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Old 10-29-2006, 04:28 PM  
TheDoc
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This may clear things up...

RSS feeds, like Topbucks and 90% of the programs have ARE CORRECT feeds. The real problem is, webmasters don't know how to use the feeds correctly.

Feedwordpress, is how to NOT use a feed correctly. Most BLOG readers use a description field for the posts, not the feed. So, lets say the sponsor has a hosted gallery feed. The ONLY way the feed will work in wordpress is if the sponsor wrote the entire post, with the photo, and parsed link, for the webmaster. Even if I have description tags, a thumbnail tag, links, ect.. wordpress will ignore all the fields, other than that description tag.

Webmasters have no room to complain. First, you yell at us for the feeds, then yell at us fully populate every field in the feed, yet you never take the time to learn how to properly use the feeds yourself.


Learn how to properly use the technology, then you can complain.
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