This page last changed on Jan 21, 2007 by agnes@atlassian.com.
Due to some users having problems with Confluence RSS Feeds, some research was done with several RSS Feed Readers. RSS Feeds have been created through the feed builder and tested on a Windows machine. For each feed reader they have been tested with both authentication and public access, checking for the visibilty of content, icons and images. The results are in the tables below:
Feeds with authentication
RSS Feed Reader |
Content |
Icons |
Images |
Notes |
RssReader 1.0.880 |
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- Shows the entire page (including the header panel & view,edit tabs)
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JetBrains Omea Reader 2.1.6 |
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- Shows the changes between revisions in the nice red/green colours of Confluence
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IE 7.0 |
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- Content is all there however not all html is rendered correctly (for example .tag {font-style:italic;} is shown in the content as raw text)
- Shows the changes between revisions, but without the red/green colours
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 |
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Bloglines |
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- Simple online feed reader
- Shows the changes between revisions, but with arrows
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Feeds with public access
RSS Feed Reader |
Content |
Icons |
Images |
RssReader 1.0.880 |
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JetBrains Omea Reader 2.1.6 |
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IE 7.0 |
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 |
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Bloglines |
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Were these feeds generated by the Feed Builder or by the feeds on the Browse Space > Advanced Tab (which many clients use or are they now deprecated)? If generated by the Feed Builder, was it RSS 1.0, 2.0 or Atom? Which operating system was the client using?

Posted by gfraser at Sep 19, 2006 05:38
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I've heard (but haven't verified yet) that the problem with Outlook may be related to the use of + signs in the URL. Just as two more data points, Confluence feeds seem to work ok with Vienna (http://www.opencommunity.co.uk/vienna2.php) but not with NetNewsWire (http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=NetNewsWire). Both are OSX RSS aggregators, the latter in particular is very popular.

Posted by abosse at Oct 10, 2006 18:01
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No matter which feed I use (Atom, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0) public or authenticated, from the Browse Space >Advanced Tab or from the Feed Builder, clicking on the Link crashes Flock. None of the feeds seem to work in Bloglines either (not sure what method was used to subscribe for the testing Agnes did...any clues would be welcome). I also use NetNewsWire...but I see that is not a viable option according to Arno...This is soooo disappointing because we love Confluence. However, the RSS issue is causing many of our users to just give up and post elsewhere.

Posted by jwech at Jan 18, 2007 10:05
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interestingly enough, the Dashboard Feed in the URL bar is the only feed link that does NOT crash Flock. I wonder how we can put that little RSS icon on each space and have it be the feed for all changes and updates in the space?

Posted by jwech at Jan 18, 2007 10:14
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Hi Jenine,
What version of Confluence are you using? Generally, as a guide... for Confluence 2.2.x you should be using the Feed Builder to create feeds rather than preconfigured links such as via the space advanced tab. (http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-7286) These bugs have been fixed for Confluence 2.3
If you don't mind, could you please paste the rss url that works and one that doesn't work here for me?
Thanks,
Agnes.

Posted by agnes@atlassian.com at Jan 21, 2007 23:46
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If they are indeed due to the + signs (indicating spaces) in the url, they can be simply removed from the title parameter of the url and replaced with a single word title rather than current default such as Dashboard+RSS+Feed
Agnes.

Posted by agnes@atlassian.com at Jan 22, 2007 00:03
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