Or, you could do it like mxna does and set up a url that the site can hit when they post something new. Then use the hourly poll as a backup.
On 3/8/06, Yves Arsenault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Roger, > > Thanks for the reply. > > > Yves: Only if you want to be hunted down by a bunch of irritated server > > admins for abusing their bandwidth. :) > > > As much fun as that sounds... I would say it's likely best I avoid that > scenario. > ;-) > > In general, you don't want to poll a given feed more than once an hour. If > > you must poll more frequently, you should HEAD each feed before doing a full > > GET... that way you can check the headers to see if anything has changed > > before requesting a feed full of redundant items. > > > > Well, I'm gonna give it a shot.... (thanks for the tip) > > Thanks, > > -- > Yves Arsenault > > "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend". > --Martin Luther King, Jr. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:234595 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
