Functions for new blog script

[oast]

I'll start the ball rolling with:
Built in RSS reader that works... without need for external plugins

[walrus]

Originally Posted by oast

I'll start the ball rolling with:
Built in RSS reader that works... without need for external plugins

and that allows for the flexability to read any or all of the items in a particular feed and will post that feed either in a post, sidebar or on a page.

[oast]

Originally Posted by walrus

and that allows for the flexability to read any or all of the items in a particular feed and will post that feed either in a post, sidebar or on a page.

Probably not for full discussion here, but we bloggers may need to get together to decided exactly what info needs to be in an RSS and how it is formated.

I have stopped using loads of feeds because of things like incompatibilty, bad speling |shocking| , incorrect coding or just plain ugliness.

[walrus]

Originally Posted by oast

Probably not for full discussion here, but we bloggers may need to get together to decided exactly what info needs to be in an RSS and how it is formated.

I have stopped using loads of feeds because of things like incompatibilty, bad speling |shocking| , incorrect coding or just plain ugliness.

Most feeds that are "incompatible" are not the problem with the feed per se, but the readers inability to read all of the items that are called for in the RSS specification. I've found that 99% of the plugin type of readers are coded to only look at specific item contents and format them and perhaps that's the only way a plugin can work. I've went to using RSS2HTML for most of my RSS uses simply because I can format the page I generate anyway I see fit and it has the ability to read all of the different items. Only problem (I actually don't see it as a problem) is that it won't work well for adding posts to your blogs but for formating feeds in a sidebar or on page. Since it adds the feed to a page you format...that actually solves most of the ugliness as well.

Which only leaves spelling and some of the shit I've seen sponsors do with spelling is actually frightening!|shocking| (I really hate that smiley)