RSS Feed questions

rambling · 11-20-2008, 03:13 AM

Hi there,

I'm a new user of Calibre, it looks like a really useful tool, many thanks to the creators.

I'm testing out the RSS Feed feature and I couldn't see where to initiate or schedule updates to subscriptions to fetch new content.

Also are new settings required for each added feed? For example I tried adding this one: http://www.dailyspeculations.com/wordpress/ and the output was all garbled. So I'm assuming this doesn't work like a normal reader, say Google Reader, to display items?

Eyal

kovidgoyal · 11-20-2008, 04:14 AM

At the moment calibre doesn't have feed scheduling. It's on my todo list. And calibre tries to get the full article with pictures rather than the summary typically presented in RSS feeds, which is why you see a garbled output. Read the tutorial on creating advanced feeds in the user manual.

rambling · 11-20-2008, 05:35 AM

OK. Thanks for pointing me to the right place. Too bad I can't program :-)

But I realized I was adding the website URL and Calibre was just adding the website as is and not looking for a feed to pick up. Once I added the feed URL itself (/?feed=rss2) things started looking a lot more readable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

At the moment calibre doesn't have feed scheduling. It's on my todo list. And calibre tries to get the full article with pictures rather than the summary typically presented in RSS feeds, which is why you see a garbled output. Read the tutorial on creating advanced feeds in the user manual.

11-20-2008, 03:13 AM	#1
rambling Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 12638 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Device: Kobo Aura HD, Sony PRS-505, Nook Color, Asus Infinity	RSS Feed questions Hi there, I'm a new user of Calibre, it looks like a really useful tool, many thanks to the creators. I'm testing out the RSS Feed feature and I couldn't see where to initiate or schedule updates to subscriptions to fetch new content. Also are new settings required for each added feed? For example I tried adding this one: http://www.dailyspeculations.com/wordpress/ and the output was all garbled. So I'm assuming this doesn't work like a normal reader, say Google Reader, to display items? Eyal

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11-20-2008, 04:14 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,149 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	At the moment calibre doesn't have feed scheduling. It's on my todo list. And calibre tries to get the full article with pictures rather than the summary typically presented in RSS feeds, which is why you see a garbled output. Read the tutorial on creating advanced feeds in the user manual.

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