Easy HTML-hinted comment feeds
So, kwc and I were talking earlier about a comment feed system for MovableTypo. And we came up with a couple of things, a couple of which are currently implemented on my blog.
- Whole-blog comment feeds [subscribe], thanks to the results of a google search
- Individual entry comment feeds, basically by mutating the above, and turning it into an individual archive template for MT. I'll post more specific details if anyone wants them.
- A
<link>tag which tells tools where to find the aforementioned comment feed. For now, it takes the form:<link rel="commentsalternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Whatever" href="thefeed.xml />. Fwew. Thank you Markdown for keeping me from going nuts typing that in! - And, last but not least, the beta-quality bookmarklet that lets you quickly find this feed, and subscribe to it with a tool like NetNewsWire or Shrook. Drag this to your bookmark bar, if you want (or just click it to try it on this page): CommentLinkFinder (best to examine it on the individual archive page - I don't have a
<link>in my main page yet.
One more plug - making a bookmarklet would've been a nightmare without this helpful tool
Comments
Man, you've been busy since we talked, and me, sitting here, barely connected to the Internet :). By the time I get a real connection there will be nothing left for me to do :)
Posted by: Ken | June 29, 2004 09:16 PM