From 321bac2fc2f6cdaa93e8a405dc63f1dc794771c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rick Cogley Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 23:18:28 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Clarifying Edits for templates/rss.md Added clarification for RSS doc page. * a little formatting to make key words jump out * emphasize that you can create your own * add how to link to the feed in * add what .RSSlink does * added point that a link to an RSS feed should be of type application/rss+xml --- docs/content/templates/rss.md | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/content/templates/rss.md b/docs/content/templates/rss.md index 112532cb0..8de1df5c9 100644 --- a/docs/content/templates/rss.md +++ b/docs/content/templates/rss.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- aliases: - /layout/rss/ -date: 2013-07-01 +date: 2015-05-19 linktitle: RSS menu: main: @@ -13,26 +13,16 @@ title: RSS (feed) Templates weight: 90 --- -Like all other templates, you can use a single RSS template to generate -all of your RSS feeds, or you can create a specific template for each -individual feed. Unlike other templates, *Hugo ships with its own -[RSS 2.0 template](#the-embedded-rss-xml:eceb479b7b3b2077408a2878a29e1320). -In most cases this will be sufficient, and an RSS -template will not need to be provided by the user.* +Like all other templates, you can use a single RSS template to generate all of your RSS feeds, or you can create a specific template for each individual feed. -RSS pages are of the type "node" and have all the [node -variables](/layout/variables/) available to use in the templates. +*Unlike other Hugo templates*, Hugo ships with its own [RSS 2.0 template](#the-embedded-rss-xml:eceb479b7b3b2077408a2878a29e1320). In most cases this will be sufficient, and an RSS template will not need to be provided by the user. But you can provide an rss template if you like, as you can see in the next section. +RSS pages are of the **type "node"** and have all the [node variables](/layout/variables/) available to use in the templates. ## Which Template will be rendered? -Hugo uses a set of rules to figure out which template to use when -rendering a specific page. +Hugo uses a set of rules to figure out which template to use when rendering a specific page. -Hugo will use the following prioritized list. If a file isn’t present, -then the next one in the list will be used. This enables you to craft -specific layouts when you want to without creating more templates -than necessary. For most sites only the \_default file at the end of -the list will be needed. +Hugo will use the following prioritized list. If a file isn’t present, then the next one in the list will be used. This enables you to craft specific layouts when you want to without creating more templates than necessary. For most sites only the `\_default` file at the end of the list will be needed. ### Main RSS @@ -59,8 +49,7 @@ the list will be needed. ## Configuring RSS -If the following are provided in the site’s config file, then they -will be included in the RSS output. Example values are provided. +If the following values are specified in the site’s config file (`config.toml`), then they will be included in the RSS output. Example values are provided. languageCode = "en-us" copyright = "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License." @@ -70,8 +59,7 @@ will be included in the RSS output. Example values are provided. ## The Embedded rss.xml -This is the RSS template that ships with Hugo. It adheres to the -[RSS 2.0 Specification][RSS 2.0]. +This is the default RSS template that ships with Hugo. It adheres to the [RSS 2.0 Specification][RSS 2.0]. @@ -98,10 +86,31 @@ This is the RSS template that ships with Hugo. It adheres to the -*Important: Hugo will automatically add the following header line to this file -on render… please don't include this in the template as it's not valid HTML.* +**Important**: _Hugo will automatically add the following header line to this file on render… please don't include this in the template as it's not valid HTML._ - +~~~css + +~~~ +## Referencing your RSS Feed in `` + +In your `header.html` template, you can specify your RSS feed in your `` tag like this: + +~~~html +{{ if .RSSlink }} + + +{{ end }} +~~~ + +... with the autodiscovery link specified by the line with `rel="alternate"`. + +The `.RSSlink` will render the appropriate RSS feed URL for the section, whether it's everything, posts in a section, or a taxonomy. + +**N.b.**, if you reference your RSS link, be sure to specify the mime type with `type="application/rss+xml"`. + +~~~html +{{ .SomeText }} +~~~ [RSS 2.0]: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html "RSS 2.0 Specification"