[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12452: Wrong feed links advertised with static front page

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#12452: Wrong feed links advertised with static front page
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 Reporter:  mdgl         |       Owner:                
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Feeds        |     Version:  2.9.2         
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  2nd-opinion   
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Comment(by mdgl):

 I still think my first point is a bug.  Comments for the front page are,
 indeed available at "/page-slug/feed", but this is not how they are
 advertised! Don't forget that the permalink for the front page is reset to
 "/", so the page slug is temporarily hidden.

 In the configuration described above, the following is the RSS link
 advertised on the front page (core only, no theme):

 {{{
 <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Blog Name &raquo;
 Home Comments Feed" href="http://www.site.com/feed/" />
 }}}

 This says it is the "Home Comments Feed", but in fact it returns the blog
 entry feed.  This looks like a bug to me - if nothing else the poor user
 is going to be very confused!

 If you enable "automatic_feed_links()" in the theme, then you get the
 following three feed links advertised:

 {{{
 <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Blog Name &raquo;
 Feed" href="http://www.site.com/feed/" />
 <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Blog Name &raquo;
 Comments Feed" href="http://www.site.com/comments/feed/" />
 <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Blog Name &raquo;
 Home Comments Feed" href="http://www.site.com/feed/" />
 }}}

 Now we have two feeds with different names but the same address, leading
 to even more confusion.  And none of these feeds returns anything to do
 with the information displayed on the page, despite them being declared
 "alternate" versions!

 I would agree, however that my other points (a), (b), (c) could be
 considered enhancement requests, although they would (IMHO) make the
 treatment of feeds much more sensible and consistent.

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