Get the RSS feed up to snuff.

_data/config.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-istio_release_branch: v1.0.0-alpha
-milestones_link: https://github.com/istio/istio/milestones

_layouts/blog.html

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ layout: default
         {{ content }}
 
         <div id="toc" class="toc col-sm-3"></div>
+
+        <a href="{{home}}/feed.xml">
+          <img title="RSS" src="{{home}}/img/rss.gif" width="36" height="14">
+        </a>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>

_posts/2017-05-01-alpha.html

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 ---
 title: Istio releases Alpha, peeking under the hood.
+overview: Istio product announcement.
 published: true
 permalink: blog/alpha_release
-attribution: Santa Claus, Istio Team
+attribution: The Istio Team
 layout: post
 ---
 

feed.xml

@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
 ---
 layout: null
 ---
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+{% include home.html %}
+
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <channel>
-    <title>istio -</title>
+    <title>Istio</title>
     <description>An open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices.</description>
-    <link>{{ site.baseurl }}</link>
+    <pubDate>{{ site.time | date_to_xmlschema }}</pubDate>
+    <link>{{home}}/index.html</link>
+    <image>
+      <url>img/android-chrome-96x96.png</url>
+      <link>{{home}}/index.html</link>
+    </image>
     {% for post in site.posts %}
       {% unless post.draft %}
         <item>
           <title>{{ post.title | xml_escape }}</title>
-          <description>{{ post.content | xml_escape }}</description>
+          <description>{{ post.overview | xml_escape }}</description>
           <pubDate>{{ post.date | date_to_xmlschema }}</pubDate>
           <link>{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}</link>
+          <author>{{ post.attribution }}</author>
           <guid isPermaLink="true">{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}</guid>
         </item>
       {% endunless %}

release

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-permalink: /release
----
-
-{{ site.data.config.istio_release_branch }}