I have an RSS based blog that I now want to convert to Atom. Feedburner can change the output format in one click. Will my existing subscribers notice any change on the reader side? (other than taking advantage of the extra atom functionality)
A:
Feedburner can adapt dynamically to whatever a user needs. This is taken from their site:
SmartFeed: Reach the widest possible audience while publishing a single feed on your blog or site. Translates your feed on-the-fly into a format (RSS or Atom) compatible with your visitors' feed reader application.
Just enable that and you should be good to go :)
Josh
2009-11-13 19:25:56
I just want to support Atom. Basically to take advantage of it's timestamp field for updates (nothing similar in RSS).If I switch from RSS to Atom for my next post will feedburned subscribers notice anything?
rutherford
2009-11-13 20:01:20
Go into Feedburner and enable SmartFeed. It will automatically switch between RSS or Atom depending on what your viewers use.
Josh
2009-11-14 19:38:21
I want to force the user to Atom not give them a choice.
rutherford
2009-11-21 14:23:03
I'll assume it was user Josh who voted my accepted answer down - no one else seems interested so it must have been him.Very petty. I'd advise reading my question properly next time.
rutherford
2009-11-23 00:35:05
I voted down your answer because it is an incomplete solution. You tested in your own feed reader which probably supports both formats. You cannot expect your users' feed readers to have the same support. I was trying to help you out by giving you some options so you could still maintain support for your users. I guess I do not understand why you would want to 'force' your users to use one standard or the other.
Josh
2009-11-24 15:43:11
Because Atom format has more features. Either way you were trying to answer a question I did not ask.
rutherford
2009-11-24 17:16:40
and then you vote down the question lol - I suggest finding a forum that meets your need for social acceptance - how about 4chan?
rutherford
2009-11-24 17:19:49
A:
I changed the output to Atom, posted a test blog post and checked my own feedreader. No difference on the reader side so I'll assume this is standard behaviour.
rutherford
2009-11-21 14:22:30