[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10689: In Firefox, RSS Feeds using Full Text displays as Excerpt

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#10689: In Firefox, RSS Feeds using Full Text displays as Excerpt
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 Reporter:  r-a-y        |       Owner:                       
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                  
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  2.8.5                
Component:  Feeds        |     Version:  2.8.4                
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  rss,excerpt,full text
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 Wasn't sure to either file this as a "bug" or an "enhancement", but anyway
 this "bughancement" was originally pointed out by Rahul:
 http://www.devilsworkshop.org/force-firefox-to-display-your-full-feeds-
 wordpress-hack/

 In wp-includes/feed-rss2.php,
 {{{
 <?php if (get_option('rss_use_excerpt')) : ?>
                 <description><![CDATA[<?php the_excerpt_rss()
 ?>]]></description>
 <?php else : ?>
                 <description><![CDATA[<?php the_excerpt_rss()
 ?>]]></description>
 }}}

 The "else" statement should not be the_excerpt_rss(), it should be
 the_content_rss().

 The same thing would have to be modified for the other feed items.

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 I know <description> should be ideally used as an excerpt, but the main
 problem is Firefox uses the <description> attribute instead of
 <content:encoded> to view RSS feeds with Full Text.

 Since we already do a check for using rss_use_excerpt(), couldn't we just
 make the <description> full text anyway?

 What do you guys think?

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