Hi Rob, Just checking if you have any update/answer to my questions on the issue?
Thanks -Uday On Oct 1, 4:58 pm, Uday <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rob, > > Thank you for your quick response, but I see that the aliasing doesn't > work fine as I thought it was all along.. Here is why I think so.. > > For your understanding, I put up a sample comparison page that > contains embedded gadgets from both the original url and the new one. > Here is the sample page :http://www.freewebs.com/udaysasi/comparison.html > > The URL A in the page was used when Google Pages was on. When the > Google Pages service was shut down, I moved my gadget to the Google > Code (URL B) and filed an aliasing request for A to B. By then, my > gadget was embedded on a lot of sites, (I see about 3 million page > views every month on Google Analytics).. Most of them have the old URL > A. > > Not until recently did I notice that those webpages are serving very > old version of the gadget, and hence changes I made over the past year > or so never reached those users. > > So, My question is - Is this expected behavior? In other words, > Whenever I make changes to the gadget, should I re-file the aliasing > request? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > -Uday > > On Sep 27, 6:31 pm, Rob Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Uday, > > Caching time can vary by the area that your users are in since the gadget > > will be sent from servers near them. The cache does respect HTTP caching > > headers so setting them appropriately can help you get updates out at the > > right time. > > > In the case of a and b the url chosen shouldn't matter for cache purposes. > > > hth, > > Rob Russell > > Google Developer Relations > > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Uday <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Rob, > > > > If I make changes to a gadget and re-upload(I see the changes when I > > > uncheck the Cached checkbox in the developer gadget), how long will it > > > take for the changes to show up in the following scenarios? > > > > (a) iGoogle page > > > (b) webpages that include this gadget > > > > In case (b) above, if there was an alias defined for an old URL that > > > changed to the new one, does it matter in terms of cache refresh if > > > one url is used Vs the other in the webpage? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > -Uday > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<Google-Gadgets-API%2Bunsubs > > > [email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en.
