How To: Notes:
Dates and File Capture
Whenever any feed is processed or saved the last updated date is changed to
be the current date. Your feed's last updated date is an important element
of automated feeds because only files newer than that date are examined for
content to add to the feed.
Controlling the dates on a feed allows you to control
what files will be examined. There are two simple things that you might want
to do to modify the date beyond what happens automatically: change the date
to today and change the date to the last time it was processed (the date on
the last entry in the feed).
Hold down the Option (mac) or Alt (win) keys while clicking:
 The Process
button will change the last processed date on the feed to the current date
without adding new content. Doing this allows you to skip any file changes
between the last processed time and the current time. Any files changed during
that period will not be examined for content and will not have an impact on
the feed. This is particularly useful if you have made major changes to your
website (like changing templates) that update lots of files without actually
changing the substance of the pages.
 The
Process button with the Shift key will change the last processed date on the
feed to the date of the oldest entry in the feed without adding new content.
This is useful if you have modified the content of the feed manually (because
that will change the last updated date) and want to slide the date back to
capture file changes.
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