01FEB08 – After years of loving the Above The Fold headline section, we auto-archived everything – after just a few months of studying Google’s API code, we finally got the FeedRoll rolling again like it used to. As icing on the cake, we just go the ATF RSS active. Everyday before noon, we try to cram three to five new stories/headlines in there that are so easy to digest, you won’t believe it. ATF was always intended to give you ‘watercooler conversation’ with those odd-ball geeks at work. You strike up the important details and let them fill you in on the rest – it’s pure beauty if you’re after the attention.

RSS is nothing new, but this TextPattern sure can be goofy about it. To get your TextPattern installation all geared up to deliver an RSS feed you must change the default code. It resembles the following:

<txp:feed_link flavor="atom" format="link" label="Atom" />
	<txp:feed_link flavor="rss" format="link" label="RSS" />

This does not work universally! Hell, I’m not even sure where it does work. We have to feed TextPattern’s Default Page the exact method of delivery for RSS and Atom. I don’t use and haven’t tested the Atom; so if a change should be made, please leave a comment for others and I’ll edit this. The code should resemble the following:

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS
0.92" href="http://www.dinarius.com/ATF/rss/" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Atom
1.0" href="http://www.dinarius.com/ATF/atom/" />

As a result, TextPattern will deliver two possible feeds when searching through a reader’s RSS Wizzard. One will have a description and the other will not. If you use TextPattern and haven’t mangled the Default page too badly, the title and CSS=link attributes should remain exactly as they are both above and below the new code to activate the RSS and ATOM. With that said, you can feed your RSS reader the new ATF Feed by entering this link:

http://www.dinarius.com/ATF/rss/

If you don’t care to add it, don’t worry, by clicking on the new beautiful button I designed to represent the FeedRoll on the new HTML index page, you’ll be transported to the roll that contains five Above The Fold stories of latest authorship. If you’re playing with TextPattern and like the buttons I make, let me know if you want some made! Starving Artist seems to be a real term; all that Art Institute stuff and I’m just fixing computers and writing syndicated articles.