CHECK IT OUT !! MAC OPML SERVER WORKING?!! AIIIEE!! 

Mac OPML Server ahoooooooooooooooy!!!

NOW OFFLINE: http://blogs.attengine.com/makosso

It bloody worked!!! (in the end)!

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iTunes OPML EXPORT? 

Dave reports via Jon Udell and Nathan Nutter that iTunes can export an OPML file for his podcast subscriptions.

I'm afraid to tell you the bad news - it only works on a Mac (not very 'Universal eh?')

The Windows version I tried - 6.0.2.23 - only offers you the option of exporting to XML and the resulting format is not OPML at all.

Nice try Apple. Try harder next time. Please.

Maybe Dave wouldnt buy you that coffee after all. Maybe he would. Who knows??? Maybe he'd slip something 'extra' in it.

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OPML IMPORT/EXPORTERS 

A subject very close to my heart at the moment is OPML import and export features appearing in various places I have tried. Yesterday's post addresses the issue of the invalid OPML files being exported by Bloglines and Google Reader. I have sent a nice email to the Bloglines support team, explaining the required fix to validate. I'll let you know what the upshot of that is, if they get back to me.

So, today I got round to trying the OPML import and export features of Bloglines and the IE7 Beta. I used a fairly simple OPML file, with some hierarchy to test (in fact the same OPML file as used by the Bluggcaster)

Bloglines : Export OPML : Invalid OPML : Used a 'title' attribute instead of 'text'

Bloglines : Import OPML : Tried importing my OPML. Appeared to be successful, but completely muddled up the hierarchy within my OPML, leaving me with a very confising list of feeds and folders. (eg: I found the Attention Tech podcast, within a 'Ricky Gervais' folder! - There never was a Ricky folder, just a feed.)

IE 7: Import OPML : Completely ignored any hierarchy in my OPML and only imported the feeds which were at the top level - not in a folder.

IE 7 : Export OPML : After subscribing to some feeds and putting them in a folder structure, in IE7 I finally found the export options and it worked perfectly! (Apart from the OPML source code is all on one line! But I can forgive that)

Dave mentions today about iTunes OPML exporting. I ask: does iTunes support any hierarchy you may have created? This appears to be very overlooked at present by quite a few vendors - yet is 'one' of OPML's super powerful features.

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