The XML looks like this:
- each article on the blog is an “
<item>…</item>” on the list of the Atom feed - each “
<item>…” has - a “
<title>…“ - a “
<link>…“ - and a “
<pubDate>…“
That’s all I need. Well … – WordPress truncates the blog article list shown in the Atom feed, and sometimes (at least) I want to get a longer version of this list. IIRC there are ways to instruct an Atom feed URL to return a longer list.
- The link needs a little rewriting, so that it looks like the URL shown above.
- The pubDate also needs (very little) rewriting.
- The order of the items is reverse chronological, i.e. youngest first – in my diary I want it the other way round.
Q: Why do I need this little converter at all?
A: In order to document my work in my diary (of course). I am documenting my life in my diary.
Update: Actually I want a “stream” describing all my activities on whatever sites:
- creating an article
- updating an article
- removing an article
- …
I am going to start another article describing the more general approach and listing the sites concerned. I assume Atom feeds are not powerful enough to describe what I need.