Currently any relative links in feed content are printed to the aggregator page verbatim. This applies to both images and hyperlinks. Could support be added for converting relative paths in images and links from the feed's content body into absolute references to the remote server?

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Clemens’s picture

Clemens commented
Version: 6.4 » 6.14

The one issue that generates the most support calls from my clients: Can you fix this 'page not found' error?

Generally these relative links appear to be the link to the original OG group included in the feed item.

On one site I have setup some 'URL redirects' using the Path redirect module http://drupal.org/project/path_redirect as a temporary hack but...

I this issue likely to be addressed in D6?

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grendzy commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

See #88183: Relative URLs in feeds should be converted to absolute ones and #395764: Aggregator: Convert all relative URLs to absolute URLs in feed items
I'm afraid new features go to Drupal 8.x at this point. Although, there's a mention in one of those issues about the xml:base attribute, which aggregator disregards. If someone who knows the RSS spec better can make a case that his is a bug, then it could be a candidate for backporting.