[Websg Meetup] Query on RSS auto-discovery

Thu Mar 29 06:48:52 EDT 2007

Thanks. I would like to think that's all that's needed... there's no such
thing as proprietary IE-only code for embedding feeds, right?

On 29/03/07, MCube (Philip) <seraphim at mcube.tv> wrote:
>
>  Van,
>
> Are we talking about simply adding
>
>     <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="
> http://your.feed.url" title="Your Feed Title" />
>
> in between your <head></head> tag????
>
> Or am I seriously missing something???????
>
>
> On 3/29/07 6:29 PM, "Vanessa Tan" <vantan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I need some technical advice. I'm getting a vendor to enable our website's
> CMS to generate and display RSS/Atom feeds.
>
> One of my requirements is that the feed(s) should be embedded within the
> page as well, and not just hyperlinked as an icon. Which means that if
> you're using Firefox you will see the feed icon in the address bar. I wanted
> to let more advanced visitors to our site, to be able to subscribe using
> their browsers' autodiscover feature.
>
> Very strangely, my vendor's programmers said that only IE7 supports such a
> feature.
>
> I told them I am quite sure that other browsers like Firefox do, too (in
> fact Firefox & Opera were there earlier!).
>
> They replied that they will embed the feeds but they will only support
> this feature in IE7 browsers.
>
> I don't even have IE7 installed on my office laptop, because our IT
> support has prevented us from upgrading to IE7! And I'm thinking it's
> ridiculous that a vendor can only support us for IE7 when some of our
> visitors use alternative browsers.
>
> But ... if my hands are tied and I have to accept this condition, I need
> to know: If feeds are discoverable in IE7, they should be discoverable in
> other feed-enabled browsers too, right?
>
> -Van.
>
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