Re: [syndication] Question: Syndic8, RSSify and Site Titles

[Julian Bond <julian_bond@voidstar.com>]

In article <9s9ujs+sthr@eGroups.com>, billbarol@onebox.com writes
>I've created an rss feed of my weblog using voidstar's 
>excellent "rssify" utility.  the problem is that rssify creates a new 
>title for the rss feed based on an amended version of the originating 
>site's url.  in my  case, the title of my blog -- which is properly 
>tagged in the head section of my code -- is "Blather," but the title 
>of the rss feed is "http://www.billbarol.com/blather via 
>voidstar.com".  this means that my rss feed is showing up in syndic8 
>under the site name "http://www.billbarol.com/blather via 
>voidstar.com", rather than  the correct site name ("Blather".) my 
>question is, to anybody (jeff? julian?): is there a way to correct my 
>syndic8 feed info page to reflect the feed's correct title, or some 
>version of it that still gives voidstar their due, like "Blather via 
>Voidstar.com"?
>
>feed # is 5430.

I've changed the rssify code so that it uses the html <title> for the
title of the feed and "url via voidstar" for the description. This works
better. I should also handle the case where there's no <title>.

I've edited the entry in Syndic8 to match.

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