Merge pull request #418 from tbunnyman/WarnOnFeedGeneration#383

Update: De-appreciate FEED for FEED_RSS & FEED_ATOM

docs/faq.rst

@@ -59,4 +59,37 @@ want to have it's own template.
     :template: template_name
 
 Then just make sure to have the template installed in to your theme as
-``template_name.html``.
+``template_name.html``.
+
+What if I want to disable feed generation?
+==========================================
+
+To disable all feed generation set ``FEED_ATOM`` and ``FEED_RSS`` to ``None`` in
+your settings. Please note ``None`` and ``''`` are not the same thing. The
+word None should not be surrounded by quotes.
+
+I'm getting a warning about Feeds generated without SITEURL being set properly
+==============================================================================
+
+`RSS and atom feeds require all URLs and links in them to be absolute <http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html#comments>`_.
+In order to properly generate all URLs properly in pelican you will need to set
+``SITEURL`` to the full path of your blog. By default, when using the ``make html``
+to test build your site ``SITEURL`` is disabled so you should receive this
+warning.
+If configured properly no other make commands should have this message.
+
+Feeds still are generated when this error comes up, but may not validate.
+
+My feeds are broken since I upgraded to 3.0
+===========================================
+
+Starting in 3.0 we changed the more confusing FEED options to say FEED_ATOM
+like the RRS feed options. Here is an exact list of the changes::
+
+    FEED -> FEED_ATOM
+    TAG_FEED -> TAG_FEED_ATOM
+    CATEGORY_FEED -> CATEGORY_FEED_ATOM
+
+Older 2.x themes that referenced these may not link properly. Please update
+your themes for 3 on. For an example of complete RSS headers and usage please
+check out the simple theme.

docs/fr/configuration.rst

@@ -52,19 +52,19 @@ détails au prochain chapitre.
 Flux de syndication
 ===================
 
-CATEGORY_FEED : 
+CATEGORY_FEED_ATOM :
 	Chemin d’écriture des flux Atom liés aux catégories ;
 
 CATEGORY_FEED_RSS : 
 	Idem pour les flux rss (Optionnel);
 
-FEED :
+FEED_ATOM :
 	Chemin du flux Atom global ;
 
 FEED_RSS :
 	Chemin du flux Rss global (Optionnel);
 
-TAG_FEED :
+TAG_FEED_ATOM :
 	Chemin des flux Atom pour les tags (Optionnel);
 
 TAG_FEED_RSS :

docs/settings.rst

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ feeds if you prefer.
 
 Pelican generates category feeds as well as feeds for all your articles. It does
 not generate feeds for tags by default, but it is possible to do so using
-the ``TAG_FEED`` and ``TAG_FEED_RSS`` settings:
+the ``TAG_FEED_ATOM`` and ``TAG_FEED_RSS`` settings:
 
 ================================================    =====================================================
 Setting name (default value)                        What does it do?
@@ -262,11 +262,11 @@ Setting name (default value)                        What does it do?
                                                     you have already explicitly defined SITEURL (see
                                                     above) and want to use the same domain for your
                                                     feeds, you can just set:  `FEED_DOMAIN = SITEURL`
-`FEED` (``'feeds/all.atom.xml'``)                   Relative URL to output the Atom feed.
+`FEED_ATOM` (``'feeds/all.atom.xml'``)              Relative URL to output the Atom feed.
 `FEED_RSS` (``None``, i.e. no RSS)                  Relative URL to output the RSS feed.
-`CATEGORY_FEED` ('feeds/%s.atom.xml'[2]_)           Where to put the category Atom feeds.
+`CATEGORY_FEED_ATOM` ('feeds/%s.atom.xml'[2]_)      Where to put the category Atom feeds.
 `CATEGORY_FEED_RSS` (``None``, i.e. no RSS)         Where to put the category RSS feeds.
-`TAG_FEED` (``None``, i.e. no tag feed)             Relative URL to output the tag Atom feed. It should
+`TAG_FEED_ATOM` (``None``, i.e. no tag feed)        Relative URL to output the tag Atom feed. It should
                                                     be defined using a "%s" match in the tag name.
 `TAG_FEED_RSS` (``None``, ie no RSS tag feed)       Relative URL to output the tag RSS feed
 `FEED_MAX_ITEMS`                                    Maximum number of items allowed in a feed. Feed item
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ Setting name (default value)                        What does it do?
 ================================================    =====================================================
 
 If you don't want to generate some of these feeds, set ``None`` to the
-variables above.
+variables above. If you don't want to generate any feeds set both ``FEED_ATOM``
+and ``FEED_RSS`` to none.
 
 .. [2] %s is the name of the category.
 
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ If you want to use FeedBurner for your feed, you will likely need to decide
 upon a unique identifier. For example, if your site were called "Thyme" and
 hosted on the www.example.com domain, you might use "thymefeeds" as your
 unique identifier, which we'll use throughout this section for illustrative
-purposes. In your Pelican settings, set the `FEED` attribute to
+purposes. In your Pelican settings, set the `FEED_ATOM` attribute to
 "thymefeeds/main.xml" to create an Atom feed with an original address of
 `http://www.example.com/thymefeeds/main.xml`. Set the `FEED_DOMAIN` attribute
 to `http://feeds.feedburner.com`, or `http://feeds.example.com` if you are

docs/themes.rst

@@ -189,6 +189,22 @@ dates_page              The current page of articles, ordered by date,
 page_name               'tag/`tag_name`' -- useful for pagination links
 ===================     ===================================================
 
+Feeds
+=====
+
+The feed variables changed in 3.0. Each variable now explicitly lists ATOM or
+RSS in the name. ATOM is still the default. Old themes will need to be updated.
+Here is a complete list of the feed variables::
+
+    FEED_ATOM
+    FEED_RSS
+    CATEGORY_FEED_ATOM
+    CATEGORY_FEED_RSS
+    TAG_FEED_ATOM
+    TAG_FEED_RSS
+    TRANSLATION_FEED
+
+
 Inheritance
 ===========