JoBo [jobo]

I like to contribute a The Simple Update Protocol module.
This module will be support RSS/Atom feeds for SUP services.
This module could be an extension on the feedapi module but at first it will be an stand-alone module.

As developer I supported/developped a lot websites in Drupal from design to production
for The Flemish Radio- and Television Network (VRT) (http://www.vrt.be/vrt_master/over/vrt_aboutvrt_activities/index.shtml)

website examples:
http://www.ketnet.be
http://www.mnm.be
http://www.stubru.be
http://www.radio1.be
http://www.een.be

I also have experiences in theming, developing custom modules (with code standards and secure code) and upgrading these custom modules to Drupal6.x modules (with de devel,code module).

Looking forward to your reply,

Jo

Can you make a code review.

thx.

Ok...
I have read the application requirements and see it's not easy, to get in !!

First I like to explain why to contribute this module.

At the moment there is no fast distribution of the rss feeds. All the feeds published by drupal pings the crawlers via ping-o-matic (ping.module) or another subscribers (multiping.module).
One of the limitation is that it could take a while when the subscriber pulls you're RSS feed.
Another limitations is that it is difficult to get updates from services quickly without the crawlers overloading your site servers with update checks.

There are different solutions to distribute your rss feeds faster without it polling problem:

• Simple Update Protocol, that was proposed by Paul Buchheit from Friendfeed. (see http://code.google.com/p/simpleupdateprotocol/)
• PubSub Protocol, that was proposed by Brad Fitzpatrick and Brett Slatkin from Google. (see http://code.google.com/p/pubsubhubbub/)
• rsscloud(see http://rsscloud.org/)

In the future it will be common to use these publish methods. Wordpress has a plugin that support pubsubhubbub. I do not think we would lose by Wordpress.
There is also much demand by the community:

• http://code.google.com/p/pubsubhubbub/wiki/PublisherClients
• http://drupal.org/node/551980

So now i like to approach these features via my fastwebfeed.module.
It extends the default rss.xml for SUP, pubsub and rsscloud.

I also asked for Aron Novak for a collaboration with the feedAPI.
But I think it's usefull to have standalone module for all the users how don't use the feedAPI module.

thx,

Jo Bollen

I will publish the first release of this module in a few days... let's say monday 9 november...

You can find a Beta version of my fastwebfeed.module at http://cupid-project.be/

The first Release Candidate for Drupal 6 is a fact. (fastwebfeed.module-6.x-1.0-RC1)
It supports pubsubhubbub and sup and it inserts this to the drupal RSS feeds.

• Homepage.
• See documentation fastwebfeed-6.x-1.0-RC1.
• See code code.google.com
• Download fastwebfeed-6.x-1.0-RC1.
• See Demo "Testing Drupal Fastwebfeed Module".

See http://drupal.org/node/609440#comment-2330606

ok, I understand. It lasted a long time since my access request before I get access to the CVS application.
Therefore I have posted the code somewhere else. So other users can (re) view and download the code.
That's why, I post this information here. Sorry for the inconvenience.