It looks like we have four (4) options here:

Which one is the best?

We'd like a solution that's simple, yet extensible. Please post your comments.

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socialnicheguru’s picture

I like the idea of using views to determine what content will get deployed. Views is flexible and gives you a number of views plugins for the content to sent as: rss, ref, etc.

So to decrease development time, would it be worthwhile to use views. You could include a default syndeploy view that people can clone? People could then use any views plugin like views_data_export, views_datasource, or views_rss to export their view to feeds.

colan’s picture

That is exactly what this module will do. Please see the project page for details. This issue deals exclusively with what will produce the feed from the view. Let's keep it to that. Thanks!

colan’s picture

The build-in Feed display that comes with Views is not sufficient. The only options available are:

  • Full text
  • Title plus teaser
  • Title only
  • Use default RSS settings

There isn't any granular control for fields. Views RSS looks like it may be easier to set up if all you need is an RSS feed, and you get control over fields. If this is sufficient, we may not need something as generic as Views Datasource. See #584706: Duplicate module for details.

socialnicheguru’s picture

these might be worthwhile to take a look at
views_atom - provides field level control
feed_atom - provides a feed reader for views_atom output

colan’s picture

Yes, absolutely. Thanks for providing those - I didn't know about them. Here are the links for quick access:

I'm updating the summary at the top to include Views Atom.

colan’s picture

Issue summary: View changes

Added Views Atom to the list.