RSS2-Support : Message: Re: [RSS2-Support] About RSS update

Are you changing the pubDate for both the Channel and the individual Item/Items?

If I don't remember to change it in both places, the RSS aggregators don't always catch the update.

Janet

At 10:11 PM 12/20/2005, you wrote:

till now only one works. The plugins for Maxthon.
Others all do not work(update). Maybe the clients do not think it has been updated as James said.

On 12/21/05, Bill Kearney <ml_yahoo@... > wrote:

Which client isn't working?

----- Original Message -----

Thanks. I add guid and pubDate in my items, but most of RSS client also

still not work.

Expand Messages

Author

Sort by Date

How to let the client to update an exsiting news? There is a only little changed within the news. For example: I only have 3 items in my rss2 scrips. I only...

Yu Ting
tyu_fe

Dec 20, 2005
11:41 am

... The items in a newsfeed should change, most noteable have different content in the elements that clients use to determine if an item is new, like the link...

Klaus Johannes Rusch
krusch

Dec 20, 2005
12:43 pm

... I believe many RSS clients do not support updates. If they encounter an item with a link, title and guid that they've seen before they will just ignore it...

James Holderness
james_holder...

Dec 20, 2005
10:06 pm

James, Klaus, Thanks. I add guid and pubDate in my items, but most of RSS client also still not work. Is it a disadvantage of RSS2? Thanks, Ting...

Yu Ting
tyu_fe

Dec 21, 2005
2:58 am

Which client isn't working? ... Thanks. I add guid and pubDate in my items, but most of RSS client also still not work....

Bill Kearney
wkearney99

Dec 21, 2005
3:05 am

till now only one works. The plugins for Maxthon. Others all do not work(update). Maybe the clients do not think it has been updated as James said....

Yu Ting
tyu_fe

Dec 21, 2005
3:12 am

... That won't work in all tools. It should but there's a lot of bad tools out there. ... item ... changed ... It's not that they don't support updates, it's...

Bill Kearney
wkearney99

Dec 21, 2005
3:11 am

... Actually I'm beginning to think I might be wrong about the lack of support. I just tested a couple of Windows clients and many of them worked. So far ...

James Holderness
james_holder...

Dec 21, 2005
3:53 am

Thank you all so much~~~!!!!! I will try change the title.........

Yu Ting
tyu_fe

Dec 21, 2005
4:29 am

Are you changing the pubDate for both the Channel and the individual Item/Items? If I don't remember to change it in both places, the RSS aggregators don't...

Janet Russeau
jmrusseau

Dec 21, 2005
2:03 pm

Now, It works but only can be updated after 1 minute. Maybe it caused by the ttl in the channel....

Yu Ting
tyu_fe

Dec 21, 2005
3:11 pm

Good catch Janet. It's important to change the channel's timestamps when items change. It's also a good idea NOT to bother changing the channel or the item ...

Bill Kearney
wkearney99

Dec 21, 2005
4:20 pm

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...

Messages

Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail
	Sign In New User? Sign Up
		Tech - Groups - Help

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...

Best of Y! Groups

Messages