Jeremy Zawodny wrote:
Here's what we do. Users can subscribe by submitting an RSS url or a 'normal' URL. If it's a specific RSS file, we're done.On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 08:21:27AM -0700, Mark Fletcher wrote:We already do this. Many people already include multiple <link> tags specifying different versions of their feeds. Between that and standard auto-discovery techniques, we're generally able to find all the RSS files for a given blog.Is there any consensus among aggregators on how to handle this? Do some use only the first (or last) one? Which ones actually provide a list? I ask because I've never seen one present a list, so I really don't know.
If it's a normal URL, we first check to see if any feeds already in the database reference that URL. If so, if there's only one, we subscribe the user to that feed. If it's more than one, we present a list and have them choose.
If the URL isn't in the database, we go through the auto-discovery process. If that results in multiple feeds, we again present a choice to the user.
Mark -- Mark Fletcher Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com