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Movable Type RSS 2.0 Template

The template that Movable Type comes with to represent an RSS 2.0 feed, while valid, can be construed as a little bit "funky" because it uses some Dublin Core elements instead of just core RSS 2.0. That's fine, but I prefer to stick to the spec if I can. Here's the template I use that seems to validate at Feed Validator:

Download file

Just copy and paste it into your "RSS 2.0 Index" template in MT. Remember to edit the <managingEditor> and <webMaster> elements, as well as change the timezone from "CDT" in the various MTEntryDate tags (haven't figured out how to generate that from the format parameter).

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Found your weblog via Google today while looking for an improved MT RSS 2.0 Template.

Slightly disappointed by the "Download file" link not working
(//www.burningdoor.com/eric/archives/index.xml.txt)

Would you be so kind as to email me the "index.xml.txt" file?

Thank you!

Whoops! I had blown away and regenerated the archives directory and forgot that the file was in there. The link now works ... thanks for letting me know!

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