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#1 2009-01-23 03:43:48
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first feed article displays the excerpt rather than the body, why?
Hi,
its me again. sorry for posting quite a few times. You’ve all been really helpful and patient though. :) Thanks!
So i have this strange thing happening in safari and FF/mac.
http://www.refresh-events.ca/atom/?section=events
http://www.refresh-events.ca/rss/?section=events
In safari the atom feed works properly. It shows the body of the article, title etc. But in the rss feed the first article always show’s the excerpt. Currently i am using the excerpt field as a secondary body field for articles to hold about info. I had to do this because of a design thing.
In FF/Mac both feeds show the excerpt for the first article but the body for the other articles. Any idea why this happens? Or if you have a better suggestion on how to handle multiple feeds on a txp site, i’d like to know. :)
Thanks! (oh and thanks for posting to my previous posts too).
Nadine.
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Re: first feed article displays the excerpt rather than the body, why?
Two stannard behaviors: Textpattern syndicates excerpts over body texts by default and caching.
My two cents on that those feeds work as they should to: your browser caches them. And because older feed items are cached you see odd results, for example you see excerpt only for the first item, when older ones show body text.
For example because I just viewed feed for first time, I see excerpts for all feed items, but for you the old body texts are cached and already fetched, and therefor you don’t see changes. To fix this, clear your browser/comp. from the feeds.
Plus also if you want to disable excerpts appearing in feeds, you can do it by changing Preferences > Advanced > Feeds > Syndicate article excerpt only? to No, and to force only body, you can use plugin like rah_custom_feed that allows use forms for feed items.
Last edited by Gocom (2009-01-23 11:58:06)
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