RSS info lost author info

[Ton Plomp]

The RSS-stream (http://lavag.org/index.php?app=core&module=global&section=rss&type=forums&id=1) lost the info about the author of the post. I always find that very useful.

Ton

[asbo]

I'm having this issue as well. Moreover, I *think* I'm only getting RSS items when a new thread is started, not on every post.

[Ton Plomp]

I'm having this issue as well. Moreover, I *think* I'm only getting RSS items when a new thread is started, not on every post.

I think that as well.

Ton

[Michael Aivaliotis]

We upgraded the site and this got changed. I'll try to get the author info back.

You are correct that now only new topics are posted to the RSS. I'm trying this for a while. How do you like it? Isn't it better than getting the entire thread posted every time? No more RSS bombs.

[crossrulz]

You are correct that now only new topics are posted to the RSS. I'm trying this for a while. How do you like it?

I don't. That's the reason I don't like the NI forum RSS feeds. I like seeing the responses in my RSS.

[asbo]

I don't. That's the reason I don't like the NI forum RSS feeds. I like seeing the responses in my RSS.

Very much so. If there are people who like it, though, I don't see the harm in a threads-only feed.

[Jeffrey Habets]

You are correct that now only new topics are posted to the RSS. I'm trying this for a while. How do you like it? Isn't it better than getting the entire thread posted every time? No more RSS bombs.

I like it very much.. Now the RSS feed is usable again in Firefox!

[Ton Plomp]

We upgraded the site and this got changed. I'll try to get the author info back.

You are correct that now only new topics are posted to the RSS. I'm trying this for a while. How do you like it? Isn't it better than getting the entire thread posted every time? No more RSS bombs.

I don't like it.

Now I have to go to the site to see what happened...

I used to easily browse throught the posts, in a visual easy environment, no colors text only

I would prefer two RSS feeds.

Michael for your convenience I added a poll.

Ton

[asbo]

Are we any closer to a decision on this? My productivity is skyrocketing, and, frankly, I'm quite disturbed by it.

[bmoyer]

I vote for All (New) Posts. As most of us are well aware, until recently (in LAVA 2.0), anytime someone added a new post to the thread, all the posts for that thread were flagged again as new, instead of just the new post.

The new RSS posting method is difficult to track when a thread has a new posting because my RSS reader is set to only show new posts (after the first posting I am not aware of any new postings to the thread).

Bruce

[Ton Plomp]

I finally found a use for the 'View unread content' due to this RSS behaviour change.

Ton

[crelf]

Yeah - I'm not a fan of the new format at all:

• I'd like to get the author info back (I already know that it's a LAVA thread - that's the feed I'm subscribed to), and I often read posts that are specifically from a particular group of members (this isn't a rule I can define ahead of time - it's something I do ad-hoc, and it's onle of the most valuable LAVA capabilities to me).
• and I want to see all posts. Otherwise, I'm going to miss out on the replies from that group of users (see above).

The RSS feed is of little use to me in its current form.

Are we any closer to a decision on this? My productivity is skyrocketing, and, frankly, I'm quite disturbed by it.

I'm not sure that "skyrocketing" is the correct term for the change in your productivity around the office...

Seriously though, I'm the same. I've only visited LAVA a few times since the change, as it was new posts in my RSS feed that were driving me here.

Another issue: how do we draw people with the RSS feed to this discussion? All they've seen is the first post, which is about how the feed lost the author info. That alone shows that it's not working for us.

[jed]

Would it be possible to get 1 feed per forum or sub-forum?

I would like to monitor the boards, but only areas where I feel I can learn/contribute.