Comments on: Sphere plugin http://zzamboni.org/brt/2007/04/05/sphere-plugin/ Musings about technology and other neat stuff Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:48:06 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tony conrad http://zzamboni.org/brt/2007/04/05/sphere-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-10846 tony conrad Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:34:59 +0000 http://www.zzamboni.org/brt/2007/04/05/sphere-plugin/#comment-10846 <p>Martin - thx for replying.</p> Martin – thx for replying.

]]> By: Martin http://zzamboni.org/brt/2007/04/05/sphere-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-10845 Martin Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:47:51 +0000 http://www.zzamboni.org/brt/2007/04/05/sphere-plugin/#comment-10845 <p>Hi - Sphere always attempts to get the full text of a post. If a site's feed contains full text, that's idea, otherwise we parse the HTML and determine the post heuristically. Our heuristics work well for the most part, but because of the huge variety of blog engines and themes, we do sometimes extract parts of the template along with the text. You should find that for longer posts, the text will outweigh any template "bycatch", though.</p> <p>Thanks for trying out the plugin and for your analysis.</p> <p>Martin Remy CTO & Founder, Sphere</p> Hi – Sphere always attempts to get the full text of a post. If a site’s feed contains full text, that’s idea, otherwise we parse the HTML and determine the post heuristically. Our heuristics work well for the most part, but because of the huge variety of blog engines and themes, we do sometimes extract parts of the template along with the text. You should find that for longer posts, the text will outweigh any template “bycatch”, though.

Thanks for trying out the plugin and for your analysis.

Martin Remy
CTO & Founder, Sphere

]]> By: Hitchhiker http://zzamboni.org/brt/2007/04/05/sphere-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-10841 Hitchhiker Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:53:17 +0000 http://www.zzamboni.org/brt/2007/04/05/sphere-plugin/#comment-10841 <p>Tony - thanks for your comment. I am a bit puzzled by the links that Sphere suggests. Take, for example, this post. The first suggestion is another post that says "I'm trying out Sphere" - so far so good. But for all the others, the only thing in common seems to be that they are using variations of the Cutline theme, which I also use. Does Sphere take the whole page when making comparisons? Could it be better to use just the text of the post?</p> Tony – thanks for your comment. I am a bit puzzled by the links that Sphere suggests. Take, for example, this post. The first suggestion is another post that says “I’m trying out Sphere” – so far so good. But for all the others, the only thing in common seems to be that they are using variations of the Cutline theme, which I also use. Does Sphere take the whole page when making comparisons? Could it be better to use just the text of the post?

]]> By: tony conrad http://zzamboni.org/brt/2007/04/05/sphere-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-10840 tony conrad Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:45:20 +0000 http://www.zzamboni.org/brt/2007/04/05/sphere-plugin/#comment-10840 <p>Hi - thx for trying it out. It seems to be working well in your site. Thx again for checking it out. Best,</p> <p>Tony Conrad CEO & Founder Sphere</p> Hi – thx for trying it out. It seems to be working well in your site. Thx again for checking it out. Best,

Tony Conrad
CEO & Founder Sphere

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