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Originally Posted by Alexander
Bob, Sunrise does support url-rewriting for RSS feeds!
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Unfortunately URL rewriting is a dead-end, because it requires constant management of the feeds and feed "templates" (SDL files). Because of that, it doesn't scale, its not self-healing, and it always requires a human being at the wheel to fix things when the upstream site changes their layout or design.
Look at Sitescooper for a great example of this. They've been doing exactly this for several years now, and they have a huge collection of .site files that are used to cut, prune, and rewrite website content to give you a slimmer, no-fat, lean useful version of the site. Unfortunately, it requires someone to go through every .site file and check to make sure they're still working. Many aren't. There are thousands of them.
Great idea, but in the end, a dead-end.
Don't get me wrong, I think Laurens has created a great tool and suite for users to use, and it will no-doubt be successful. I just hope his community of users is willing to help him maintain the SDL templates for the next few years. Its not a trivial amount of work.