Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:30:17 -0500 From: Todd Ross <Todd_Ross@mgic.com> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Automatic RSS Detection Message-ID: <OF39A24CBB.58ACB330-ON86256F32.005FEF44-86256F32.00602803@mgic.com> In-Reply-To: <20041019172535.GX57641@submonkey.net>
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Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> wrote on 10/19/2004 12:25:35 PM: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 06:11:24PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 12:05:28PM -0500, Todd Ross wrote: > > > Hello FreeBSD-doc, > > > > > > Please consider modifying your website to allow browsers to auto-discover > > > RSS feeds. Mozilla Firefox has a feature called Live Bookmarks where RSS > > > feed functionality is actually built right into the bookmark manager. > > > Opera, and I believe Safari are implementing RSS auto-discovery as well. > > > > > > It's really simple to do. The tag goes in the head section with your > > > other 'link's and will end up looking something like this: > > > > > > <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="FreeBSD Project > > > News" href="/news/news.rdf" /> > > > <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" > title="FreeBSD Security > > > Advisories" href="/security/advisories.rdf" /> > > > > > > I look forward to being able to syndicate FreeBSD.org from right within > > > Firefox. > > > > Let me test this this evening and if/when it works then I can't see any > > reason why it shouldn't go in Real Soon Now (tm). > > Ok, done. > > Thanks for the suggestion and for supplying the relevant incantations. I'm unable to verify the changes on my end. A refresh of the page (the index at http://www.freebsd.org/) and a view source doesn't show the new 'link's. Does the HTML have to be rebuilt before it will make it to the HTTPd? Thanks to both Ceri and Alex for the amazing response times. Todd Ross MGIC Systems Development Phone: (414) 347-2404, (800) 558-9900 x2404 E-Mail: Todd_Ross@mgic.com
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