Nice, Thanks, I'll check that out.
I had considered try to use the application scope as well... I'm interested in lookin at this. ;-) Yves On 3/8/06, DRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yves, > I've built a cfc feed reader that stores a recordset of a feed in > application scope and updates it every x hours. Its a lot like the php > open > source carp software. Check it out. Maybe it can help you. > > http://webmachineinc.com/rss/countme.cfm > > Let me know if its useful for you. > DRE > > On 3/8/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >>Should I run a script every few minutes to check the feeds > > >>for new entries? > > > > > Yves: Only if you want to be hunted down by a bunch of > > > irritated server admins for abusing their bandwidth. :) > > > > > 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. > > > > Hey Roger, > > > > Is there a standard method for providing head information for RSS > > feeds? I built some RSS syndication into the Blogs onTap plugin and > > wouldn't mind tweaking it to be more useful to people when I've got > > some time. I'm also wondering if there's a standard cut-off point for > > a full feed, like a certain number of records or period of time? Right > > now I think the main feed (if you're not looking at the feed for a > > specific category or a specific article) never stops... which I > > suppose could be considered a good thing, but I would imagine that > > over time if you posted regularly eventually the feed would become > > problematically large (on my end if not on the receiving end, since > > the feed itself is built with CF). > > > > I've also considered the possibility of writing the rss feeds to > > static files, but haven't gone that route as of yet -- I like the idea > > of writing to static files for a CMS (to avoid the problem of > > gratuitous runtime page assembly - GRUPA) but with the blog I'm > > hesitant to add more files because of course each new file means > > another something that the system may need to update or delete later > > and I guess because I perceive this as being more of an issue with a > > blog, probably because I perceive blogs as being more transient (don't > > ask me why). > > > > > > s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 > > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > > > add features without fixtures with > > the onTap open source framework > > > > http://www.fusiontap.com > > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:234641 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
