Question RSS Feed Settings

In the RSS Configuration section there are 3 options for the RSS Feed Type:

Newest Threads - list only threads, no posts. Sorted by newest first.
Newest Post - list only posts, no threads. Sorted by newest first.
Recent activity - list threads that have the newest answers first (incl. posts).

If I use "Newest Threads" I get only the threads and their original thread content (no posts). If I use "Newest Post" I only see the posts without the threads. If I use "Recent activity", I see the thread title (with original author) and the description is the contents of the most recent post in that thread.

None of these seem to give me what I am wanting. I want every thread and post with the newest entry first. If there is a thread started and 3 posts, I want to see 4 items in the feed, not just one. I am pretty sure I had this with the previous version of Kunena.

To help clarify - If the following events occur in this order, I want to see them all in opposite order (newest first) in the RSS feed.
Thread 1 Started
Thread 1 Response
Thread 2 Started
Thread 2 Response
Thread 1 Response

ddefoe wrote: If there is a thread started and 3 posts, I want to see 4 items in the feed, not just one

If there are only three messages then the most you could possibly display is three messages in the feed ... :S

Leaving aside the arithmetic, for a moment, the RSS feed displays messages in the chronological sequence in which they were created. This is usually the way with "really simple syndication" feeds. Let's assume that there are three messages in a thread that were created in the time frame (the last week or month or whatever settings are available in Kunena) and you want these three messages to appear in the RSS feed: you would imagine that you should use the Newest Post option.

I spent many hours looking at this and I must admit that my brain has turned to sludge, so forgive me if my recollection of events doesn't gel with the facts as you've stated them.

Newest Threads - lists the contents of the first posting of a recently updated thread but does not show any other postings within that those threads
Newest Post - lists the last posting of a recently updated thread but does not show any other postings within that those threads. (You're right, this is not the same behaviour as we had in K 1.5; I thought it was supposed to show all postings from all threads, in chronological sequence)
Recent Activity - is no different to Newest Post (maybe this was supposed be the last posting in a thread?

So, I think you've found a problem and thank you for your report about it.

My arithmatic was correct (at least in how I meant it). The thread was the 1st item, then 3 posts/replies, making a total of 4...at least that is what I meant (not necessarily what you interpreted) .

The order they are returned is not something I have an issue with...the newest should always be first.

FYI - The only difference I see between Newest Post and Recent Activity is that the Newest Post shows the author of the latest post while the Recent Activity shows the author of the thread of the latest post.

I'll look forward to a fix in the next version. Thanks for the great product.

ddefoe wrote: The order they are returned is not something I have an issue with...the newest should always be first.

The order they are currently returned is something that I have an issue with! I mean, what's the point about having a news feed if you're not displaying something new! :pinch:

The intent of the Recent Activity option - in the way you described it - seems bizarre, to me. I do remember now, when I looked at the code, that that was what was happening. I don't see the necessity for it.

This is what I think we need:

(1) Show the last message only of any thread that has been recently updated
(2) Show all latest messages from any thread in reverse chronological sequence (latest post first)

That was K 1.5 behaviour.

Hi

This have been fixed in 1.6 trunk after a long discussion of the namingconvention.

Also, one bug have been fixed and a new option for displaying username in titles have been introduced.

Best regards

Awesome. Thanks for the work. I'll look forward to the next release.

BTW - when I said I didn't have an issue with the return order, I meant I didn't have an issue with it since it was already returning the newest first