Well spotted with this one Ashley. I've been off on paternity leave so have only just become aware of this issue. I'll be looking to apply a fix to it this week. Will mail the list when the issue is resolved.
Regards, Phil -- Philip McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senior Development Producer, BBC English Regions New Media Gas Street, Level 10, BBC Birmingham, The Mailbox, Birmingham, B1 1RF Tel: 0176783 / 0121 567 6783 Non omnia possumus omnes (quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Metcalfe > Sent: 31 May 2006 10:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [backstage] Problem with traffic and travel RSS feeds > > > I have been using the traffic and travel RSS feeds from > backstage for > > some time for a Mac OSX Desktop Widget. > > Recently I have noticed that the <link> items for each incident now > > bring up 404 error messages when linked to directly e.g: > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/tpeg/en/local/rtm/norfolk_rss.xml > > contains > > <link> > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/travelnews/int/syndication/rss/-/travelnews/ > > local/norfolk.shtml#1001927 > > </link> > > > > Hello all, > > Yes there is a snag in the feeds which is inserting a > carriage return between the .shtml and the #<id> > > Eg: > > <item> > <title>[Cleared] A47 West > Bilney, both ways at Dodd's Lane</title> > <description>A47 Norfolk - Road > unblocked both ways at the Dodd's Lane junction in West > Bilney.</description> > > <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/travelnews/int/syndication/rss/- /travelnew > s/local/norfolk.shtml > #1004660</link> > </item> > > > The #1004660 should be on the same line as the .shtml > otherwise one gets the url > http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/travelnews/int/syndication/rss/-/trave > lnews/loca > l/norfolk.shtml%0A%231004660 which is wrong and 404's) > > I've passed this onto the travel team who are investigating. > > > I'll keep you posted, > > > Cheers > > > Ben :: backstage.bbc.co.uk > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
