How do you code for Safari Reader?

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How do you code for Safari Reader?

I code Web sites for a living. How can I make my site compatible with Safari Reader? I guessed from Apple's description that it parses articles, that I'd simply use the HTML5 <article> tag, but that didn't work.

I've looked at the source code of pages that it does work with, but I can't seem to figure it out. It's always greyed out.

MacBook Pro (15" 2.33 GHz C2D), Mac OS X (10.6.3), iPhone 3G [S]. I want an Apple TV.

Posted on Jun 8, 2010 1:55 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 8, 2010 3:19 PM in response to SignOfZeta

I would like to know the same. Is iweb published site compliant with reader button in Safari 5.0? How can I implement my iweb site to automatically be detected by Safari 5.0 reader? Thanks.

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Jun 8, 2010 4:18 PM in response to Joan Heitzeberg

As far as I can tell you do not code for it; it realises there is an article and allows you to view it in its entirety.

From a quick look it seems to rely on <h> and

tags and counts the text within(have not looked into this to provide cut off points). I am sure some brightspark at Apple can explain it better.
Easiest way would be to create "n" webpages on your test server with each page containing the same code but varying article lengths; then narrow it down by process of elimination.
Just checked and all my sites appear to be fine and play nicely with reader.

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baltwo

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Jun 8, 2010 5:06 PM in response to SignOfZeta

Try the developer forums under OS X Technologies or the Safari dev center at http://developer.apple.com/safari/

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How do you code for Safari Reader?