Comments on: XSLT and RSS http://theblogthatnoonereads.davegrijalva.com/2004/10/18/xslt-and-rss/ Except for you. You read it. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:38:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-aortic-dissection By: tom sherman http://theblogthatnoonereads.davegrijalva.com/2004/10/18/xslt-and-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-7 tom sherman Tue, 01 Mar 2005 06:03:00 +0000 http://theblogthatnoonereads.tunasoft.com/2004/10/18/xslt-and-rss/#comment-7 I do this on my own site. Here's my <a HREF="http://underscorebleach.net/content/jotsheet/index.xml" rel="nofollow">main RSS feed</A>. Dave Shea was the first to popularize this idea, as far as I know: <a HREF="http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2003/11/05/plugging_the/" rel="nofollow">"Plugging the RSS Usability Hole."</A>Sean Burke also has some great stuff in this area: <a HREF="http://interglacial.com/~sburke/stuff/pretty_rss.html" rel="nofollow">"Making RSS Pretty"</A> I do this on my own site. Here’s my main RSS feed.

Dave Shea was the first to popularize this idea, as far as I know: “Plugging the RSS Usability Hole.”Sean Burke also has some great stuff in this area: “Making RSS Pretty”

]]> By: Dave Grijalva http://theblogthatnoonereads.davegrijalva.com/2004/10/18/xslt-and-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Dave Grijalva Thu, 21 Oct 2004 01:44:00 +0000 http://theblogthatnoonereads.tunasoft.com/2004/10/18/xslt-and-rss/#comment-6 I both agree and disagree with that statement. Yes, I think there should be a distinguising comment on there that lets the user know they are looking at an RSS feed. But, I think it should be there to let the user know they have other options. I don't think it should be there to discourage the user from coming back the the feed on their browser. RSS should all about helping the user get to your content the way they want. I think it would be just fine if the user wanted to bookmark my feed and view my site that way. I both agree and disagree with that statement.
Yes, I think there should be a distinguising comment on there that lets the user know they are looking at an RSS feed. But, I think it should be there to let the user know they have other options. I don’t think it should be there to discourage the user from coming back the the feed on their browser. RSS should all about helping the user get to your content the way they want. I think it would be just fine if the user wanted to bookmark my feed and view my site that way.

]]> By: Anonymous http://theblogthatnoonereads.davegrijalva.com/2004/10/18/xslt-and-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Anonymous Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:55:00 +0000 http://theblogthatnoonereads.tunasoft.com/2004/10/18/xslt-and-rss/#comment-5 I've read something similar to this discussion <a HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fdiveintomark.org%2Fpublic%2F2004%2F05%2Fatom-with-xsl.xml" rel="nofollow">before</A> . All good ideas, but care needs to be made to differentiate stylistically between the styled feed and the site itself. If your feed looks exactly like your site, it will be more confusing than anything. Without a visual cue that something has changed, a n00b will just keep on clicking. I’ve read something similar to this discussion before . All good ideas, but care needs to be made to differentiate stylistically between the styled feed and the site itself. If your feed looks exactly like your site, it will be more confusing than anything. Without a visual cue that something has changed, a n00b will just keep on clicking.

]]> By: Dave Grijalva http://theblogthatnoonereads.davegrijalva.com/2004/10/18/xslt-and-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Dave Grijalva Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:15:00 +0000 http://theblogthatnoonereads.tunasoft.com/2004/10/18/xslt-and-rss/#comment-4 Wow. I'm really impressed with what you did there. I would like to see the podcasting community come up with something similar to their feeds. Just having the enclosures linked through the XSLT would make the pages way more accessable. Wow. I’m really impressed with what you did there. I would like to see the podcasting community come up with something similar to their feeds. Just having the enclosures linked through the XSLT would make the pages way more accessable.

]]> By: Anonymous http://theblogthatnoonereads.davegrijalva.com/2004/10/18/xslt-and-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Anonymous Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:52:00 +0000 http://theblogthatnoonereads.tunasoft.com/2004/10/18/xslt-and-rss/#comment-3 I agree with you, rss and xslt is a really cool combination. I use it here for my wallpapers : http://stombi.free.fr/wallpapers/ -- stombi I agree with you, rss and xslt is a really cool combination. I use it here for my wallpapers : http://stombi.free.fr/wallpapers/

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