SharpReader is a .NET 3-pane RSS Aggregator. Some of its main features are: * handles all RSS versions, modules like dublin core, content:encoding, xhtml:body,...
NewsMonster 1.0 Beta2 is now available [5]. This release supports a number of new features and moves us a lot closer towards 1.0. I personally think that this...
Hi All, Do any/some/most of the aggregators support cookies? Separate question: do any/some/most of them support HTTP 301 permanent redirect as a method for...
No, many do not. I'd also argue that they shouldn't do it 'automatically' without there being something "inside" the channel that verifies it. If a proxy ...
Hmm...I disagree. I'd say that all aggregators _should_ support a 301 permanent redirect. Why re-invent something that's been defined for HTTP since day one?...
If the 301 existed how would you know it's reliable/accurate? The introduction of proxy or other caching mechanisms would make it possible for any number of ...
... hosted ... left out ... You lost me here. Do you mean a site cannot issue a 301 redirect, or something else? I would think that any hosting provider worth...
... No, you've got it. Many sites can't do .htaccess level directives. Yes, this is lame. Sites like those hosted by Userland are one such example. ... ...
... suggesting, ... help to ... I still don't quite get it. If a site can't issue a 301, then it doesn't really matter whether the aggregator handles it. But...
... NewsMonster doesn't but why would you want to support cookies for one fetch? ... <snip/> How many people do 301 permanent redir? NewsMonster could do it...
... Actually... I don't think this is such a good idea. I would rather there be HTTP 301 acceptance OR a signed RSS document saying that it has changes so that...
... http://philringnalda.com/rss/rss092main.php http://diveintomark.org/xml/rss2.xml (follow the 302, you'll get a 301) That's off the top of my head, and I...
... My point of bringing up server config limitations is to note that using protocol level mechanisms is not the only viable way to do this. ... A web page...
... not ... regular ... 301 ... Is there a way to do this automagically without requiring the user to register, create a user/pw combination etc.? My main goal...
... fetch? Two reasons: 1) On the initial fetch, to generate and set a client-side ID for analysis purposes as I mentioned in my previous post 2) On subsequent...
It's not an unreasonable idea but one with a number of problems. If I have this URL 'automagically' transformed into a custom one, how would I share it with...
... And creating/managing UID info isn't also a challenge? You can put entries into an htpasswd file quite easily. Now, if you're talking about detecting that...
... asking for a ... will they ... manipulate ... We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Amazon.com makes heavy use of this technique, as well as many...
... of ... into ... The difference is it requires the user to physically enter form data. It's trivial to process the data, but I don't want to ask users to do...
... If you've got good content the users will make the effort. If you're using this as an excuse to 'save them from the hassles' because you want to apply...
... I'd planned on doing this anyway, but it's more useful if I can append a subID as part of this. Unique clicks vs. total clicks is a very relevant metric. I...
[rearranged for context] ... signed ... Not for analysis purposes. You can shut down cookies, clear your cache, use Opera etc. eBay still does analysis of...
picking up on cookies... RSS aggregators, as is, have little use for cookies. Yet, I see this class of software evolving towards a platform for processing a...
... Nah, it's easier than that, if you're handing them links in the feed just search for href="http://" and replace it with your own link click-through...
... As a developer coming from the web paradigm, I would prefer cookies (and other services defined in the HTTP spec) over an XML-ified version of the same...
... If a tool makes the data accessible then it's format is largely irrelevant. Using opaque cookie strings presents a variety of problems. Mostly surrounding...
... offer ... the ... [snip] First, let me preface this by saying I've only recently jumped into RSS and still have some distance to go on the learning curve,...
... The rss-dev list might also be a good place to try. ... 1. can be tracked by cross-referencing newly seen IP addresses with use of the URL for the RSS...
... no ... user ... Ugh. This is very imprecise and is the reason log file analysis tools give wildly different results. The gigantic X-factor is AOL - all...
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