The JSON feed loads all posts since May 2018 in my RSS client (feedbin) and the html elements like the detail boxes and tables also render fine. Having one big feed with all posts in it can be...
The JSON feed loads all posts since May 2018 in my RSS client (feedbin) and the html elements like the detail boxes and tables also render fine.
Having one big feed with all posts in it can be good as long as the feed file isn't too big/difficult for the client to parse. You can limit it to the most recent 5-10 posts since feeds are for convenient updates.
Serving the entire post source is good as I prefer to read the articles straight from my client, but some sites only generate previews/summaries for the feed posts (to reduce feed filesize or force people to view ads/run js). Some clients have the ability to scrape the article link and display the full content using readability so power users will not be affected much.
That's the best thing to do and what users expect. Tho for low volume things chucking everything in there is not really a problem. For my blog, I have a single feed that has all the posts in it....
Maybe I'm just overthinking this and I should only do the 5 (or more? is 5 a good number?) most recent posts and leave it at that.
That's the best thing to do and what users expect. Tho for low volume things chucking everything in there is not really a problem. For my blog, I have a single feed that has all the posts in it. If you have multiple blogs and categories, each should have its own separate feeds.
IIRC each feed format has a way to link to the blog page where users can browse the archive.
As an occasional RSS user, I agree with @cadadr as to no need do divide feeds by years. However, it might eventually make sense to have separate feeds for individual groups (feed-talk.rss,...
As an occasional RSS user, I agree with @cadadr as to no need do divide feeds by years.
However, it might eventually make sense to have separate feeds for individual groups (feed-talk.rss, feed-misc.rss, feed-test.rss…) in addition to the sitewide feed.
I'm not sure if anyone's made this suggestion yet, but tildes should alert users when they try posting a story that has already been posted somewhere else on the site
I'm not sure if anyone's made this suggestion yet, but tildes should alert users when they try posting a story that has already been posted somewhere else on the site
The JSON feed loads all posts since May 2018 in my RSS client (feedbin) and the html elements like the detail boxes and tables also render fine.
That would require people update their RSS readers each year, no?
What would be the use case tho? Feeds are for following new posts, and after a year ends ideally there shouldn't be any new posts in that year.
That's the best thing to do and what users expect. Tho for low volume things chucking everything in there is not really a problem. For my blog, I have a single feed that has all the posts in it. If you have multiple blogs and categories, each should have its own separate feeds.
IIRC each feed format has a way to link to the blog page where users can browse the archive.
I include all posts in my RSS feed as well. It might be more optimized to limit it to 5 or 10, but I think it's a pretty minor difference.
As an occasional RSS user, I agree with @cadadr as to no need do divide feeds by years.
However, it might eventually make sense to have separate feeds for individual groups (
feed-talk.rss,feed-misc.rss,feed-test.rss…) in addition to the sitewide feed.As to the number of items in feeds, a quick search yielded https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4180746/how-many-results-should-i-give-in-my-rss-feed
Which RSS clients do you recommend for "power users"? I'd like to jump right into the deep end.
A terminal based client like Newsboat is definitely the deeper end.
Otherwise check out @synergy-unsterile's recommendations.
Oh, sweet! I'm already using Newsboat on desktop and Feeder on mobile. I didn't realize this was the deep end, haha!
I've been using Inoreader for the last couple of years and have been happy with it.
I'm not sure if anyone's made this suggestion yet, but tildes should alert users when they try posting a story that has already been posted somewhere else on the site
Yup, it is In Progress here: https://gitlab.com/tildes/tildes/issues/181
Ah. Perfect! Thanks