Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 02:57:22PM +0100, St�phane Heckel wrote: >> St�phane wrote : >> >>> I have observed that an URL link [[x|y]] in (:description ... :) is >>> displayed 'as is' (not rendered) in the RSS feed, ... >>> Is this a feature ? >> Hello, can someone confirm ? > > When I last checked (and this was at least two years ago), embedding > links into RSS description fields wasn't entirely within the RSS > specification. In other words, there was no explicit standard for > the embedding of HTML elements within the RSS text. >
If the feeds are being looked at, it's worth a bit of research to see how easy it is to use PmWiki for podcasts. This is the extent of my knowledge: - I enter the URL for the podcast's RSS feed into iTunes. (Some of the ones I listen to aren't in the iTunes's store. Not sure if other feed types are used.) - iTunes examines the feed and identifies the media files. It shows information from the ID3 tags for the files immediately. - iTunes has options to control downloading the files. This was useful when I was on holiday with dial-up. I could tell it which file I wanted to spend time on. I think that means the link rather than the actual media file is embedded, but it's worth checking the specs. iTunes might also have advice that differs from the specs -- in which case, well, remember Explorer and specs? iTunes is the most commonly used podcatcher. Sandy _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users