Re: Question: Syndic8, RSSify and Site Titles

[billbarol@onebox.com]

thanks!

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--- In syndication@y..., Julian Bond <julian_bond@v...> wrote:
> In article <9s9ujs+sthr@e...>, billbarol@o... 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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