing. Per­haps some­day there’ll be a better work­flow for this process; until then, I bid you good luck.

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