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Updated XML Feeds
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06/24/04 07:09 AM EST
posted by JER email web |
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| Shiny Donkey now has TWO XML feeds, courtesy of Matthew. The first is "feed.xml", which gives recent threads & the total # of comments. The second is "recentblogfeed.xml", which gives recent threads AND replies. I'll update the template soon with links to both. |
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06/24/04 08:06 AM EST
posted by nate web |
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Dagnabbit! You're stealing all my uber ideas for Kooshmoose blog. Well, if you insist on stealing them, I guess I could offer up my next thoughts too.
In addition to that second feed, I would suggest the following:
Configurable feeds - Some people (gasp!) don't like Bull-related posts or may only want .NET posts.
Updated feeds - Create the business logic that tracks updates to a post (might not make sense on ShinyDonkey.com where updates are only allowed within a 10 minute window) and posts those to a feed.
Now, you see that I'm suggesting the creation of a lot of feeds that could actually supply pages with the data they need for display. So...when Kooshmoose is finally rolled out, it's display pages will be using the blog feeds that it's providing to RSS aggregators. It's main display page will be a web aggregator that parses Kooshmoose RSS feeds.
Comments? Flames? Accolades? |
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The XML feeding the blog & recent bloggings is already in the works, should be implemented later this week or early next.
To stand apart, you should something completely original, like violate international trade laws or post banner ads from Al Qaeda recruiting sites. |
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| And blame Matt for this XML initiative, he's been working overtime to come up with perfomance enhancements for the site. |
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I've finally figured out the problem.
I kept seeing comments that I hadn't read through my RSS Aggregator, and couldn't figure out why they weren't aggregated. Then I realized I hadn't seen any comments.
A quick check of the feed reveals that each article has the same GUID as each comment on that article.
Therefore my software is updating the story by replacing it with each comment, but it only sends me new stories, and therefore it provides the same feed as feed.xml from my perspective.
Any chance GUID can actually be a GUID? |
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06/29/04 12:51 PM EST
posted by nate web |
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| You know...if someone were to add the comment id as a query string variable, this would make a useable GUID, right? And the in-page anchors would finally work. |
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| Yup |
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I still haven't done that anchor thing yet? Ach, who runs this site... I'll do that tonight.
I know what a GUID is Kearns, but thanks for the tip. This sounds like a job for Matthew Davidson, XML feed maestro extraordinaire... I'm not sure we should start using GUIDs as my database keys, but perhaps there is a solution that will please everyone. |
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I think that even a LUS will do, so Nate's suggestion should work.
(You have just witnessed the coining of the acronym LUS or Locally Unique String. Someone call webopedia) |
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