Track where posts came from

[tomjn]

A user should be able to see that a post was syndicated from another source and where the post originally came from

[chetansatasiya]

@tomjn I have added the Source URL into the Syndicate meta box. Please check and let me know if you have any changes on that.

[tomjn]

That PR should work for syndication done via XMLRPC, but it won't for REST/RSS. I was hoping to build it so it kept a chain/breadcrumbs of where it's been, and have it generic.

The reason being that users can syndicate from site A -> site B -> site A, causing problems, so it needs to be able to show further back than 1 step

[chetansatasiya]

Hi, @tomjn Thanks for the checking my PR.

So, we have to display the source like SITE_NAME(From where it's come) > SITE_NAME(Current site) right?

Correct me if I misunderstood anything wrong.

[tomjn]

So the ideal situation is that if a post is syndicated from A to B to C to D, then on site D, you can see that A/B/C/D trail in full, or at least as far back as is possible.

This will be necessary in order to stop the post being syndicated back to site A or B causing a neverending loop and unexpected consequences

[tomjn]

I'd suggest that the data format and the saving be done before the UI, as it'll need to work with all syndication methods and be reliable