[geeklog-devtalk] Better Late than Never

[Michael Jervis]

Hi,

Way back in May I volunteered to help write some code, in fact to do this:

http://project.geeklog.net/pm/task.php?func=detailtask&project_task_id=19&gr
oup_id=6&group_project_id=10

Which I did start.

I didn't fully appreciate how much effect the birth of my daughter was going
to have on my life, she was born 1st of June, and so things were so chaotic
I stopped and unsubscribed. Had a new job to deal with too.

ANYWAY, I've nearly finished it. I've even addressed this:

http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=67&group_id=6&a
tid=108

AS part of it.

All I need to do is some fast re-writes to the lib-syndication.php to write
the syndication files using the same architecture as I'm reading them. This
should be a fairly quick job, and I'd LIKE to have it done in time for
Christmas.

I just saw the 1.3.11 schedule, and I'm not sure if I'm too late? I've got
one db change and a couple of lines for the language file. Plus one template
change (admin/blocks/blockeditor.thtml).

Plus changes to the admin/block.php, lib-common.php and a re-write of
lib-syndication.php. The db schema adds rdflimit (integer) to the blocks
table after the rdfupdated field. English.php adds:

    61 => 'No Title',
    62 => 'Article Limit'

To the block admin lang ($LANG21).

I've got the reader in production here:
http://fuckingbrit.com

And I've done some tests of the writer engine on localhost, just need to
plumb it back into GL.

I've written the class structure to be flexible so it can work with other
systems, it's not just designed to be a part of geeklog. It's under the ZLIB
so I can use it in a commercial system I'm working on and in geeklog. Have a
peek at that part of the code here:
http://fuckingbrit.com/feedclasses.tgz

Feedback?

Also, I read the mails about the whole spam thing. I was planning on doing
this anyway as an extension of my http_referer module (I just added SpamX
support). Just create a new action module that does a die() or a redirect to
a VERY small page with a link back to home. Personally, I prefer die() for
http_referer spam. Why waste ANY cpu cycles? Http_referer does just die if
spam is detected.

I'll try and wack that out fast later.

Cheers,

Mike
--
mike at fuckingbrit.com | http://fuckingbrit.com
mike at snakenet.com | http://www.snakenet.com
mike at skinmaster.co.uk | http://www.skinmaster.co.uk
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