Don't Back Down

Posted by Chad Everett on August 5, 2003

RSS 2.0 Funkiness »

If you're using RSS 2.0, matching the spec and being readable are only two aspects of generating your feed. You may also need to worry about making sure your feeds are not funky.

The concept of funky is not an easy one to grasp. In it's basest form, it means using the functions inherent in the spec if at all possible, and not redefining those functions with add-on modules. Dublin Core is perhaps one of the greatest violators of this premise, as it is often used for date and creator functions already present in the RSS 2.0 specification. Why is this so prevalent? Because if you use the default installation of Movable Type, your feed is already funky for this very reason!

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