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Jay R.
suggested this on July 05, 2011 16:14
From GetSatisfaction:
I'm missing an option to test a feed respectively to see how a RSS feed would parse in dlvr.it. Twitterfeed and RSS2Twitter both have options to test feeds but they only tell you if it's a positive or negative result.
What would be unique and I'd love to have is the option to preview a feed, to see how dlvr.it is going to post items from a specific RSS feed, to prevent incorrectly parsed tweets before they happen. This way potential issues can be fixed beforehand.
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This is definitely something I'd be interested in using. I'm trying to set up a feed that has some information consistently appended to the top of posts, and use dlvr.it's rules to reformat that content just a bit before posting, and I can't see whether I've set my config correctly.
+1 -- I have been looking for this feature, and was surprised to find out it doesn't yet exist. I find that the it's next to impossible to be sure the final post of a feed will appear as I hope using dlvr.it's tools -- they are more than capable of achieving the right result, but there's no way to test until it actually performs the post (which means poorly or incorrectly formated posts on twitter, FB, etc).
Please add this!
The sheer number of options and destination platforms available makes this a very complicated feature to add. It is, and has been, on our minds for some time, but we have no current estimate on when it might be added to the application.
I get that it's complicated, but at some point the existing system does take an RSS feed, apply the user's already-established rules to it, with the result that some kind of string is published via destination APIs, yes?
I just want to see that string BEFORE it is published, rather than AFTER.
I can figure out for myself what it will actually look like once Facebook or whatever destination has done its thing; what I want is to see what my RSS feed looks like once dlvr.it is done doing its thing without having to wait for the next publish time, and then frantically deleting a bunch of published posts.
I mean, I realize I am radically oversimplifying what must be going on, but since the system is already producing output according to rules, I think what I really need is just the opportunity to see what's happening to my stuff one step earlier in the process, no? Perhaps I am thinking about this completely incorrectly?
This might be a feature I see good use for too, but this is my idea how I could be using it:
- instead of feeding every post from the RSS-feed automatically, have the option to select manually which item from the feed to post
- meaning: nothing gets posted, but adds to the 'posting queu' in dlvr.it. You can preview the post, and select by checkmark to 'post now' or 'add to feed update', which will post these selected items now, or according to your feed update settings in dlvr.it.
This would make the autofeed-feeling a bit more human. It would help to manage what from your blog gets posted on Twitter/Facebook when you want it. Because a human can 'feel' this better then the automagic-feed settings dlvr.it offers.
What do you think?