RSS Variables

jeffbridgesjeffbridges Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
edited November 28, 2007 in SmugMug Support
Is there a list of querystring variables that I can use to specify what I want in the RSS/atom feed?

Also, I know about the image=y variable, but it'd be great to know what all the y values are. For example, how do I get it to display the large version of my thumbnails?

Thanks!


http://jeffbridges.smugmug.com

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  • onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2006
    jeffbridges wrote:
    Is there a list of querystring variables that I can use to specify what I want in the RSS/atom feed?

    Also, I know about the image=y variable, but it'd be great to know what all the y values are. For example, how do I get it to display the large version of my thumbnails?

    Thanks!


    http://jeffbridges.smugmug.com

    I've been working on, and am way behind on, getting a complete list of variables into everyone's hands. Sorry it's taken me so long.

    In general, you can add "&Size=X" to any of the feed URLs where Size is a normal SmugMug size (Tiny, Thumb, Small, Medium, Large, Original).

    There are other options, too, which I'll post when I'm done with the documentation. Feel free to ask if there's anything you'd like to know, though....

    Don
  • jeffbridgesjeffbridges Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited April 12, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    I've been working on, and am way behind on, getting a complete list of variables into everyone's hands. Sorry it's taken me so long.

    In general, you can add "&Size=X" to any of the feed URLs where Size is a normal SmugMug size (Tiny, Thumb, Small, Medium, Large, Original).

    There are other options, too, which I'll post when I'm done with the documentation. Feel free to ask if there's anything you'd like to know, though....

    Don
    Awesome, thanks! That'll really help.

    In the mean time, is there any way to get rid of either the title of each RSS "post" or the additional body text that comes with the image? Right now I get the smugmug "caption" (or what I use to name the image) as the title of each post in the feed, but then a "comment" section of the feed also restates the name and gives a link to my smugmug gallery.

    It gets messy with the sidebar I've hacked together for my typepad blog.

    Thanks, and thanks for making such a great photography site! (And I love your title Mr. Chief Geek.)
  • onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2006
    jeffbridges wrote:
    Awesome, thanks! That'll really help.

    In the mean time, is there any way to get rid of either the title of each RSS "post" or the additional body text that comes with the image? Right now I get the smugmug "caption" (or what I use to name the image) as the title of each post in the feed, but then a "comment" section of the feed also restates the name and gives a link to my smugmug gallery.

    It gets messy with the sidebar I've hacked together for my typepad blog.

    Thanks, and thanks for making such a great photography site! (And I love your title Mr. Chief Geek.)

    Unfortunately, feed readers are terribly inconsitent in this regard. Some look for data in certain fields, some in others. So we sorta have to put duplicate information in.

    Can you just pick-and-choose the XML fields you'd like to display in your blog?

    Do you have a link I can look at so I can better understand the problem?

    Thanks,

    Don
  • jeffbridgesjeffbridges Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited April 12, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    Unfortunately, feed readers are terribly inconsitent in this regard. Some look for data in certain fields, some in others. So we sorta have to put duplicate information in.

    Can you just pick-and-choose the XML fields you'd like to display in your blog?

    Do you have a link I can look at so I can better understand the problem?

    Thanks,

    Don
    Sure, here's the site's temporary url while I decide what to actually call it:
    http://jeffbridges.blogs.com/jeffs_walkabout/

    I hacked together a javascript feed from the smugmug RSS using Feed2JS at http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/feed/index.php?s=build

    So here's the issue using an example from my website: On the top photo in the left hand photo feed the title of the RSS feed's post is "Peformer on the Charles Bridge - Praha, CZ" which links to the picture in my smugmug gallery - which is perfect. However, the feed also includes text within the post that reads, "Jeff Bridges Peformer on the Charles Bridge - Praha, CZ" with my name as a link to my smugmug home page.

    As you can see on the blog, it's messy, and if I try to delete the text contained within the RSS post using CSS I just end up deleting the picture as well since they're both part of the same RSS item (which Feed2JS calls .rss-item a). As a work-around I've tried setting the font size for the RSS post's content to 0px, but then I still have the same amount of space around the photo, it's just empty space insted of filled with duplicate text (which is better than having the title twice, for sure!) Here's the CSS I use to do that:
    .rss-item a { font-size: 0px; }

    Any ideas? The ideal situation here would be if I could make it so the smugmug RSS feed JUST contained html pointing to the picture, and didn't have any text description along with the picture.

    Any of that make sense?? I'm still a n00b so I'm not sure how well I'm explaining this...

    Thanks again for the help, Mr. Chief Geek!
  • docwalkerdocwalker Registered Users Posts: 1,867 SmugMug Employee
    edited April 12, 2006
    Onethumb,

    While your at it, please take a look at the pubdate issue. Most of the readers will not look at an RSS feed if the pubdate is not current. Right now, the pubdate on SM is static. So, the feed readers are ignoring my feeds.

    Thanks,

    Doc
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  • fourfatherfourfather Registered Users Posts: 38 Big grins
    edited June 17, 2006
    Updates
    Has there been any more info published regarding the variables?

    I'd like to remove the titles and display only pictures. How would I change the variables to accomplish this?

    See http://www.franklinpatriots.org/index.php?option=com_newsfeeds&task=view&feedid=11&Itemid=7

    Jay
  • docwalkerdocwalker Registered Users Posts: 1,867 SmugMug Employee
    edited June 18, 2006
    Feeds for Recent Photos, Recent Galleries, and Popular Photos have been added. But, the pubdate is still static. Therefore Feedblitz and some other readers completely ignore our feeds. The pubdate needs to change so that new items are detected.
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  • MntbikejackMntbikejack Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
    edited November 28, 2007
    Is a list of RSS variables available yet?
    -- Jack
    onethumb wrote:
    I've been working on, and am way behind on, getting a complete list of variables into everyone's hands. Sorry it's taken me so long.

    In general, you can add "&Size=X" to any of the feed URLs where Size is a normal SmugMug size (Tiny, Thumb, Small, Medium, Large, Original).

    There are other options, too, which I'll post when I'm done with the documentation. Feel free to ask if there's anything you'd like to know, though....

    Don
  • SheafSheaf Registered Users, SmugMug Product Team Posts: 775 SmugMug Employee
    edited November 28, 2007
    Mntbikejack wrote:
    Is a list of RSS variables available yet?
    -- Jack

    The best list we have currently is here: http://smugmug.jot.com/WikiHome/Customization/FeedsTricks
    SmugMug Product Manager
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