Add Optional XSL styling to feeds output

[jrconlin]

It would be very helpful to allow folks to optionally specify an XSL style sheet for the various output feeds.

Currently, I accomplish this by adding the following code:
wp-rss2.php
Line: 15
<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="'.get_settings('blog_charset').'"?'.'>';
if (RSS_XSL_STYLE_SHEET) -- jrc
echo '<?xml-stylesheet href="'.RSS_XSL_STYLE_SHEET.'" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?>'."\n";
?>

(obviously replicated where appropriate in the other feed files as well).

In my wp-config.php file I specify the define as:

define('RSS_XSL_STYLE_SHEET','​http://blog.unitedheroes.net/isb.xsl');
Again, obviously, the usual portability wrappers could be used instead of the hardcoded path.

[skippy]

There was a discussion on the hackers list re: XSLT. I think the final opinion was "No thanks."

[davidhouse]

I don't think that's now the current opinion of the hackers mailing list, especially taking into account the positive emails that have been flying around the latest thread.

Unassigning as I guess skippy doesn't want this any more.

[elidourado]

check theme dir for rss2.xsl file, use if there

[error]

For the moment, at least, I'd rather see this done in a plugin, and any patches that WP might need should enable the plugin to add the necessary details into the XML declaration, rather than simply adding things to the XML declaration. For instance, an add_action('rss_xml_declaration'); hook.

[foolswisdom]

Closing as WONTFIX for now. No traction in two years.