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RSS feed of comments -- does not seem to show all comments, & timestamp seems off

Last post 12-10-2007, 8:48 AM by carlcamera. 3 replies.
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  •  12-07-2007, 2:38 PM 37371

    RSS feed of comments -- does not seem to show all comments, & timestamp seems off

    Hey Carl

    My feed for viewing all comments - http://www.dougjoseph.net/default.aspx?feed=rss20wb

    Does not seem to show all the comments. I'm clicking "all" but only a few show up.

    And the time of the comment seems to be off. I can post a comment like, now, and it will say I did it 7 hours ago or something.  ???


    Sincerely,
    Doug Joseph
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  •  12-07-2007, 3:52 PM 37375 in reply to 37371

    Re: RSS feed of comments -- does not seem to show all comments, & timestamp seems off

    1. The RSS and ATOM feeds only show the most recent 15 comments/articles I think (haven't looked at RSS code in a long, long time.)  This is/was the recommendation when I implemented it, and I think WordPress served up the most recent 15 so I followed suit.  Also, I'm sure there are bandwidth considerations.  Why transmit all 200 comments/articles on a site every time -- just send the most recent stuff.

    2. Note the timestamp Time Zone: GMT.  RSS feeds are (I vaguely remember this requirement but I may be wrong) supposed to have GMT timestamps as a universal point of reference for everyone worldwide.  So 7 hours off seems just about right -- as long as you see GMT.  The timestamps should show correctly on your site because if you look at your wb.xml file, the timestamps should show your server's timezone offset, ie -07:00.
     

     


    Sincerely,

    Carl
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  •  12-07-2007, 9:30 PM 37390 in reply to 37375

    Re: RSS feed of comments -- does not seem to show all comments, & timestamp seems off

    Well, that answers that. :-)

    Makes sense!


    Sincerely,
    Doug Joseph
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  •  12-10-2007, 8:48 AM 37463 in reply to 37390

    Re: RSS feed of comments -- does not seem to show all comments, & timestamp seems off

    This does, however indirectly bring up the point of "how does one export their Vine Type website content?"

    Right now, the answer is: use your site.xml file.  But some have suggested the ability to create an RSS or ATOM listing of all the articles on a site.

     


    Sincerely,

    Carl
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