From b189c9500c3ea5362edfcbf818c2f847b4892da5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brion Vibber Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:42:19 -0800 Subject: Initial functional version of feed subscription plugin, currently supporting only PuSH-enabled feeds. --- plugins/FeedSub/README | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 plugins/FeedSub/README (limited to 'plugins/FeedSub/README') diff --git a/plugins/FeedSub/README b/plugins/FeedSub/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cbf3adbb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/FeedSub/README @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Plugin to support importing updates from external RSS and Atom feeds into your timeline. + +Uses PubSubHubbub for push feed updates; currently non-PuSH feeds cannot be subscribed. + +Todo: +* set feed icon avatar for actual profiles as well as for preview +* use channel image and/or favicon for avatar? +* garbage-collect subscriptions that are no longer being used +* administrative way to kill feeds? +* functional l10n +* clean up subscription form look and workflow +* use ajax for test/preview in subscription form +* rssCloud support? (Does anything use it that doesn't support PuSH as well?) +* possibly a polling daemon to support non-PuSH feeds? +* likely problems with multiple feeds from the same site, such as category feeds on a blog + (currently each feed would publish a separate notice on a separate profile, but pointing to the same post URI.) + (could use the local URI I guess, but that's so icky!) +* problems with Atom feeds that list but don't have the type + (such as http://atomgen.appspot.com/feed/5 demo feed); currently it's not recognized and we end up with the feed's master URI +* make it easier to see what you're subscribed to and unsub from things +* saner treatment of fullname/nickname? +* make use of tags/categories from feeds +* update feed profile data when it changes +* XML_Feed_Parser has major problems with category and link tags; consider replacing? -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf