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Version History

RSS Builder

This shows you how often RSS Builder was updated with us over the past few months. Whenever available, we also include additional information for each update (new features, changes etc.).

version 2.1.8 - posted on Oct 31, 2006

  • Small bug fix: when using double clicking an RSS file to open it, the Language tag is not read correctly (it defaults to English). When using an empty Link-tag, the RSS file could not be validated correctly.

version 2.1.7 - posted on Oct 12, 2006

  • Enclosure files can be uploaded using the built-in FTP client.
    Although it is not an RSS 2.0 requirement, the GUID tag is added. Some RSS viewers need it.
    The style sheet link can have a longer URL name.

version 2.1.6 - posted on Jul 13, 2006

  • Updated the integrated FTP component to a newer version. Hopefully this will solve some of the FTP problems that users reported.

version 2.1.4 - posted on Mar 22, 2006

  • Some RSS tools (Google/ig and Firefox) did not read all information from feeds created with RSS Builder. This version should fix that problem.

version 2.1.3 - posted on Mar 12, 2006

  • Event logging removed from RSS Builder: very large event logs can probably cause RSS Builder to crash.

version 2.1.0 - posted on Mar 09, 2006

  • Added support for podcasting.
    Some bugs removed.

version 2.0.2 - posted on Mar 08, 2006

  • Removed a bug in the HTML editor causing garbage when Russian texts are used

version 2.0.0 - posted on Feb 03, 2006

  • Support for Czech language.
    Keyboard short-cuts added to menu items.
    New/changed buttons.

version 1.12.0 - posted on Jun 14, 2005

  • bugfix: The application could crash when a fire wall does not allow visiting the RSS Builder web site (from within RSS Builder).
    On publishing a feed for the first time, it is linked to the selected FTP site. The next time the user wants to publish the feed, this FTP site is selected by default. When the user selects a different FTP site, a warning is given and the user is able to cancel the action.
    The title bar contains information about the FTP site the feed has been published to.

version 1.11.0 - posted on Jun 10, 2005

  • Corrected wrong texts in the German translation
    The user can specifiy the (MIME) type of an assiociated style sheet (e.g., text/xsl or text/css).

version 1.10.0 - posted on Jun 07, 2005

  • German translation completed.

version 1.9.0 - posted on Jun 04, 2005

  • The name of the XSL stylesheet can be changed.
    Some example stylesheets are supplied in the installation folder.
    Most of the tags that the HTML editor generates do conform to the XHTML specification ( e.g., is now )

version 1.8.1 - posted on May 31, 2005

  • Bugfix: a new item could have a wrond date format if it was not reselected after editing.

version 1.8.0 - posted on May 28, 2005

  • Feature: XML preview added.
    Bugfix: solved the unable to read from transport connection error. There were still users reporting this FTP error.

version 1.7.0 - posted on Apr 12, 2005

  • A lot of users reported one of the following connection errors: `command not understood` or `unable to read data from the transport connection`. Finally, thanks to Darek Telinga, I found what s causing these errors. This version should fix this problem. This version also corrects the tab-order from the Link field to the Category field
    The .RSS file extension is associated with RSS Builder: clicking an RSS file opens the file in RSS Builder.
    It is possible to link to an XSL stylesheet in order to customize the way a feed (with XML extension) will be displayed in a browser. In this version the name of the stylesheet is fixed. This is subject to change in a future version. In the installation directory you will find an nice example (rss.xsl) of a style sheet (thanks to M. van der Wal).

version 1.6.1 - posted on Feb 11, 2005

  • Bugfix: When nothing was entered in the HTML editor, an exception was raised. Change: The HTML editor now generates closing tags for each paragraph

version 1.6.0 - posted on Dec 21, 2004

  • Feature: Category tag supported.
    Bugfix: The number of items that could be published or saved as HTML was limited to 100.
    Change: The chdir FTP command is only used when needed. Some FTP servers have trouble when trying to change the directory.

version 1.5.3 - posted on Dec 08, 2004

  • The user can change the user interface language. The following languages are supported: English, Dutch, and German. The German language is only partly implemented, yet.

version 1.5.3 - posted on Dec 08, 2004

  • The user can change the user interface language. The following languages are supported: English, Dutch, and German. The German language is only partly implemented, yet.

version 1.5.2 - posted on Dec 03, 2004

  • Both HTML and RSS (XML) output now contain encoding headers.
    Some experimenting with support for the German and Dutch language. When installing RSS Builder on a German or Dutch Windows version, some user interface elements should appear in German resp. Dutch.

version 1.5.1 - posted on Nov 26, 2004

  • Bugfix. The time zone offset had the wrong sign (+/-).

version 1.5.0 - posted on Nov 24, 2004

  • RSS feeds can be downloaded via FTP. Now, there is no need to use a local copy of an RSS feed.
    A separate FTP Site Manager is used by the publish and download features
    There are some menu structure changes.
    Now, RSS feeds contain the XML header:

version 1.4.2 - posted on Nov 12, 2004

  • News topics can be moved up or down in the topic list.
    A news feed can be exported as HTML. It is possible to use your own style sheets by placing them in the RSS Builder application folder.

version 1.4.1 - posted on Nov 08, 2004

  • bugfix: The HTML editor produced a lot of unwanted paragraph tags.
    feature: Added help in the HTML editor on how to add line breaks instead of paragraphs.
    bugfix: The passive mode FTP switch was not saved.
    bugfix: Canceling changes to FTP settings did not work as intended.

version 1.4 - posted on Nov 07, 2004

  • Version 1.4 of RSS Builder contains a simple wysiwyg HTML editor for editing topic descriptions. Inserting URLs, images, lists and tables is much simpler now.

version 1.3 - posted on Oct 31, 2004

  • Passive FTP mode added (active FTP does not always work with firewalls)
    When creating a new FTP site, set default port number to 21
    Publish date used local culture names for days and months. These must be in english to avoid problems with aggregators.

version 1.2 - posted on Oct 28, 2004

  • A list of FTP sites can be maintained within the publish dialog.