I just emailed you my MT 3.33 RSS comments feed template. Note also that the MT software provides a comments feed for adminstrators -- navigate to the comments page in the MT software and you'll see the link in the upper right corner (below the search box).

If you can't find one that works the way you want, you might be able to roll your own by copying over the script that generates RSS for posts and changing which DB tables and columns it references.

Note that earlier this week Six Apart issued a vendor security alert for all MT versions prior to 3.34.

One version of the announcement here

The only details that Six Apart is giving out is that there's some XSS vulnerability that can be triggered by following a malicious URL. They aren't telling what page it's on or anything else, presumably in an effort to keep this from being widely exploited before most people have upgraded. Unfortunately, that also makes it hard to know how or whether you could block the vulnerability without upgrading.

If you can't find something off the shelf that works for you, rolling one from scratch shouldn't be too difficult. I could do it in an evening.

I would assume that someone, somewhere out there has already implimented this, but if you can't find a compatible module feel free to email me.

I mentioned Anna Tambour's blog problems on another thread, but this might be a good place to see if anyone can help her get "Medlar Comfits" back online. Neither she nor I know beans about programming, but lots of people here do. Would anyone like to help? (If you can't reach her directly, I'd be glad to serve as intermediary for an initial message.)

PS: this should lead to the error message I got when trying to get onto the site. I'm not even computer-savvy enough to know how to respond as directed there.

Faren @ #6: I just got the same message trying another Blogger.com blog, before I came here.

Blogger (and Google) should be flogged in public for releasing a beta version for general use and then making it nigh-on impossible to provide feedback unless you cozy up to a gmail account and register for their forums. That is *not* what a beta version is for.

I registered with Blogger.com for a blog so I have an ID, and I just upgraded to Firefox 2.0, but I have continual trouble posting comments on Blogger because their comment verification graphic malfunctions. It requires multiple attempts to post the same comment. I usually contact the blog owner, because I'm not going through the registration folderol with Google/gmail/forums etc. I'm starting to just avoid Blogger.com blogs -- their new "toolset" may be wonderful for blog owners, but it's a nightmare for visitors.

I already dislike Google because it is impossible to find an e-mail contact address anywhere in the multi-level layers of their site (ever notice how their 'sponsored links' often don't match up with search terms? try to tell them that), and this is just making it worse.

/soapbox off

murgatroyd @7: I already dislike Google because it is impossible to find an e-mail contact address anywhere in the multi-level layers of their site [..]

Had the same issue when they rolled out some changes in how their Image Search presents result; now to see image sizes and source info, you have to mouse over each image. It annoyed me enough that I wrote my observations on a piece of paper, and mailed it to the only contact information I could find:

Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043

At least I'm hoping it won't get caught up in the spam filter.

re: Broken Blogger Sites
I think this is a case of 'unplanned, regularly scheduled maintenance', as my workplace calls it.

I'd like to propose an alternative:

In my various feeds I prefer a feed with posts and comments combined. That is, whenever a comment is added, the feed will show that post as updated and show the comment. I know that this is probably a lot with your active comment threads, but I don't like to subscribe to single posts. Clutters up my overloaded NetNewsWire...

Would that be possible as an option? (I'll gladly help with the templates)

A few bits of Google that are normally in the wings:
http://www.google.com/sitemap.html
http://www.google.com/contact/security.html
software-principles@google.com
(mostly they want to hear about deceptive software, but I'd think it would be good for reporting stuff that doesn't work as usefully as it should)

TH: Sure, we could offer that. Email me if you have a good idea how to set it up.

Patrick, regarding your post-Update issue...I have almost no experience with MT, but surely there's a function that returns just the Post Number? So the URL in your template would be:

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/{{PostNumber}}.xml

Or somesuch similar...

I think you can do something like this (totally untested), just replacing [] with angle brackets:

[$MTBlogArchiveURL][$MTEntryID$ pad=1].xml

Er, I missed a dollar sign in there and didn't catch it in preview. That first bit should be [$MTBlogArchiveURL$].

Oh, thank you, Christopher. In fact it worked once I spotted the missing dollar sign _and_ added a forward slash:

"<$MTBlogArchiveURL$>/<$MTEntryID pad="1"$>.xml"

Yippee! Wonderful! Thanks very much!

I just wanted to say thanks for setting this up. It's a great feature.

Rob Rusick @ #8: There's an easy cut and paste fix at Getting Old Google Image Search Back. (Thanks, lifehacker!)

TH isn't the only one who'd like a full feed with everything. This page is old, but it might work for you: Full Posts + Comments RSS Template for Movable Type.

(bows in Laura's general direction)

Ooh, I now have a Making Light folder in my Google Reader. This is wonderful. Just wonderful. Thank you, thank you, thank you*.

*I'm ceasing my effusiveness, but it is genuine!

I'd like to third the full feed with everything proposition.

I'll set up the requested posts-plus-comments feed as soon as I have a little time. It might not happen until early next week.

Good news! "Medlar Comfits" is back. It's worth checking out for the latest posting -- about a "tin toy" maker whose work is entertaining enough to be a Particle. (Robot on dinosaur! etc.)

Sharon M @19: Thanks for the tip! I tried it out right away and it did the trick.

I've been waiting for a full feed with comments this long; I can easily handle another week or two. Thanks!

A related question, I can't seem to find an RSS feed for the sidebar "particles" and "sidelights"... does one exist?

Noel (#27):

Particles RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0

Sidelights RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0

I was about to say the same. The links are on the actual blogs which exist primarily in order to feed into the sidebar.

We should do a better job organizing all of our syndication info. I'll think about it in a forthcoming millisecond of free time.