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diff --git a/doc/todo/ability_to_force_particular_UUIDs_on_blog_posts.mdwn b/doc/todo/ability_to_force_particular_UUIDs_on_blog_posts.mdwn index 4bc3ffc8e..0f8f9bb73 100644 --- a/doc/todo/ability_to_force_particular_UUIDs_on_blog_posts.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/ability_to_force_particular_UUIDs_on_blog_posts.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,15 @@ When converting an existing blog to ikiwiki it would be useful to be able to preserve any existing UUIDs on posts, in order to [avoid flooding aggregators](/tips/howto_avoid_flooding_aggregators/). -Also, it should be possible to change the canonical URL of a post, i.e. the atom `<link>` (e.g. leaving a redirector behind) while keeping the same UUID (so that aggregators don't get confused). +Also, it should be possible to change the permalink (the Atom `<link>`) of a post (e.g. moving the content and leaving a redirector behind), while keeping the same Atom `<id>` (so that aggregators don't get confused). Ideally UUIDs for [blog posts](/ikiwiki/blog/) should be chosen when the post is created, and frozen permanently by checking them in along with the content. Perhaps ikiwiki's blogging functionality could be hooked up to the [meta plugin](/meta/plugin/), with a new meta keyword (uuid? feed-uuid? atom-uuid?) to achieve this. + +> I've now knocked together a [[patch]], which is in the "force-uuids" branch of git://git.debian.org/git/users/smcv/ikiwiki.git (see also [gitweb](http://git.debian.org/?p=users/smcv/ikiwiki.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/force-uuids)). +> +> I'm not convinced that "uuid" is the best name for this functionality - the `<id>` in an Atom feed can be any URI, and one of the use-cases I have for this functionality in my own blog needs to have its `<id>` set to a URI that is not, in fact, its own address (it was a typo). "id" is a bit arrogant (forcing Atom terminology into a flat namespace!), "atom-id" is slightly misleading because it's also used for RSS... any ideas? +> +> While I was there, I noticed that the quality of the generated Atom/RSS feeds could be improved by making more use of the meta plugin if it's also enabled - would anyone object to me hacking on this some more? +> +> -[smcv](http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/) |