What is Planet Drupal and how do I get added?
Planet Drupal is an aggregated list of feeds about Drupal from all over the web. It uses Drupal core's Aggregator module. Planet Drupal is focused only on Drupal content and does not contain all posts, regardless of topic, as some other planet-style project feeds do.
To have your Drupal feed appear in the Planet:
- You need to have a Drupal-specific feed for your content, preferably one that is even specifically designated for the planet. This is most easily accomplished by creating a taxonomy term like "drupal-planet" and assigning that term to only your Drupal content. (Drupal automatically creates an RSS feed for each term.) If you are not using Drupal, you will need to make sure your site can create a feed just for your Drupal content.
- Create a webmasters issue asking to be added to the planet feed. Make sure you include the link for the feed, as well as the name you would like in the listing (e.g. Jane Doe or My Company Name).
You should have at least a few posts already in your feed so we can evaluate the content and make sure it is appropriate for the feed. Remember that Drupal users all over the world follow this feed so it should be information that is pertinent to the larger Drupal community. Feeds that push posts without any substantive Drupal content will be removed. For example, a post that states "I upgraded my site to Drupal 6!" without any further useful information, is not appropriate. If, on the other hand, the post includes information about the upgrade process, modules used, difficulties encountered and solutions or tips for other users, then that would be something useful and interesting for the rest of the community to read.
