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"not sure how it does it." The same way that some browsers do it. There is a meta-tag in the page, which describes which feed formats are available, and where
by troels 16y ago
"not sure how it does it."
The same way that some browsers do it. There is a meta-tag in the page, which describes which feed formats are available, and where to find them.
- geekfactor 16y ago<link rel="alternate"> to be precise.
- thebooktocome 16y agoI think it's a bit more than that. It's worked on sites that Safari can't find a feed for, and I presume Safari looks for the meta-tag.
- TomasSedovic 16y agoI guess Google Reader uses a database of feeds that other people subscribed to. For one thing, it shows you the whole history of the feed -- even when the XML itself contains just the few most recent items.