Released: mt-rssfeed v1.0 and mt-list v0.2

I released two new versions of my plugins today -- mt-rssfeed (finally!) and mt-list.

mt-rssfeed v1.0, is a MovableType plugin that provides a series of tags for retrieving an RSS feed and inserting it into a MovableType template. RSS is an XML-based syntax for facilitating the exchange of resources in a lightweight fashion through the syndication of links to content. The changes from the previous version 0.35a are quite substantial. In fact, its been completely rewritten from the ground up. Changes include:

• New tags including complete <image> tag support, <MTRSSFeedItemCount>, <MTRSSFeedURL>, and <MTRSSFeedDescriptionEncoded>
• Introduced new <RSSFeedElement> and <RSSFeedItemElement> tags to access to access any data in the RSS feed that is not directly supported by the plugin.
• New version of RSS liberal parser (XML::Parser::LP) is completely namespace aware.
• Complete rewrite of code to reduce the impact on MT system performance, better overall error handling and make the plugin more robust, extensible, maintainable.
• More intelligent bandwidth friendly caching system using If-Not-Modified headers.
• Intelligent mapping of tags. For instance, <$MTRSSFeedLanguage$> looks in <dc:language> and then <language>.
• Ability to support and configure proxy usage.
• Introduction debugging facilities including standard and verbose modes.

mt-list v0.2, is a MoveableType plugin for creating simple lists (arrays) within a template or text file. Once defined, the list can be looped over, sorted or selected from randomly during the template generation. mt-list enhances the capabilities of mt-rssfeed by allowing multiple feeds to be retreived and inserted using the same layout. (See the included documentation for more information.) This plugin has designed to be easily integrated with other plugins requiring this type of list and looping functionality. This is a minor release includes a few bug fixes, improved documentation and introduces its own debugging mode. It is recommended that you upgrade your mt-list plugin, particularly if you are going to use it with mt-rssfeed.

Both tags can be downloaded from my MT plugins page here.