pp 6.0: rss feed not valid

[Astaran]

The generated rss feed is not valid:

1.) timestamp is used for the pubDate elements instead of the of the RFC 822 format.

To fix this change:

$date = htmlspecialchars($data['date'] );


to:
$date = htmlspecialchars( date('r',$data['date']) );

2.) the author element requires an email address according to the specification.
Example: <author>example@example.org (My name)</author>

Personally, I don't want to include the email addresses their, so I simply deleted the autor element. It's an optional element.

[Michael P]

On #2 - our users didn't want an email address and wanted a username; while not expected, I haven't see it not work on RSS feeders.

[Astaran]

Yes, it will probably work, just not validate.

[Michael P]

I know, but its what our users asked for.

[Astaran]

Same for my users, just wanted to mention it. I don't think it's a big deal. Maybe a configuration switch would be good, so that you can get a validate feed or a feed without emails. But it's a minor thing, just noticed it while fixing the timestamp issue.