When I enter a new feed source node, and get it to automatically refresh (as in not via cron), the fresh feed node items get to have me as author. This does not look right. I'd expect them to be from anonymous.

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#5 inherit_author.patch2.5 KBaron novak

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aron novak’s picture

aron novak
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There was an old feature in the 5.x branch that you could alter the uid of the items via a setting (fallback: current user).
Do you like this idea?

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gábor hojtsy
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Yes, it would also be good for items from personal blogs, when you know a certain site user is posting those, so you can just assign their username to the item.

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gábor hojtsy
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It might also make sense to make this a feedapi_inherit setting, since that governs inheriting stuff from the feed node.

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brisath commented

I agree. This is a feature that I've been looking for with FeedAPI. I want the actual author to be listed as the author of the blog (not me or anonymous), so that it also displays as this in a syndicated feed from my site. Inherit would seem logical for doing this.

Great work on this module.

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aron novak
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Version: 6.x-1.3 » 6.x-1.x-dev
Component: Code » Code feedapi_inherit
Status: Active » Needs review
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new inherit_author.patch2.5 KB

Can you review this patch if it works just as you wanted?