1 (edited by joew 2009-12-28 00:44)

Topic: RSS feeds (via extern.php) showing older content

When a new comment is made to a topic, the new comment should appear in the RSS feed.

In 1.3, the original topic message appears in the RSS feed's "description" rather than the new comment.

I believe this is incorrect.

You can see the issue in the PunBB forum's RSS feed here:
http://punbb.informer.com/forums/feed/rss/

Here's an example of the problem:

<item>
        <title><![CDATA[SEF URL redirect?]]></title>
        <link>http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/21681/sef-url-redirect/new/posts/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[<p>I recently enabled SEF URLs on all my PunBB forums but am having difficuly getting the search engines to index the new links. I have re-submitted sitemaps etc.</p><p>I think that the root of the problem lies in duplicate content. Is there some way to get:</p><p><a href="http://punbb.informer.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=21681">viewtopic.php?id=21681</a></p><p>to redirect to:</p><p><a href="http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/21681/sef-url-redirect/">topic/21681/sef-url-redirect/</a></p><p>instead of just displaying the same content?</p><p>Thanks <img src="http://punbb.informer.com/forums/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /></p>]]></description>
        <author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (khonggiannet)]]></author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
        <guid>http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/21681/sef-url-redirect/new/posts/</guid>
</item>

In the above example, the link goes to the topic's most recent comment (which is from "khonggiannet"), but the item's description is the original post content from "Grant".

Thanks!

joe

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Re: RSS feeds (via extern.php) showing older content

Has anyone been able to confirm this as a bug? 

And if so, is there a workaround?

Thanks!

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Re: RSS feeds (via extern.php) showing older content

Any updates?

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Re: RSS feeds (via extern.php) showing older content

Has this behavior been confirmed?

Thanks!

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Re: RSS feeds (via extern.php) showing older content

Perhaps my replies aren't showing up in your RSS feeds ...

Re: RSS feeds (via extern.php) showing older content

Hello! Could you please post here how the feed should look like, in your opinion?

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Re: RSS feeds (via extern.php) showing older content

I'll use your reply as an example.

When you replied to me, the following appeared up in the RSS feed.

<item>
<title><![CDATA[RSS feeds (via extern.php) showing older content]]></title>
<link>http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/22684/rss-feeds-via-externphp-showing-older-content/new/posts/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>When a new comment is made to a topic, the new comment should appear in the RSS feed.</p><p>In 1.3, the original topic message appears in the RSS feed&#039;s &quot;description&quot; rather than the new comment.</p><p>I believe this is incorrect.</p><p>In the above example, the link goes to the topic&#039;s most recent comment (which is from &quot;khonggiannet&quot;), but the item&#039;s description is the original post content from &quot;Grant&quot;.</p><p>Thanks!</p><p>joe</p>]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Slavok)]]></author>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
<guid>http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/22684/rss-feeds-via-externphp-showing-older-content/new/posts/</guid>
</item>

It should have been this:

<item>
<title><![CDATA[RSS feeds (via extern.php) showing older content]]></title>
<link>http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/22684/rss-feeds-via-externphp-showing-older-content/new/posts/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hello! Could you please post here how the feed should look like, in your opinion?]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Slavok)]]></author>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
<guid>http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/22684/rss-feeds-via-externphp-showing-older-content/new/posts/</guid>
</item>

Thanks,
joe

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Re: RSS feeds (via extern.php) showing older content

Note, the description that actually appeared is my original post. 

The description should have been Slovak's reply.