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455 sats \ 56 comments \ @DarthCoin 4 Jan AGORA

I was playing around with adding a RSS feed for my guides page, but seems that is not generating the feed, I don't know why. The RSS config is pretty simple, but seems that I am missing something. Here is the github repo, any PR is welcome or just give me the right solution here and you get the bounty.

What I did so far:

I added the following lines to _config.yml:

plugins:
- jekyll-feed
title: DarthCoin Guides
description: Bitcoin and Lightning guides

I added this line in the head of all HTML layout files:

<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="{{ site.title }}" href="/feed.xml">

I added a link to the feed that is accessible from each page. I used the HTML layout:

<a class="btn btn-rss" href="/feed.xml" target="_blank">RSS</a>

The RSS button appear correctly on the bottom of the website https://darth-coin.github.io/ , but I do not see any feed, just general information. See here: https://darth-coin.github.io/feed.xml

What did I miss? What other configuration I need to add?

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21 sats \ 19 replies \ @NovaRift 4 Jan

I added this link of yours on my feed app : https://darth-coin.github.io/feed.xml

11 sats \ 18 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

Ohhh looks cool. I will try to add some summary to each post. Does the links open ok? I see that is adding a weird path including // but is reading the right page.

https://darth-coin.github.io//2025/01/04/21-rules-bitcoin-maxi-en.html

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Skipper 4 Jan

The RSS is working for me, kinda. It only pulled 7 articles, all with spanish flag thumbails.

Btw what was the fix? Was putting everything in the _posts folder the solution?

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

Yes, just create the symlinks for each html file into the _posts folder. The feed is taking only from _posts folder. Yes, I made only 5 links to test and customize. Now will play around with customizing what to display in the feed as summary. The spanish flag is taken from the language links that are on top of the page. I need to find a way to ignore that and use a specific image for each post. More work to do now :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Skipper 4 Jan

I need to find a way to ignore

a dropdown toggle for those language links, would probably prevent them from showing in the RSS feed, i don't know

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Skipper 4 Jan

those language links are taking too much space on my RSS reader, i have to scroll down a mile before i get to the actual content, maybe put them at the bottom

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

hold on skipper... I know are annoying those big flags. I am working on a thing to take the meta description from each page as summary for the feed and ignore the top part of the page. Otherwise is a nightmare to change all pages.

21 sats \ 11 replies \ @NovaRift 4 Jan

It's working great and goes right to your guide link!

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

yes but I want to display a specific text as summary, not that top part of the article. Fine tuning is coming.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 4 Jan

Oh yes, you mentioned it too, just wanted to show how it's looking. I'm waiting for the updates!

0 sats \ 8 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

there we go... this is how I see it now, how is on your side?

cc @ek and @Skipper I added a description line in the front maker and seems to be the magic trick. Also I moved on top a general image for each page and now is taking it as logo and not displaying those annoying flags images.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Skipper 4 Jan

I don't use descriptions for my RSS Reader. The thumbnails look good now.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

LOL on my side the images are gone. Seems that the rss feed readers are updating it slowly, not in real time. Thanks for checking it.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 4 Jan

For some reason, your <summary> tags still include the languages:

<summary type="html">
<![CDATA[ Español | Deutsch | Français | Italiano | Dutch | Hrvatski | Hindi Originaly posted on Substack on Nov 23, 2022 If you really want to became a Bitcoin Maxi you must follow these simple rules. Bitcoin maximalism is a self defense mechanism against shitcoinery. I was collecting some rules from Bitcoin community, basic rules that normal bitcoiners are applying themselves, and here are the results. My personal rule and promise to the whole world is this: I WILL NOT STOP BEING A BITCOIN MAXI UNTIL ALL BANKSTERS WILL DIE! ]]>
</summary>

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @NovaRift 4 Jan

Hi, I don't know what has gone wrong. Do I need another link other than this https://darth-coin.github.io/feed.xml ?Actually, all the articles in the feed disappeared. I tried different apps.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

remove it and add it again. It happen to me too on https://rssatom.com/

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @NovaRift 4 Jan

On the website https://rssatom.com, it's working great.

See:

But on the apps, I tried re adding link four times, but still, at first, 7 guides articles appear but then shortly disappear. I even tried a new app to see.

Maybe there's some problem on my end. I'll let you know if I can see them on my apps.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

no wait, I edited only 2 pages as example just to compare with the other not modified. Working on it. Nothing wrong on your side.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 4 Jan

I will try to add some summary to each post.

Thanks, that would be very helpful!

21 sats \ 35 replies \ @nym 4 Jan

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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 4 Jan

Was this created by a LLM? If so, I expect better from you @nym.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 4 Jan

Was on my phone and just trying to help

21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Skipper 4 Jan

he doesn't have _posts folder, that might be the reason

https://aaronpkelly.github.io/2020/01/02/creating-a-rss-feed-for-github-pages.html

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

So just add a _posts folder and the name of each page ? I do not want to move all the pages I already created.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Skipper 4 Jan

i suspect you will have to move everything to _posts

that's probably the way jekyll-feed Plugin is configured

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Skipper 4 Jan

I do not see anywhere mentioned this in jekyll feed instructions

hmmmm. you are right.

the link i sent is from 2020, maybe it's outdated.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

Must be a way to indicate each post where is located. If not... then I have to renounce of adding a RSS feed.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 4 Jan

0 sats \ 26 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

Verify Content in _posts: Ensure you have a _posts directory with valid files (e.g., YYYY-MM-DD-title.md) and include front matter:

I do not see anywhere mentioned this in jekyll feed instructions: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-feed

Do I have to create it? What I have to put in there?

The layout files are already prepared with the same line. What is missing is the content feed, with pages etc. See here: https://darth-coin.github.io/feed.xml

100 sats \ 25 replies \ @ek 4 Jan

That you need to have a _posts directory is mentioned here: https://jekyllrb.com/docs/structure/

I've got something working locally, I'll send you a PR.

but I don't want your dirty sats lol

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

So now to who I should give the bounty? It was a nice and quick experiment.

5000 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 4 Jan

I can create a comment as @anon and you can click pay bounty there

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @nym 4 Jan

Glad you got it working.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

Is fun, still learning. I have some basic knowledge about html, css and stuff like that so this github thing is a playground for me now. More things / ideas will come and maybe more bounties on SN.

0 sats \ 20 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

ok I merge it. Let's see how it goes. Thanks, so was about the gem file...

0 sats \ 19 replies \ @ek 4 Jan

That was not the PR to fix the RSS feed, that was just for me building your site and playing with it, lol

0 sats \ 18 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

OK I get that.

The permalinks can be customized for each post, but the date and markup language are determined solely by the file name.

So I should create a _posts folder and add each page in that format and inside of each md file the permalink to existing html page?

0 sats \ 17 replies \ @ek 4 Jan

So I should create a _posts folder and add each page in that format and inside of each md file the permalink to existing html page?

You can also use symlinks. I was able to put a post into your RSS feed like this:

$ mkdir _posts
$ cd _posts
$ ln -s ../beginner/5-stages-became-bitcoiner-de.html 2009-01-03-5-stages-became-bitcoiner-de.html

But I think the bigger problem is how to create an RSS feed for each language.

0 sats \ 9 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

Ok I create a symlink for testing in _posts

Now you said:

Since the default permalink is using /YYYY/MM/DD/title.html which is probably not what you want, you also need to set permalink in your front matter.

That means for each page I would have to add the permalink in the header of the file? Like:

layout: default-de
title: 21 ₿itcoin Orange Pillen für Neulinge
permalink: /2025-01-03-21-bitcoin-orange-pills-de.html

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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 4 Jan

I will be happy with only EN for the moment. Each page have links to other languages anyways so reader con just click it.

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