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Generating Atom feed elements - <id> and <updated>
For reasons which are far too inane to go into, I need to code the XML for a valid Atom feed on TXP 4.4.0. I have successfully made the page (which validates) and now I’m working on the article form. I am getting stuck on elements: <updated> and <id>.
The <updated> element is, as you might have gathered, the time when the article was updated (not published – that’s handled by <published>). The default Atom TXP feed includes a valid <updated> element, so there’s definitely a way to extract the information…I’m just at a loss to get my head around how this might be done. Any ideas? Would smd_query be able to do it?
Secondly, I’m trying to generate a UUID for the <id> element. Current thoughts are to hash the article ID and <txp:posted /> epoch timestamp and finagle that into the correct format. The <id> element doesn’t seem to be vital for validation, but for my own warped reasons I’d really like to figure out a way to do this sensibly.
Thank you in advance.
Last edited by gaekwad (2011-06-13 12:53:16)
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Re: Generating Atom feed elements - <id> and <updated>
gaekwad wrote:
the time when the article was updated
Does txp:modified get you close?
Your UUID mechanism sounds logical to me.
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Re: Generating Atom feed elements - <id> and <updated>
Bloke wrote:
Does txp:modified get you close?
Perfect! I know it existed somewhere :)
Your UUID mechanism sounds logical to me.
Excellent. Thank you.
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